Sociology Questions

Will a sustainable society emerge in rejection or on the foundation of industrial modernity?

Environmentalists hate but ecomoderns love these two things

In the early 1900s Jane Addams and other female sociologists established settlement houses to care for immigrants who were migrating toa.) coastal areas.b.) cities.c.) farmlands.d.) suburbs.

What does Robert Merton call someone who engages in deviant behavior in order to achieve socially approved goals?a.) innovatorsb.) ritualistsc.) retreatistsd.) rebels

The theory that explains the methods individuals use to "put on a show" in order to manage how others view them is calleda.) dramaturgy.b.) sociological theory.c.) conflict theory.d.) sociological imagination.

When you are offered a job because your uncle's best friend owns the company, you are benefiting from what sociologist Pierre Bourdieu referred to asa.) social capital.b.) double consciousness.c.) cultural capital.d.) micro-level capital.

Some sociologists, notably Karl Marx, Jane Addams, and Ida Wells-Barnett, have used their understanding of social inequality to advocate for sociala.) feminism.b.) justice.c.) dysfunction.d.) Darwinism.

Which theoretical perspective takes the view that the social world is characterized by continual struggle between competing groups?a.) interactionistb.) functionalistc.) globald.) conflict

Which sociological perspective has as its central tenet that gender inequality is central to all behavior and organization?a.) feministb.) transgenderc.) functionalistd.) misogynist

George Herbert Mead studied social issues from the interactionist point of view, thereby gathering his information from which of the following?a.) deviantsb.) social structurec.) census datad.) small groups

Unlike other sociological disciplines, ______ sociology is less concerned with practical applications and instead aims for a deeper understanding of the fundamental aspects of social issues.a.) medicalb.) clinicalc.) appliedd.) basic

An element or a process of a society that may actually disrupt the social system or reduce its stability is known asa.) conflict perspective.b.) manifest function.c.) dysfunction.d.) latent function.

Using sociology to yield practical applications for human behavior and organizations is better known asa.) sociological theory.b.) sociological perspective.c.) feminist view.d.) applied sociology.

The condition in which members of a society have differing amounts of power, prestige, and wealth is calleda.) applied sociology.b.) false consciousness.c.) social capital.d.) social inequality.

Although sociologists draw on all approaches for various purposes, they do tend to favor one particular perspective over others. Which of the following statements about this tendency is true?a.) It influences their choice of what to study and how to study it.b.) It creates irrelevant research results.c.) It results in a broad and general view with no specifics.d.) It favors the functionalist perspective.

When an immigrant family arrives in a new country and engages in previously functional behavior that no longer serves a social function in the new cultural environment, the functionalist perspective predicts that thea.) behavior will intensify over time.b.) family unit will dissolve.c.) behavior will not be passed on to a new generation.d.) family will return to its country of origin.

Karl Marx's view of social classes is best described as part of which of the following sociological perspectives?a.) latentb.) functionalistc.) interactionistd.) conflict

True or false: People use verbal and nonverbal symbols in social interaction.

According to French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, which of the following refers to noneconomic goods, such as family background and education, which are reflected in a knowledge of language and the arts?a.) theoretical capitalb.) social capitalc.) cultural capitald.) micro capital

Studying a society through the lens of large-scale phenomena would be an example of which of the following?a.) microsociologyb.) macrosociologyc.) megasociologyd.) globalization