Introduction to Sociology Test

Rules that define behavior. Once they are learned they guide social behavior

• Norms

• Values

• Knowledge

• Schema

____ believed that societies grew and changed as a result of the struggles of different social classes over the means of production and greatly favored ____.

• Durkheim; Communism

• Max Weber; Positivism

• Karl Marx; Communism

• Comte; Antipositivism

Jeremy wrote an essay criticizing the college admissions process, arguing that heavy competition and limited educational resources make admission difficult for the average student. Which perspective would Jeremy’s argument fall under?

• Structural Functionalism

• Conflict Theory

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Behaviorism

Studies individual human behavior, plus human mental and emotional processes.

• Sociology

• Political Science

• Economics

• Psychology

Each part of society works together for the benefit of the whole much like a living organism. This refers to 

• Conflict theory
• Symbolic interactionism
• Functionalism
• None of the above

After weeks of protest in Zuccotti Park, NYC’s “Occupy Wall Street” divided into two camps: one composed of higher income protestors, and one composed of lower-income protesters. A ______ would be most interested in the relationship and nature of day-to- day exchanges between the two groups

• Structural functionalist

• Conflict theorist

• Symbolic interactionist

• Feminist conflict theorist

What best describes sociology?

• Study of life

• Study of the human body

• Study of society or societies

• Study of philosophy

Any social group that a person belongs to is a ______.

• Perspective

• Nurture

• Behavior

• Society

Which of the following serve as the basic premises for Symbolic Interactionism?

• Humans interact with things based on meanings ascribed to those things.

• The ascribed meaning of things comes from our interactions with others and society.

• The meaning of things is interpreted by a person when dealing with things in specific circumstances.

• The achieved meaning of things comes from our interactions with others and society.

The systematic or scientific study of human society and social behaviors, from large-scale institutions and mass culture to small groups and individual interactions

• Society

• Sociology

• Social Sciences

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