Making use of the sociological perspective encourages ________

Making use of the sociological perspective encourages ________
 
  a. challenging many commonly-held beliefs.
  b. accepting all commonly-held wisdom.
  c. the belief that society is mysterious.
  d. people to be happy with their lives as they are.

Question 2

Unlike simple stereotypes, sociological generalizations ________
 
  a. apply to all individuals in some category.
  b. are based on all available facts.
  c. are motivated by bias.
  d. ignore facts.

Question 3

According to Emile Durkheim, a category of people with a higher suicide rate typically has ________
 
  a. more clinical depression.
  b. less money, power, and other resources.
  c. lower social integration.
  d. greater self-esteem.

Question 4

Using the symbolic-interaction approach, sports becomes ________
 
  a. a structure that contributes to the functioning of society.
  b. a matter of social inequality.
  c. less a system than an ongoing process of interaction.
  d. just a game without any meaning.

Question 5

A simplified description unfairly applied to every person in the same category is called ________
 
  a. a sociological insight.
  b. a sociological generalization.
  c. a stereotype.
  d. an act of discrimination.

Question 6

A symbolic-interaction analysis of sports would conclude that ________
 
  a. winning at sports means different things to different people.
  b. some categories of people benefit more than others from sports.
  c. sports help develop important cultural values.
  d. stacking is a type of racial inequality in sports.