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WorksheetsSociology Quiz : Lessons 1 & 2
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 29mins
What does sociology mean?
The scientific study of the individual and the issues they face.
The scientific study of social structure.
The scientific study of the production, distribution , and consumption of goods and service.
The scientific study of artifacts within a specific period of time.
Refers to the patterned ways in which people interact in social relationships.
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The view that looks at the behavior and focuses on the group.
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The ability to see he link between society and self.
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Positivism was the term coined by what founding father of sociology?
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August Comte's explanation of positivism was that...
sociology should be knowledge based on science that one could be positive of.
sociology should be based on only positive outlooks and ignore the bad.
sociology is the study of happiness in groups only.
sociology sheds positive vibes and weeds out the negative.
The study of social stability and order.
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The study of social change.
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Harriet Martineau was a
sociologist who was married to August Comte.
the cleaning lady at a university and professors realized all she had to offer intellectually after she posted a sociological question on the chalk board in the hall.
sociologist who translated August Comte's book on sociology, contributed ways to perform research in sociology as well as feminist theory and the political economy.
social worker who helped feed the children.
Herbert Spencer is most widely known as the sociologist who introduced...
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What is an example of Social Darwinism?
The poor are meant to be poor and the rich are meant to be rich.
Social reform leads to a better society for all.
The poor should have the same opportunities as the rich.
Through hard work you can be anything.
Karl Marx was most interested in social reform and sociology in terms of _________________.
the smartest and best society has to offer.
the most athletic within society.
those that were able to mind their own business and keep to themselves.
class conflict between the bourgeoisie and proletariat.
Emile Durkheim believed that
society exists because of a broad agreement among the members of that society.
society exists because people have learned to mind their own business.
society exists because it is impossible to take care of yourself without help.
society exists because humans like to party.
Emile Durkheim coined the terms mechanical solidarity and organic solidarity. Mechanical solidarity is based on a widespread social consensus and values and a dependence upon family and tradition. Organic solidarity is the social dependence based upon a high degree of specialization.
True
False
Mechanical solidarity is based on a
pre-industrial society.
Industrial society.
Organic solidarity is based on a
Pre-Industrial Society.
Industrial society.
Max Weber was an important sociologist because he coined the term ______________, which means that one is able to look at life from another point of view different than their own.
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krickensto
Verstehen
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Max Weber's term rationalization in reference to sociology refers to___________________.
the mindset that views knowledge through reason, planning, and science.
the mindset that luck and destiny play a role in knowledge.
the mindset that Tupac is in hiding somewhere and still alive to this day.
the mindset that things just happen and there is no explaination.
Jane Addams was a sociologist who __________________. Click all that apply...
sought to change government corruption and laws to protect the most vulnerable of our society, such as children, the aged, the poor, the disabled, and immigrants.
started the Hull House.
won the Nobel Peace Prize.
sat at home and did nothing while people starved to death and lived in filth.
W.E.B. Du Bois was a sociologist who ___________________.
was the editor in chief of the NAACP's journal called The Crisis.
was the first African American to gain his doctorate from Harvard University.
tackled the Pan-African movement and was concerned with ALL those who were of African decent.
challenged the societal assumption of the time that African Americans were an inferior race.
Apply Sociological Imagination to this photo. 2 sentences at least please.
Apply Sociological Imagination to this photo. 2 sentences at least please.
Apply Sociological Imagination to this photo. 2 sentences at least please.
(a) was the sociologist that wrote he book Sociological Imagination.
Name one way you can apply Sociological Imagination to your everyday life.
