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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 two classes that clash in pursuit of their own 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

Macrosociology stresses study of small groups, often through experimental means in laboratories.
A)true
B)false
10

The functionalist perspective emphasizes the way in which 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 reduce its 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







Schaefer, Sociology Brief, 6/eOnline Learning Center

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