Unit 1 Foundations of Sociology Test

What is sociology primarily defined as?

• The study of individual behavior

• The scientific study of social behavior and human groups

• The study of economic systems

• The study of political systems

Who coined the term "sociology"?

• Karl Marx

• Max Weber

• Auguste Comte

• Émile Durkheim

According to C. Wright Mills, what concept describes the awareness of the relationship between personal behavior and wider culture?

• Social context

• Social construct

• Sociological imagination

• Social figuration

Which sociological theory focuses on meaning attached to human interaction and symbols?

• Conflict theory

• Structural functionalism

• Symbolic interactionism

• Functionalist theory

What level of sociological analysis examines large-scale issues and large groups of people?

• Micro-level

• Meso-level

• Macro-level

• Individual level

What term describes the ability to make our own individual choices?

• Social construct

• Agency

• Figuration

• Habitualization

What concept did Herbert Spencer coin?

• Social facts

• Sociological imagination

• Survival of the fittest

• Social self

Which theorist predicted that inequality in capitalism would lead to worker revolt?

• Max Weber

• Auguste Comte

• Émile Durkheim

• Karl Marx

According to conflict theory, what do social groups compete for?

• Religious beliefs

• Limited resources

• Cultural practices

• Social facts

What term describes repeated actions that become societal patterns?

• Social facts

• Habitualization

• Agency

• Figuration