Sociology Quiz

Who is known as the father of sociology?

• Max Weber

• Karl Marx

• Auguste Comte

• Emile Durkheim

What is the primary focus of Emile Durkheim's theory on group behavior?

• Conflict resolution

• Social integration

• Economic structures

• Political systems

Which concept describes the ability to view one's own society as an outsider?

• Sociological imagination

• Ethnocentrism

• Socialization

• Group conformity

What does the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis primarily explore?

• The impact of society on economic systems

• The relationship between language and thought

• The development of norms and taboos

• The stages of the socialization life cycle

According to Karl Marx, what would a communist society achieve?

• Increased social inequalities

• Abolishment of private property

• A focus on material culture

• Strengthening of ethnocentrism

Which theoretical approach views society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change?

• Functionalism

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Conflict Theory

• Social Constructionism

What term is used to describe the phenomenon where an individual's self-perception is influenced by how others perceive and interact with them?

• Social Network

• Looking Glass Self

• Role Conflict and Strain

• Deviance

Which concept refers to the unspoken and informal teachings experienced by students in educational institutions?

• Hidden Curriculum

• Total Institution

• Control Theory

• Social Stratification

What is the term for a place where individuals are cut off from the wider society for a considerable time and lead an enclosed, formally administered life?

• Deviance

• Social Network

• Total Institution

• Anticipatory socialization

What term describes the process by which individuals unlearn old behaviors, norms, and values to facilitate new ones?

• Desocialization

• False consciousness

• Gender Socialization

• Racism