Sociologist Alvin Gouldner argued that Erving Goffman’s work implicitly supports the status quo, especially class inequality. Which perspective is Gouldner’s critique linked to?
Correct answer A. Conflict perspective
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A textbook chapter identifies three major gender inequalities in paid employment. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
Correct answer B. The division of household labor
Labelling theory recognises that some people or groups have the power to create labels and apply them to others. This emphasis on power echoes which perspective?
Correct answer A. Conflict perspective
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Which of these forms of industrial conflict is the odd one out?
Correct answer C. Strike
Which of these statements does NOT describe the knowledge economy?
Correct answer B. Much of the workforce is now involved in physical production of goods
A Hispanic woman and a Jewish man working together as computer programmers at an electronics firm overcome their initial prejudices and come to value each other’s strengths. What does this illustrate?
Correct answer B. The contact hypothesis
Which sociological perspective would point out that poor and rural areas of the United States are underserved because medical services cluster where people are numerous or wealthy?
Correct answer B. Conflict perspective
What did Comte mean when he described sociology as a positive science?
Correct answer A. That it should apply the same methods as physics or chemistry
By 2020, fewer than 2% of the world’s workforce was projected to be engaged in which type of work?
Correct answer B. Factory work
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Which sociological perspective studies human activity at the micro level, focusing on how daily social behaviour is shaped by a society’s particular norms, values and demands?
Correct answer C. Interactionist perspective
According to Comte, which three stages does knowledge pass through?
Correct answer D. Theological, metaphysical, positive
Which concept did Karl Marx use to explain how workers lose control over their labour in capitalist societies?
Correct answer D. Alienation
In developed countries more people work in services than in manufacturing, with very few in agriculture. Worldwide, which sector now employs the fewest people?
Correct answer C. Industrial manufacture
Who was the first person to become a professor of sociology?
Correct answer A. Emile Durkheim
What did Max Weber mean by the ‘spirit of capitalism’?
Correct answer C. The continual reinvestment of profits back into businesses
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Which statement best describes the global unemployment rate?
Correct answer D. The unemployment rate remains historically high
Which of the following has NOT been central to feminist theorising?
Correct answer A. The experience of black women
Which of these key early figures in sociology were interested in labour and the economy?
Correct answer D. All three of them
Which theorist rejects fixed, essential categories of male and female by arguing that gender is performative?
Correct answer C. Judith Butler
Which sociological perspective points out that, although pure monopolies are not a basic part of the US economy, competition is far more limited than one might expect in a so-called free enterprise system?
Correct answer D. Conflict perspective