Exam 1 Practice Questions 1 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
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Exam 1 Practice Questions 1 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
What approach is often used to understand what's defined as deviant within a society?
a. Criticism
b. Symbolic interactionism
c. Constructivism
d. Antipositivism
Sociology is defined as the:
a. Qualitative analysis of human phenomen...
CRPC Practice Exam 1 Questions with Verified
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1). What approach is often used to understand what's defined as deviant within a society?
a. criticism
b. symbolic interactionism
c. constructivism
d. antipositivism
Ans: Constructivism
2). Sociology is defined as the:
a. qualitative analysis of human phenomenon.
b. systematic study of society and social interaction.
c. quantitative analysis of social transgressions.
d. theoretical examination of life's origins.
Ans: Systematic study of society and social interaction
3). Which of the following men coined the term positivism, and is widely considered the father
of sociology?
a. auguste comte
b. karl marx
c. max weber
d. émile durkheim
Ans: Auguste Comte
4). Please define c. wright mill's sociological imagination.
a. the theory that man evolved slowly over time.
b. the process of analyzing human behavior based solely on statistics.
c. a series of interviews asking subjects about their sleep habits and dreams.
d. how individuals understand their own and others' pasts in relation to history and social
structure.
Ans: How individuals understand their own and others' past in relation to history and
social structure
5).
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, A hypothesis can be defined as:
a. a way to explain different aspects of social interactions
b. a testable proposition
c. an attempt to explain large-scale relationships
d. philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories,
generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them
Ans: A testable proposition
6). 6. the process of simultaneously analyzing the behavior of individuals and the society that
shapes that behavior (or, the concept that the individual and society are inseparable) is
referred to as:
a. dynamic equilibrium
b. latent functions
c. dramaturgical analysis
d. figuration
Ans: Figuration
7). A paradigm can be defined as:
a. philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories,
generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them.
b. the social ties that bind a group of people together such as kinship, shared location, and
religion
c. the consequences of a social process that are sought or anticipated
d. social patterns that have undesirable consequences for the operation of society
Ans: Philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate
theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them
8). Jeremy wrote an essay criticizing the college admissions process, arguing that heavy
competition and limited educational resources make admission difficult for the average
student. which perspective would jeremy's argument fall under?
a. structural functionalism
b. conflict theory
c. symbolic interactionism
d. behaviorism
Ans: Conflict theory
9). Alona is examining the impact of the 2011 penn state scandal on student morale and
school spirit by distributing number-scaled surveys in her introduction to sociology class.
alona is employing a _____ research method.
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, a. qualitative
b. pathos
c. logos
d. quantitative
Ans: Quantitative
10). ____ believed that societies grew and changed as a result of the struggles of different
social classes over the means of production and greatly favored ____.
a. durkheim; communism
b. max weber; positivism
c. karl marx; communism
d. comte; antipositivism
Ans: Karl Marx; Communism
11). Which theorist claimed that people rise to their proper level in society based solely on their
belief in a meritocracy?
a. karl marx
b. max weber
c. herbert spencer
d. émile durkheim
Ans: Emile Durkheim
12). Eleanor is researching the effect social media has on worldwide political awareness and
revolution. felix is examining the effect world of warcraft has on the romantic relationships
of middle-aged men in his metro area. eleanor's analysis is _____, while felix's analysis is
_____.
a. micro-level; macro-level
b. macro-level; micro-level
c. they are both macro-level.
d. they are both micro-level.
Ans: Macro-level; micro-level
13). _____ view society as a structure with interrelated parts designed to meet the biological
and social needs of individuals who make up that society.
a. symbolic interactionists
b. conflict theorists
c. structural functionalists
d. social individualists
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