Quiz #1 (Chapter 1: What is Sociology?)

Question 1

What central insight was illustrated in Emile Durkheim’s study of suicide?

Answer 1

Society is held together by “solidarity”

Question 2

sociology uses which of the following as part of its scientific approach to interpret social behavior?

Answer 2

systematic observations

Question 3

what was an outcome of the “Enlightenment”?

Answer 3

Use of reason to understand the relationship of the individual and society

Question 4

which definition does the text use to describe modernism?

Answer 4

the belief of evolutionary progress, through the application of science

Question 5

which best describes symbolic interactionism?

Answer 5

An individuals interactions with his or her environment help a person develop a sense of “self”

Question 6

what according to Robert merton, can the functions of any institution or interactions be

Answer 6

either manifest or latent

Question 7

according to Durkheim which form of solidarity exists when people are interdependent, share less obvious common values, have diverse and conflicting interests, and a more complex division of labor?

Answer 7

organic

Question 8

which of the following according to John Locke, plays an essential role in people joining together in society?

Answer 8

social contracts

Question 9

which of the following is one of the stages that Comte believed each society passes through?

Answer 9

metaphysical

Question 10

George Ritzet coined the term for the increasing homogenity around the world?

Answer 10

MaDonaldization

Question 11

Sociology is best described as

Answer 11

the study of human behavior in society

Question 12

The percentage of nonwhites and non-,ales within the field of sociology over the last 50 years has seen what change?

Answer 12

an increase

Question 13

Globalization focuses on which level of analysis when examining institutional processes?

Answer 13

Macrolevel Analyisis

Question 14

Which theory suggests that the dynamics of society, both of social order and social resistance, were the result of conflicting different groups?

Answer 14

conflict theory

Question 15

according to Durkhem, which form of solidarity shares a common culture and sense of morality?

Answer 15

mechanical

Question 16

which sociological theorist was a central figure of structural-functional analysis

Answer 16

Talcott Parsons

Question 17

which of the two themes came together in the work of Thomas Jefferson?

Answer 17

Individual liberty and that society enhanced freedom

Question 18

Which term in Marx’s theory would be applied to the working class?

Answer 18

Proletariat

Question 19

weak and informal norms are called

Answer 19

folkways

Question 20

a coherent model of how society works and how individuals are socialized into their roles within it is called?

Answer 20

a paradigm

Question 21

which is true about the common cannon of sociology according to your text?

Answer 21

it consists primarily of white men.

Question 22

Marx believes that the best economic system is one that has collective ownership of all property. Which economic system best fits what Marx supports

Answer 22

communism

Question 23

which is a central component of Karl Marx’s theoretical framework?

Answer 23

capitalism

Question 24

who coined the term sociology

Answer 24

Auguste Comte

Question 25

Sociology uses which of the following as part of its scientific approach to interpret social behavior?

Answer 25

Systematic observations