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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 |
26. |
Which of the following is NOT one of Talcott Parsons’s action systems? |
A. | the cultural system |
B. | the latent system |
C. | the social system |
D. | the personality system |
Answer» B. the latent system |
27. |
The idea of dysfunction was put forward by |
A. | Robert K Merton |
B. | Emile Durkheim |
C. | Auguste Comte |
D. | Erving Goffman |
Answer» A. Robert K Merton |
28. |
Which Sociologist developed the idea of pattern variables |
A. | Auguste Comte |
B. | Max Weber |
C. | Talcott Parsons |
D. | Robert K Merton |
Answer» C. Talcott Parsons |
29. |
Name the author of the book “ The Structure of social action” |
A. | Auguste Comte |
B. | Max Weber |
C. | Talcott Parsons |
D. | Robert K Merton |
Answer» C. Talcott Parsons |
30. |
The basic unit within Talcott Parsons’s social system is the: |
A. | allocative-integrative process. |
B. | hierarchy of conditioning factors. |
C. | status-role complex. |
D. | environment boundary maintenance. |
Answer» C. status-role complex. |
31. |
For Parsons, the _________________ process helped to ensure that an actor’s pursuit of his/her own interests also served the interests of the system as a whole. |
A. | social control |
B. | exploitation |
C. | socialization |
D. | role |
Answer» C. socialization |
32. |
Parsons argued that _____________ was the major binding force between various elements of the social world. |
A. | society |
B. | the economy |
C. | the fiduciary system |
D. | culture |
Answer» D. culture |
33. |
The functionalist theory of stratification argues that: |
A. | stratification is functional for individuals. |
B. | it is functional for the best jobs to have very high rewards. |
C. | it is functional for the worst jobs to have the worst rewards. |
D. | stratification is functional for society as a whole. |
Answer» D. stratification is functional for society as a whole. |
34. |
Unlike the structural functionalists, the neofunctionalists gave as much attention to _____________ as to order. |
A. | action |
B. | disorder |
C. | norms |
D. | roles |
Answer» A. action |
35. |
Dahrendorf felt that authority rested with: |
A. | individuals. |
B. | organizations. |
C. | positions. |
D. | technology. |
Answer» C. positions. |
36. |
consider a major influence on the development of neo-Marxian theory? |
A. | Emile Durkheim |
B. | Max Weber |
C. | Sigmund Freud |
D. | Michel Foucault |
Answer» A. Emile Durkheim |
37. |
Unlike the critical school and the Hegelian Marxists, work in both Marxianinfluenced economic sociology and historical sociology focused on which of the following dimensions of Marx’s work? |
A. | cognitive |
B. | materialist |
C. | ideational |
D. | spatial |
Answer» B. materialist |
38. |
According to some of the theorists of the critical school, domination moved from the economic to the ______________ sphere. |
A. | political |
B. | spatial |
C. | ecological |
D. | cultural |
Answer» D. cultural |
39. |
The critical school offered critiques of which of the following two “industries”? |
A. | culture and manufacturing |
B. | knowledge and manufacturing |
C. | culture and knowledge |
D. | knowledge and communication |
Answer» C. culture and knowledge |
40. |
For the critical school, modern society was rational, but not: |
A. | productive. |
B. | cultured. |
C. | reasonable. |
D. | predictable. |
Answer» C. reasonable. |
41. |
In much the same way that Marx felt that labor was alienated, _________________ felt that communication was alienated, or distorted. |
A. | David Harvey |
B. | Immanuel Wallerstein |
C. | Jurgen Habermas |
D. | John Roemer |
Answer» C. Jurgen Habermas |
42. |
Members of which of the following variants of Marxian theory most strongly distance themselves from their Marxian roots? |
A. | the critical school |
B. | Hegelian Marxism |
C. | historical Marxism |
D. | analytical Marxism |
Answer» D. analytical Marxism |
43. |
Members of which of the following variants of neo-Marxian theory are concerned with the “micro-level” foundations of Marxian theory? |
A. | historical Marxism |
B. | analytical Marxism |
C. | Hegelian Marxism |
D. | critical theory |
Answer» D. critical theory |
44. |
Thinkers who can be clearly identified as sociologists began to appear in the: |
A. | 1600s. |
B. | 1700s. |
C. | 1800s. |
D. | 1900s. |
Answer» C. 1800s. |
45. |
In his lectures at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo in the 1300s, ____________ devoted considerable attention to social institutions such as politics and the economy. |
A. | Ibn-Khaldun |
B. | Saint-Simon |
C. | Sun Tzu |
D. | Tariq Ali |
Answer» A. Ibn-Khaldun |
46. |
In 1789 the French Revolution caused many social thinkers to be disturbed by the resulting _________, and it created a desire to restore ______________. |
A. | democracy; the monarchy to power |
B. | regime change; the ancien regime |
C. | social dynamics; social statics to society |
D. | chaos; order to society |
Answer» D. chaos; order to society |
47. |
Early sociologists wanted to model sociology after the prestigious and influential disciplines of: |
A. | economics, history, and philosophy. |
B. | physics, biology and chemistry. |
C. | anthropology, criminology, and psychology. |
D. | electrical, chemical, and civil engineering. |
Answer» B. physics, biology and chemistry. |
48. |
The ____________ was a period of intellectual development and change characterized by the belief that people could comprehend and control the universe by means of reason and empirical research. |
A. | Renaissance |
B. | Industrial Revolution |
C. | Enlightenment |
D. | Golden Age |
Answer» C. Enlightenment |
49. |
__________ believe in studying social phenomena using the same scientific techniques as those used in the natural sciences. |
A. | Logicians |
B. | Positivists |
C. | Pragmatists |
D. | Anglophiles |
Answer» B. Positivists |
50. |
According to Auguste Comte, groups, societies, sciences, and individuals all go through the following three stages: |
A. | primary, secondary, and tertiary |
B. | primative, premodern, and modern |
C. | theological, metaphysical, and positivistic |
D. | feudal, capitalist, and socialist |
Answer» C. theological, metaphysical, and positivistic |
51. |
Emile Durkheim believed that ___________ is not a necessary part of the modern world and that it could be reduced by ____________. |
A. | inequality; redistribution of wealth |
B. | deviance; education |
C. | religion; science |
D. | social disorder; social reform reformism. |
Answer» D. social disorder; social reform reformism. |
52. |
G.W.F. Hegel’s philosophy of ___________ emphasized the importance of the mind and mental products rather than the material world. |
A. | monadism |
B. | spiritualism |
C. | idealism |
D. | utilitarianism |
Answer» C. idealism |
53. |
_______ is the breakdown of the natural interconnection among people and between people and what they produce. |
A. | Trepidation |
B. | Alienation |
C. | Decomposition |
D. | Commodification |
Answer» B. Alienation |
54. |
Weber was interested in the general issue of why institutions in the Western world had grown progressively more ____________ while power barriers seemed to prevent a similar development in the rest of the world. |
A. | rational |
B. | irrational |
C. | corrupt |
D. | powerful |
Answer» A. rational |
55. |
Georg Simmel was best known for his thinking on: |
A. | large-scale social issues like capitalism and exploitation. |
B. | contemporary social problems like Anti-Semitism and racism. |
C. | smaller-scale issues like individual action and interaction. |
D. | interplanetary travel and extraterrestrial societies. |
Answer» C. smaller-scale issues like individual action and interaction. |
56. |
Which of the following classical thinkers is credited for being the first to use the term “sociology”? |
A. | Karl Marx |
B. | Max Weber |
C. | Emile Durkheim |
D. | Auguste Comte |
Answer» D. Auguste Comte |
57. |
Which of the following is NOT one of the strengths of systems theory? |
A. | its dynamism |
B. | its focus on processes |
C. | its multileveled approach |
D. | its complexity |
Answer» D. its complexity |
58. |
A general principle of systems theory holds that ________ systems intervene between environments and the action of systems. |
A. | morphic |
B. | Delphic |
C. | mediating |
D. | purposive |
Answer» C. mediating |
59. |
The notion of feedback enables theorists to deal with: |
A. | loud noises. |
B. | time-space elaboration. |
C. | friction, growth, and sudden changes in the environment. |
D. | magnetic hysterisis. |
Answer» C. friction, growth, and sudden changes in the environment. |
60. |
George Herbert Mead’s work was influenced by which of the following two approaches? |
A. | positivism and pragmatism |
B. | behaviorism and pragmatism |
C. | positivism and behaviorism |
D. | behaviorism and biology |
Answer» B. behaviorism and pragmatism |
61. |
Which of the following theorists coined the term symbolic interactionism? |
A. | Erving Goffman |
B. | Herbert Blumer |
C. | Georg Simmel |
D. | George Herbert Mead |
Answer» B. Herbert Blumer |
62. |
In his work Mind, Self and Society, Mead gave priority to: |
A. | the self. |
B. | the mind. |
C. | society. |
D. | institutions. |
Answer» C. society. |
63. |
Which of the following is NOT one of the four basic stages of what Mead calls “the act”? |
A. | impulse |
B. | perception |
C. | manipulation |
D. | significant symbols |
Answer» D. significant symbols |
64. |
It is only through ___________ that language and human thinking are possible. |
A. | vocal gestures |
B. | impulses |
C. | physical gestures |
D. | significant symbols |
Answer» D. significant symbols |
65. |
_____________ is the general mechanism for the development of the self. |
A. | Reflexivity |
B. | Gesture |
C. | Impulse |
D. | Human nature |
Answer» A. Reflexivity |
66. |
Children learn to take the attitude of particular others to themselves during the ____________ stage. |
A. | game |
B. | social |
C. | primary |
D. | play |
Answer» A. game |
67. |
Mead refers to the ability to take the attitude of the entire community into account as: |
A. | the generalized other. |
B. | impression management. |
C. | pragmatism. |
D. | the looking-glass self. |
Answer» A. the generalized other. |
68. |
According to Mead, ____________ behavior is the thinking process, involving symbols and meanings. |
A. | overt |
B. | covert |
C. | front stage |
D. | back stage |
Answer» B. covert |
69. |
_____________ refers to those things that tell us a performer’s social status, while ____________ tells the audience what sort of role a performer expects to play in a given situation. |
A. | Manner; appearance |
B. | Manner; scene |
C. | Appearance; manner |
D. | Appearance; scene |
Answer» C. Appearance; manner |
70. |
The basic unit of analysis in Erving Goffman’s theory is: |
A. | the team. |
B. | the individual. |
C. | society. |
D. | the gesture. |
Answer» A. the team. |
71. |
Social actors engage in the process of mystification in order to do all of the following EXCEPT: |
A. | generate social distance between themselves and their audience. |
B. | keep their audience from questioning their performance. |
C. | create a sense of awe in their audience. |
D. | become emotionally connected to their audience. |
Answer» D. become emotionally connected to their audience. |
72. |
Which of the following statements correctly characterizes Goffman’s work later in his career? |
A. | Goffman became more cynical of social life. |
B. | Goffman focused more on small-scale structures. |
C. | Goffman defined action more as an active and creative process. |
D. | Goffman became convinced that dramaturgy was the best way to understand social life. |
Answer» B. Goffman focused more on small-scale structures. |
73. |
Which of the following does NOT characterize Herbert Blumer’s theory of symbolic interactionism? |
A. | The essence of society is found in actors and action. |
B. | Society is made up of macro structures. |
C. | Large-scale structures emerge from micro processes. |
D. | Collective action gives rise to joint action. |
Answer» B. Society is made up of macro structures. |
74. |
Which of the following is NOT a criticism of symbolic interactionism? |
A. | It has too readily given up on conventional scientific techniques. |
B. | It has downplayed large-scale social structures. |
C. | It has not been sufficiently microscopic. |
D. | It has concentrated too much on psychological factors. |
Answer» D. It has concentrated too much on psychological factors. |
75. |
Cultural studies’ scholars argue that symbolic interactionism should focus more attention on: |
A. | communication technologies. |
B. | children. |
C. | consumption. |
D. | the Other. |
Answer» A. communication technologies. |
76. |
According to ethnomethodologists, social actors use ____________ to accomplish their everyday lives. |
A. | formal logic |
B. | practical reasoning |
C. | empirical research |
D. | conscious processes |
Answer» B. practical reasoning |
77. |
___________________ was the founder of ethnomethodology. |
A. | Erving Goffman |
B. | Max Weber |
C. | Herbert Blumer |
D. | Harold Garfinkel |
Answer» D. Harold Garfinkel |
78. |
Which of the following is the term that ethnomethodologists use to describe the ways in which social actors explain specific situations? |
A. | accounts |
B. | hermenuetics |
C. | emotions |
D. | rituals |
Answer» A. accounts |
79. |
Which of the following is NOT a working principle of conversation analysis? |
A. | Nonverbal behaviors are inconsequential to accomplishing a conversation. |
B. | The fundamental framework of a conversation is its sequential organization. |
C. | The collection and analysis of detailed data is critical to studying a conversation fully. |
D. | Conversations are managed on a turn-by-turn basis. |
Answer» A. Nonverbal behaviors are inconsequential to accomplishing a conversation. |
80. |
With which of the following statements would an ethnomethodologist agree? |
A. | Gender is something that social actors are born with. |
B. | Gender is something that social actors accomplish. |
C. | Gender is not a significant variable to study, because it never changes. |
D. | Gender can be studied only through analyses of verbal conversations. |
Answer» B. Gender is something that social actors accomplish. |
81. |
Which of the following do conversation analysts consider most important to study? |
A. | the relationship between speakers and hearers engaged in a conversation |
B. | the social context of a conversation |
C. | the relationships among utterances in a conversation |
D. | the motives of speakers and hearers engaged in a conversation |
Answer» C. the relationships among utterances in a conversation |
82. |
How is laughter typically initiated in multiparty interactions? |
A. | by the speaker at the end of her utterance |
B. | by the speaker in the middle of one of her sentences |
C. | by the speaker in the beginning of her utterance |
D. | by someone other than the speaker |
Answer» D. by someone other than the speaker |
83. |
During a political speech, a politician argues that “too much time is devoted to international policy...too little is spent on domestic policy.” This is an example of which of the following types of rhetorical devices used to generate applause? |
A. | contrast |
B. | list |
C. | headline-punch line |
D. | puzzle solution |
Answer» A. contrast |
84. |
Which of the following is the most common type of rhetorical device used to generate applause? |
A. | pursuit |
B. | position taking |
C. | contrast |
D. | list |
Answer» C. contrast |
85. |
According to conversation analysts, which of the following is typically true of disagreements? |
A. | They require no special explanation. |
B. | They are delayed responses. |
C. | They are produced in an unqualified manner. |
D. | They are followed by an apology. |
Answer» B. They are delayed responses. |
86. |
____________ are defined as part of a conversation used to describe that conversation. |
A. | Accounts |
B. | Puzzle solutions |
C. | Setting-talks |
D. | Formulations |
Answer» D. Formulations |
87. |
Shy people tend to engage in _____________ more often than those who are self-confident. |
A. | accounting |
B. | formulating |
C. | setting-talk |
D. | contrasting |
Answer» C. setting-talk |
88. |
Which of the following is NOT something an interviewer would typically do to prevent an interviewee from returning to or correcting her question? |
A. | indicate that the interview is over |
B. | ask another question that moves the interview in an different direction |
C. | assess the answer given in a way that prevents the interviewee from returning to the question |
D. | engage in setting-talk |
Answer» D. engage in setting-talk |
89. |
Conversation analysts have found that mishaps encountered during emergency telephone calls are a result of: |
A. | untrained dispatchers. |
B. | the caller’s irrational state of mind. |
C. | static over the phone lines. |
D. | the nature of the specific telephone conversation. |
Answer» D. the nature of the specific telephone conversation. |
90. |
Ethnomethodologists are critical of traditional sociologists because the latter tend to: |
A. | rely too much on statistical analysis of data. |
B. | concentrate too much on everyday social practices. |
C. | focus on the real world rather than on the constructed wor |
Answer» A. rely too much on statistical analysis of data. |
91. |
According to ethnomethodologists, conventional sociologists look at everyday speech as a(n): |
A. | resource. |
B. | formulation. |
C. | topic. |
D. | account. |
Answer» A. resource. |
92. |
Ethnomethodology has been subject to criticism because it: |
A. | pays too much attention to the role of motives in social interaction. |
B. | has become too focused on its phenomenological roots. |
C. | has lost sight of its radical reflexivity. |
D. | dismisses structural properties of speech acts. |
Answer» C. has lost sight of its radical reflexivity. |
93. |
In terms of the micro-macro debate, ethnomethodologists argue that: |
A. | micro-level phenomena are more important to study than macro-level structures. |
B. | micro and macro structures are generated simultaneously. |
C. | macro structures determine micro-level social interactions. |
D. | sociologists should stop attempting to make micro-macro linkages. |
Answer» B. micro and macro structures are generated simultaneously. |
94. |
For Jeffrey Alexander, normative, non-rational, and affective actions constitute ____________ dimensions of his multidimensional sociology. |
A. | materialist |
B. | non-material |
C. | macro |
D. | micro |
Answer» B. non-material |
95. |
Alexander believed that according privilege to the ________________ level was a “theoretical mistake.” |
A. | micro |
B. | macro |
C. | subjective |
D. | objective |
Answer» A. micro |
96. |
George Ritzer’s attempts at an integrated sociological paradigm can be differentiated from Alexander’s multidimensional sociology because: |
A. | Alexander does not use an equivalent objective-subjective continuum. |
B. | Alexander does not use an equivalent micro-macro continuum. |
C. | Alexander privileges one level over another. |
D. | Alexander’s dimensions are either/or, not continuums. |
Answer» C. Alexander privileges one level over another. |
97. |
Which of the following is NOT one of the three basic ways to describe macro phenomena? |
A. | aggregation |
B. | structural |
C. | integrative |
D. | global |
Answer» C. integrative |
98. |
Randall Collins’s “interactional ritual chains” are an example of focusing on the _____________ level of analysis. |
A. | micro |
B. | macro |
C. | meso |
D. | system |
Answer» A. micro |
99. |
For Anthony Giddens, social structure is composed of: |
A. | the objective positions within a field. |
B. | networks of exchange relations. |
C. | systems of oppression and domination. |
D. | the structuring properties of rules and resources. |
Answer» D. the structuring properties of rules and resources. |
100. |
_____________ consciousness entails the ability to describe our actions in words, whereas ___________ consciousness involves actions that the actors take for granted without being able to express what they are doing. |
A. | Discursive; practical |
B. | Practical; discursive |
C. | Discursive; su |
D. | Oral; practical |
Answer» A. Discursive; practical |
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