A. social stratification
B. social control
C. social conflict
D. social solidarity
Introduction to Sociology
In idealized views of science the experimental method is said to involve………….?
A. testing out new research methods to see which one works best
B. isolating and measuring the effect of one variable upon another
C. using personal beliefs and values to decide what to study
D. interpreting date subjectively drawing on theoretical paradigms
Sociology differs from common sense in that……………?
A. it focuses on the researchers own experiences
B. it makes little distinction between the way the world is and the way it ought to be
C. its knowledge is accumulated from many different research contexts
D. it is subjective and biased
Which one of the following concepts did Mix weber introduce to the field of sociology ?
A. dramaturgy
B. ideal types
C. functionalism
D. macrosociology
Which sociological perspective views society as a network of connected parts each of which contributes to the maintenance of the system as a whole ?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. dramaturgical approach
Which of the following was an early Black sociologist active in the struggle for a racially egalitarian society who was critical of theorists who semmed content with the status quo ?
A. Harriet Martineau
B. Herbert Spencer
C. Booker T Washington
D. W, E.B Du Bois
The Communist Manifesto was written by……………?
A. Karl Marx and Georg Hegel
B. George Herbert Mead and Jane Addams
C. Friedrich Engels and karl Marx
D. Talcott Parsons and Robert Merton
Sociology is concerned with……………?
A. patterns of human behavior
B. the behavior of an individual
C. random human actions
D. all of the above
The social world is……………?
A. Stagnant
B. Changing
C. Both a & b
D. None of these
Sociology emerged in…………….?
A. Mid seventeenth Century
B. In Eighteenth Century
C. In early 19th Century
D. None of these