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WorksheetsSociology Intro to Sociology
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What approach is often used to understand what’s defined as deviant within a society?
Criticism
Symbolic interactionism
Constructivism
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Sociology is defined as the:
Qualitative analysis of human phenomenon.
Systematic study of society and social interaction.
Quantitative analysis of social transgressions.
Theorectical examination of life's orgins.
Which of the following men coined the term positivism, and is widely considered the father of sociology?
Auguste Comte
Karl Marx
Max Weber
Emile Durkheim
Please define C. Wright Mill’s sociological imagination.
The theory that man evolved slowly over time.
The process of analyzing human behavior based solely on statistics.
A series of interviews asking subjects about their sleep habits and dreams.
How individuals understand their own and others’ pasts in relation to history and social structure.
The process of simultaneously analyzing the behavior of individuals and the society that shapes that behavior (or, the concept that the individual and society are inseparable) is referred to as:
Dynamic equilibrium
Latent functions
Dramaturgical analysis
Figuration
A paradigm can be defined as:
Philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them.
The social ties that bind a group of people together such as kinship, shared location, and religion
The consequences of a social process that are sought or anticipated
Social patterns that have undesirable consequences for the operation of society
Jeremy wrote an essay criticizing the college admissions process, arguing that heavy competition and limited educational resources make admission difficult for the average student. Which perspective would Jeremy’s argument fall under?
Structural Functionalism
Conflict Theory
Symbolic Interactionism
Behaviorism
____ believed that societies grew and changed as a result of the struggles of different social classes over the means of production and greatly favored ____.
Durkheim; Communism
Max Weber; Positivism
Karl Marx; Communism
Auguste Comte; Antipositivism
Which theorist claimed that people rise to their proper level in society based solely on their belief in a meritocracy?
Karl Marx
Max Weber
Herbert Spencer
Emile Durkheim
Eleanor is researching the effect social media has on worldwide political awareness and revolution. Felix is examining the effect World of Warcraft has on the romantic relationships of middle-aged men in his metro area. Eleanor’s analysis is _____, while Felix’s analysis is _____.
Micro-level; macro-level
Macro-level; micro-level
They are both macro-level
They are both micro-level
_____ view society as a structure with interrelated parts designed to meet the biological and social needs of individuals who make up that society.
Symbolic interactionists
Conflict theorists
Structural functionalists
Social individualists
Political science teacher Mr. Jones asks his students to study how social media can influence public opinion by “following” famous activists, academics, and politicians on Twitter. While reading and exchanging each other’s Tweets, some classmates became close friends. The first is an example of the project’s ____ function, the second is an example of the project’s _____ function.
latent; manifest
manifest; manifest
manifest; latent
latent; latent
Max Weber, Georg Simmel, and Karl Marx were all advocates of:
Conflict theory
Structural functionalism
Captialism
Symbolic interactionism
After weeks of protest in Zuccotti Park, NYC’s “Occupy Wall Street” divided into two camps: one composed of higher income protestors, and one composed of lower-income protesters. A ______ would be most interested in the relationship and nature of day-to- day exchanges between the two groups.
Conflict theorists
Structural functionalists
Symbolic interactionists
Feminist conflict theorists
According to Durkheim, which of the following is NOT a social fact?
A religious belief
A law
A custom
All of these are social facts
Weber’s proposal of antipositivism influenced sociological researchers to ______ while examining different social worlds.
Reject antiquated notions of privacy and consent
Methodically predict situational outcomes
Manipulate test subjects into answering difficult questions
Gain a subjective understanding of human cultural norms
_____ describes how any action that is repeated frequently becomes cast into a pattern.
Institutionalization
Habitualization
Industrialization
Rationalization
Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto is based on the ____ perspective.
Functionalism
Symbolic Interactionism
Institutionalism
Conflict Theory
____ societies relied on permanent tools for survival, and expanded due to innovations such as crop rotation and fertilizer.
Industrial
Feudal
Agricultural
Hunter-Gatherer
Functionalist Émile Durkheim viewed society as:
An even playing field composed of the educated and uneducated
Split between two classes categorized by education, kinship, and religion
The product of class struggle, requiring social revolutions to correct rampant class inequality
An organism in which each portion plays a vital role in keeping the organism stable and healthy
On the first day of high school, Kaitlin overhears a group of girls calling her “goth” and “emo.” She soon begins to don more black clothing, dark makeup, and seek out friends who dress the same. This is an example of ______.
Institutionalization
Role Performance
Role Strain
Ascribed Status
Durkheim defined ______ as the communal beliefs, morals, and attitudes of a society.
The iron cage
Collective Conscience
Bourgeoisie
Anomie
As industrialization began to boom, Durkheim believed people were more susceptible to anomie because:
As industrialization began to boom, Durkheim believed people were more susceptible to anomie because:
Society no longer has the support of the collective consciousness.
Specialization of labor lead to alienation.
All of the above.
Which of the following is an example of role conflict?
Derek attends law school and becomes a lawyer, though he dreams of one day becoming the next John Grisham.
Becca returns to work after giving birth to her daughter, finding it difficult to act as mother, wife, and executive.
Alex takes a sabbatical from his job as a professor of Molecular Biology to raise his two young children.
Krista lands a role on Days of Our Lives and begins receiving fan mail from fans across the country.
Charles Cooley’s concept of the looking-glass self hypothesizes that:
Self-esteem is directly correlated with body image.
The media encourages society to base their appearances on visible public figures.
People base their images on how they think other people see them.
Personal identity isn’t influenced by outside social forces.
