True or False Quiz


1	In the aftermath of natural disasters, a community's social organization and structure tend to collapse.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	Émile Durkheim concluded that the suicide rates of a society reflected the extent to which people were or were not integrated into the group life of the society.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	When Max Weber discussed the ideal bureaucracy, he was focusing on the best type of organization that was possible.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	Throughout most of the twentieth century, sociology in the United States was influenced primarily by the conflict perspective.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	George Herbert Mead is widely regarded as the founder of the interactionist perspective.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	Sociologist Carol Brooks Gardner views public places as innocuous settings in which strangers either leave each other alone or interact politely.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	Interactionists see symbols as an especially important part of human communication.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	Microsociology concentrates on large-scale phenomena or entire civilizations.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	Émile Durkheim was the first modern-day sociologist to focus on small groups and relationships.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	Talcott Parsons dominated sociology in the United States for over four decades with his advocacy of the interactionist perspective.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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