Read each question carefully and then select the best answer.
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Sociology is |
| | A) | an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society. |
| | B) | the systematic study of social behavior and human groups. |
| | C) | concerned with what one individual does or does not do. |
| | D) | very narrow in scope. |
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Which sociologist introduced the concept of the sociological imagination? |
| | A) | Richard Schaefer |
| | B) | Auguste Comte |
| | C) | Harriet Martineau |
| | D) | C. Wright Mills |
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Durkheim's research suggested that |
| | A) | Catholics had much higher suicide rates than Protestants. |
| | B) | there seemed to be higher rates of suicide in times of peace than in times of war and revolution. |
| | C) | civilians were more likely to take their lives than soldiers. |
| | D) | suicide is a solitary act, unrelated to group life. |
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In this sociologist's hierarchy of sciences, sociology was the "queen" and its practitioners "scientist-priests." |
| | A) | Auguste Comte |
| | B) | Émile Durkheim |
| | C) | Herbert Spencer |
| | D) | Harriet Martineau |
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Which sociologist introduced the concept of anomie to the discipline? |
| | A) | Max Weber |
| | B) | Herbert Spencer |
| | C) | Émile Durkheim |
| | D) | C. Wright Mills |
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Anomie refers to |
| | A) | a construct, or a made-up model that serves as a measuring rod against which actual cases can be evaluated. |
| | B) | the study of small groups. |
| | C) | the loss of direction that a society feels when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective. |
| | D) | a set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behavior. |
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Weber taught his students that they should employ what in their intellectual work? |
| | A) | anomie. |
| | B) | Verstehen. |
| | C) | the sociological imagination. |
| | D) | microsociology. |
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Which sociological perspective holds that if an aspect of social life does not contribute to a society's stability or survival it will not be passed on from one generation to the next? |
| | A) | conflict perspective |
| | B) | interactionist perspective |
| | C) | microsociology |
| | D) | functionalist perspective |
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The holding down of unemployment by universities would be considered what kind of function? |
| | A) | dysfunction |
| | B) | manifest function |
| | C) | latent function |
| | D) | conflict function |
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Which sociological perspective assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of tension between competing groups? |
| | A) | conflict perspective |
| | B) | interactionist perspective |
| | C) | microsociology |
| | D) | functionalist perspective |
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In the 1990s, the workings of juries became a subject of public scrutiny. A sociologist would be most likely to use which perspective to gain a better understanding of the small-group setting of a jury deliberation room? |
| | A) | interactionist perspective |
| | B) | conflict perspective |
| | C) | functionalist perspective |
| | D) | macrosociology |
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Which theoretical perspective would examine sports on the microlevel by focusing on how day-to-day social behavior is shaped by the distinctive norms, values, and demands of the world of sports? |
| | A) | functionalist perspective |
| | B) | conflict perspective |
| | C) | interactionist perspective |
| | D) | both a and b |
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According to the text, sociology is best defined as the systematic study of |
| | A) | the individual. |
| | B) | social behavior and human groups. |
| | C) | socioeconomic status. |
| | D) | small groups. |
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Sociologist C. Wright Mills spoke of an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society and referred to this awareness as |
| | A) | sociology. |
| | B) | social psychology. |
| | C) | the sociological imagination. |
| | D) | impression management. |
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Within sociology, a/an __________ is a set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behavior. |
| | A) | theory |
| | B) | hypothesis |
| | C) | operational definition |
| | D) | correlation |
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According to the text, Herbert Spencer |
| | A) | applied the concept of evolution of the species to societies. |
| | B) | felt compelled to correct and improve society. |
| | C) | argued that it is "unnatural" that some people are rich while others are poor. |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Sociologist Max Weber coined the term __________ in referring to a made-up model that serves as a measuring rod against which actual cases can be evaluated. |
| | A) | operational definition |
| | B) | theory |
| | C) | ideal type |
| | D) | Verstehen |
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__________ and Friedrich Engels prepared a platform called The Communist Manifesto, in which they argued that the masses of people who have no resources other than their labor (the proletariat) should unite to fight for the overthrow of capitalist societies. |
| | A) | Karl Marx |
| | B) | Emile Durkheim |
| | C) | Max Weber |
| | D) | Herbert Spencer |
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Thinking of society as a living organism in which each part of the organism contributes to its survival is a reflection of which theoretical perspective? |
| | A) | interactionist |
| | B) | functionalist |
| | C) | conflict |
| | D) | feminist |
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__________ of institutions are open, stated, and conscious. |
| | A) | Manifest function |
| | B) | Latent function |
| | C) | Dysfunction |
| | D) | Structural function |
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Latent functions are |
| | A) | open, stated, and conscious. |
| | B) | disruptive and threaten stability. |
| | C) | unconscious and/or unintended. |
| | D) | destructive. |
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The __________ perspective generalizes about everyday forms of social interaction in order to understand society as a whole. |
| | A) | conflict |
| | B) | functionalist |
| | C) | interactionist |
| | D) | feminist |
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In the nineteenth century, before the term feminist perspective could even be coined, the ideas behind this major theoretical approach appeared in the writings of |
| | A) | Karl Marx. |
| | B) | Ida Wells-Barnett. |
| | C) | Charles Horton Cooley. |
| | D) | Carol Brooks Gardner. |
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According to the subsection Research in Action: "Looking at Sports from Four Theoretical Perspectives," which of the major theoretical perspectives views sports as an "opiate" that encourages people to seek a temporary fix rather than focus on personal problems? |
| | A) | functionalist |
| | B) | conflict |
| | C) | interactionist |
| | D) | feminist |
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Erving Goffman's dramaturgical approach, which postulates that people present certain aspects of their personalities while obscuring other qualities, is derivative of what major theoretical perspective? |
| | A) | interactionist |
| | B) | functionalist |
| | C) | conflict |
| | D) | feminist |
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