Test Bank for Introduction to Sociology 5th Edition By George Ritzer, Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy
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Test Bank for Introduction to Sociology 5th Edition By George Ritzer, Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy
Test Bank for Introduction to Sociology 5th Edition By George Ritzer, Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy
Table Of Content
Letter from the Authors
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
CHAPTER 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY IN THE GLOBAL AGE
A Sociology of Revolutions and Counterrevolutions
The Changing Nature of the Social World—and Sociology
Central Concerns for a Twenty-First-Century Sociology
Sociology: Continuity and Change
Sociology’s Purpose: Science or Social Reform?
Sociology, the Other Social Sciences, and Common Sense
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
CHAPTER 2. THINKING SOCIOLOGICALLY
How Do Theories Help Us Understand Politics and Other Social Institutions?
The Giants of Classical Sociological Theory
Other Important Early Theorists
Contemporary Sociological Theory
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
CHAPTER 3. RESEARCHING THE SOCIAL WORLD
Sociology as a Science
The Scientific Method
The Development of Scientific Knowledge
Sociological Research
Secondary Data Analysis
Issues in Social Research
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
CHAPTER 4. CULTURE
A Reflection of U.S. Culture
A Definition of Culture
The Basic Elements of Culture
Cultural Differences
Major Types of Culture
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
CHAPTER 5. SOCIALIZATION AND INTERACTION
Socialization and Variance
The Individual and the Self
The Individual as Performer
Socialization
Interaction
Micro-Level Social Structures
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
CHAPTER 6. ORGANIZATIONS, SOCIETIES, AND GLOBAL RELATIONSHIPS
Questioning Governmental Authority
Organizations
Contemporary Organizational Realities
Societies
Global Relationships
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
CHAPTER 7. DEVIANCE AND CRIME
Norms, Labels, and Judgment
Deviance
Theories of Deviance
Crime
Globalization and Crime
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
CHAPTER 8. SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN THE UNITED STATES
Student “Haves” and “Have-Nots” in Higher Education
Dimensions of Social Stratification
Economic Inequality
Social Mobility
Theories of Social Stratification
Consumption and Social Stratification
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
CHAPTER 9. GLOBAL STRATIFICATION
Something Is Right in Denmark
Positions in Global Stratification
Other Global Inequalities
Changing Positions in Global Stratification
Theories of Global Stratification
Consumption and Global Stratification
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
CHAPTER 10. RACE AND ETHNICITY
Minorities Acquire Political Power
The Concepts of Race and Ethnicity
Majority–Minority Relations
Racism
Race and Ethnicity in a Global Context
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
CHAPTER 11. GENDER AND SEXUALITY
Challenging Gender Stereotypes
Gender and Sex
The Sociology of Sexuality
Sexuality, Gender, and Globalization
Global Flows Related to Gender
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
CHAPTER 12. FAMILIES
Fictional Families Get Real
Family, Marriage, and Intimate Relationships
Broad Changes in Marriage and the Family
Theorizing the Family
Problems in the Family
Global Families
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
CHAPTER 13. EDUCATION
Going to the “Right” Parties on Campus
Thinking about Education
Education and Consumption
Inequality in Education
Globalization and Education
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
CHAPTER 14. RELIGION
Commercialism Encroaches on a Holy City
Early Sociologists and Religion
What Is Religion?
Components of Religion
Types of Religious Institutions
Theorizing Religion
Religion and Globalization
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
CHAPTER 15. POLITICS AND THE ECONOMY
The Interrelationship of Government and the Economy
Politics: Democracy or Dictatorship
Who Rules the United States?
Global Politics
The Economy: Major Forms and Changes
Work, Consumption, and Leisure
Globalization and the Economy
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
CHAPTER 16. THE BODY, MEDICINE, HEALTH, AND HEALTH CARE
The Opioid Crisis
The Body
The Sociology of Health and Medicine
Globalization and Health
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
CHAPTER 17. POPULATION, URBANIZATION, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Too Few, Too Old
Population
Urbanization
Cities and Globalization
The Environment
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
CHAPTER 18. SOCIAL CHANGE, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, AND COLLECTIVE ACTION
Workers’ Rights, Consumer Activism, and Social Change
Social Movements
Emergence, Mobilization, and Impact of Social Movements
Collective Action
Social Change: Globalization, Consumption, and the Internet
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
Glossary
References: Chapter-Opening Vignettes
References: Comprehensive List
Index
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