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Sociology Introduction

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who, among the following coined the term 'sociology'?
a)
Emile Durkheim
b)
Auguste Comte
c)
Karl Marx
d)
Max Weber
2.
Conflict theory:
a)
began with Durkheim 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
3.
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
4.
In science, a hypothesis that has been confirmed through numerous tests is known as:
a)
a theory
b)
an opinion
c)
an assumption
d)
speculation
5.
Sociological imagination is a term coined by
a)
Pierre Bourdieu
b)
Max Weber
c)
C.Wright Mills
d)
Ibnu Khaldun
6.
Sociology is a study of
a)
prehistoric societies
b)
fossil record of human evolution
c)
the ways that people are affected by and affect society
d)
All of the above
7.
Sociological imagination enables us to
a)
challenge stereotypes
b)
see how wider social forces connect with our personal biographies
c)
challenges our basic impulses to see aspects of life as inevitable or natural
d)
All of the above
8.
Who, among the following is the founder of 'functionalism' in Sociology ?
a)
Max Weber
b)
Auguste Comte
c)
Emile Durkheim
d)
Karl Marx
9.
Because we make predictions about mainly unpredictable humans Social Studies is not:
a)
A real subject
b)
A model
c)
An exact science
d)
A hypothesis
10.

A German scholar, a lawyer by trade, coined terms bourgeoisie and proletariat, predicted class conflict.

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Auguste Comte

c)

Karl Marx

d)

Max Weber

11.
The _____perspective focuses on how individuals act with one another in daily situations. 
a)
Functionalist
b)
Conflict Theory
c)
Symbolic Interactionist
d)
Structuralist
12.
Karl Marx proposed that society would be better if all classes would rise up and fight until there was only one class of people. This is ____theory.
a)
Conflict
b)
Functionalist
c)
Structuralist
d)
Interactionist
13.
If I define teacher as a responsible individual who wears fuzzy sweaters and drinks coffee all day, and so I behave that way, then that is an example of which sociological theory in practice?
a)
Symbolic Interactionalism
b)
Functionalist Perspective
c)
Conflict Theory
d)
Feminist Analysis
14.
Which theory says that society is a system of interconnected parts that work together to maintain balance?
a)
Functionalist Theory
b)
Conflict Theory 
c)
Symbolic Interactionism 
15.
She was one of the first female sociologists and focused on the inequalities between the sexes.
a)
Jane Adams
b)
Emile Durkheim
c)
Harriet Martineau
d)
None of these
16.
"the awareness of the relationship between personal experience and the wider society"
Thinking away from one's usual day-to-day life and look at the world in a new way.  Is know as: 
a)
Sociological Perspective 
b)
Sociological Imagination 
c)
conflict perspective
d)
functionalist perspective
17.
Taking yourself out of society and looking at it from an alien's point of view is ___________________.
a)
Sociological Perspective 
b)
Sociological Imagination 
c)
conflict perspective
d)
functionalist perspective
18.
a way of looking at a situation; a  viewpoint
a)
sociological imagination
b)
conformity
c)
Perspective
d)
conventional social wisdom
19.
Recognized as the founder of Sociology
a)
Max Weber
b)
Emile Durkheim
c)
Auguste Comte
d)
Karl Marx
20.
which of the following methods would be useful if you wanted to find out the politial view of  1000 people
a)
interview 
b)
case study 
c)
survey 
d)
field research
21.

What is a case study?

a)

using pre-collected information

b)

an event that occurs as a result of several factors working in combination

c)

focus on a single group, incident, or community

d)

a statement of relationships among well-defined variables

22.

What is a research sample?

a)

a group of people who represent a larger population.

b)

research that involves the pursuit of knowledge in a systematic way

c)

the people a researcher wants to study

d)

a measure of how things are related to one another

23.

What is a correlation?

a)

a group of people who represent a larger population.

b)

research that involves the pursuit of knowledge in a systematic way

c)

the people a researcher wants to study

d)

a measure of how things are related to one another

24.

Random selection means:

a)

choosing subjects for no particular reason

b)

choosing subjects by demographics

c)

every subject having an equal chance at participation

25.

In one field experiment a black male or a white male act out stealing a bike by using a hacksaw to cut through the lock. Researchers documented how often the police were called for each "thief." The independent variable in this study is:

a)

the people who do or do not call the police

b)

how often the police were called

c)

stealing the bike

d)

whether the thief was white or black

26.

Cultural patterns that are a separate part of a segment of society's population is known as a/an:

a)

Suburb

b)

Subgroup

c)

Counterculture

d)

Counterintelligence

27.

Judging one culture based on the beliefs and values of another is known as:

a)

Afrocentrism

b)

Judgementalism

c)

Egocentrism

d)

Ethnocentrism

28.

A subgroup that pushes back on the mainstream culture in an attempt to change how society functions is known as the:

a)

Subgroup

b)

Radical Culture

c)

Counterculture

d)

Marginalized

29.

The spread of cultural traits from one culture to another is known as:

a)

Cultural Immersion

b)

Cultural Diffusion

c)

Counterculturalism

d)

Cultural Inclusion

30.

The beliefs and behaviors that a social group shares is known as:

a)

Culture

b)

Counterculture

c)

Subculture

d)

Religion

31.

_________________ define how to behave in accordance with what a society has defined as good, right, and important, and most members of the society adhere to them.

a)

Norms

b)

Narms

c)

Majorities

d)

Stereotypes

32.

Which of the following statements referring to the concept of culture? (Choose 2)

a)

Culture can not be changed

b)

Congkak and rebana are aspects of culture

c)

The totality of learned, socially transmitted customs, knowledge, material objects and behavior

d)

A fairly large number of people who lived in the same territory, are relatively independent of people outside it

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