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Coso: Topic #1 Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Functionalists like Durkheim & Spencer believed

a)

society's parts should work together for unity & cohesion

b)

social inequality can only be addressed by conflict

c)

understanding symbols is key to a functioning society

d)

in postmodernism; that there was no point to society

2.

Sociologists refer to overcoming our limited perspectives and narrow worldviews as the...

a)

Materialist Conception of History

b)

Sociological Imagination

c)

Emergence of a double consciousness

d)

Recognition of self

3.

Mr. McIntyre's understanding of masculinity was shaped by society; and his actions as a gentle father in turn helped to reshaped society. This is an example of

a)

structuration

b)

postmodernism

c)

triangulation

d)

globalization

4.

Which phrase best represents the beliefs of Herbert Spencer?

a)

"all men are equal with unalienable rights"

b)

"survival of the fittest makes society better"

c)

“all human history thus far is the history of class struggles”

d)

“the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line”

5.

Émile Durkheim believed that for a society to function properly people are unified by a desire to fit in with the masses. Something he called:

a)

Social facts

b)

Social constraint

c)

Ideology

d)

Organic Solidarity

6.

What "father" of the subject developed the term "sociology" and believed it should be used to understand, control, & predict society

a)

Auguste Compte

b)

Max Weber

c)

Emilie Durkheim

d)

Herbert Spencer

7.

Society, according to Karl Marx, was

a)

a fully functioning grouping of social equals

b)

primarily divisive & in perpetual conflict

c)

primarily united by social class.

d)

made of parts working together for the benefit of the whole.

8.

Adherents of ________ contend that there are no longer any "grand narratives" or overall conceptions of history or society that make any sense -- there is no purpose.

a)

Functionalism

b)

Feminist theory

c)

Postmodern theory

d)

Symbolic interactionism

9.

Alex, an American, believes that everyone in the world should celebrate Thanksgiving just like Americans do. This tendency to view his own lifestyle as the norm is called:

a)

Ethnocentrism

b)

Egocentrism

c)

Eurocentrism

d)

Nativism

10.

Which is a theoretical approach that analyzes face-to-face interactions for clues to decode and interpret the meaning.

a)

Symbolic-Interactionism

b)

Functionalism

c)

Conflict Theory

d)

Postmodernism