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A conflict theory approach to studying social institutions would be most associated with:
Studying impression management in the institution
Identifying the basic needs met by the institution
Using statistics
Analyzing who benefits and who is oppressed by the institution
2
Who developed the concept of anomie?
Emile Durkheim
Max Weber
Karl Marx
Charles Cooley
3
Incompatability between 2 or more roles associated with a single status is known as:
role strain
role conflict
4
Which theorist analyzed bureaucracy?
Karl Marx
Emile Durkheim
Max Weber
Michel Foucault
5
The ability to see the relationships between individual issues and social problems is known as
the sociological imagination
theory
operationalization
deductive reasoning
6
Which theorist is associated with organic and mechanical solidarity?
Karl Marx
Emile Durkheim
Auguste Comte
Harriet Martineau
7
What is the definition of agents of socialization?
socially accepted institutions where socialization occurs
a group of people with shared interests and characcteristics?
the self-image an individual forms by imagining what others think of them
intangible products shared by members of a culture
8
The process of learning to behave in a way that is acceptable to society is known as:
agency
scientific method
Behaviourism
Socialization
9
When is anomie most likely to occur, according to Durkheim?
During an election
On the moon
During a period of social stability
During a period of rapid social change
10
Comparing the economic structure of different countries would be an example of:
Macro analysis
Micro analysis
11
Donald Trump would be a memebr of the proletariat
False
True
12
Interviewing people about their experiences with education would be an example of qualitative research
False
True
13
A taboo is...
A type of social interaction
A powerful social norm with very serious consequences for breaking
A habit or custom with no consequences for breaking
A position a person has in society
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The capacity of individuals to act independently and make their own free choices is known as...
Structure
Mobility
Agency
Social facts
15
The division of people into categories based on their relative power, wealth, and prestige is known as:
Social stratification
Social mobility
Cultural relativism
Nonmaterial culture
16
What is an aggregate?
A theoretical perspective
A bunch of people who happen to be in the same place at the same time
A group of people with close social bonds to each other
A type of bureaucracy
17
What is ethnocentrism?
The behaviours and privileges associated with a social status
The position a person occupies within a social structure
A way of life and set of attitutudes opposed to dominant social norms
The idea that one's own culture is better than other cultures
18
Which of the following is NOT one of the main three theoretical paradigms in sociology?
symbolic interactionism
conflict theory
structural functionalism
social learning theory
19
Which theorist would be associated with this image?
Erving Goffmann
Pierre Bourdieu
Emile Durkheim
Karl Marx
20
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of bureaucracy, according to Weber?
Hierarchical structure
Emphasis on written rules
Specialization and division of labour
Involves resocialization
21
Sociology is...
The scientific study of the economy
The scientific study of society
The scientific study of human behaviour
The scientific study of human cultures in the past
22
Conflict theory is most associated with which theorist?
Max Weber
Emile Durkheim
Harold Garfinkel
Karl Marx
23
The position a person occupies within a social structure is known as
Role
Reference group
Status symbol
Social status
24
Which of the following is NOT an example of an achieved status?
Being an activist
Elderly
University-educated
Being an accountant
25
Who is known as the founder of sociology?
Ronald Reagan
Karl Marx
Emile Durkheim
Auguste Comte
26
The formal, objective, systematic process in which numerical data is used to understand the world is known as:
Quantitative research
Qualitative research
27
Established, organized, and structured systems of social beliefs and behaviour that fulfill a societal purpose are:
social interaction
agents of socialization
social institutions
social movement
28
Weber used 'verstehen' to describe the ability to see the world from other people's perspectives
False
True
29
What are social norms?
Exchange between two or more people
A group of people with shared interests
The knowledge, skills, and abilities of an individual
Social expectations that guide behaviour
30
Which of the following is NOT a leadership style?
Laissez-faire
Ethnocentric
Authoritarian
Democratic
31
Social mobility describes...
Travelling between different countries
The ability to control other people
The ability to move between categories in a social stratification system
How people behave in large groups
32
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a group:
The people are always in conflict with each other
The people think of themselves as belonging together
The people have things in common
The people interact with each other in patterned ways
33
Why is the Enlightenment important to the development of sociology?
It introduced quantitative research methods
Universities began offering sociology degrees
It discussed human rights and equality, which are important in sociology
It was when Emile Durkheim was born
34
In a caste system, social status is
Ascribed
Achieved
35
Cultural capital is:
The social networks a person can gain access to
An individual's accumulation of knowledge, abilities, and skills
Money a person has or can acquire
36
Prisons, psychiatric hospitals, and boarding schools are examples of:
Role conflict
Cultural inconsistency
Total institutions
Nonmaterial culture
37
Which of the following is NOT a type of norm
Taboo
More
Status inconsistency
Folkway
38
A role is the behaviours and privileges associated with a status
True
False
39
The dramaturgical approach is associated with Karl Marx
True
False
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Who coined the term double consciousness?
August Comte
Emile Durkheim
C Wright Mills
W.E.B DuBois
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This image represents:
Social networks
Conflict theory
Impression management
Bureaucracy
