____ a. economic determinism ____ b. mechanical solidarity ____ c. positivism ____ d. dynamic equilibrium ____ e. social structure ____ f. bourgeoisie ____ g. macrosociology ____ h. sociology ____ i....

____ a. economic determinism
____ b. mechanical solidarity
____ c. positivism
____ d. dynamic equilibrium
____ e. social structure
____ f. bourgeoisie
____ g. macrosociology
____ h. sociology
____ i. verstehen
____ j. symbol
____ k. latent function
____ l. conflict theory
____ m. presentation of self
____ n. social dynamics
____ o. theoretical perspective
____ p. postmodernism
____ q. radical feminism
1. a set of assumptions accepted as true by its advocates
2. the theoretical perspective that emphasizes conflict, competition, change, and constraint within a society
3. an unintended and unrecognized consequence of some
element of a society
4. the ways people attempt to create a favorable evaluation
of themselves in the minds of others
5. the study of social change
6. the method of understanding the behavior of others by
putting oneself mentally in another’s place
7. patterned, recurring social relationships
8. the scientific study of social structure
9. the use of observation, experimentation, and other
methods of the physical sciences in the study of
social life
10. something that stands for or represents something else
11. the idea that the nature of a society is based on the
society’s economy
12. social unity based on a consensus of values and norms,
strong social pressure for conformity, and dependence
on tradition and family
13. the assumption by functionalists that a society both changes
and maintains most of its original structure over time
14. members of industrial society who own the means for
producing wealth
15. the level of analysis that focuses on relationships between
social structures without reference to the interaction of
the people involved
16. the theoretical perspective that denies the existence of
objective truth
17. the feminist social theory that traces the oppression of
women to the fact that societies are dominated by men