Soc 101 Straighter line final
Émile Durkheim's explanation of suicide was scientific because he
Select one:
a. developed conclusions based on a systematic examination of data.
b. carefully studied the personalities of hundreds of suicide victims.
c. worked in a university setting.
d. divided suicide into four distinctive categories.
A; developed conclusions based on a systematic examination of data
Which of the following academic disciplines emphasizes the influence that society has on
people's attitudes and behavior and the ways in which people shape society?
Select one:
a. Anthropology
b. Economics
c. Sociology
d. Physics
C: Sociology
The word(s) that Max Weber used to stress the need for sociologists to take into account
people's emotions, thoughts, beliefs, understandings, and attitudes was
,Select one:
a. verstehen.
b. cultural capital.
c. anomie.
d. social capital.
Which sociological approach focuses on the macro level and would tend to view inequality in
gender as central to behavior and organization?
Select one:
a. functionalist perspective
b. conflict perspective
c. interactionist perspective
d. feminist perspective
D: Feminist Perspective
Trying to understand why your roommate prefers a certain genre of music, over others, is an
example of using one's
Select one:
a. cultural capital.
b. conflict perspective.
,c. double consciousness.
d. sociological imagination.
D: sociological Imagination
How institutions, such as the government, may help to maintain the privileges of some groups is
a topic of interest for
Select one:
a. globalization theorists.
b. conflict theorists.
c. interactionist theorists.
d. functionalist theorists.
B: conflict theorists
Which sociologist saw society as a vast network of connected parts, each of which helps to
maintain the system as a whole?
Select one:
a. Karl Marx
b. Erving Goffman
c. Max Weber
d. Talcott Parsons
, ________ stresses the study of small groups and often uses experimental study in laboratories.
Select one:
a. Microsociology
b. Macrosociology
c. Middle-range sociology
d. Conflict theory
A: Microsociology
The division of an individual's identity into two or more social realities is referred to as
Select one:
a. racial fetishism.
b. double rejection.
c. bipolar racism.
d. double consciousness.
D. double consciousness
Which social science would be interested in studying individual cases of emotional stress among
workers, investors, and business owners?
Émile Durkheim's explanation of suicide was scientific because he
Select one:
a. developed conclusions based on a systematic examination of data.
b. carefully studied the personalities of hundreds of suicide victims.
c. worked in a university setting.
d. divided suicide into four distinctive categories.
A; developed conclusions based on a systematic examination of data
Which of the following academic disciplines emphasizes the influence that society has on
people's attitudes and behavior and the ways in which people shape society?
Select one:
a. Anthropology
b. Economics
c. Sociology
d. Physics
C: Sociology
The word(s) that Max Weber used to stress the need for sociologists to take into account
people's emotions, thoughts, beliefs, understandings, and attitudes was
,Select one:
a. verstehen.
b. cultural capital.
c. anomie.
d. social capital.
Which sociological approach focuses on the macro level and would tend to view inequality in
gender as central to behavior and organization?
Select one:
a. functionalist perspective
b. conflict perspective
c. interactionist perspective
d. feminist perspective
D: Feminist Perspective
Trying to understand why your roommate prefers a certain genre of music, over others, is an
example of using one's
Select one:
a. cultural capital.
b. conflict perspective.
,c. double consciousness.
d. sociological imagination.
D: sociological Imagination
How institutions, such as the government, may help to maintain the privileges of some groups is
a topic of interest for
Select one:
a. globalization theorists.
b. conflict theorists.
c. interactionist theorists.
d. functionalist theorists.
B: conflict theorists
Which sociologist saw society as a vast network of connected parts, each of which helps to
maintain the system as a whole?
Select one:
a. Karl Marx
b. Erving Goffman
c. Max Weber
d. Talcott Parsons
, ________ stresses the study of small groups and often uses experimental study in laboratories.
Select one:
a. Microsociology
b. Macrosociology
c. Middle-range sociology
d. Conflict theory
A: Microsociology
The division of an individual's identity into two or more social realities is referred to as
Select one:
a. racial fetishism.
b. double rejection.
c. bipolar racism.
d. double consciousness.
D. double consciousness
Which social science would be interested in studying individual cases of emotional stress among
workers, investors, and business owners?
