Sociology MIDTERM REVIEW

Getting an education at school is what type of function?

• Manifest Function

• Latent function

Which early sociology thinker proposed that society would eventually consist of only 2 classes; the bourgeoisie and proletariat

• Auguste Comte

• Harriet Martineau

• Herbert Spencer

• Karl Marx

the use of sociology to solve problems

• basic sociology

• applied sociology

• positivism

• public sociology

A sociologist studying the struggle between teachers on strike and the state education board and the attempt to bring about change would be best served using which sociological perspective?

• Functionalism

• Conflict Perspective

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Sociological Perspective

Tom wants to understand how school prepares young people for their future roles in society...which Sociological perspective would best fit this approach

• Functionalism

• Conflict Theory

• Symbolic interactionism

This theory is based on inequality and struggle for power.

• Conflict

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Functionalism

group membership that people have because of their location in history and society

• population

• perspective

• society

• social location

Why should scientists include a detailed description of how they conducted their research when they present their conclusions?

• so that the experiment can be changed

• so that the experiment can be repeated by others

• so that the experiment can be proven correct

• so that the experiment can be proven incorrect

research for the purpose of making discoveries about human life

• basic research

• applied research

• positivism

• public sociology

The expressive leader is focused on maintaining the group's morale.

• True

• False