| 1. |
The book “ The Elementary Forms of Religious Life”was written by |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | Emile Durkheim |
| C. | Auguste Comte |
| D. | Max Weber |
| Answer» B. Emile Durkheim | |
| 2. |
Which one of the following approaches mainly focuses on Consciousness |
| A. | Ethnomethodology |
| B. | Comparative method |
| C. | Phenomenology |
| D. | Functionlism |
| Answer» C. Phenomenology | |
| 3. |
Looking glass Self theory was developed by |
| A. | G.H.Mead |
| B. | Erving Goffmn |
| C. | C.H.Cooley |
| D. | Alfred Schutz |
| Answer» C. C.H.Cooley | |
| 4. |
Verstehen approach was developed by |
| A. | Auguste Comte |
| B. | Max Weber |
| C. | Talcott Parsons |
| D. | Robert K Merton |
| Answer» B. Max Weber | |
| 5. |
Which of the following had profoundly conservative implications for early American sociology? |
| A. | the French revolution |
| B. | the Civil War |
| C. | the Vietnam War |
| D. | the political liberation of early Sociologists |
| Answer» D. the political liberation of early Sociologists | |
| 6. |
According to Lester Ward, applied sociology was intended to: |
| A. | use scientific knowledge to better society. |
| B. | make sociology more scientific through lots of practice. |
| C. | base sociology on common sense. |
| D. | combat the evils of postmodernism. |
| Answer» A. use scientific knowledge to better society. | |
| 7. |
Charles Horton Cooley is known for which of the following ideas? |
| A. | class conflict |
| B. | the looking-glass self |
| C. | micro-macro integration |
| D. | social solidarity |
| Answer» B. the looking-glass self | |
| 8. |
______________ is the most important thinker associated with the Chicago school and symbolic interactionism. |
| A. | Robert Merton |
| B. | W.E.B. Du Bois |
| C. | Thorstein Veblen |
| D. | George Herbert Mead |
| Answer» D. George Herbert Mead | |
| 9. |
Double-consciousness is a key theoretical idea of: |
| A. | Jane Addams. |
| B. | Anthony Giddens. |
| C. | Alfred Schutz. |
| D. | W.E.B. Du Bois. |
| Answer» D. W.E.B. Du Bois. | |
| 10. |
Talcott Parsons is known as a(n): |
| A. | structural-functionalist. |
| B. | micro-macro structuralist. |
| C. | . agency-structure determinist. |
| D. | proponent of the Chicago School. |
| Answer» A. structural-functionalist. | |
| 11. |
Who is the author of the book “ Protestant ethic and spirit of capitalism” |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | Emile Durkheim |
| C. | Auguste Comte |
| D. | Max Weber |
| Answer» A. Max Weber | |
| 12. |
Erving Goffman was associated with |
| A. | Ehnomethodology |
| B. | Functionalism |
| C. | Dramaturgy |
| D. | neo-functionalism |
| Answer» C. Dramaturgy | |
| 13. |
Name the author of the book” Mind, Self and Society” |
| A. | G.H.Mead |
| B. | Herbert Blumer |
| C. | Talcott Parsons |
| D. | Robert K Merton |
| Answer» A. G.H.Mead | |
| 14. |
Which of the following sociological theorists is best known for his sociology of knowledge? |
| A. | Karl Mannheim |
| B. | Talcott Parsons |
| C. | Lester Ward |
| D. | Jeffrey Alexander |
| Answer» A. Karl Mannheim | |
| 15. |
Which of the following thinkers is known as a radical sociologist? |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | Talcott Parsons |
| C. | George Homans |
| D. | C. Wright Mills |
| Answer» D. C. Wright Mills | |
| 16. |
Conflict theory emerged as a(n): |
| A. | critique of feminist theory. |
| B. | alternative to Anthony Giddens’s structuration theory. |
| C. | Alternative to structural-functionalism. |
| D. | critique of postmodernism. |
| Answer» C. Alternative to structural-functionalism. | |
| 17. |
Exchange theory was pioneered by which of the following theorists? |
| A. | . Talcott Parsons |
| B. | Alfred Schutz |
| C. | Lewis Coser |
| D. | George Homans |
| Answer» D. George Homans | |
| 18. |
Which of the following thinkers pioneered dramaturgical analysis? |
| A. | . Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
| B. | . Robert Park |
| C. | . Karl Mannheim |
| D. | . Erving Goffman |
| Answer» D. . Erving Goffman | |
| 19. |
Alfred Schutz is known as a(n) _______________ sociologist. |
| A. | .African-American |
| B. | neo-Marxian |
| C. | postmodern |
| D. | phenomenological |
| Answer» D. phenomenological | |
| 20. |
Ethnomethodology is known as a(n): |
| A. | sociology of everyday life. |
| B. | attack on phenomenology. |
| C. | attack on Herbert Spencer. |
| D. | fusion of Marx and Weber. |
| Answer» A. sociology of everyday life. | |
| 21. |
___________ is considered the major representative of poststructuralism. |
| A. | .Claude Lèvi-Strauss |
| B. | .Jurgen Habermas |
| C. | .Michel Foucault |
| D. | .Richard Emerson |
| Answer» C. .Michel Foucault | |
| 22. |
How does feminist theory look at the world? |
| A. | .with great contempt |
| B. | from the vantage points of women |
| C. | .from the vantage points of deep structures of the mind |
| D. | . from a mostly Freudian point of view |
| Answer» B. from the vantage points of women | |
| 23. |
Which of the following theorists views modernity as an “unfinished project”? |
| A. | Jurgen Habermas |
| B. | Jeffrey Alexander |
| C. | James Coleman |
| D. | Jean Baudrillard |
| Answer» A. Jurgen Habermas | |
| 24. |
Which of the following is NOT one of Talcott Parsons’s functional imperatives? |
| A. | adaptation |
| B. | integration |
| C. | goal attainment |
| D. | personality system |
| Answer» D. personality system | |
| 25. |
In Talcott Parsons’s work, the behavioral organism handles the ___________function. |
| A. | integrative |
| B. | exploitative |
| C. | reproductive |
| D. | adaptation |
| Answer» D. adaptation | |