Max Weber's idea of verstehen is:
a. The belief that sociologists can explain social relationships by imagining how subjects might perceive and interpret situations
b. The belief that people can be studied in the same way a biologist studies plants
c. The belief that bureaucracies are formally rational
d. Widely used by sociologists today
e. The belief that society can best be understood on the basis of facts alone
Ans; a. The belief that sociologists can explain social relationships by imagining how subjects might perceive and interpret situations
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a. Most men live with spouses; women are about equally likely to live with a spouse or to live alone. b. Most men live in nursing homes or other assisted-living facilities; most women live alone. c. Most women live in nursing homes or other assisted-living facilities; most men live alone. d. Most men and women live in nursing homes or other assisted-living facilities.
______ are states ruled by a single individual or a small group that attempt to control individual lives.
A. Monarchies B. Dictatorships C. Democracies D. Oligarchies
According to research on the relationship between happiness in marriage and having children, __________
a. having children helps to "cement" marriages b. couples who plan the arrival of their children have a better marriage and family prognosis than those who do not c. having babies early in a marriage makes couples happier d. having children helps to reduce the strain on couples' resources e. None of the above
Emile Durkheim emphasized that social patterns
a. are in the mind of the individual. b. are insignificant compared with individual will. c. are important but short-lived. d. are forces that control the individual.