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

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Question #1
A paradigm can be defined as:
A.   Social patterns that have undesirable consequences for the operation of society
B.   An entire way of thinking and doing research.
C.   Social ties that bind a group of people together such as kinship, shared location, and religion
D.   The consequences of a social process that are sought or anticipated
Question #2
Which theorist developed Dramaturgical Analysis?
A.   Herbert Spencer
B.   Goffman
C.   Weber
D.   Durkheim
Question #3
Karl Marx was a proponent of _____________.
A.   Positivism
B.   Functionalism
C.   Antipositivism
D.   Communism
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.   Structural Functionalism
B.   Symbolic Interactionism
C.   Conflict Theory
D.   Inductive Reasoning
Question #5
Who is known as the "father of sociology?"
A.   Auguste Comte
B.   Émile Durkheim
C.   Max Weber
D.   Karl Marx
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.   Social Individualists
B.   Structural Functionalists
C.   Symbolic Interactionists
D.   Conflict Theorists
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.   Scantron
B.   Inductive
C.   Qualitative
D.   Quantitative
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.   the neo-conflict perspective
B.   the conflict perspective
C.   structural functionalism
D.   symbolic interactionism
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.   the conflict perspective
C.   symbolic interactionism
D.   structural functionalism
Question #11
When a researcher uses in-depth interviews to study a social problem, she is using __________ research.
A.   quantitative
B.   deductive reasoning
C.   qualitative
D.   inductive reasoning
Question #12
Which classical theorist carefully studied suicide?
A.   Durkheim
B.   Simmel
C.   Weber
D.   Marx
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.   latent function
C.   manifest function
D.   macrolevel objectives
Question #14
Harriet Martineau's work in sociology was ignored during her lifetime because ______.
A.   she was thought to be insane
B.   she studied only women
C.   she was a woman
D.   she used improper methods

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