👥Sociology MCQs
Sociology MCQs
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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 the empirical evidence
Dinnumerable theories have been developed in the many fields of sociology
312
Which one of the following is NOT associated with the materialist conception of history ?
Athe mode of production
Bthe motor of history
Cthe history of class struggle
Dthe spirit of capitalism
313
According to Durkheim social facts are________________?
Aways of behaving that are external to individuals
Bonly things that have been shown to be true
Csocial insights into collective behavior
Dinformation captured by official statistics
314
Sociology has been said to be the product of______________?
Athe French and Industrial Revolutions
Bthe Chinese and Agricultural Revolutions
Cthe Russian and Scientific Revolutions
Dthe American and Democratic Revolutions
315
Which of the following influenced the theoretical approach known as symbolic interactionism ?
AGeorg Hegel
BGeorge Herbert Mead
CTalcott Parsons
DRalf Dahrendof
316
Secularization involves the two related ideas of__________________?
Adisappointment and disproportion
Bdisbelief and disintegration
Cdisengagement and disenchantment
Ddistribution and distillation
317
In the division of Labor in Society Emile Durkheim presented the idea of______________?
AMechanical and organic solidarity
BPhysical and social solidarity
Cphysiological and mechanical solidarity
DNone of these
318
Society is a complex organization of parts that function to fulfil the requirements and promote the needs of the whole is a concept of________________?
Astructural functionalism
Binteraction school of thought
CPhenom ology
DNone of these
319
Which sociologist introduced the concept of culture lag ?
AWilliam F. Ogbum
BTalcott Parsons
CAuguste Comte
DThorstein Veblen
320
The Communist Manifesto was written by____________?
AKarl Marx and Georg Hegel
BGeorge Herbert Mead and Jane Addams
CFriedrich Engels and Karl Marx
DTalcott Parsons and Robert Merton