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3 Paradigms Review

Total questions: 74

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Founding Father is most responsible for contributing to the Social Conflict paradigm?

a)

Comte

b)

Marx

c)

Spencer

d)

Durkheim

e)

Weber

2.

When Marx studied Class Conflict what term did he use as a synonym for bourgeoisie to refer to the wealthy who owned the businesses & factories in society?

a)

anomie

b)

proletarians

c)

capitalists

d)

egoistis

3.

Which person would NOT have been marginalized while working in sociology?

a)

George Herbert Mead

b)

Jane Addams

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Ida B. Wells

4.

Which paradigm looks at large groups on a macro-level identifying what holds a society together?

a)

Interactionism

b)

Conflict Approach

c)

Functionalism

d)

Structuralism

5.

Which paradigm looks at large groups on a macro-level identifying what problems are caused by the unequal distribution of money, power, prestige, and education?

a)

Functionalism

b)

Interactionism

c)

Conflict Approach

d)

Symbolism

6.

Which paradigm looks at society on a micro-level identifying the motivations of people in smaller groups?

a)

Functionalism

b)

Interactionism

c)

Conflict Approach

d)

Socialism

7.

What term did Marx use to refer to poor factory workers that struggled in their day to day survival while utilizing the class conflict approach?

a)

proletariat class

b)

capitalists

c)

bourgeoisie

d)

bureaucracy

8.

Which approach is Auguste Comte associated with in his work in Sociology?

a)

Structural Functionalism

b)

Symbolic Interactionism

c)

Social Conflict

d)

Symbolic Functionalism

9.

Which approach is Emile Durkheim associated with in his work in Sociology?

a)

Conflict Approach

b)

Functionalism

c)

Interactionism

d)

Verstehen

10.

Which person created the concepts of manifest functions, latent functions, & social dysfunctions?

a)

Harriet Martineau

b)

Erving Goffman

c)

Robert Merton

d)

WEB DuBois

11.

Social structures and social functions are the 2 main parts of which paradigm?

a)

Structural Functional Approach

b)

Social Interaction Approach

c)

Social Conflict Approach

d)

Symbolic Functional Paradigm

12.

Which Founding Father co-wrote "The Communist Manifesto and shared his views on social and class conflict?"

a)

Comte

b)

Spencer

c)

Durkheim

d)

Weber

e)

Marx

13.

A value free approach to sociology means one remains...

a)

subjective

b)

opinionated

c)

ethnocentric

d)

objective

14.

A value laden approach means one is...

a)

subjective

b)

racist

c)

objective

d)

neutral

15.

Which is the only micro level approach to Sociology?

a)

Interactionism

b)

Functionalism

c)

Conflict Paradigm

d)

Individualism

16.

Which man followed the Conflict Paradigm and helped to establish the NAACP?

a)

Steve Biko

b)

Nelson Mandela

c)

Robert Merton

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

e)

James Baldwin

17.

People are born into a social __?__ that provides one's race, ethnicity, religion, & social class?

a)

position

b)

ethnography

c)

marginality

18.

Durkheim wrote about the confusing times of normlessness in society. He called this ...?... & described where society LOST its social structures that brought solidarity.

a)

anomie

b)

marginality

c)

bureaucracy

d)

ethnocentrism

19.

Verstehen, means to ...?... and was referred to in the work of Weber as he followed the Symbolic Interactionist Paradigm.

a)

listen

b)

apologize

c)

understand

d)

systematic

20.

Status quo means

a)

keeping things real

b)

keeping things updated

c)

keeping things open

d)

keeping things the same

21.

The Structural Functional approach is criticized by some for making the assumption that holding the status quo is a good thing for societies to do.

a)

false

b)

true

22.

Jane Addams did all of the following except:

a)

opened Hull House to help marginalized immigrants in Chicago

b)

win the Nobel Peace Prize

c)

support the Structural Functional paradigm

d)

argue for children to get a better education

23.

W.E.B. DuBois was the first African American to earn a Doctoral degree from what New England Ivy League institution?

a)

Yale

b)

Brown

c)

Cornell

d)

Harvard

e)

Fisk

24.

Undesirable consequences that have negative by-products are called...

a)

latent functions

b)

social dysfunctions

c)

manifest functions

d)

proletariat functions

25.

The obvious and intended consequences of social structures being implemented are referred to as ....

a)

latent functions

b)

manifest functions

c)

proletariat functions

d)

social dysfunctions

26.

The initially unintended consequences that over time become positive by-products are called...

a)

proletariat functions

b)

social dysfunctions

c)

latent functions

d)

manifest functions

27.

Which of the 2 following "Founding Fathers" of Sociology are NOT associated with the Functionalist Approach?

a)

Comte and Spencer

b)

Spencer and Durkheim

c)

Marx and Weber

28.

Who is identified as a journalist that documented the lynchings of African Americans and fought for equality?

a)

Erving Goffman

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Ida B. Wells

e)

Robert Merton

29.

Name the term that is a synonym for environment in sociology and refers to when people teach you things like values and norms.

a)

nature

b)

solidarity

c)

peculiarity

d)

nurture

e)

innate

30.

Who was born into slavery and later in life became known as "Moses," a conductor on the Underground Railroad?

a)

Ruby Bridges

b)

Harriet Martineau

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Ida B. Wells

e)

W.E.B. DuBois

31.

Who was America's second female on our U.S. Supreme Court?

a)

Sandra Day O'Connor

b)

Sonia Sotomayor

c)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

d)

Elena Kagan

e)

Amy Coney Barrett

32.

Who is known as the "Founding Mother" of Sociology?

a)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Ida B. Wells

d)

Jane Addams

e)

Harriet Martineau

33.

The advocacy of women's rights based on the equality of the sexes is better known as ...

a)

verstehen

b)

intersectionality

c)

feminism

d)

sexism

e)

elitism

34.

What term refers to the overlap of class, race, ethnicity, & sex as these variables overlap and interconnect throughout society?

a)

intra-centeredness

b)

intersectionality

c)

super connectedness

d)

convergency

e)

inflection crossroads

35.

Which paradigm can often be criticized by arguing that it is pursuing political goals of individuals?

a)

Social Conflict

b)

Symbolic Interactionism

c)

Structural Functionalism

d)

Symbolic Functionalism

e)

Structural Interactionism

36.

Which individual wrote about dramaturgical analysis and the presentation of the self in our daily interactions?

a)

George Herbert Mead

b)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

c)

Robert Merton

d)

Erving Goffman

e)

Max Weber

37.

George Herbert Mead identified how we acquire our personality through the ...?... process.

a)

stimulus response

b)

presentation of the self

c)

socialization

d)

alienation

e)

manifest

38.

Which of the following is not a part of George Herbert Mead's stages of acquiring a sense of the self in the socialization process?

a)

Intimacy

b)

Imitation

c)

Generalized Other

d)

Play

e)

Games

39.

Which best defines the concept of dramaturgical analysis?

a)

evaluating large bureaucracies affects on workers

b)

studying how minorities have been alienated throughout history

c)

assess how people behave according to where they are and who they are with in a specific setting

d)

rate the connections between feminism and advancement in stages of development

40.

Which individual, a Former U.S. Congressman from Georgia, often repeatedly expressed in interviews that one sometimes needs to get into "good and necessary" trouble?

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

George Herbert Mead

d)

John Lewis

e)

James Baldwin

41.

What term was used in South Africa to refer to the strict segregation of the races?

a)

afrikaner

b)

alienation

c)

apartheid

d)

soweto

e)

sharpe lining

42.

Who was murdered by the South African police while he was jailed for violating their strict segregation laws?

a)

Nelson Mandela

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Malcolm X

d)

Steve Biko

e)

John Lewis

43.

Being able to make new friends and travel abroad to study during one's college years would be called a ...

a)

social dysfunction

b)

manifest function

c)

proletariat function

d)

latent function

44.

Having an enormous amount of college debt to pay off after graduating would be referred to as a ....

a)

social dysfunction

b)

latent function

c)

proletariat function

d)

manifest function

e)

a big lie

45.

Who was responsible for translating the work of Auguste Comte from French into English?

a)

Herbert Spencer

b)

Emile Durkheim

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Harriet Martineau

e)

Harriet Tubman

46.

Which is the only micro-level paradigm?

a)

Functionalism

b)

Conflict Approach

c)

Verstehen Paradigm

d)

Interactionism

47.

The NAACP means ...

a)

National African American Coalition for Prosperity

b)

Nominal Advancement for the American Cause of Peace

c)

National Advancement for the Advocacy of Colored People

d)

Numerous African Americans for Cooperation and Providence

e)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

48.

In Sociology & Psychology, nature refers to having something...

a)

taught to you

b)

through genetics & predispositions

c)

provided due to one's social position

d)

given in an environment

49.

Which person named here won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931?

a)

John Lewis

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Nelson Mandela

d)

Jane Addams

e)

Harriet Martineau

50.

Which person survived 27 years in his nation's' prisons, was released and then voted in as the democratic leader of a new united South Africa?

a)

Steve Biko

b)

John Lewis

c)

James Baldwin

d)

Malcolm X

e)

Nelson Mandela

51.

According to G.H. Mead's play stage, one can do which of the following?

a)

only mimic and imitate

b)

take on one role in one situation

c)

taken on multiple roles in multiple situations

d)

take on multiple roles but only in one situation

52.

Using computer technology to monitor and track how many steps an individual takes in a day is referred to as...

a)

a manifest function

b)

a consolidated interest

c)

a social dysfunction

d)

a latent function

53.

Harriet Tubman was born in which state?

a)

New York

b)

Virginia

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Maryland

e)

Delaware

54.

Sociology may utilize how many paradigms (aka approaches) to its study of society?

a)

one

b)

two

c)

three

d)

four

55.

Who grew so frustrated and discouraged by the lack of progress by the end of his life that he chose to move to Ghana where he died in 1963?

a)

John Lewis

b)

Steve Biko

c)

Nelson Mandela

d)

Malcolm X

e)

W.E.B. DuBois

56.

Currently, our U.S. population is approximately

a)

270 million

b)

300 million

c)

330 million

d)

360 million

e)

390 million

57.

Fred Korematsu won his Supreme Court case protecting his and other Japanese-American individual rights from the federal government in 1944.

a)

true

b)

false

58.

Who was the US President that sent Japanese Americans to internment camps to "protect" other American citizens during WW II?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Calvin Coolidge

d)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

e)

Lyndon Baines Johnson

59.

The systematic denial of services and homes to minorities, historically African Americans, throughout the 20th century is referred by the term...

a)

integration

b)

apartheid

c)

redlining

d)

relocation

60.

Who was the most famous speaker to participate at the August 1963 March on Washington?

a)

Malcolm X

b)

John Lewis

c)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

d)

WEB DuBois

e)

Steve Biko

61.

Who created the concept of dramaturgical analysis to analyze how people are motivated to interact in small groups?

a)

Max Weber

b)

Erving Goffman

c)

George Herbert Mead

d)

William Shakespeare

e)

Robert Merton

62.

Dramaturgical analysis is associated with which paradigm?

a)

Functionalism

b)

Structuralism

c)

Symbolism

d)

Interactionism

e)

Conflict

63.

Fred Korematsu was supported by which of the following in his lawsuit against the US government during W.W. II? (check all that apply)

a)

his parents

b)

the Japanese-American community members

c)

his lawyers from the ACLU

d)

his girlfriend

64.

Which woman followed the Conflict Paradigm and helped to establish the NAACP?

a)

Harriet Martineau

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

e)

Ida B. Wells

65.

Who was born into slavery in Maryland & by the end of her life worked as a spy for the North during the Civil War?

a)

Harriet Martineau

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Ida B. Wells

e)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

66.

Kimberlé Crenshaw created which concept?

a)

intersectionality

b)

The self fulfilling prophecy

c)

dramaturgical analysis

d)

apartheid

67.

The "Self Fulfilling Prophecy" occurs when one's self-imposed beliefs influence our own expectations & actions. OR when other- people's imposed prophecies influence your own behaviors. Who created this concept?

a)

Steve Biko

b)

Nelson Mandela

c)

Emile Durkheim

d)

Robert Merton

e)

George Herbert Mead

68.

Which individual worked with the ACLU to argue equal rights cases before the Supreme Court?

a)

Ida B. Wells

b)

John Lewis

c)

Harriet Martineau

d)

Malcolm X

e)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

69.

Which man marched alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. and fought non-violently for human rights. He was violently beaten during a march in Selma, Alabama in 1965.

a)

Malcolm X

b)

James Baldwin

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

John Lewis

e)

Trevor Noah

70.

Who was assassinated by members of the Nation of Islam while speaking at the Audubon Ballroom in NYC in 1965?

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Steve Biko

d)

James Baldwin

e)

Nelson Mandela

71.

Who entitles his autobiography "Born A Crime" since his black South African mother and white father from Switzerland illegally had relations during the times of apartheid in South Africa?

a)

Steve Biko

b)

Nelson Mandela

c)

James Baldwin

d)

Malcolm X

e)

Trevor Noah

72.

Which of the following grew up with a father that was personal friends with Abraham Lincoln?

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Harriet Martineau

d)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

e)

John Lewis

73.

According to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, which of the following was NOT a strike against her as she sought a job as a lawyer?

a)

being Jewish

b)

being a woman

c)

growing up in Brooklyn

d)

being a mom of a 4 year old

74.

ACLU stands for...

a)

American Corporation of the Legalist Union

b)

The Association for the Cooperation of Lawyers Union

c)

American Civil Liberties Union

d)

The Association of Class Legal Unity