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Intro to Sociology

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is considered the found father of Sociology?

a)

Auguste Comte

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Herbert Spencer

d)

Max Weber

2.

Who said there would be a revolution by the people that would lead to a classless society?

a)

Herbert Spencer

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Emile Durkheim

d)

Max Weber

3.
Conflict theory:
a)
began with Durkheim when conducting fieldwork
b)
sees society as system of highly interrelated parts that work together harmoniously
c)
focuses heavily on inequality
d)
focuses on the interaction among people
4.
Each part of society works together for the benefit of the whole much like a living organism. This refers to 
a)
Conflict theory
b)
Symbolic interactionism
c)
Functionalism
d)
None of the above
5.
Two major historical events that contributed to the emergence of Sociology:
a)
Industrial revolution and Mass agriculture
b)
Cultural revolution and Age of Enlightenment
c)
Age of Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution
d)
All of the above
6.
Sociology is a study of
a)
prehistoric societies
b)
fossil record of human evolution
c)
the ways that people are affected by and affect society
d)
All of the above
7.
The _____perspective focuses on how individuals act with one another in daily situations. 
a)
Functionalist
b)
Conflict Theory
c)
Symbolic Interactionist
d)
Structuralist
8.

A group of people who share a culture and a territory is known as a(n) __________.

a)

global group

b)

extended family group

c)

society

d)

global village

9.

the ability of the individual to see the relationship between events in their personal lives and events in society

a)

sociological imagination

b)

sociological theory

c)

sociological abstracts

d)

sociological relationships

10.

perspective that emphasizes conflict, competition, change and constraint within a society

a)

Functionalism

b)

Socialism

c)

Conflict

d)

Symbolic Interactionism

11.

something chosen to represent something else

a)

symbol

b)

mascot

c)

horcrux

d)

representative

12.

In-depth interviews, focus groups, and/or analysis of content sources as the sources of its data

a)

quantitative sociology

b)

qualitative sociology

c)

function

d)

dysfunctions

13.

statistical methods such as surveys with large numbers of participants

a)

quantitative sociology

b)

qualitative sociology

c)

positivism

d)

antipositivism

14.

Which would a quantitative sociologists use to gather data?

a)

A large survey

b)

A literature search

c)

An in-depth interview

d)

A review of television programs

15.

_______________ _________________ are conducted in a real life setting. The researcher manipulates the independent variable, but the participants are in their natural setting.

a)

Natural exp.

b)

Field exp.

c)

Lab exp.

d)

Case study

16.
This research method is a technique for ascertaining the self – reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of the group.
a)
Survey
b)
Observational
c)
Correlational
d)
Experiments
e)
Case Study
17.
This is a method of research where an investigator manipulates one or more factors (independent variables) to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process (the dependent variable).
a)
Experiments
b)
Case Study
c)
Survey
d)
Observational
e)
Correlational
18.

What is a hypothesis?

a)

an educated guess

b)

an absolute solution

c)

a random guess

d)

an experiment

19.

Which is NOT a step of the scientific method?

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Problem

c)

Count items

d)

Draw Conclusions

20.

What does it mean to draw conclusions?

a)

make a guess

b)

test a theory to see if it is true

c)

try something new

d)

use data to make an assumption/theory