QUIZ W6, 7 & 8 (SOCIOLOGY)

Sociology is __________.

• very narrow in scope

• concerned with what one individual does or does not do

• the systematic study of social behaviour and human groups

• an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society

Sociological imagination is __________.

• the systematic study of social behavior and human groups

• an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society

• concerned with what one individual does or does not do

• an attempt to bring macro-level and micro-level analyses together

Which of the following thinkers introduced the concept of the sociological imagination?

• Emile Durkheim

• Auguste Comte

• Max Weber

• C. Wright Mills

Max Weber taught his students that they should employ which of the following in their intellectual work?

• anomie

• verstehen (value free)

• the sociological imagination

• microsociology

Robert Merton’s contributions to sociology include __________.

• successfully combining theory and research

• producing a theory that is one of the most frequently cited explanations of deviant behaviour

• an attempt to bring macro-level and micro-level analyses together

• all of the answers

Which sociologist made a major contribution to society through his in-depth studies of urban life, including both Blacks and Whites?

• Robert Merton

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Auguste Comte

• Charles Horton Cooley

In the late 19th century, before the term “feminist view” was even coined, the ideas behind this major theoretical approach appeared in the writings of __________.

• Ida Wells-Barnett

• Karl Marx

• Max Weber

• Jane Addams

Thinking of society as a living organism in which each part of the organism contributes to its survival is a reflection of which theoretical perspective?

• the functionalist perspective

• the conflict perspective

• the feminist perspective

• the interactionist perspective

Karl Marx’s view of the struggle between social classes inspired the contemporary __________.

• functionalist perspective

• dramaturgical approach

• macro-level approach

• conflict perspective

The Communist Manifesto was introduced by __________.

• Karl Marx and Max Weber

• Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

• Charles Horton Cooley and Karl Marx

• Friedrich Engels and Max Weber