WorksheetsTopic 1 - Understanding Sociology
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 16mins
Sociology is well-equipped to uncover the truth about social problems because of _.
its emphasis on careful, reliable, empirical research
its desire to solve problems
its reliance on surveys
its theoretical grounding
_ is a set of statements that seeks to explain, problems, actions, or behavior.
Hypothesis
Method
Theory
Science
_ though maybe sometimes accurate, is NOT always reliable, because it rests on commonly held beliefs rather than on systematic analysis of facts.
Sociological imagination
Theory
Common sense
Hypothesis
_ refers to the beneficial consequences of people actions, which help to keep society in balance.
Verstehen
Social facts
Function
Structure
According to Emile Durkheim, suicide can occurs based on social integration. Social integration is referring to:
The degree of external constraint on people.
The degree of attachment people feel to the society.
The strength and weakness of the social structure.
The function of rules and laws.
A key element of Sociological Imagination is:
The ability to view the society from the perspective as an outsider.
The perspective is not based on personal experiences.
The perspective is not influence by cultural biases.
The ability to view the large interrelationship within society.
All of the following show the applications of sociological imagination, EXCEPT:
Harith blamed the lack of enforcement by the police forces as the main reason why his neighbourhood was proned to criminal activity such as burglary and snatch theft.
Sharmila thought that the pressure to slim down her body was just a tactic used by fitness companies to promote their products and services.
Nancy was frustrated at the government because she assumed that her unemployment was because of the government’s mismanagement of the economy.
Ming Keat was upset that his proposal for a date was rejected by Emily and thought that it was because of his not-so-attractive physical appearance.
_ rejected materialist conception of history and introduced the concept of verstehen.
OPTIONS:
Karl Marx
Auguste Comte
Max Weber
Emile Durkheim
(a)
_ is referring to the ideas, feelings, and ways of behaving “that possess the remarkable property of existing outside the consciousness of the individual”.
OPTIONS:
Social facts
Social constraints
Verstehen
Sociological imagination
(a)
Faridah perceives that society generally tends to underestimate women. Therefore, she works hard in her career to challenge the negative notions about women by proving the capability of women. Faridah is adopting _ view in Conflict Perspective.
OPTIONS:
Marxist
Feminist
Functionalist
(a)
_ suicide happens when individuals are not regulated by norms and values of the group or social order. For example; falling into bankruptcy causes people to experience financial loss and uncertain on how to continue living their life.
OPTIONS:
Altruistic
Egoistic
Anomic
Fatalistic
(a)
Ting Fan assumes that regardless of any economic development and technological advancement, injustice often persists in our society as the powerless groups will always become the victims of such development and advancement. His assumption shows that he agrees with _ view in Conflict Perspective.
OPTIONS:
Marxist
Feminist
Functionalist
(a)
Choose the CORRECT statement.
The manifest function of scanning the QR code is to collect students' attendance o the class.
Students' cheating on their attendance is an example of the latent function of having the attendance taken with scanning the QR code .
The latent function of scanning the QR code is to strengthen students' friendship in the class.
The dysfunction of failing to scan the QR code is being barred from the Final Examination if the attendance record is below 80%.
