Sociology Exam 1 | Part I Questions
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Sociology is _____________.
A. an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider
society
B. the scientific study of social behavior and human groups
C. concerned with what one individual does or does not do
D. Very narrow in scope - -B. the scientific study of social behavior and
human groups
-Which of the following about the sociological imagination is true? ________
A. the term was coined by the American sociologist C. Wright Mills in 1959
B. it describes the process of linking individual experience with social
institutions and one's place in history
C. it emphasis the link between micro and macro social phenomena
D. all of the above - -D. All of the above.
-Which of the following is true about social facts?_________
A. the term was first used by Emile Durkheim
B. social facts are social patterns external to individuals
C. social facts are sui generis, "of its own particular kind"
D. all of the above - -D. all of the above.
-The term anomie refers to __________.
A. a construct, or a made-up model, that serves as a measuring rod against
which actual cases can be evaluated
B. the study of small groups
C. the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual
behavior has become ineffective
D. a set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behavior -
-C. the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual
behavior has become ineffective
-Which sociological perspective emphasizes the way in which the parts of a
society are structured to maintain its stability? ____________ Perspective.
A. conflict
B. interactionist
C. microsociological
, D. functionalist - -D. functionalist
-Which sociological perspective assumes that social behavior is best
understood in terms of tension between competing groups? ___________
perspective.
A. conflict
B. interactionist
C. microsociological
D. functionalist - -A. conflict
-Which theoretical perspective would examine sports on the micro-level by
focusing on how day-to-day social behavior is shaped by the distinctive
norms, values, and demands of the world of sports? __________ perspective.
A. conflict
B. interactionist
C. microsociological
D. functionalist - -B. interactionist
-Unrecognized and uniintended consequences of the social structure are
called __________.
A. latent functions
B. manifest functions
C. malfunctions
D. dysfunctions - -A. latent functions
-Max Weber argued that sociologists could understand others by imagining
themselves in the place of their subject through the use of ___________.
A, the sociological imagination
B. verstehen
C. gemeinschaft
D. finding latent functions - -B. verstehen
-The variable hypothesized to cause or influence another is called the
_____________ variable.
A. dependent
B. hypothetical
C. correlation
D. independent - -D. independent
-What kind of sample is used most frequently by social scientists?
___________ sample.
with solved Answers
Sociology is _____________.
A. an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider
society
B. the scientific study of social behavior and human groups
C. concerned with what one individual does or does not do
D. Very narrow in scope - -B. the scientific study of social behavior and
human groups
-Which of the following about the sociological imagination is true? ________
A. the term was coined by the American sociologist C. Wright Mills in 1959
B. it describes the process of linking individual experience with social
institutions and one's place in history
C. it emphasis the link between micro and macro social phenomena
D. all of the above - -D. All of the above.
-Which of the following is true about social facts?_________
A. the term was first used by Emile Durkheim
B. social facts are social patterns external to individuals
C. social facts are sui generis, "of its own particular kind"
D. all of the above - -D. all of the above.
-The term anomie refers to __________.
A. a construct, or a made-up model, that serves as a measuring rod against
which actual cases can be evaluated
B. the study of small groups
C. the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual
behavior has become ineffective
D. a set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behavior -
-C. the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual
behavior has become ineffective
-Which sociological perspective emphasizes the way in which the parts of a
society are structured to maintain its stability? ____________ Perspective.
A. conflict
B. interactionist
C. microsociological
, D. functionalist - -D. functionalist
-Which sociological perspective assumes that social behavior is best
understood in terms of tension between competing groups? ___________
perspective.
A. conflict
B. interactionist
C. microsociological
D. functionalist - -A. conflict
-Which theoretical perspective would examine sports on the micro-level by
focusing on how day-to-day social behavior is shaped by the distinctive
norms, values, and demands of the world of sports? __________ perspective.
A. conflict
B. interactionist
C. microsociological
D. functionalist - -B. interactionist
-Unrecognized and uniintended consequences of the social structure are
called __________.
A. latent functions
B. manifest functions
C. malfunctions
D. dysfunctions - -A. latent functions
-Max Weber argued that sociologists could understand others by imagining
themselves in the place of their subject through the use of ___________.
A, the sociological imagination
B. verstehen
C. gemeinschaft
D. finding latent functions - -B. verstehen
-The variable hypothesized to cause or influence another is called the
_____________ variable.
A. dependent
B. hypothetical
C. correlation
D. independent - -D. independent
-What kind of sample is used most frequently by social scientists?
___________ sample.
