Sociological Theory Final Exam Practice

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SOC3000 Final Exam Lisa M. Kruse Sociological Theory WMU

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1.

The progress of Sociological knowledge has gone through three phases: Theological, Theoretical and Empirical
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
2.

What are the two main ideas of the Enlightenment?
3.

Which theorist is most closely linked to Positivism?
- A.
  
  George Herbert Mead
- B.
  
  August Comte
- C.
  
  Karl Marx
- D.
  
  Harriet Martineau
4.

According to Comte, what was the purpose of Sociology? What were we to study?
- A.
  
  Reorganizing society after the French Revolution destroyed democracy
- B.
  
  Study the progress of new democracy
- C.
  
  Observe society's laws and rights through Empiricism
- D.
  
  All of the above
5.

What is the function of theory? Check all that are correct.
- A.
  
  To prove things to be true
- B.
  
  Explain phenomena
- C.
  
  To come up with new concepts
- D.
  
  To provide insight
6.

What are the three main assumptions of the field of Sociology? Assumptions about ___________________ Assumptions about ___________________ Assumptions about ___________________
7.

For Durkheim, what is the root of everything social?
- A.
  
  Collective Effervescence
- B.
  
  Society
- C.
  
  The Economy
- D.
  
  Religion
8.

What caused the shift from mechanical to organic solidarity?
- A.
  
  Competition
- B.
  
  The enlightenment
- C.
  
  Division of labor
- D.
  
  Class consciousness
9.

The four types of suicide are: _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________
10.

Which theorist considers the cult o the individual to be the new sacred element?
- A.
  
  Emile Durkheim
- B.
  
  George Herbert Mead
- C.
  
  Karl Marx
- D.
  
  August Comte
11.

According to George Herbert Mead, humans don't act, they react.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
12.

What is George Herbert Mead's assumption about human nature?
- A.
  
  We are born a blank slate
- B.
  
  We use symbols to react
- C.
  
  There are natural laws ordering society
- D.
  
  A and B
13.

Overproduction leads to social change and a collapse in capitalism through class struggle.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
14.

To increase the value of an item, one must create surplus labor.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
15.

The major sociological question Karl Marx tackled in his life work is:
- A.
  
  What is the ideal or utopian society?
- B.
  
  How does capitalism work?
- C.
  
  Why is capitalism so exploitative?
- D.
  
  Why are individuals social and altruistic?
16.

Peter Kivitso, in Classical Sociological Theory: An Introduction, also states that Marx was more concerned with determining how communism or socialism would work as a utopian society than in studying the existing system of capitalism.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
17.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three theoretical frameworks within the field of sociology?
- A.
  
  Social Physics
- B.
  
  Structural Functionalism
- C.
  
  Social Conflict
- D.
  
  Symbolic Interactionism
18.

In discussing paradigms: tradition and religion is to theology what _________ is to science.
- A.
  
  Facts
- B.
  
  Laws
- C.
  
  Truth
- D.
  
  Theory
19.

Sociologists believe that we never directly experience the world, we only encounter it through our perspectives.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
20.

Assumptions are considered to be the basis of thinking and theorizing.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
21.

Concepts are:
- A.
  
  Used to provide examples
- B.
  
  Tricky to define
- C.
  
  Parts of theory
- D.
  
  Concepts consist of all of the above
22.

Enlightenment thinkers believed that progress was only possible if societies choose to advance.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
23.

Auguste Comte, the father of modern sociology, believed that there were natural laws ordering society and human interaction that could be discovered and adhered to in order to create a more just and peaceful society.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
24.

Pre-modern society was conceptualized as individual, or micro-level, interactions and it wasn't until the scientific stage that society was thought of as a structural entity (i.e. as a state or nation).
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
25.

This is defined as the attempt of alienated individuals to find self-worth in belongings and wealth.
- A.
  
  Commodification
- B.
  
  Market expansion
- C.
  
  Commodity Fetish
- D.
  
  All of the above are attempts of the alienated to find self-worth