SOCL 1100 Practice Quiz 1

Sociology is...

•  the non-scientific study of human society.

• the non-scientific study of an individual behaviour.

• the scientific study of human society and social behavior.

•  predicting the future.

Sociological imagination can be defined as...

• vivid awareness of the relationship between personal experience and the wider society.

• a theory that explains a particular social behavior.

• a theory that explains a random social behavior.

• a mechanism behind group interactions.

 Common sense is...

•  always reliable.

•  the knowledge we gather from life experiences, which may or may not be reliable.

• the "every one knows" thing.

• never to be trusted.

To which of the following perspectives Karl Marx's view of society belongs?

• Functionalism

• Conflict Theory

• Feminism

• Symbolic Interactionism

A cultural group within society that shares elements of the dominant culture but also has its own distinctive norms and behaviour patterns is called...

• a superculture.

• a dominant culture.

• a subculture.

• folkways.

Which category of theorists argue that culture is perpetuated through daily interactions that define and redefine the norms and values for any given group?

• Functionalists

• Conflict Theorists

• Feminists

• Symbolic Interactionists

For conflict theorists, socialization is not about power and control.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Peer groups are important as an agent of socialization as they contribute to our sense of belonging and to how we feel about ourselves.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Conflict theorists claim that socialization results in...

•  social integration.

• positioning people in power hierarchy.

• perpetuate patriarchy.

• alienation.

_____________ is an agent of primary socialization.