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Foundations of Sociology Concepts

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sociology is a social science.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Sociology only deals with large social institutions, not person to person interactions

a)

True

b)

False

3.

According to Marx, what is the basis of societal conflict?

a)

Ideas

b)

Inequalities

c)

Change

d)

Opinions

4.

Who is considered the "Father of Sociology"?

a)

Peter Berger

b)

Alexis de Tocqueville

c)

Karl Marx

d)

August Comte

5.

Which Sociological paradigm sees society as a whole whose individual parts work toward for the betterment of the whole.

a)

Social Conflict Theory

b)

Structural Functionalism

c)

Symbolic Interactionism

d)

Conflict Model

6.

Who coined the term "Sociological Imagination"?

a)

G.H. Mead

b)

Karl Marx

c)

C. Wright Mills

d)

Auguste Comte

7.

Which Sociological paradigm sees life as an arena of struggle based on inequalities?

a)

Structural Functionalism

b)

Conflict Theory

c)

Symbolic Interactionism

d)

Order Model

8.
Which of the following is the best description of sociology?
a)
The study of personal choices and behavior
b)
The study of cultures and ways of life
c)
The study of society and human behavior
d)
The study of personality and social behavior
9.
This paradigm states that society is composed of different groups that struggle over scarce resources.
a)
Sociological
b)
Structural Functionalism
c)
Conflict
d)
Symbolic Interactionism
10.
The idea that people ascribe meaning to things based on interactions with others and society is the main idea behind _________.
a)
Symbolic Interactionism
b)
Conflict
c)
Structural Functionalism
d)
Class
11.
Which best explains the relationship between psychology and sociology?
a)
Both focus on goods and services.
b)
Both focus primarily on the interaction between human populations.
c)
Sociology focuses on the group, while psychology focuses on the individual.
d)
Both focus on the theory of government.
12.
Negative consequences of an element of a system on society
a)
manifest function
b)
latent function
c)
dysfunction
d)
observation
13.
Power is one of the most important elements in social life.
a)
Conflict
b)
Structural Functionalism
c)
Symbolic Interactionism
14.

Seeing the general in the particular is applying the

a)

Sociological Imagination

b)

Sociological Perspective

c)

Symbolic Interactionism

d)

Specialization

15.

During which major era was sociology created?

a)

American Revolution

b)

Communist Revolution

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

French Revolution

16.

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

17.

Who is Jane Addams?

a)

Theorist best known for founding the Hull House in Chicago. Spent their life seeking social justice and reform for the lower class.

b)

Theorist known as the founder of sociology. They developed the theory known as positivism.

c)

Theorist whose beliefs were based on Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. Their philosophy is referred to as Social Darwinism

d)

Theorist who translated Comte's works into English

18.

Define Sociological Imagination

a)

The laws, morals, values, religious beliefs, customs, fashions, rituals, and all of the cultural rules that govern social life.

b)

A theory that looks at society as a competition for limited resources.

c)

The ability to understand how your own past relates to that of other people, as well as to history in general and societal structures in particular

d)

A theoretical approach that sees society as structure with interrelated parts designed to meet the biological and social needs of individuals that make up that society.

19.

C. Wright Mills once said that sociologists need to develop a sociological __________ to study how society affects individuals.

a)

Culture

b)

Imagination

c)

Method

d)

Tool

20.

He introduced the concept of Social Darwinism after being influenced by the works of Charles Darwin.

a)

Auguste Comte

b)

Max Weber

c)

Emile Durkheim

d)

Herbert Spencer

21.

Harriet Martineau was considered a feminist and was criticized for advocating for this.

a)

She published books in the early 19th century.

b)

She wrote about women being marginalized (treated as insignificant) and not having equal access.

c)

She reported on the customs of the United States.

d)

She translated the works of Auguste Comte.

22.

He was noted for using statistical information from census records to depict the realities of racism in the United States.

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Emile Durkheim

c)

Herbert Spencer

d)

C. Wright Mills

23.

She studied and wrote about the evils of slavery and translated the works of Auguste Comte.

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Margaret Mead

c)

Ida B. Wells

d)

Harriet Martineau

24.

Sociology was first developed in countries experiencing this.

a)

Countries experiencing rapid social change

b)

Countries experiencing an increase in natural disasters

c)

Countries that had a larger poor population

d)

Countries that remained static

25.

Macro means...

a)

Large scale study

b)

Small scale study

26.
An American Sociologist who believed manifest and latent functions should be considered when studying society 
a)
Robert Merton
b)
Emile Durkheim
c)
Auguste Comte
d)
None of these