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Sociology Exam 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is said to be the father of Sociology?

a)

Herbert Spencer

b)

Auguste Comte

c)

Emile Durkheim

d)

Max Weber

2.

Who coined the phrase “survival of the fittest”?

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Emile Durkheim

c)

Max Weber

d)

Herbert Spencer

3.

Which theory does not belong as a sociological perspective?

a)

Symbolic Interactionism

b)

Interactionism Functional

c)

Functional Analysis

d)

Conflict Theory

4.

W. E. Du Bois

a)

Was primarily a novelist

b)

Became a revolutionary Marxist and moved to Ghana

c)

Collected work from others rather than creating his own

d)

Grew up in an era virtually free of racism

5.

Human relationships are examined by

a)

The social sciences

b)

All science

c)

Natural sciences

d)

Mathematics

6.

The first goal of science is to

a)

Contradict previous research

b)

Prove what commonsense is right

c)

Stick with a single case, not the broader group or situation

d)

Explain why something happens

7.

Max Weber said that Sociology should be

a)

Class conscious

b)

Value free

c)

Guided by personal values

d)

Guided by personal values

8.

Karl Marx believe that the engine of human history is

a)

Class conflict

b)

Reconciliation

c)

Democracy

d)

Communism

9.

Face to face interaction is the focus of analysis in

a)

Any sociological viewpoint

b)

Functional analysis

c)

Conflict theory

d)

Symbolic interactionsim

10.

Nonmaterial culture refers to a groups

a)

Ways of think and doing

b)

Eating utensils

c)

Weapons

d)

Art

11.

Language, beliefs, values, norms, and behaviors passed from one generation are a groups

a)

Identity

b)

Ethnocentrism

c)

Culture

d)

Material culture

12.

To try to understand a culture on its own term is called

a)

Folklore

b)

Cultural relativism

c)

Cultural education

d)

Ethnocentrism

13.

When people break norms, they receive

a)

Positive sanctions

b)

Negative sanctions

c)

A day in court

d)

Hugs and kisses

14.

Sociology is the scientific study of social structure

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The three sociological perspectives are Functionalism, Conflict Perspective, and Humanitarianism.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Auguste Comte wanted Sociology to

a)

Investigate the worlds problems

b)

Investigate and solve the work problems

c)

Solve the worlds problems

d)

Change the way people think

17.

are examines by Sociologists are recurring characteristics or events.

(a)  

18.

Means how many people interpret their situation, what are doing, and what is happening.

(a)  

19.

What does the German word Verstehen mean?

(a)  

20.

Our ancestors

a)

Lived in a global village

b)

Lived in big cities

c)

Perceived the world beyond their communities only dimly

d)

Bought food even though they raised and sold crops