Which of the following best describes the sociological perspective?

• It focuses on people at a group level.

• Its major focus is on individual differences

• Its major focus is the intelligence of individuals.

• It has little interest in group behavior.

Which of the following is part of the unique perspective of sociology?

• patterns of behavior in social relationships

• the behavior of individuals in isolation

• the mental and emotional processes of individuals

• the history and theory of government

Which of the following is a characteristic of groups?

• They are separate from the individuals who form them.

• Groups have the same characteristics as the people who form them.

• They encourage individuals to behave independently.

• Every group is only a collection of individuals.

What is the sociological imagination?

• The way individuals see how events in their own lives relate to events in society.

• A method sociologists use to uncover new sources of information.

• The ability of individuals to adapt to the expectations of a group.

• A creative way for sociologists to represent social processes

Karl Marx believed that class conflict was inevitable because

• workers will eventually overthrow capitalists just as enslaved persons overthrew their owners.

• latent functions are more common than manifest functions.

• social interdependence always leads to social unrest.

• Social Darwinism states that a classless society is the most stable type of society

Jane Addams

• was concerned about the exploitation of the lower class.

• believed everyone should find his or her social-class level without outside interference

• was the first person to research the social structure of African American communities.

• is considered the founder of symbolic interactionism.

The theory that society benefits when each individual finds his or her own social-class level without outside interference is called

• Social Darwinism.

• group conformity.

• class conflict.

• group imagination.

What do sociologists mean by theoretical perspective?

• assumptions about the workings of society

• facts and data about society

• opinions about how people should relate

• consensus among all members of a group

Which of the following emphasizes the contributions of each part of society and how these parts work together to create a unified whole?

• functionalism

• symbolic interactionism

• the conflict perspective

• positivism

According to Émile Durkheim, where is consensus strongest?

• in small tribal societies

• in large industrial societies

• in universities

• in countries with large international trade