👥Sociology MCQs
Sociology MCQs
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In the past, history, politics philosophy and sociology were______________?
ASeparate Disciplines
BSame discipline
CNot studied
DNone of these
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Comte believed that society developed in______________?
Atwo stages
Bfour stages
Cthree stages
DNone of these
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Sociology comes from a Latin word Socius means______________?
ANeighbor
BAssociate
CFriend
DNone of these
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An attempt to understand the social world by situating social events in their corresponding environment is called_____________?
ASocial work
BSociology
CSociety
DNone of these
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Students at Bailey University staged a sit-in to protest the University’s decision to cancel its longstanding policy of exempting graduating seniors from final exams Which strongest framework for analyzing this situation?
AInteractionist because the University and the students didn’t share the same understanding about final exams
BConflict, because this is an example of a power struggle between two groups with conflicting ideas an interest
CFunctionalist because teaching college students to protest is a manifest function of education
Dnone of the above
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What major contribution did W.E.B DuBois make to sociology ?
AHe developed a theoretical understanding of racial inequality
BHe conducted research on the upper classes of Philadelphia
CHe chaired the first Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago
DNone of the above
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Weber,s view that sociologists must not allow their personal biases to affect the conduct of their research is called______________?
Averstehen
Bdialectical materialism
Csocial facts
Dvalue-free sociology
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Those aspects of social life that have to do with order, stability and social organization that allow societies and groups to hold together and endure are called______________?
Asocial statics
Bsocial dynamics
Csocial absolutes
Dconstructed reality
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Who coined the term sociology and is generally considered to be the founder of sociology ?
AKarl Marx
BAuguste Comte
CMax Weber
DEmile Durkheim
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It is useful to have a diversity of theories in sociology because________________?
Ahuman behavior is so complicated that no single theory would be adequate
Bsociologists can choose the theory that best fits the data they have collected
CIt removes the need to assess a theory according to the empirical evidence
Dinnumerable theories have been developed in the many fields of sociology