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A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Later Years
Classical Sociological Theory

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1

Which of the following had profoundly conservative implications for early American sociology?
A)the French Revolution
B)the Civil War
C)the Vietnam War
D)the political liberalism of early sociologists
2

According to Lester Ward, applied sociology was intended to:
A)use scientific knowledge to better society.
B)make sociology more scientific through lots of practice.
C)base sociology on common sense.
D)combat the evils of postmodernism.
3

Charles Horton Cooley is known for which of the following ideas?
A)class conflict
B)the looking-glass self
C)micro-macro integration
D)social solidarity
4

______________ is the most important thinker associated with the Chicago school and symbolic interactionism.
A)Robert Merton
B)W.E.B. Du Bois
C)Thorstein Veblen
D)George Herbert Mead
5

Double-consciousness is a key theoretical idea of:
A)Jane Addams.
B)Anthony Giddens.
C)Alfred Schutz.
D)W.E.B. Du Bois.
6

Talcott Parsons is known as a(n):
A)structural-functionalist.
B)micro-macro structuralist.
C)agency-structure determinist.
D)proponent of the Chicago School.
7

Which of the following sociological theorists is best known for his sociology of knowledge?
A)Karl Mannheim
B)Talcott Parsons
C)Lester Ward
D)Jeffrey Alexander
8

Which of the following thinkers is known as a radical sociologist?
A)Herbert Spencer
B)Talcott Parsons
C)George Homans
D)C. Wright Mills
9

Conflict theory emerged as a(n):
A)critique of feminist theory.
B)alternative to Anthony Giddens's structuration theory.
C)alternative to structural-functionalism.
D)critique of postmodernism.
10

Exchange theory was pioneered by which of the following theorists?
A)Talcott Parsons
B)Alfred Schutz
C)Lewis Coser
D)George Homans
11

Which of the following thinkers pioneered dramaturgical analysis?
A)Charlotte Perkins Gilman
B)Robert Park
C)Karl Mannheim
D)Erving Goffman
12

Alfred Schutz is known as a(n) _______________ sociologist.
A)African-American
B)neo-Marxian
C)postmodern
D)phenomenological
13

Ethnomethodology is known as a(n):
A)sociology of everyday life.
B)attack on phenomenology.
C)attack on Herbert Spencer.
D)fusion of Marx and Weber.
14

____________ is considered the major representative of poststructuralism.
A)Claude Lèvi-Strauss
B)Jurgen Habermas
C)Michel Foucault
D)Richard Emerson
15

How does feminist theory look at the world?
A)with great contempt
B)from the vantage points of women
C)from the vantage points of deep structures of the mind
D)from a mostly Freudian point of view
16

According to Ritzer and Goodman, which of the following is NOT considered a theorist who attempts agency-structure integration?
A)Margaret Archer
B)Pierre Bourdieu
C)Jurgen Habermas
D)Robert Park
17

Which of the following theorists of modernity sees the modern world as a "juggernaut"?
A)Karl Marx
B)Thorstein Veblen
C)Anthony Giddens
D)Jurgen Habermas
18

Which of the following theorists views modernity as an "unfinished project"?
A)Jurgen Habermas
B)Jeffrey Alexander
C)James Coleman
D)Jean Baudrillard
19

Multicultural social theories tend to:
A)reject universalistic theories that support those in power.
B)reject the work of Michel Foucault.
C)originate in France.
D)base their ideas on Max Weber's studies of capitalism.
20

Theorists of consumption criticize the ____________ of most sociological thinkers.
A)sexism
B)Euro-centrism
C)productivist bias
D)queer theory
21

Early American sociology can be viewed as a critique of Christianity, mainly Protestantism.
A)true
B)false
22

Thorstein Veblen is known for his study of conspicuous consumption.
A)true
B)false
23

Charles Horton Cooley rejected a behavioristic view of human beings.
A)true
B)false
24

One of W.E.B. Du Bois's best-known theoretical ideas is the veil.
A)true
B)false
25

Talcott Parsons can be defined primarily as a Marxian sociologist.
A)true
B)false
26

The Frankfurt school of critical theory was interested in fusing the work of Marx and Weber.
A)true
B)false
27

Karl Mannheim is best known as a postmodernist.
A)true
B)false
28

C. Wright Mills's radicalism dominated American sociology in the 1940s and 1950s.
A)true
B)false
29

Jean Baudrillard can be viewed as a defender of modernity.
A)true
B)false
30

Postmodernists embrace grand narratives.
A)true
B)false