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Diversity QUIZ 1
Diversity QUIZ 1
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________ is considered one of the founders of symbolic interactionism.
George Herbert Mead
Herber Blumer
Georg Simmel
Harriet Martineau
2
Define C. Wright Mill's sociological imagination.
The process of analyzing human behavior based solely on statistics
A series of interviews asking subjects about their sleep habits and dreams
How individuals understand their own and others' pasts about history.
The theory that man evolved slowly over time
3
A paradigm can be defined as:
Social patterns that have undesirable consequences for operation of society
frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations.
The consequences of a social process that are sought or anticipated
The social ties bind people, such as religion, location, and kinship.
4
As industrialization began to boom, Durkheim believed people were more susceptible to anomie because:
Society no longer has the support of the collective consciousness.
All of the above
Collective norms are weakened.
Specialization of labour lead to alienation.
5
___ believed that societies grew and changed as a result of the struggles of social classes over the means of production
Max Weber; Positivism
Comte; Positivism
Durkheim; Communism
Karl Marx; Communism
6
Sociology is defined as the:
Theoretical examination of life's origins
Systematic study of society and social interaction
Qualitative analysis of human phenomenon
Quantitative analysis of social transgressions
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view society as a structure with parts designed to meet the social needs of individuals who make that society
Structural functionalists
Symbolic interactionists
Social individualists
Conflict theorists
8
According to Durkheim, which of the following is not a social fact?
A custom
All of the above are social facts
A law
A religious belief
9
The following statement is a criticism of conflict theory:
It overstates the power of dominant groups to manipulate subordinate groups
It relies on a static model of society.
It ignores the role that social structures play in shaping human behaviour.
Micro interactions are not generalizable.
10
Which of the following is not an example of organic solidarity?
A Ford Motors employee assembling taillights on an assembly line
A freelance artist creating a sculpture of Barack Obama
A fast-food employee putting burgers into their buns
A toll-booth employee collecting toll change
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Interpretive sociology is a perspective that explains human behavior in terms of the meanings individuals attribute.
True
False
12
Karl Marx asserted that the means of societal change existed in the tension between:
The proletariat fighting each other for a position within the bourgeois
The enslaved bourgeois reclaiming power from the controlling proletariat
The working class proletariat taking the means of production from bourgeois
The bourgeois struggling for the allocation of resources amongst themselves
13
When does organic solidarity occur?
community bonding is shared beliefs and values based on common activities
In Durkheim's study of suicide
All of the above
Where people live in a diverse division of labour and the community bonds
14
Manifest functions are described by Robert Morton as the unintended consequences of social process
True
False
15
Which of the following is not one of Marx's four types of alienation?
Alienation from others
Alienation from one's religion
Alienation from one's self
Alienation from the product of one's labor
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Structural functionalists are most likely to look at the social world on a micro level.
False
True
17
Jeremy criticizes the college admissions process, arguing that heavy competition, educational resource make it difficult
Symbolic interactionism
Critical theory
Structural functionalism
Sociological
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The concept anomie can be defined as:
How strongly a person is connected to his or her social group
When one or more of an individual's roles clash
A person's beliefs and ideology are in conflict with their best interests
Society no longer has the support of a firm collective consciousness
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In sociology, a....... explains different aspects of social interactions and creates testable propositions about society
Hypothesis
Paradigm
Theory
Social fact
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__ societies relied on permanent tools for survival and expanded due to innovations such as crop rotation and fertilizer
Industrial
Feudal
Hunter-gatherer
Agricultural
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10) Durkheim defined ______ as the communal beliefs, morals, and attitudes of a society.
The iron cage
Collective conscience
Anomie
Bourgeoisie
22
Auguste Comte is considered one of the founders of symbolic interactionism.
True
False
23
Alona is distributing number-scaled surveys in her Sociology class, Alona is employing a research method.
Qualitative
Critical
Sociological
Quantitative
24
Quantitative sociology can be defined as:
Virtual interactivity, online polls, and online gaming
Interviews, focus groups, analysis of sources as the source of its data
Door to door sales pitches, cold calls, and press conferences
Statistical methods such as surveys with large numbers of participants
25
Under macro level sociology, society analysis for structure and processes.
False
True
26
Please place the following societies in chronological order:
Hunter-gatherer; Pastoral; Agricultural; Horticultural
Hunter-gatherer; Pastoral; Horticultural; Agricultural
Pastoral; Hunter-gatherer; Horticultural; Agricultural
Pastoral; Agricultural, Hunter-gatherer; Horticultural
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_____ as a situation in which an individual is trapped by the rational and efficient processes of social institutions.
Iron cage
Theological stage
Mechanical solidarity
Law of three stages
28
According to Talcott Parsons, in a healthy society, all of these parts work together to produce a stable state called _.
Structural functionalism
Dynamic equilibrium
Historical materialism
Structures
29
Functionalist Émile Durkheim viewed society as:
Requiring social revolutions to correct rampant class inequality
Split between two classes categorized by education, kinship, and religion
An even playing field composed of the educated and uneducated
organism in which each plays a vital role in keeping the organism stable
30
Émile Durkheim's concept of social solidarity is an example of a __________ approach.
Symbolic interactionist
Feminist
Critical
Structural functionalist
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Alienation is defined by the text as:
Key factor in social life are ties that people have to their social groups
The act of defying social norms in favour of group unity
Social forces considered real that exist outside the individual
The individual is isolated & divorced from his society
