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WorksheetsSociology Exam 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Sociology is best defined as the study of:
Ancient civilizations
Human society and social behavior
Individual personality traits
Animal instincts
Sociologists primarily look for patterns in:
Individual thoughts
Groups and social categories
Random chance events
Biology
Sociology is useful because it:
Eliminates all social problems
Uses research to understand society and behavior
Focuses only on personal opinions
Studies only single individuals
Crash Course described sociologists as:
Judges of society
Detectives of the social world
Philosophers of the body
Scientists of nature
Sociologists study institutions such as:
Weather and climate
Family, economy, religion, and politics
Video games and sports only
Military technology
The sociological imagination was developed by:
Karl Marx
C. Wright Mills
Max Weber
Jane Addams
Sociological imagination means the ability to:
Predict the future
Connect personal experiences to larger social forces
Read minds
Avoid social problems
Example of sociological imagination:
Failing a test because you didn’t study
Seeing college affordability as connected to inequality and policy
Buying groceries weekly
Choosing a favorite song
Auguste Comte is known for:
Conflict Theory and class struggle
Positivism and coining “sociology”
Founding Hull House
Double consciousness
Harriet Martineau focused on:
Biology and genetics
Women, family, race, and religion
Military strategy
Evolutionary psychology
Karl Marx believed society was shaped by conflict between:
Teachers and students
Parents and children
Bourgeoisie and proletariat
Doctors and patients
Conflict Theory focuses on:
Harmony and unity
Competition over resources and power
Genetic survival
Technological progress
Jane Addams is known for:
Creating the first psychology lab
Founding Hull House and promoting social reform
Developing symbolic interactionism
Creating survey methods
W.E.B. DuBois introduced:
“I” and “Me”
Double consciousness and the veil
Iron cage
Anomie
Max Weber developed the concept of *verstehen*, meaning:
Scientific measurement
Interpreting behavior through understanding
Social breakdown
Role-taking
Weber’s “iron cage” describes:
Religion controlling society
Bureaucracy and capitalism trapping individuals
Democracy expanding freedom
Technology increasing creativity
Emile Durkheim studied:
Race and racism
Meaning in micro-interactions
Social order and collective conscience
Consumer choices
George Herbert Mead argued the self develops through:
Biology
Social interaction and role-taking
Genetics
Pure imagination
Social norms are:
Genetic instincts
Random behaviors
Rules and expectations for behavior in society
Economic systems
Symbolic Interactionism focuses on:
Competition for resources
Society as a stable system
Meanings and interactions between individuals
Human evolution
