The introductory sociology course is typically the only course most students take in sociology; hence, the introductory textbook becomes the only sociology textbook they may ever read as college students. The textbook, however, often lacks rigor in explaining concepts. This study focused on the thoroughness of explanations of the relations of substructure and superstructure of society by Karl Max (economic determinism) and Max Weber (ideological determinism) in a sample of introductory sociology textbooks. We found only one textbook to be consistently thorough in explaining both determinisms, and most textbooks were rated as low in their explanations of both concepts. We argue for greater thoroughness in introductory sociology textbooks, especially in the interest of students who participate in online learning and those who may not take another course in sociology and whose impression of the discipline would be framed by the introductory textbook.

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社会学导论课本下层-上层建筑关系解释的彻底性

社会学入门课程通常是大多数学生学习社会学的唯一课程；因此，这本介绍性教科书成为他们作为大学生可能读过的唯一社会学教科书。然而，教科书在解释概念方面往往缺乏严谨性。本研究的重点是卡尔·马克斯（经济决定论）和马克斯·韦伯（意识形态决定论）在介绍性社会学教科书中对社会底层结构和上层结构关系的彻底解释。我们发现只有一本教科书在解释这两个决定论方面始终如一地彻底，而且大多数教科书对这两个概念的解释都被评为低级。我们主张在介绍性社会学教科书中更加彻底，