TESTBANK FOR Principles of Sociology Canadian
Perspectives 4th Edition
by Lorne Tepperman&Patrizia Albanese
, CHAPTER 1
SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY AND RESEARCH METHODS
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Sociology is best defined as the study of social behaviour in human societies.
a) systematic
b) subjective
c) biased
d) random
2. The concept of the sociological imagination is associated with .
a) Émile Durkheim
b) Antonio Gramsci
c) Max Weber
d) C. Wright Mills
3. The major difference between sociology and psychology lies in .
a) the fact that sociology is analytical
b) the idea that psychology is interpretive
c) the empirical nature of sociology
d) the subject matter
4. According to Earl Babbie, all of the following are fundamental ideas that set sociology apart from
other fields except .
a) that societies constrain and transform
b) that society creates itself
c) that individual personalities are formed by genetics alone
d) that institutions are inherently conservative
5. Prior to the Enlightenment, society had been a world of all of the following except .
a) rationality
b) magic
c) mystery
d) arbitrary authority
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