Soc 001 - Introduction to Sociology » Fall 2021 » Chapter 1 Quiz

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Question #1
A paradigm can be defined as:
A.   Social ties that bind a group of people together such as kinship, shared location, and religion
B.   Social patterns that have undesirable consequences for the operation of society
C.   The consequences of a social process that are sought or anticipated
D.   An entire way of thinking and doing research.
Question #2
Which theorist developed Dramaturgical Analysis?
A.   Goffman
B.   Durkheim
C.   Weber
D.   Herbert Spencer
Question #3
Karl Marx was a proponent of _____________.
A.   Positivism
B.   Functionalism
C.   Communism
D.   Antipositivism
Question #4
It has been found that wealthy parents have been getting their children accepted into ivy-league colleges by donating large sums of money to the colleges (even when the students' grades are very low). Which perspective best describes this scenario?
A.   Inductive Reasoning
B.   Conflict Theory
C.   Symbolic Interactionism
D.   Structural Functionalism
Question #5
Who is known as the "father of sociology?"
A.   Auguste Comte
B.   Karl Marx
C.   Émile Durkheim
D.   Max Weber
Question #6
_____ view society as a place wrought with power inequalities; where the rich and powerful make the rules and the poor suffer because of this power inequality.
A.   Structural Functionalists
B.   Social Individualists
C.   Conflict Theorists
D.   Symbolic Interactionists
Question #7
Joanne is looking at how students feel about date rape on campus using closed-ended questions in a survey. She is using which research method?
A.   Quantitative
B.   Qualitative
C.   Inductive
D.   Scantron
Question #8
Jenny was using ________to understand what might motivate someone to become a gang member in the first place.
A.   Dramaturgy
B.   Inductive Reasoning
C.   Verstehen
D.   Hypothesis
Question #9
All parts of society (such as education, the government, family) work together to create social stability. This idea is most aligned with which sociological theory?
A.   symbolic interactionism
B.   structural functionalism
C.   the neo-conflict perspective
D.   the conflict perspective
Question #10
Researchers have found that when we label someone as "bad," they begin to behave that way. These researchers are using which theory to explain their findings?
A.   feminism
B.   symbolic interactionism
C.   structural functionalism
D.   the conflict perspective
Question #11
When a researcher uses in-depth interviews to study a social problem, she is using __________ research.
A.   deductive reasoning
B.   inductive reasoning
C.   qualitative
D.   quantitative
Question #12
Which classical theorist carefully studied suicide?
A.   Durkheim
B.   Marx
C.   Simmel
D.   Weber
Question #13
Jaime sends her child to Kindergarten which allows her to work while her child is in school. This is an example of a(n) ______________ of schooling.
A.   dysfunctions
B.   macrolevel objectives
C.   manifest function
D.   latent function
Question #14
Harriet Martineau's work in sociology was ignored during her lifetime because ______.
A.   she was a woman
B.   she studied only women
C.   she used improper methods
D.   she was thought to be insane

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