SOCIOLOGY 9TH EDITION BY ANTHONY
GIDDENS EXAMINATION TEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Scientific Method.
Answer: A procedure for acquiring knowledge that emphasizes
collecting concrete data through observation and experiment.
◉ Social Darwinism.
Answer: The application of the theory of evolution and the notion of
"survival of the fittest" to the study of society.
◉ Structural Functionalism.
Answer: A paradigm that begins with the assumption that society is
a unified whole that functions because of the contributions of its
separate structures.
◉ Mechanical Solidarity.
Answer: Term developed by Emile Durkheim to describe the type of
social bongs present in premodern, agrarian societies, in which
shared traditions and beliefs created a sense of social cohesion.
◉ Agrarian Societies.
, Answer: Societies that depends on agriculture as their primary
means for support and sustenance.
◉ Organic Solidarity.
Answer: Term developed by Emile Durkheim to describe the type of
social bongs present in modern societies based on difference,
interdependence, and individual rights.
◉ Anomie.
Answer: "Normlessness"; term used to describe the alienation and
loss of purpose as a result from weaker social bonds and an
increased pace of change.
◉ Solidarity.
Answer: The degree of integration or unity within a particular
society; the extent to which individuals feel connected to other
members of a group.
◉ Sacred.
Answer: The holy, divine, or supernatural
◉ Profane.
Answer: The ordinary, mundane, or everyday.
GIDDENS EXAMINATION TEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Scientific Method.
Answer: A procedure for acquiring knowledge that emphasizes
collecting concrete data through observation and experiment.
◉ Social Darwinism.
Answer: The application of the theory of evolution and the notion of
"survival of the fittest" to the study of society.
◉ Structural Functionalism.
Answer: A paradigm that begins with the assumption that society is
a unified whole that functions because of the contributions of its
separate structures.
◉ Mechanical Solidarity.
Answer: Term developed by Emile Durkheim to describe the type of
social bongs present in premodern, agrarian societies, in which
shared traditions and beliefs created a sense of social cohesion.
◉ Agrarian Societies.
, Answer: Societies that depends on agriculture as their primary
means for support and sustenance.
◉ Organic Solidarity.
Answer: Term developed by Emile Durkheim to describe the type of
social bongs present in modern societies based on difference,
interdependence, and individual rights.
◉ Anomie.
Answer: "Normlessness"; term used to describe the alienation and
loss of purpose as a result from weaker social bonds and an
increased pace of change.
◉ Solidarity.
Answer: The degree of integration or unity within a particular
society; the extent to which individuals feel connected to other
members of a group.
◉ Sacred.
Answer: The holy, divine, or supernatural
◉ Profane.
Answer: The ordinary, mundane, or everyday.
