Interactionist Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

ASWB Bachelors Exam questions and answers. Top mark Document. Graded A+ Document Content and Description Below When should self determination be limited? - Only in situations where it would cause harm to a client or others. Jean Piaget - Developmental psychologist best known for his theory of co gnitive development. Theory states that children learn through interaction in the environment. Nature vs nurture - Whether cognitive development is mainly determined by a clients innate qualities (natu...

What is sociology - the scientific study of social interactions and of social organizations What is the functionalist perspective? - A system is to survive where certain essential tasks are performed. What happens to a functionalist system? - If it fails to maintain it will perish. What is a conflict perspective? - Conflict theorists focus their attention on society as a whole, studying its institutions and structural arrangements. What is the interactionist perspective? - It is more conce...

A - ANSWER-Sociology is defined as the A. Systematic study of human society and social interaction B. Systematic study of groups and individuals C. Systematic study of premodern people D. Systematic study of individual human behavior C - ANSWER-Sociologist C. Wright Mills coined the term __________ for the ability to see the relationship between individual experiences and the larger society. A. Positivism B. Verstehen C. Sociological imagination D. Symbolic interactionist perspect...

Deductive theory CORRECT ANSWER Comes from general ideas, knowledge, or understanding of the social world from which hypotheses are logicslly deduced & tested. Inductive theory CORRECT ANSWER Concrete observations which general conclusions are inferred through the process of reasoning. Interpretive sociology CORRECT ANSWER The processes that humans attach meaning to their lives. The work of Mead & Blumer. Interaction is focused on the social interaction and on the meanings that are constru...

Sociology in Modules 6 th ed by Schaefer Test Bank Sociology in Modules, (Schaefer) Chapter 01 Understanding Sociology 1) The awareness that allows people to comprehend the link between their immediate, personal social settings and the remote, impersonal social world is called A) the sociological imagination. B) anthropology. C) a theory. D) verstehen. 2) Trying to understand why your roommate prefers a certain genre of music, over others, is an example of using one's A) cultur...

Sociological imagination C. Wright Mills- the ability to see the connection between the larger world and your personal life Conflict Perspective people who employ this perspective focus on the forces in society that promote competition and change. Functionalist perspective people who use this perspective view society as a set of interrelated parts that work together to produce a stable social system. Interactionist perspective people who employ this perspective focus on how individuals in...

01 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. According to Timmerman, sociologists are concerned with the study of: 
A. similarities between social evolution and the evolution of viruses.
B. how important individuals shape the society in which ordinary people live.
C. what people do as members of a group or while interacting with one another.
D. what people do today and how it can be used to predict future social trends.   2. The s...

Sociology CLEP Exam Questions and Answers All Correct Absolute poverty - Answer-A standard of poverty based on a minimum level of subsistence below which families should not be expected to exist. Achieved status - Answer-A social position attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts. Activity theory - Answer-An interactionist theory of aging that argues that elderly people who remain active will be best-adjusted. Adoption - Answer-In a legal sense, a process that allows...

Sociology ClepAbsolute poverty - correct answer A standard of poverty based on a minimum level of subsistence below which families should not be expected to exist. Achieved status - correct answer A social position attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts. Activity theory - correct answer An interactionist theory of aging that argues that elderly people who remain active will be best-adjusted. Adoption - correct answer In a legal sense, a process that allows for the t...

Which sociologist is associated with the concepts of the dramaturgical approach, impression management, and face-work? - Erving Goffman Which of the following statements regarding parental monitoring of the digital world is true? Select one: a. Parents profess that they have a large amount of knowledge pertaining to their children's online behavior. b. Mothers are more likely to monitor online activity than are fathers. c. Parents who have higher incomes tend to discuss online activity m...