RCA 1 questions Flashcards

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To what does the term “modernity” refer?

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The social, economic, and political developments that unfolded in Europe and North America from the 18th to mid 20th century

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Who wrote “Gender inequality explains most of individual experience, the ills in society and history?”

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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3
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August Comte’s ‘sociology’ was focused primarily on which of the following?

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Social Dynamics

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According to Positivism, the study of social Phenomena should employ which of the following?

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The same scientific techniques as those used in the natural sciences

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Of the following theorists, who was a social Darwinist that supported the idea of survival of the fittest? (Karl Marx, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Max Weber, Herbret Spencer)

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Herbert Spencer

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According to the text, a sociological theory can be considered a classic if it___

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Has a wide range of application

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Which of the following social forces most heavily influenced the rise of a new era of sociology during the late 1800s?

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Political revolutions

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What makes Muslim scholar Ibn Khaldun important to modern sociology?

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Khaldun was the first to develop a systematic approach to the study of social organization

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9
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Alexis de Tocqueville argued that___

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Equality produced mediocrity during the era of his life

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Which french sociologist centered his positivist analysis on the French Revolution and its aftermath?

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August Comte

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Which of the following statements defines G.W.F Hegel’s understanding of dialectics?

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Dialectics are based on dynamic aspects of society

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Explanations that “blame the victim” originate from what school of British sociological thought?

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Ameliorism

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How did Harriet Martineau distinguish herself from other social theorists?

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Martineau wrote short novels on social thought that were accessible to the public

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What intellectual current of early British sociology focused on how social structures emerge and operate?

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Social Evolution

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15
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To which modern social development can modern racism be attributed to?

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Colonialism

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