SOC 1502 Study Questions and Exams
Which of the following best describes sociology as a subject?
1. the study of individual behaviour
2. the study of cultures
3. the study of society and social interaction
4. the study of economics
Wright Mills once said that sociologists need to develop a so...
1). Which of the following best describes sociology as a subject?
1. the study of individual behaviour
2. the study of cultures
3. the study of society and social interaction
4. the study of economics
Ans: 3. the study of society and social interaction
2). Wright mills once said that sociologists need to develop a sociological __________ to study
how society affects
individuals.
1. culture
2. imagination
3. method
4.tool
Ans: 2. Imagination
3). A sociologist defines society as a group of people who reside in a defined area, share a
culture, and who:
1. interact
2. work in the same industry
3. speak different languages
4. practise a recognized religion
Ans: 1. interact
4). Seeing patterns means that a sociologist needs to be able to:
1. compare the behaviour of individuals from different societies
2. compare one society to another
3. identify similarities in how social groups respond to social pressure
4. compare individuals to groups
Ans: 3. identify similarities in how social groups respond to social pressure
5). Which of the following was a topic of study in early sociology?
1. astrology
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, 2. economics
3. physics
4. history
Ans: 2. economics
6). Which founder of sociology believed societies changed due to class struggle?
1. émile comte
2. karl marx
3. plato
4. herbert spencer
Ans: 2.Karl Marx
7). The difference between positivism and interpretive sociology relates to:
1. whether individuals like or dislike their society
2. whether research methods use statistical data or person-to-person research
3. whether sociological studies can predict or improve society
4. all of the above
Ans: 3. whether sociological studies can predict or improve society
8). Which would a quantitative sociologists use to gather data?
1. a large survey
2. a literature search
3. an in-depth interview
4. a review of television programs
Ans: 1. a large survey
9). Weber believed humans could not be studied purely objectively because they were
influenced by:
1. drugs
2. their culture
3. their genetic makeup
4. the researcher
Ans: 2.their culture
10). Which of these theories is most likely to look at the social world on a micro-level?
1. structural functionalism
2. conflict theory
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, 3. positivism
4. symbolic interactionism
Ans: 4. symbolic interactionism
11). Who believed that the history of society was one of class struggle?
1. émile durkheim
2. karl marx
3. erving goffmann
4. george herbert mead
Ans: 2. Karl Marx
12). Who coined the phrase symbolic interactionism?
1. herbert blumer
2. max weber
3. lester f. ward
4. w. i. thomas
Ans: 1. Herbert Blumer
13). A symbolic interactionist may compare social interactions to:
1. behaviours
2. conflicts
3. human organs
4. theatrical roles
Ans: 4. Theatrical roles
14). Which research technique would most likely be used by a symbolic interactionist?
1. surveys
2. participant observation
3. quantitative data analysis
4. none of the above
Ans: 2. participant observation
15). Which sociologist described sociology as the study of social forms?
1. martineau
2. simmel
3. weber
4. becker
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, Ans: 2. Simmel
16). Studying sociology helps people analyze data because they learn:
1. interview techniques
2. to apply statistics
3. to generate theories
4. all of the above
Ans: 4. All of the above
17). Berger describes sociologists as concerned with:
1. monumental moments in people's lives
2. common everyday life events
3. both a and b
4. none of the above
Ans: 3. both be and c
18). A measurement is considered ______ if it actually measures what it is intended to measure,
according to the
topic of the study.
1. reliable
2. sociological
3. valid
4. quantitative
Ans: 3. valid
19). Sociological studies test relationships in which change in one ______ causes change in
another.
1. test subject
2. behaviour
3. variable
4. operational definition
Ans: 3. variable
20). In a study, a group of 10-year-old boys are fed doughnuts every morning for a week and
then weighed to see
how much weight they gained. which factor is the dependent variable?
1. the doughnuts
2. the boys
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