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WorksheetsUnit 1 Sociology
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 30mins
A group of students is researching the prevalence of drug abuse in a community. Which sampling method may be BEST for this study?
Quota
Random
Snowball
Stratified
According to Durkheim, a social fact is
external to the individual
obvious in all institutions in society
functional for social order and role allocation
necessary to maintain societal integration
Social researchers are often criticized for not adhering to ethical principles in research. Which of the following is NOT an ethical principle?
The right to privacy
The consent of the participant
The right to research
The publication of research findings
People make sense of their world through an understanding of everyday rules. This view is expressed by
Marxists
Feminists
Functionalists
Interactionists
Which of the following can be described as microperspectives?
I Marxism
II Functionalism
III Interactionism
IV Ethnomethodology
I and II
I and III
II and III
III and IV
Which of the following methods would MOST likely be used in quantitative research?
Case Study
Structured Interview
Unstructured Interview
Participant Observation
Which group of sociologists argues that a person's class is determined by his or her position in the economic system?
Marxists
Feminists
Functionalists
Interpretivists
Sociologists embrace methodological pluralism in research. This is referred to as
triangulation
multistage sampling
the scientific method
the quantitative method
When a research method is repeatedly applied and consistently produces the same results in a study, it is said to be
valid
reliable
relevant
standardized
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of sociology?
Biased
Empirical
Theoretical
Cumulative
Which of the following Caribbean scholars made a DIRECT contribution to Caribbean sociology?
Norman Girvan
Talcott Parsons
George Murdock
Lloyd Brathwaite
Which of the following events was NOT a factor in the development of sociology as a discipline?
Decolonization process
Industrial Revolution
French Revolution
Enlightenment
In which of the following was do socialization mechanisms BEST contribute to the maintenance of social order in society?
Individuals conform to a common system of norms and values
The social institutions ensure that individuals remain class conscious
The values of the society change as the family becomes modern and global
Formal sanctions enforce established rules and this creates the foundation for change
Rewards for positive behavior and punishments for negative behavior are called
norms
values
social mores
social sanctions
Which of the following concepts is associated with functionalism?
Anomie
Alienation
Verstehen
Indexicality
Which of the following is NOT considered a strength of positivism?
Generalizability
Objectivity
Reliability
Validity
Which of the following is NOT a component of the scientific method?
Experimentation
Personification
Observation
Generalization
Empiricism is the feature of science that stresses
Observable entities
Abstract concepts
Philosophical doctrines
Objectivity
Which of the following is a functional prerequisite as stated by Talcott Parsons?
Integration
Pattern Variables
Social equilibrium
Social systems
Which of the following is a concept associated with the work of Karl Marx?
Alienation
Social Order
Microsociology
Dysfunction
Which term is NOT necessarily associated with questionnaires?
Open- ended
Postal or mail
Close - ended
Face to face
Which is NOT an advantage of questionnaires?
It saves time and money
It collects standardized data
It provides in depth information
It is easily replicable
Which of the following are classified as documents?
i letters
ii diaries
iii autobiographies
iv biographies
i, ii and iii
i, iii and iv
ii, iii and iv
i , ii , iii and iv
How is participant observation similar to unstructured interviews?
The trust of the respondents is important for the validity of the data
People are always studied in their own environment
They can only study one person at a time
They are equally unreliable
Which pair of research methods contains data produced by people other than sociologists?
Unstructured interviews and official statistics
Unstructured interviews and social surveys
Documents and official statistics
Documents and social surveys
The statement " sociology should be value free" means that
Theories should be non ethical and objective
researchers should be ethical and objective
research should offer moral judgement
researchers' emotions should influence only conclusions
How is quantitative research advantageous to qualitative research?
The data are more valid
The data are more reliable
The researcher is detached from the subjects
The information is more subjective
The idea that society could be compared to a biological organism was conceived by
Durkheim
Spencer
Parsons
Comte
Identify two social groups that existed in feudal society
ruling class and working class
lord and servant
slave and peasant
nobility and serf
Which of the following is a function of the superstructure in capitalists' society?
To control the minds of the working-class
To ensure that the working-class work harder
To prop up the bourgeoisie
To serve the needs of the middle class
Which of the following BEST describes the consensus perspective?
A society united by shared values, beliefs and norms
A society where there is an unequal access to power.
A society where social order is imposed on the weak.
A society that focuses on how change is achieved.
Feminists perspectives are distinctive in sociology because
Only women can write from a feminist perspective
They emphasize the centrality of gender in social analysis
Other theoretical perspectives have not researched women
Men and women have viewed the world in different ways
The distribution of power in a society is a concern for
Macrosociology
Microsociology
Ethnomethodology
Interactionism
The feeling of despair often associated with unsettling conditions refers to
Alienation
Anomie
Amorality
Ascription
Which of these is a broadly Weberian idea?
The main dynamic of modern development is capitalist societies
Modern societies are in transition towards a socialist model
All history is a history of class struggles
Rationalization is bound to progress further in all spheres of life
Pre testing a questionnaire is useful for
Finding out which topics are important to the respondents
Testing out your computer and printer
Deciding which respondents to leave out of the final sample
Identifying any problems with the question wording
Sociological theory refers to
People's views of others
Facts about the way in which society works
Some general ideas that sociologists use
A set of beliefs which presume to explain how society works
Norms are derived from
Values
Sanctions
Watching television
Theories
Complete the following term "______ materialism"
Economic
Functional
Dialectic
Capitalist
Karl Marx's primary focus was on
Human social groups
The relationship of people to the means of production
Helping humans solve personal problems
The reasons behind human social interaction
