Imagine that you are a sociology student in the early twentieth century at the University of Chicago. You are trying to come up with an idea for a research project that you can easily conduct without leaving the city
Which of the following projects best embodies the sociological imagination?
a. You think the tenant in the apartment across the hall is stealing your clothes from the laundry room. You plan to hide in the laundry room to catch him in the act to figure out why he is a thief.
b. You suspect your older brother has some serious mental problems. You want to show him a series of ink blots and ask him what he thinks they look like. In this way, you will try to gain new insight into his mental health needs.
c. The sidewalk outside your dormitory is cracked and many people have injured themselves on it. You decide to organize volunteers so that you can repair the damage.
d. You have observed that the police force is made up almost entirely of a certain immigrant group. You want to interview members of that community and police officers to find out why this group might be drawn to police work.
d
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The result of this centralization of power is________
a. an increase in the prestige of the presidency b. the economy has become dominated by less than 200 giant corporations c. a decline in the power of the Pentagon d. the emergence of the U.S. Senate as a force to be reckoned with
Julia has a mental disorder characterized by extreme behavior regarding food. She drastically overeats, then starves herself and is always concerned about her body image and weight. This is like an example of:
a. anxiety disorder b. obsessive compulsive disorder c. bipolar disorder d. eating disorder
Governments began to pass anti-abortion laws in the mid-nineteenth century. These laws had the effect of __________
a. driving poorer women to illegal abortions b. making abortion a basic human right c. convincing the public that abortion is wrong d. eliminating abortions e. deciding when the results of conception become a "person" under the law
Durkheim argued that societies move from a state of __________, a cohesiveness based on the similarity among its members, to ___________, a cohesiveness based on difference
a. gesellschaft; gemeinschaft b. gemeinschaft; gesellschaft c. mechanical solidarity; organic solidarity d. organic solidarity; mechanical solidarity