Sociology quiz 2
Question 1 (10 points)
Sociology is the study of ________
Question 1 options:
what seems natural or normal to a given group of people.
human society.
how groups interact with one another.
all of the above.
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Question 2 (10 points)
Using the sociological imagination helps sociologists ________
Question 2 options:
create an image of how people in other societies live.
focus on individual lives.
make the familiar strange.
understand the theories developed by Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Émile Durkheim.
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Question 3 (10 points)
Which of the following is an example of using one’s sociological imagination?
Question 3 options:
being comfortable in unfamiliar surroundings
creating different hypotheses to explain an individual’s behavior
creating a story to explain unfamiliar social customs
thinking about why people in a particular country greet each other in a certain way
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Question 4 (10 points)
People’s social identity is ________
Question 4 options:
a construct that no longer has meaning in the postmodern era.
a collection of social roles that they might fill.
a way that they define themselves in relation to groups they are a part of or groups
they choose not to be a part of.
determined by the social group into which people are is born.
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Question 5 (10 points)
A social institution can be described as ________
Question 5 options:
an organization established by the government to provide social services.
a group of social positions, connected by social relations, that perform a social role.
an organization in which different social groups gather to exchange ideas and
information.
a monolithic system of interconnected social identities.
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Question 6 (10 points)
Which of the following is an example of a social institution?
Question 6 options:
education system
government
marriage
all of the above
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Question 7 (10 points)
Which of the following contributors to the development of sociology argued for the
importance of identifying scientific laws that govern human behavior?
Question 7 options:
Jane Addams
Émile Durkheim
Auguste Comte
Talcott Parsons
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Question 8 (10 points)
According to Karl Marx, throughout history, social change has been sparked by
________
Question 8 options:
discoveries made by explorers.
racial discrimination.
class conflict.
leaders’ desire for more territory.
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Question 9 (10 points)
Which of the "founding fathers" of sociology put forth the idea that sociologists should
examine social behavior from the perspective of those engaging in the behavior?
Question 9 options:
Émile Durkheim
Georg Simmel
Karl Marx
Max Weber
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Question 10 (10 points)
The Chicago School of American Sociology emphasized the importance of ________
Question 10 options:
the social and moral consequences of the division of labor.
the environment in shaping people’s behavior and personality.
rigorous statistical research.
predicting and describing relationships.
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Question 11 (10 points)
Which of the following American sociologists applied Émile Durkheim’s theory of anomie
to explain African American crime rates?
Question 11 options:
George Herbert Mead
Louis Wirth
Jane Addams
W.E.B. DuBois
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Question 12 (10 points)
Adekunle enters a clothing store and a security guard immediately notices him and
follows his actions on a security monitor. Adekunle is aware of the security guard’s
actions and adjusts his own behavior to avoid a potential confrontation. This is an
example of which sociological concept?
Question 12 options:
the generalized other
double consciousness
anomie
positivism
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Question 13 (10 points)
Allison is concerned with the messages that her little sister receives from her
elementary school teacher about suitable careers. For example, class lessons portray
nurses and secretaries as female, while doctors and engineers are male. Allison’s
concern is that she is a ________
Question 13 options:
functionalist.
positivist.
conflict theorist.
feminist.
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Question 14 (10 points)
Examining the interactions between people with a focus on how the people talk, dress,
and use body language is an example of which theory?
Question 14 options:
postmodernism
conflict theory
symbolic interactionism
midrange theory
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Question 15 (10 points)
Which of the following is an example of an application of midrange theory?
Question 15 options:
analyzing how a shopkeeper interacts with customers
exploring the role of churches in rural areas
examining the origins of World War II in terms of class conflict
analyzing how a dictator rose to power
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Question 16 (10 points)
Postmodern theorists argue that ________
Question 16 options:
all phenomena have multiple meanings and no one meaning can be more valid than
another.
the grand narratives of history must be reframed to reflect current times.
people cannot agree on how to define basic terms.
true meaning can be ascertained by deconstructing social phenomena.
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Question 17 (10 points)
Sociology is distinct from other academic disciplines in its attempt to ________
Question 17 options:
embrace quantitative and qualitative research.
ask probing questions about how societies function.
detect patterns in how different societies respond to similar phenomena.
examine human interaction on the micro level.
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Question 18 (10 points)
Which of the following describes a difference between sociology and psychology?
Question 18 options:
Sociology draws on quantitative methodology, while psychology relies on interviews.
Sociology focuses on group dynamics, while psychology focuses on one-on-one
interactions.
Sociology focuses on the individual in society, while psychology focuses on the
individual in private life.
Sociology focuses on social structures and group interactions, while psychology
focuses on the urges, instincts, and mind of the individual.
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Question 19 (10 points)
The focus on what social phenomena means to individuals is ________
Question 19 options:
interpretive sociology.
macrosociology.
cultural anthropology.
functionalism.
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Question 20 (10 points)
Justin decides to conduct research for a class project by recording and assessing how
people choose where to sit on a public bus. Which type of sociology is this?
Question 20 options:
feminist
positivist
microsociology
macrosociology
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