SOC 101 Chapter 1-4 Test Guide Exam
Questions With Complete Solutions
Which of the following best describes the term sociology? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Sociology is the scientific study of humans behavior
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society
Sociologist C. Wright Mills states that the ____ emphasizes the
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connection between personal troubles and structural issues. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Sociological imagination |
According to a study in 1992 by Ritzer, why is sociology a powerful tool
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in understanding people's behavior and society at large? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Because it involves examining micro, macro, and micro-
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macro forces
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Which of the following shape our beliefs, behavior, and experiences? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Our gender
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Our ethnicity
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Our social class
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, According to sociologist James White, which of the following best
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describes theories? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Theories are "tools" that
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don't profess to know "the truth" but "may need replacing" over time as
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our understanding of society becomes more sophisticated
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____ coined the term sociology and is often described as the "father of
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sociology". - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Auguste Comte
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According to Durkheim, as the division of labor becomes more
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specialized ____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-People become increasingly
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dependent on others for specific goods and services
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Unlike his predecessors and contemporaries, Marx maintained that
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____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-economic issues produce divisiveness
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rather than social solidarity
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Unlike Karl Marx, Max Weber focused on ____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Social organization, a subjective understanding of behavior, and a value
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free sociology
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One of the common criticism of the functionalist theory is that it ____. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Is so focused on order and stability that it often
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ignores social change | |
Questions With Complete Solutions
Which of the following best describes the term sociology? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Sociology is the scientific study of humans behavior
| | | | | | | |
society
Sociologist C. Wright Mills states that the ____ emphasizes the
| | | | | | | | | |
connection between personal troubles and structural issues. - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Sociological imagination |
According to a study in 1992 by Ritzer, why is sociology a powerful tool
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
in understanding people's behavior and society at large? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Because it involves examining micro, macro, and micro-
| | | | | | |
macro forces
|
Which of the following shape our beliefs, behavior, and experiences? -
| | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Our gender
| |
Our ethnicity
| |
Our social class
| |
, According to sociologist James White, which of the following best
| | | | | | | | | |
describes theories? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Theories are "tools" that
| | | | | | | |
don't profess to know "the truth" but "may need replacing" over time as
| | | | | | | | | | | |
our understanding of society becomes more sophisticated
| | | | | | |
____ coined the term sociology and is often described as the "father of
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
sociology". - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Auguste Comte
| | | |
According to Durkheim, as the division of labor becomes more
| | | | | | | | | |
specialized ____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-People become increasingly
| | | | | | |
dependent on others for specific goods and services
| | | | | | |
Unlike his predecessors and contemporaries, Marx maintained that
| | | | | | | |
____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-economic issues produce divisiveness
| | | | | | |
rather than social solidarity
| | |
Unlike Karl Marx, Max Weber focused on ____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | |
Social organization, a subjective understanding of behavior, and a value
| | | | | | | | | |
free sociology
|
One of the common criticism of the functionalist theory is that it ____. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Is so focused on order and stability that it often
| | | | | | | | | | |
ignores social change | |
