Sociology - Unit 1 Test Review

Who is known as the father of sociology for his coining of the term?

• Auguste Comte
• Herbert Spencer
• Emile Durkheim
• Harriet Martineau

An interviewer asks you to name your three favorite ways to spend your leisure time. This is an
example of a (an) ________ question.

• correlation
• representative
• closed-ended
• open-ended

 A researcher sends you a form to fill out concerning your favorite movies. This is an example of

• a questionnaire.
• a sample.
• secondary analysis.
• multiple causation.

According to ________, the people with the most power are seen as the most valuable to society.

• symbolic interactionism
• functionalism
• conflict theory
• positivism

Which of the following is a historical example of an unethical experiment?

• using corpses in automobile crash tests
• testing cosmetic products on willing participants
• conducting autopsies on corpses
• studying the cause of cancer in tissue samples from patients

Using e-mail has decreased the number of hand-written letters that people send to their friends and relatives. This is a __________ function of e-mail.

• static
• dynamic
• latent
• manifest

This theory says that society works towards cooperation and consensus

• conflict theory
• symbolic interactionism
• structural functionalism

Which of the following most precisely defines the word "sociology"?

• the study of human behavior
• perspective study of sociologists
• study of cultural behavior
• scientific study of social structure

Shopping on the Internet is convenient, and can save time. This is a ______ function of this type of shopping.

• latent
• static
• dynamic
• manifest

Descriptive research where one person or group is studied in depth; ex. Genie

• naturalistic observation
• experiment
• correlational study
• case study