The view that society is a complex system of parts working together to meet the needs of the whole belongs to which approach?
Correct answer B. Structural functionalism
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In The Division of Labour in Society, which idea did Émile Durkheim present?
Correct answer B. Mechanical and organic solidarity
Secularisation involves which two related ideas?
Correct answer A. Disengagement and disenchantment
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Who presented a close connection between religion and economic forces?
Correct answer C. Max Weber
Whose theory of social change comes closest to Iqbal’s verse ‘Tujh ko bataoon taqdeer-e-umam kya hai, shamsheer-o-sinan awwal, taus-o-rabab akhir’?
Correct answer B. Ibn Khaldun
Which statement best captures C. Wright Mills’s idea of the sociological imagination?
Correct answer A. Bringing together private troubles and public issues
According to Durkheim, what does the division of labour in industrial societies bring about?
Correct answer D. Organic solidarity
Which of these is not part of Karl Marx’s theory of capitalism?
Correct answer C. Class struggle only occurs under capitalism
What does the functionalist perspective regard as crucial for maintaining social order?
Correct answer D. Moral consensus
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What kind of theory is the theory of relative deprivation?
Correct answer A. Middle-range sociological theory
When can theoretical approaches be considered valid?
Correct answer B. They have been tested out by means of factual research
What is the feeling of aimlessness or despair that often accompanies unsettling social conditions called?
Correct answer A. Anomie
Which of the following is NOT associated with functionalism?
Correct answer C. Ralf Dahrendorf
The word ‘drug’ is very broad. It can refer to substances used for medicinal and which other purposes?
Correct answer C. Non-medicinal
For which reasons are drugs commonly used?
Correct answer D. All of the above
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According to the Reader’s Digest Dictionary, what term describes a substance that causes euphoria and predisposes the user to addiction?
Correct answer C. Drug
What is it called when a person uses more than one substance to sustain their dependence?
Correct answer A. Poly-drug abuse
How did the global population grow between the Industrial Revolution (around 1750) and 2013?
Correct answer D. 771 million to 7.1 billion
What do sociologists call former Third World societies that have developed an industrial economic base?
Correct answer D. Newly industrialising countries
Which tradition inspired Wallerstein’s world-systems theory?
Correct answer A. Marxism