WorksheetsTopic 3: Theoretical perspective & founding fathers
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who, among the following coined the term sociology?
a)
Auguste Comte
b)
Edward Burnett Tylor
c)
Emile Durkheim
d)
Karl Marx
2.
Who was first to coined the term “survival of the fittest” ?
a)
Auguste Comte
b)
Charles Darwin
c)
Herbert Spencer
d)
Max Weber
3.
According to Karl Marx, alienation refers to ______________________________________
a)
thought of society as an area where different groups struggles and compete for survival
b)
feelings of indifferences and hostility not only to work, but overall framework of industrial production within capitalist setting
c)
any aggregate of persons who perform the same function in the organization of production
d)
the organization of social and economic life according to principles of efficiency and on the basis of technical knowledge
4.
The concept of ‘rationalization’ came from_______________________
a)
Karl Marx
b)
Max Weber
c)
Emile Durkheim
d)
Herbert Spencer
5.
The concept of ‘anomie’ came from ______________________
a)
Max Weber
b)
Emile Durkheim
c)
Karl Marx
d)
Auguste Comte
6.
Traditional cultures with low division of labour Most members of society are involved in similar occupations and have similar values Bound together by common experience and shared beliefs.
The above statements refer to
The above statements refer to
a)
Anomie
b)
Social facts
c)
Mechanical solidarity
d)
Organic solidarity
7.
Conflict theory:
a)
began with Malinowski when conducting fieldwork
b)
sees society as system of highly interrelated parts that work together harmoniously
c)
focuses heavily on inequality
d)
focuses on the interaction among people
8.
Each part of society works together for the benefit of the whole much like a living organism. This refers to __________________
a)
Conflict theory
b)
Symbolic interactionism
c)
Functionalism
d)
None of the above
9.
Symbolic interactionism was developed by :
a)
Harold Garfinkel
b)
Erving Goffman
c)
George Herbert Mead
d)
All of the above
10.
Conflict theory is grounded in the work of
a)
Harold
Garfinkel
b)
Karl
Marx
c)
George
Herbert Mead
d)
None
of the above
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