Chapter 2 Practice Quizzes

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. The first part of learning to think sociologically is to

Explain and predict future human behaviour correct incorrect

Conduct extensive field research correct incorrect

Look for patterns in how people do things in relation to others correct incorrect

Develop theories correct incorrect

Ask questions about the human brain and individual behaviour correct incorrect

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. Sociology is different from other social sciences. Which of the following statements is true?

Sociologists want to explain events in the social world correct incorrect

Sociologists want to explain events in terms of factors aside from any one individual correct incorrect

Sociologists want to explain events in the social world based on internal processes such as the role of personality on behaviour correct incorrect

a and b only correct incorrect

All of the answers listed are correct correct incorrect

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. One of the uses of sociological theory is to

Help us identify how we are influenced by other forces in our daily lives correct incorrect

Help us identify historical forces influencing our daily lives correct incorrect

Help us identify societal forces influencing our daily lives correct incorrect

All of the answers listed are correct correct incorrect

None of the answers listed are correct correct incorrect

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. Growing up in the midst of a turbulent period of French history, Comte sought a way of understanding society that would prevent the kinds of upheaval France had seen. Comte's solution was to focus sociological eyes on

Stasis (how social institutions were able to remain largely the same over time) correct incorrect

Kinesis (how and why societies change) correct incorrect

The belief that the researcher is an insider and therefore will study their subjects with complete objectivity correct incorrect

a and b are correct correct incorrect

c and d are correct correct incorrect

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. de Martinussen identified four components of a social situation (the level of analysis). Which of the following is not one of the components?

Systems and community's explanations correct incorrect

Opportunities explanations correct incorrect

Meaningful explanations correct incorrect

Agency explanations correct incorrect

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. A sociological theory is better thought of as a paradigm. Which of the following are components of a paradigm:

What is to be observed correct incorrect

The kinds of questions to be asked and how they should be structured correct incorrect

What predictions would be made and how to interpret the results correct incorrect

All of the answers listed are correct correct incorrect

none of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following theories compares society to the human body?

Structural functionalism correct incorrect

Symbolic interactionism correct incorrect

Institutional ethnography correct incorrect

Conflict oriented paradigms correct incorrect

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. George Herbert Mead stated the individual self is constructed as we interact with others as well as

How the self allows us to take on social roles correct incorrect

How we internalize social expectations correct incorrect

How we reflect on ourselves correct incorrect

All of the answers listed are correct correct incorrect

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. ___________ is the analytic position that recognizes forms of inequality operating layer upon layer to differentially distribute advantages for and discrimination against a group of individuals based on their complex identities.

Verstehen correct incorrect

Intersectionality correct incorrect

Subjectivity correct incorrect

Contestation correct incorrect

Social facts correct incorrect

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. The first part of learning to think sociologically is to look for patterns in how people do things in relation to others.

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. According to the author, his term 'the sociological paradox' refers to things sociologists want to observe, explain, and understand that can't always be directly observed.

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. Sociology examines individual behaviour from the standpoint of physiological and relational causes and effects.

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. According to Durkheim, criminal acts fulfill very important functions in a society and could be considered 'normal'.

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. rn Macro-level studies are generally about individuals and groups of people and their patterns of action or senses of self.

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. Max Weber was one of the first sociologists to examine how the meanings of actions and interactions related to social institutions.

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. Functionalism is a theory that is not good at promoting an understanding of conflict or of social change. In some ways, it presumes that any kind of social change is a problem.

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. Herbert Blumer, a pupil of Geroge Herbert Mead's, coined the term symbolic interaction.

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. Structural functionalist paradigms are typically micro-sociological in nature as they focus on society wide mechanisms

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. Conflict paradigms draw our attention to forms of social classification, the ways in which institutions in a society put people in particular positions in a social order based upon some valued set of characteristics.

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. Education, health, and social welfare are three main areas that critical sociology serves.

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