Question 1

Why do women not figure more prominently among early sociologists?

Accepted Answer

A)   There were no female early sociologists.
B)   Once sociology became a recognized academic discipline, men designated the women-who were activists-as social workers, not sociologists.
C)   In no field has sexism been more evident than in sociology.
D)   The field of sociology seemed neither rigorous enough nor relevant enough to attract women.

Question 2

In the eyes of _____, society is a whole unit, made up of interrelated parts that work together.

Accepted Answer

A)   symbolic interactionists
B)   conflict theorists
C)   functionalists
D)   George Herbert Mead

Question 3

Rather than Weber's Verstehen, Durkheim stressed

Accepted Answer

A)   nicht Verstehen.
B)   social facts.
C)   research into dreams.
D)   emotion.

Question 4

_____ focuses on politics and government.

Accepted Answer

A)   Political science
B)   Anthropology
C)   Psychology
D)   Economics

Question 5

E. B. Du Bois

Accepted Answer

A)   was primarily a novelist.
B)   collected and interpreted the work of others rather than making original contributions.
C)   became a revolutionary Marxist and moved to Ghana.
D)   had the good fortune to grow up in an era virtually free of racism.

Question 6

Who was the founder of conflict theory?

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A)   Robert Merton
B)   George Herbert Mead
C)   Max Weber
D)   Karl Marx

Question 7

Robert Merton used the term _____ for the harmful consequences of people's actions.

Accepted Answer

A)   function
B)   dysfunction
C)   latent function
D)   balancing function

Question 8

Constance, a sociologist, found a piece of research performed by another sociologist intriguing. It looked at the impact of learning new activities on the aging process. When she read the results, which were reported in a journal she read, she saw that the number of people studied had been very small. But the report itself was well written and enthusiastic. Much as Constance was excited by the findings, she wondered if bias might have affected them. Things looked just a little bit too good. The way to check this would be to _____ the study.

Accepted Answer

A)   demand that the author defend
B)   denounce
C)   replicate
D)   ask colleagues about

Question 9

Perhaps ahead of the times, _____ warned of the dangers of the coalescing of interests of the top leaders of business, politics, and the military.

Accepted Answer

A)   Talcott Parsons
B)   Ernest Burgess
C)   Jane Addams
D)   C. Wright Mills

Question 10

Who is the audience for basic sociology?

Accepted Answer

A)   Policy makers
B)   Clients
C)   Fellow sociologists and anyone interested
D)   All social and natural scientists

Question 11

The _____ examined by sociologists are recurring characteristics or events.

Accepted Answer

A)   individual motivations
B)   patterns of behavior
C)   nonsocial forces
D)   rationales

Question 12

When did sociology first take root in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)   1750s
B)   1890s
C)   1930s
D)   1990s

Question 13

_____ harnesses the sociological perspective for the benefit of the public.

Accepted Answer

A)   Basic sociology
B)   Experimental sociology
C)   Classical sociology
D)   Public sociology

Question 14

Capitalism becoming the world's dominant economic system is known as

Accepted Answer

A)   the globalization of capitalism.
B)   symbolic interactionism.
C)   increasing isolationism.
D)   the advance of democracy.

Question 15

Our ancestors

Accepted Answer

A)   lived in a global village.
B)   perceived the world beyond their communities only dimly.
C)   lived in big cities.
D)   bought all of their food even though they raised and sold crops.

Question 16

In _____, symbols are the key to understanding how we look at the world and communicate with one another.

Accepted Answer

A)   functional analysis
B)   symbolic interactionism
C)   conflict theory
D)   order theory

Question 17

Max Weber said that sociology should be

Accepted Answer

A)   class conscious.
B)   biased.
C)   guided by personal values.
D)   value free.

Question 18

How do sociologists differ from psychologists?

Accepted Answer

The difference is on the focus...

Question 19

According to Max Weber, the central force in social change is

Accepted Answer

A)   economics.
B)   politics.
C)   religion.
D)   tradition.

Question 20

The _____ uses objective, systematic observations to test theories.

Accepted Answer

A)   naturalistic method
B)   common-sense method
C)   scientific method
D)   research-free technique

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