1.  In relation to the context of the later yrs of soci, early Am. sociology turned away from a historical perspective examining long term social trends, which was the focus in Europe, toward a "positivistic," "scientistic," or  __________________________  orientation examining short term social problems 

2.  On war, Spencer saw a transition from  ____________________________  to industrial societies 

3.  In relation to Ward,  ___________________________ is the process whereby people, through education and development of intellect, could direct social evolution 

4.  The Chicago School laid the foundation of the contemporary examinations of  ________________________ , community & human nature 

5.  Park was interested in the  _________________________  level of analysis and he focused on systems and beliefs 

6.  In relation to women in early sociology, as did Marx, Addams, et al believed in the interaction & simultaneous development of theory & social  __________________________ , which Marx called Praxis 

7.  In relation to Sorokin, in contrast to evolutionary theories of social change, Sorokin developed a  _________________________________  theory 

8.  The Frankfurt school turned away from the solutions of traditional  ___________________________  & other activists who focused on political activism, a revolutionary labor movement, etc. 

9.  In relation to Mannheim, Marx related the ideas of social classes to their positions in the social structure while Mannheim focused on social  ______________________  in the social structure 

10.  For Schutz,  _____________ -Relationships are distant and impersonal 

11.  In relation to early Marxism in America, the 1960s and the 1970s was the era of black protests, the women's movement, the student movement, and the anti war in Vietnam movement and people were energized by this  ________________________   thinking and were thus more accepting of new ideas like Marxism 

12.  In relation to early feminism in America, women's studies programs are now  _________________________  in all major universities 

13.  In relation to an intro to agency structure integration, in a dualism, the components can and should be  ____________________________  for examination 

14.  In relation to an intro to modernity, in Modernity & Self Identity (1991) Giddens views the self as developing  _____________________________  w/in the juggernaut of Modernity 

15.  In relation to an intro to consumption theory, post modernism defines postmodern society as a  ______________________________  society w/ the result that consumption plays a central role in that theory 

Essays should be two, average length, hand written pages long.  Be sure & answer all parts of the question. 

2.  Review Dahrendorf's ideas on the continuum from structural - functionalism to conflict theory.  Use some of the tenets of functionalism & Marxism / conflict theory to illustrate the validity or lack of validity of Dahrendorf's theory.  Finally compare Dahrendorf's concept of the imperatively coordinated association w/ that of class from the conflict theorists