SOC 100 | Midterm I

Question 1

A coherent model of how society works and how individuals are socialized into their roles within it is called a(n):

Answer 1

paradigm

Question 2

A sociological perspective is one that sees connections and contexts (T/F).

Answer 2

True

Question 3

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

Answer 3

organic

Question 4

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

Answer 4

social contract

Question 5

According to the conflict perspective, the U.S would be seen as a society based on structural equality (T/F).

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Comte believed sociology was a sort of “secular religion,” a religion of humanity (T/F).

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Globalization is controversial because it has helped to eliminate the class disparity that exists in the world.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Jane believes that social life consists of several distinct integrated levels that enable individuals to find stability, order, and meaning in the world. Jane’s belief is an example of which theory?

Answer 8

structural functionalism

Question 9

Marx believed that the best economic system was one that had collective ownership of all property. What economic system best fits Marx’s theory?

Answer 9

communism

Question 10

Modernism is defined as the belief in:

Answer 10

evolutionary progress through the application of science

Question 11

Research related to globalization focuses on ________ level analysis.

Answer 11

macro

Question 12

Sociology is best described as the study of:

Answer 12

society

Question 13

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

Answer 13

systematic observations

Question 14

The “sociological imagination” classifies our lives as ________ lives.

Answer 14

contextual

Question 15

The percentage of minorities and women within the field of sociology over the last 50 years has seen what change?

Answer 15

increase

Question 16

The understanding of many different cultures is ________.

Answer 16

multiculturalism

Question 17

W.E.B Dubois argued that “the problem of the twentieth century was the problem of the colour line.”

Answer 17

True

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Society is held together by solidarity.

Question 19

When nations are interconnected through economic, political, cultural and social means, bringing together different groups of people all over the world is an example of ________.

Answer 19

globalization

Question 20

Which best describes symbolic interactionism?

Answer 20

An individual’s interactions with his or her environment help people develop a sense of “self.”

Question 21

Which book is considered to be Max Weber’s most famous work?

Answer 21

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

Question 22

Which sociological theorist was a central theorist of structural-functionalist analysis?

Answer 22

Talcott Parsons

Question 23

Which sociologist wrote of the “sociological imagination”?

Answer 23

C. Wright Mills

Question 24

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

Answer 24

proletariat

Question 25

Which two sociological themes came together in the work of Thomas Jefferson?

Answer 25

individual liberty and that society enhances freedom

Question 26

Who first coined the term sociology?

Answer 26

Auguste Comte

Question 27

________ economic system was Karl Marx’s central interest.

Answer 27

capitalist

Question 28

________ functions are hidden and unintended.

Answer 28

Latent

Question 29

________ suggests the meaning of social life may not be found in conforming to rigid patterns of development, but rather in the creative assembling of interactions and interpretations that enable us to negotiate our way in the world.

Answer 29

Postmodernism

Question 30

What was an outcome of the “Enlightenment”?

Answer 30

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