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Sociology Individual in Society

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Human relationships are examined by _______

a)

the social sciences

b)

all science

c)

natural science

d)

mathematics

2.

What is sociology?

a)

it studies Humans and everything they do.

b)

It studies humans and animals and human behavior

c)

It studies human society and human behavior

d)

It studies everything at Sunset

3.

Auguste Comte is credited as being the founder of ________

a)

sociology

b)

modern science

c)

economics

d)

political science

4.

The ability to see the link between society and self

a)

Sociology

b)

Sociological immunity

c)

Sociological Imagination

5.

Who is considered the found father of Sociology?

a)

Auguste Comte

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Herbert Spencer

d)

Max Weber

6.

Who said natural selection would ensure the survival of the fittest people in society?

a)

Harriet Martineau

b)

Max Weber

c)

Emile Durkheim

d)

Herbert Spencer

7.
Who, among the following coined the term 'sociology'?
a)
Emile Durkheim
b)
Auguste Comte
c)
Karl Marx
d)
Max Weber
8.
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
9.

Compared society to a biological organism. He helped create social Darwinism and the term, “Survival of the Fittest.”

a)

Marc Anthony

b)

Herbert Spencer

c)

Max Weber

d)

Jane Austin

10.
Sociologists tend to focus on individual rather than group behavior.
a)
True
b)
False
11.

What is the ability of individuals to see the relationship between our personal lives and our society?

a)

symbolic interaction

b)

dramaturgy

c)

sociological imagination

d)

dysfunction

12.

What serves as a view, or lens, through which we look at the social experiences of groups – and not individuals?

a)

sociological perspective

b)

conflict perspective

c)

Functionalism

d)

latent functions

13.

What term refers to the systematic study of social behavior and social structure?

a)

Anthropology

b)

Human Geography

c)

Psychology

d)

Sociology

14.

Sociologists use __________ to analyze the broad features of society.

a)

interactional sociology

b)

macrosociology

c)

chaos theory

d)

microsociology

15.

Sociologists use __________ to analyze social interactions.

a)

microsociology

b)

behavioral sociology

c)

macrosociology

d)

order theory

16.
Sociological imagination is a term coined by
a)
Pierre Bourdieu
b)
Max Weber
c)
C.Wright Mills
d)
Ibnu Khaldun
17.
Sociological imagination enables us to
a)
challenge stereotypes
b)
see how wider social forces connect with our personal biographies
c)
challenges our basic impulses to see aspects of life as inevitable or natural
d)
All of the above
18.
What is sociological perspective?
a)
ability to see connection between larger world and our personal lives
b)
understanding human behavior by placing it within its broader social context
19.

Who is considered to be the founder of Sociology and first applied scientific method to studying society?

a)

Auguste Comte

b)

Lief Erikson

c)

Donald Duck

d)

Herbert Spencer

20.

Which of the following best describes the sociological perspective?

a)

It focuses on people at a group level.

b)

Its major focus is on individual differences

c)

Its major focus is the intelligence of individuals.

d)

It has little interest in group behavior.