ESSENTIALS OF SOCIOLOGY MOCK TEST
WITH ANSWER RATIONALES 2026
◉ sociological perspective.
Answer: stresses social context in which people live, examines how
these contexts influence peoples lives
◉ social location.
Answer: based on history, biography, and external influences (jobs,
education, race, etc.)
◉ industrial revolution.
Answer: caused social chaos, social scientists started using the
scientific method
◉ scientific method.
Answer: uses objective, systematic observations to test theories
◉ auguste comte.
Answer: (positivism) suggested that we apply the scientific method
to the social world, coined term "sociology", is the father of the
psychology
, ◉ herbert spencer.
Answer: social Darwinism, disagreed that sociologists should guide
social reform (2nd founder) the more fit you are the better chance
you have of surviving
◉ social Darwinism.
Answer: as generations pass a society's most capable and intelligent
members survive while the less capable die out
◉ karl marx.
Answer: class conflict, believed that people should try to change
society
◉ max weber.
Answer: religion changes society and the way things are
◉ emilie durkheim.
Answer: social integration, how social forces effect behavior, wrote
book called "suicide," the more you are integrated in society the less
likely you are to commit suicide
◉ jane adams.
WITH ANSWER RATIONALES 2026
◉ sociological perspective.
Answer: stresses social context in which people live, examines how
these contexts influence peoples lives
◉ social location.
Answer: based on history, biography, and external influences (jobs,
education, race, etc.)
◉ industrial revolution.
Answer: caused social chaos, social scientists started using the
scientific method
◉ scientific method.
Answer: uses objective, systematic observations to test theories
◉ auguste comte.
Answer: (positivism) suggested that we apply the scientific method
to the social world, coined term "sociology", is the father of the
psychology
, ◉ herbert spencer.
Answer: social Darwinism, disagreed that sociologists should guide
social reform (2nd founder) the more fit you are the better chance
you have of surviving
◉ social Darwinism.
Answer: as generations pass a society's most capable and intelligent
members survive while the less capable die out
◉ karl marx.
Answer: class conflict, believed that people should try to change
society
◉ max weber.
Answer: religion changes society and the way things are
◉ emilie durkheim.
Answer: social integration, how social forces effect behavior, wrote
book called "suicide," the more you are integrated in society the less
likely you are to commit suicide
◉ jane adams.
