Theory and Perspectives

A. George Herbert Mead
B. Talcott Parsons
C. Emile Durkheim
D. Robert Merton

A. the exploitation of the working class
B. the desire for more material wealth
C. the continual reinvestment of profits back into businesses
D. the belief in free markets

A. male domination in society
B. male bias in sociological theory
C. the gendered character of knowledge
D. the experience of black women

A. Joan Acker
B. Judith Butler
C. Helene Cixous
D. Simone de Beauvoir

A. the hyperreality of media imagery
B. the significance of expert discourses
C. societies use of surveillance and discipline
D. the archaeology of scientific knowledge

A. sociologists like to put a value on different theories
B. knowledge refers to people and their values
C. theorists interpret the world in terms of their own values
D. attempts to provide knowledge about the world are always valuable

A. a complex network of interaction at a micro-level
B. a source of conflict inequality and alienation
C. an unstable structure of social relations
D. a normative framework of roles and institutions

A. we live in a world of superficial fragmented images
B. no theory is better than any other anything goes
C. society has changed, and we need new kinds of theory
D. all of the above

A. testable
B. formulated prior to research
C. based on pre-existing facts
D. exclusively sociological
E. issue driven

A. religious integration
B. immigration
C. globalization
D. suicide
E. disadvantaged groups