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QUIZ W6, 7 & 8 (SOCIOLOGY)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sociology is __________.

a)

very narrow in scope

b)

concerned with what one individual does or does not do

c)

the systematic study of social behaviour and human groups

d)

an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society

2.

Sociological imagination is __________.

a)

the systematic study of social behavior and human groups

b)

an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society

c)

concerned with what one individual does or does not do

d)

an attempt to bring macro-level and micro-level analyses together

3.

Which of the following thinkers introduced the concept of the sociological imagination?

a)

Emile Durkheim

b)

Auguste Comte

c)

Max Weber

d)

C. Wright Mills

4.

Max Weber taught his students that they should employ which of the following in their intellectual work?

a)

anomie

b)

verstehen (value free)

c)

the sociological imagination

d)

microsociology

5.

Robert Merton’s contributions to sociology include __________.

a)

successfully combining theory and research

b)

producing a theory that is one of the most frequently cited explanations of deviant behaviour

c)

an attempt to bring macro-level and micro-level analyses together

d)

all of the answers

6.

Which sociologist made a major contribution to society through his in-depth studies of urban life, including both Blacks and Whites?

a)

Robert Merton

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Auguste Comte

d)

Charles Horton Cooley

7.

In the late 19th century, before the term “feminist view” was even coined, the ideas behind this major theoretical approach appeared in the writings of __________.

a)

Ida Wells-Barnett

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Max Weber

d)

Jane Addams

8.

Thinking of society as a living organism in which each part of the organism contributes to its survival is a reflection of which theoretical perspective?

a)

the functionalist perspective

b)

the conflict perspective

c)

the feminist perspective

d)

the interactionist perspective

9.

Karl Marx’s view of the struggle between social classes inspired the contemporary __________.

a)

functionalist perspective

b)

dramaturgical approach

c)

macro-level approach

d)

conflict perspective

10.

The Communist Manifesto was introduced by __________.

a)

Karl Marx and Max Weber

b)

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

c)

Charles Horton Cooley and Karl Marx

d)

Friedrich Engels and Max Weber

11.

In _________ 's hierarchy of sciences, sociology was the "queen" and its practitioners were "scientist-priests."

a)

Herbert Spencer

b)

Emile Durkheim

c)

Ida Wells-Barnett

d)

Auguste Comte

12.

In Society in America, originally published in 1837, English scholar __________ examined religion, politics, child rearing, and immigration in the young nation.

a)

Max Weber

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Harriet Martineau

d)

Robert Merton

13.

___________ adapted Charles Darwin’s evolutionary view of the “survival of the fittest” by arguing that it is “natural” that some people are rich while others are poor.

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Friedrich Engels

c)

Max Weber

d)

Herbert Spencer

14.

In The Communist Manifesto, Karl Max and Friedrich Engels argued that __________ who have no resources other than their labour should unite to fight for the overthrow of _________.

a)

the proletariat, working class

b)

the bourgeoisie, the proletariat

c)

the proletariat, the bourgeoisie

d)

the capitalist society, working class

15.

The university’s role in certifying academic competence and excellence is an example of a(n) _________ according to Robert Merton.

a)

macrosociology

b)

manifest function

c)

latent function

d)

microsociology

16.

Key concepts in functionalist perspective include __________.

a)

manifest function, latent function, dysfunction

b)

inequality, capitalism, class conflict

c)

symbols, non-verbal communication, face-to-face interaction

d)

equilibrium, feminism, social organism

17.

Conflict perspective views the individuals as ________.

a)

people who are socialised to perform societal functions

b)

people who are shaped by power, coercion, and authority

c)

people who manipulate symbols and create their social worlds through interaction

d)

people who respect laws or disobey them based on their own past experience

18.

The key proponents for structural functionalism are __________.

a)

Emile Durkheim, Talcott Parsons, Robert Merton

b)

Karl Marx, W.E.B. DuBois, Ida Wells-Barnett

c)

George Herbert Mead, Charles Horton Cooley, Erving Goffman

d)

Auguste Comte, Harriet Martineau, Herbert Spencer

19.

Symbolic Interactionism views society as _________.

a)

stable, well integrated

b)

characterised by tension and struggle between groups

c)

active in influencing and affecting everyday social interaction

d)

maintained through force and coercion

20.

Macrosociology concentrates on _________ ; microsociology stresses __________.

a)

large-scale phenomena or entire civilisations ; the study of small groups

b)

fundamental or everyday forms of interaction ; the conflict or tension between competing groups.

c)

the influence that groups can have on people’s behaviour and attitudes ; large-scale phenomena or entire civilisations;

d)

the relationship between an individual and the wider society ; inequity in gender as central to all behaviour and organisation