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Question #1
What were Marx, Weber and Durkheim all trying to make sense of?
A.
The fall of feudalism and the rise of capitalism
B.
The fall of the Ottoman empire
C.
The end period of the Roman empire.
D.
The rise of the British monarchy.
Question #2
Which item below describes what Marx believed brought about social change?
A.
A charismatic leader.
B.
A comprehensive educational system.
C.
False Consciousness
D.
Conflict
Question #3
What is a key point that Malcolm Gladwell, author of the book Outliers, makes in the second part of his book
A.
People who take the summers off are some of the most successful people on the planet.
B.
Success and failure is all about luck and cultural beliefs and practices have nothing to do with it
C.
Cultural beliefs and practices can have a powerful affect on how people who live in those cultures behave.
D.
Hard working people who never take breaks are in grave danger of committing suicide.
Question #4
Which item below describes the way in which Durkheim thought about suicide?
A.
Social conditions can lead large numbers of people to commit suicide.
B.
Most people who commit suicide are suffering from severe emotional disorders.
C.
A sociologist has a legal and moral duty to prevent people from committing suicide.
D.
People should have the right to commit suicide if they want to.
Question #5
Which item below is true of Durkheim's way of thinking?
A.
He believed that primitive societies were held together by mechanical solidarity.
B.
Every answer to this question is correct.
C.
He believed that most people living in modern day societies were brainwashed by crooked charismatic leaders.
D.
He believed that bureaucracies were stifling peoples' creativity
Question #6
Which item below is true of general sociological theory?
A.
Shows how social forces affect human behavior.
B.
Tackles and suggests solutions to social problems.
C.
Describes the causes and processes of social and historical changes that occur in societies.
D.
Every answer to this question is correct.
Question #7
What is Malcolm Gladwell's take on why pilots from certain countries are more likely to crash planes?
A.
They have high power distance communications styles and were fearful of speaking disrespectfully to people they saw as their superiors (air traffic controllers) -- even when something was drastically wrong. This prevented them from getting the help they needed when the plane was in trouble.
B.
In certain countries, air traffic controllers aren't trained very well, and they thus inadvertently induce pilots to crash their planes.
C.
They had lower power distance communication styles and didn't listen to the air traffic controllers that could help them out of a bad situation.
D.
In certain countries, pilots aren't trained properly and thus go onto crash their planes.
Question #8
According to the book Outlers, which item below is true of the Kipp schools?
A.
The kids go to school on Saturdays
B.
They attend schools for three weeks in July.
C.
They have a longer school day than in traditional schools.
D.
Every answer to this question is correct.
Question #9
According the book Outliers, why do Wealthy kids have academic advantages over poor and working class kids.
A.
Every answer to this question is correct.
B.
They're advantaged by what they learn when they're not in school, especially during summer vacations.
C.
Their parents have the money to bribe their teachers into raising their grades.
D.
Their parents can buy their children's way into the best schools.
Question #10
According to Marx, in a ____________ society, human relationships are predicated upon the exchange of goods and people care about each other only insofar that they can maximize each other's wealth.
A.
Capitalist
B.
Every answer to the question is correct because Marx believed that hoarding wealth was largely instinctual.
C.
Socialist
D.
Feudal
Question #11
What religious sect did Weber feel brought about the rise of the capitalist economic system?
A.
Calvinism
B.
Mormonism
C.
Catholicism
D.
Judaism
Question #12
According to Marx, which item below describes phase one of the capitalist economic system?
A.
A social class system that consists of the petty bourgeoisie and the lumpenproletariat
B.
A social class system that consists of the bourgeoisie, the petty bourgeoisie, the proletariat, and the lumpenproletariat.
C.
A social class system where everyone is equal.
D.
A social class system that consists of proletariat and the bourgeoisie
Question #13
Which item below is true of Durkheim's conception of Anomie?
A.
Anomie is a term that refers to a society of people who are especially committed to the well being of their neighbors.
B.
Anomie is a term used to describe a social condition in which there is a lack of moral rules / social norms.
C.
People living in primitive societies tended to exist in a state of anomie.
D.
Anomie is a term used to describe a society that is functioning at an optimal level.
Question #14
How did Marx think workers developed class consciousness?
A.
Through praxis / talking with each other.
B.
When a charismatic leader convinces people that they need to revolt against their oppressive government.
C.
When a society's thieves and beggars begin to commit violent crimes.
D.
When they listen to sermons put forth by members of the clergy.
Question #15
As discussed in the book Outliers, what are the "Kipp Schools?"
A.
An set of experimental Public Schools across the United States.
B.
A charter school in the city of Los Angeles.
C.
A Jewish school in Israel.
D.
A Catholic school in Boston
Question #16
Which item below best describes Marx's way of thinking?
A.
A person develops a sense of self-esteem and self confidence by becoming proficient in some sort of activity e.g. art, music, carpentry, writing etcetera
B.
People living in feudal societies had higher levels of self-esteem than did people living in hunting and gathering societies.
C.
A person develops a sense of self-esteem and self-confidence by attaining lots of material goods.
D.
Individuals who live in societies that practice socialism have little to no self- esteem.
Question #17
Which item below best describes Marx's way of thinking?
A.
The petty bourgeoisie will never revolt against the bourgeoisie because they tend to believe everything the bourgeoisie tells them.
B.
A society's thieves are the group of people who are most likely to succumb to false consciousness.
C.
When people buy into the ideology put forth by the bourgeoisie, in an attempt to keep them from revolting, they are operating under a state of false consciousness.
D.
The mentally ill are the group of people who are mostly likely to succumb to false consciousness.
Question #18
According to Durkheim, what type of suicide is common among primitive peoples?
A.
Altruistic
B.
Egoistic.
C.
Anomic
D.
Fatalistic
Question #19
Why does Malcolm Gladwell, author of the book Outliers, believe that people from Asian cultures do so well in math?
A.
Asian people have a genetic programmed to do well in math.
B.
Their mathematical abilities are based on the cultural legacy of cultivating lotus flowers
C.
The cultural legacy of farming rice paddies prepared them for the exacting work that math requires
D.
Their mathematical abilities corresponds with the philosophy of Wabi Sabi
Question #20
Which item below best describes Marx's way of thinking?
A.
People who live in the Republic of Gilead have n prominent ideologies at all.
B.
A society's most prominent ideologies are the ideologies of the ruling class. (https://canvas.csun.edu/courses/59522/question_banks/247176#)
C.
Every answer to this question is correct.
D.
A society's most prominent ideologies are crafted by the lumpenproletariat.
Question #21
Which item below best describes Durkheim's way of thinking about very strict and rigid moral rules.
A.
Over-regulation drives people to despair and subsequently induces some of them to commit fatalistic suicide.
B.
Societies with very rigid moral rules always run smoothly.
C.
Societies with very rigid moral rules have very low suicide rates.
D.
Societies with very rigid moral rules have very low crime rates because people are especially fearful of being punished for committing crimes.
Question #22
Which item below is true of Marx's way of thinking?
A.
Marx believed that people living in capitalist societies were likely to commit egoistic suicide.
B.
Marx believed that most people living in capitalist societies were alienated from the products they produced.
C.
Marx was very pessimistic about the future and thought the world would come to an end in the very near future.
D.
Marx believed that a powerful charismatic leader would prevent people from becoming brainwashed by the bourgeoisie.
Question #23
According to Malcolm Gladwell, author of the book Outliers, which item below is not a major factor in how successful a person is?
A.
A person's social class background.
B.
Hard Work!!!
C.
Having a extremely high IQ
D.
A person's cultural background.
Question #24
According to the book, Outliers, What are the Kipp school most famous for?
A.
It's incredibly high fees.
B.
A mass shooting that occurred there in 2002.
C.
Mathematics
D.
English and Writing
Question #25
Which item below is true of Durkheim's way of thinking?
A.
Societies are made up of cooperative units of people behaving in an organized fashion.
B.
People who live together in societies cannot work together cooperatively unless they have guiding principles.
C.
Moral rules which stipulate how to treat fellow humans are what make social life possible
D.
Every answer to this question is correct.
Question #26
According to Weber, what is an especially negative feature of capitalist societies?
A.
A lack of morals.
B.
High Suicide Rates
C.
Bureaucracies
D.
Rampant Social Inequality
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