Founders of Sociology: Comte, Marx, Durkheim Key Terms

1. 1Age of Enlightenment thinkers who emphasized critical reasoning and experience along with skepticism of religion and authority

   1. AProletariat
   2. BPhilosophes
   3. CBourgeoisie
   4. DConflict Theorists
2. 2Gathering place for female intellectuals to consider and debate society

   1. ADependent Variable
   2. BAnomie
   3. CRite of Passage
   4. DSalons
3. 3What time period/event did we discuss as a major contributor to urbanization and the associated social problems that sociologists study?

   1. AIndustrial Revolution
   2. BCommunist Revolution
   3. CSocialization
   4. DAge of Enlightenment
4. 4Which of the following was not a social problem we discussed that arose from urbanization?

   1. AOvercrowding
   2. BUnsanitary Conditions
   3. CCrime
   4. DSoil Erotion
5. 5Who is credited with the philosophy of ¨Positivism¨?

   1. ASpencer
   2. BMartineau
   3. CComte
   4. DDurkheim
6. 6Who is credited with the philosophy of ¨Social Darwinism¨

   1. ASpencer
   2. BMartineau
   3. CComte
   4. DDurkheim
7. 7Durkheim's theory indicated that ¨strains¨ lead to a condition known as

   1. AConflict
   2. BFunctionalist
   3. CAnomie
   4. DMarxism
8. 8The belief that the world can best be understood through scientific inquiry is known as

   1. AFuntionalism
   2. BPost-Modernism
   3. CIsolation
   4. DPositivism
9. 9The belief that humans best adapted to their environment would survive and prosper while those poorly adapted would die out, is known as

   1. AMarxism
   2. BPositivism
   3. CRelativity
   4. DSocial Darwinism
10. 10Which of the following theoretical perspectives does Durkheim most belong to?

    1. AConflict Theory
    2. BFunctionalism
    3. CSymbolic Interactionism
    4. DPost-Modernism

11. 11In Marx's terminology, the working class were referred to as

    1. AThe Proletariat
    2. BThe Bourgeoisie
    3. CBlue Collar
    4. DWhite Collar
12. 12In Marx's terminology the individuals who owned the means of production were the

    1. AProletariat
    2. BBourgeoisie
    3. CBlue Collar
    4. DWhite Collar
13. 13The theoretical perspective stating that existing theories have been unsuccessful in explaining social life in contemporary societies

    1. ASymbolic Interaction
    2. BMarxism
    3. CCapitalism
    4. DPostmodern
14. 14A study approach in which every member of an entire population has the same chance of being selected

    1. AProbability Sampling
    2. BSurvey
    3. CField Research
    4. DRandom Sampling
15. 15If two events are correlated, it means that one must have caused the other

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
16. 16Survey research is the most widely used method in Sociology

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
17. 17Field Research is highly useful for researching extremely large populations

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
18. 18Which of the following is a term referring to a formal norm?

    1. AMore
    2. BMaterial Culture
    3. CNon-material culture
    4. DFolkway
19. 19Which of the following is not a component of the personality in Freud's Psychoanalytic perspective?

    1. AId
    2. BEgo
    3. CPreconventional
    4. DSuperego
20. 20In Kohlberg's stages of moral development, which stage views morality primarily in terms of punishment and obedience

    1. APreconventional level
    2. BConventional level
    3. CPostconventional level
    4. DHumanism
21. 21Which of the following reflects Cooley's concept of the ¨Looking Glass Self¨?

    1. APeople view themselves the way they think they are
    2. BPeople are not concerned with how others view them
    3. CPeople view themselves exactly the way other people are viewing them
    4. DPeople view themselves the way they perceive other people perceiving them
22. 22Which of the following do Sociologists largely believe to be the most significant agent of socialization?

    1. AThe media
    2. BPeer Groups
    3. CSchool
    4. DThe Family
23. 23Which Sociologist introduced the concept of ¨Double-Consciousness¨?

    1. AJane Adams
    2. BW.E.B. Dubois
    3. CWeber
    4. DMarx
24. 24According to Mead's theory of role taking, which aspect of the self is composed of the internalized attitudes and demands of other members of society

    1. AThe I
    2. BThe Me
    3. CThe Id
    4. DThe Superego
25. 25Which of the following best described a spurious correlation?

    1. AWhen two events are correlated and one is clearly causing the other
    2. BWhen to events superficially appear to be correlated but are not
    3. CCorrelation that does not result from any direct relationship between two variables, but from their relation to other variables
    4. DCorrelation that results from two variables occurring within a time frame that is momentarily causing one another

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