Socialogy

STUDY GUIDE – CHAPTER 1: THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE 1. Define Sociology: ____________________________________________________ 2. From pages 2-3, describe the essential wisdom of the discipline of sociology. ______ ______________________________________________________________________ 3. Peter Berger described using the sociological perspective as seeing the __________ in the ________________. 4. A sociological analysis of childbearing around the world suggests that the number of children born to a woman reflects whether she was ____________________________. 5. Define “social marginality” ______________________________________________. 6. When would the “sociological imagination” to be more widespread? _____________ _____________________________________________________________________. 7. Making use of the sociological perspective encourages challenging ____________ ___________ _____________. 8. What are four areas in which learning sociology is helpful? _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 9. The rise of _______________ ____________ and ___________ are among the historical changes is among the factors that stimulated the development of sociology as a discipline. 10. The sociological perspective to be most likely to develop in a place that was experiencing __________________________________________________________. 11. The term “sociology” was coined in 1838 by ______________________________. 12. The pioneering sociologist who studied patterns of suicide in Europe was ________ _____________________________________________________________________. 13. _______________-____________ countries are countries in which average income is typical for the world as a whole and in which people are as likely to live in a rural area as in an urban area. 14. ___________ the people do not get enough to eat is true in a portrait of a “_______” village. 15. Some examples of people applying their knowledge of sociology at work