1. Sociology Ch. 1 Review

2. Sample Questions:
When sociologists examine the relationships between men and women in terms of basic inequalities, they would be taking a __________ perspective.
functionalist
dysfunctionalist
symbolic interactionist
conflict

3. Sample Questions:
When sociologists examine the relationships between men and women in terms of basic inequalities, they would be taking a __________ perspective.
functionalist
dysfunctionalist
symbolic interactionist
conflict

4. Sample Questions:
Sociologists who research social problems for government commissions or agencies are:
politically correct.
basic sociologists.
applied sociologists.
pure sociologists.

5. Sample Questions:
Sociologists who research social problems for government commissions or agencies are:
politically correct.
basic sociologists.
applied sociologists.
pure sociologists.

6. Sample Questions:
The notion that only the fittest members of society deserve to survive and that social
programs to help the poor will ultimately weaken the social order is a doctrine known as:
Social Darwinism
Positivism
Post-modernism
Social welfare

7. Sample Questions:
The notion that only the fittest members of society deserve to survive and that social
programs to help the poor will ultimately weaken the social order is a doctrine known as:
Social Darwinism
Positivism
Post-modernism
Social welfare

8. Sample Questions:
In contrast to Karl Marx, Max Weber makes the argument that:
economics are the central force for social change
education provides the main force for social change
government and politics are the source of social change
religious belief can be a force for social change

9. Sample Questions:
In contrast to Karl Marx, Max Weber makes the argument that:
economics are the central force for social change
education provides the main force for social change
government and politics are the source of social change
religious belief can be a force for social change

10. Sample Questions:
Sociologists emphasize the notion that our thinking and motivation are largely determined by:
our individual personalities
our natural born instincts
our biologically inherited genetic structure
influences drawn from our life experiences

11. Sample Questions:
Sociologists emphasize the notion that our thinking and motivation are largely determined by:
our individual personalities
our natural born instincts
our biologically inherited genetic structure
influences drawn from our life experiences

12. Sample Questions:
The success of the natural sciences, the rise of imperialism, the decline of traditional
monarchy and __________ all contributed to the emergence of sociology.
the Renaissance
the invention of the printing press
the Industrial Revolution
the decline of common sense

13. Sample Questions:
The success of the natural sciences, the rise of imperialism, the decline of traditional
monarchy and __________ all contributed to the emergence of sociology.
the Renaissance
the invention of the printing press
the Industrial Revolution
the decline of common sense

14. Sample Questions:
Because of such outstanding and effective efforts at social reform, __________
was the winner of the Noble Peace Prize, in 1931.
Harriet Martineau
W.E.B. DuBois
C. Wright Mills
Jane Addams

15. Sample Questions:
Because of such outstanding and effective efforts at social reform, __________
was the winner of the Noble Peace Prize, in 1931.
Harriet Martineau
W.E.B. DuBois
C. Wright Mills
Jane Addams

16. Sample Questions:
Betty is focusing on how homeless people organize their living space in homeless
shelters. Her analysis is being conducted at the __________ level of analysis.
macro
meso
middle-range
micro

17. Sample Questions:
Betty is focusing on how homeless people organize their living space in homeless
shelters. Her analysis is being conducted at the __________ level of analysis.
macro
meso
middle-range
micro

18. Sample Questions:
Research that makes discoveries about life in human groups rather than changes
in those groups is:
pure or basic sociology
applied sociology
clinical sociology
none of the above

19. Sample Questions:
Research that makes discoveries about life in human groups rather than changes
in those groups is:
pure or basic sociology
applied sociology
clinical sociology
none of the above

20. Herbert Spencer coined the phrase “survival of the fittest.”
True or False
Herbert Spencer coined the phrase “survival of the fittest.”

21. Herbert Spencer coined the phrase “survival of the fittest.”
True or False
Herbert Spencer coined the phrase “survival of the fittest.”
True

22. Robert Merton encouraged North American sociologists to focus on
True or False
Robert Merton encouraged North American sociologists to focus on
social reform.

23. Robert Merton encouraged North American sociologists to focus on
True or False
Robert Merton encouraged North American sociologists to focus on
social reform.
False

24. As a field of study, sociology could not have emerged without the
True or False
As a field of study, sociology could not have emerged
without the
success of the natural science.

25. As a field of study, sociology could not have emerged without the
True or False
As a field of study, sociology could not have emerged
without the
success of the natural science.
True

26. Currently, most sociologists do not feel that sociology
True or False
Currently, most sociologists do not feel that sociology
should be used to
solve social problems.

27. Currently, most sociologists do not feel that sociology
True or False
Currently, most sociologists do not feel that sociology
should be used to
solve social problems.
False