Sociology Pre Test Chapter 1

Pre test chap 1 1. Which of the following best describes sociology as a subject?  The study of society and social interaction 2. C.Wright Mills once said that sociologist need to develop a sociological…….to study how society affect individuals.  Imagination 3. A sociologist defines society as a group of people who reside in a defined area, share a culture and who: INTERACT 4. Seeing patterns means that a sociologist needs to be able to:  Identify similarities in how social groups respond to social pressure 5. Which of the following was a topic of study in early sociology?  Economics 6. Which founder of sociology believed societies changed due to class struggle?  Karl Marx 7. Weber believed humans could not be studied purely objectively because they were influence by:  their culture 8. Which of these theories is most likely to look at the social world on a micro level?  Symbolic interactionism 9. Who believed that the history of society was one of class struggle?  Karl marx 10. Who coined the phrase symbolic interactionism?  Herbert Blumer 11. A symbolic interactionist may compare social interactions to:  Theatrical roles 12. Which research technique would most likely be used by a symbolic interactionist?  Participant observation 13. Kenneth and Mamie Clark used sociological research to show that segregation was:  Harmful 14. What did the Clark’s use in their experiment noted in Qs 15?  Children and dogs 15. Studying sociology helps ppl analyze data b/c they learn:  Interview techniques, to apply statistics, to generate theories 16. Berger describes sociologists as concerned with:  Monumental moments in ppl’s lives and common everyday life events 17. Berger writes that sociology  Makes the familiar strange 18. Sociological theories that focus on large scale phenomenon can be referred to as macrosociology. TRUE 19. Which term is used to describe a systematic, organized series of steps that ensures maximum objectivity and consistency?  Scientific method 20. The standard of scientific research is scientific method. True 21. The difference between the social sciences and the natural sciences is that the  Social sciences study the social features of society, whereas natural science study the physical features of nature 22. Which sociological perspective argues that if a particular aspect of social life does not contribute to a society’s stability or survival, it will not be passed on from 1 generation to the next?  Functionalist perspective 23. Using existing data sources to conduct research is called a content analysis. TRUE 24. August Comte coined the term sociology. TRUE 25. Which sociologist was one of the founders of the NAACP?  W.E.B Du bois 26. When la sociologist observes and join a social setÝng or group for a period of time to get an accurate sense of how it operates, the approach is called  An ethnography 27. A study, generally in the form of an interview or a questionnaire, is referred to as  A survey 28. Latent function are  Unintended or unconscious 29. An artificially created situation that allows a researcher to manipulate variables and to introduce control variables is  An experiment 30. Which sociological perspective sees the social world as being in continual tension and struggle between social groups over power and resources?  Conflict perspective 31. An educated statement about the relationship between 2 variables is called a  Hypothesis 32. When it comes to survey research, a researcher can obtain a higher rate by using questionnaires. FALSE 33. Functionalism is an example of macrosociology and interactionist perspective is an example of microsociology. TRUE 34. Which sociological perspective generalizes about everyday forms of social interaction in order to understand society as a whole?  Interactionist perspective