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1

Sociology is an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society.
A)True
B)False
2

Social science is the study of the social features of humans and the ways they interact and change.
A)True
B)False
3

Émile Durkheim developed a highly original theory about the relationship between homicide and social factors.
A)True
B)False
4

Scholars were able to learn of Auguste Comte's works largely through translations by the English sociologist Ida Wells-Barnett.
A)True
B)False
5

Sociology owes credit to Max Weber for a key conceptual tool called anomie.
A)True
B)False
6

In Karl Marx's analysis, society was fundamentally divided between classes that clash in pursuit of their own class interests.
A)True
B)False
7

Charles Horton Cooley's primary interest was the consequences of work in modern societies.
A)True
B)False
8

Sociologist Robert Merton made an important contribution to the discipline of sociology by arguing that the working class needed to overthrow the existing class system.
A)True
B)False
9

Microsociology concentrates on large-scale phenomenon or entire civilizations.
A)True
B)False
10

The functionalist perspective emphasizes the way that parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability.
A)True
B)False
11

The term latent function refers to an element or process of society that may actually disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability.
A)True
B)False
12

Conflict theorists are interested in how society's institutions may help to maintain the privileges of some groups and keep others in a subservient position.
A)True
B)False
13

Charles Horton Cooley is widely regarded as the founder of the interactionist perspective.
A)True
B)False
14

Ida Wells-Barnett explored what it meant to be female and Black living in the United States.
A)True
B)False
15

Erving Goffman popularized a particular type of interactionist method known as Verstehen.
A)True
B)False







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