Question 1

Randall Collins reduced the importance of the macro in his radical microsociology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of following 20th-century theory or theories place overwhelming power and significance to the macro level? Select all, but only those that apply.

Accepted Answer

A)  Structural functionalism 
B)  Conflict Theory 
C)  Economic Determinist Neo-Marxian Theory 
D)  Symbolic interactionism 
A)  Structural functionalism 
B)  Conflict Theory 
C)  Economic Determinist Neo-Marxian Theory 
D)  Symbolic interactionism

Question 3

Which of the following 20th-century theory or theories place overwhelming power and significance to the micro level? Select all, but only those that apply.

Accepted Answer

A)  Symbolic interactionism 
B)  Ethnomethodology 
C)  Exchange Theory 
D)  Rational Choice Theory 
A)  Symbolic interactionism 
B)  Ethnomethodology 
C)  Exchange Theory 
D)  Rational Choice Theory

Question 4

According to George Ritzer, which of the following exists at the macro-subjective level? Select all, but only those that apply.

Accepted Answer

A)  Norms and values 
B)  Society 
C)  Bureaucracy 
D)  Technology 
A)  Norms and values 
B)  Society 
C)  Bureaucracy 
D)  Technology

Question 5

Which of the following marks the macro pole of George Ritzer's objective-subjective continuum?

Accepted Answer

A)  Material phenomena 
B)  Individual thought 
C)  World systems 
D)  Nonmaterial phenomena 
A)  Material phenomena 
B)  Individual thought 
C)  World systems 
D)  Nonmaterial phenomena

Question 6

Which part of Norbert Elias's history of manners is concerned with the use of handkerchiefs and disposal of mucus?

Accepted Answer

A)  Behavior at the Table 
B)  Natural Functions 
C)  Blowing One's Nose 
D)  Sexual Relations 
A)  Behavior at the Table 
B)  Natural Functions 
C)  Blowing One's Nose 
D)  Sexual Relations

Question 7

Which of the following marks the micro pole of George Ritzer's macro-micro continuum?

Accepted Answer

A)  Individual thought 
B)  Social class 
C)  Social structure 
D)  World systems 
A)  Individual thought 
B)  Social class 
C)  Social structure 
D)  World systems

Question 8

According to C. Wright Mills paradigm, _____ are personal or affect individual people.

Accepted Answer

A)  micro-level troubles 
B)  macro-level troubles 
C)  micro-level issues 
D)  macro-level issues 
A)  micro-level troubles 
B)  macro-level troubles 
C)  micro-level issues 
D)  macro-level issues

Question 9

Which of the following critiques does Ian Craib outline against Anthony Giddens structuration theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ontologically, the theory is too deep. 
B)  The complexity is overly confusing to accurately apply. 
C)  The theory lacks a means to critically analyze society. 
D)  The work leaves no room for the ambiguity of actual reality. 
A)  Ontologically, the theory is too deep. 
B)  The complexity is overly confusing to accurately apply. 
C)  The theory lacks a means to critically analyze society. 
D)  The work leaves no room for the ambiguity of actual reality.

Question 10

According to Anthony Giddens, ______ exist through time and space as social phenomena take form in ways that shape human life.

Accepted Answer

A)  structures 
B)  systems 
C)  agents 
D)  rules and resources 
A)  structures 
B)  systems 
C)  agents 
D)  rules and resources

Question 11

According to Habermas, the ______ is the domain of formal rationality.

Accepted Answer

A)  system 
B)  lifeworld 
C)  colonization of the lifeworld 
D)  habitus 
A)  system 
B)  lifeworld 
C)  colonization of the lifeworld 
D)  habitus

Question 12

According to George Ritzer all micro and macro social phenomena both objective and subjective.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Both micro and macro social phenomena can be structured.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Although the terminology is slightly different, there are few if any differences between the integrative models offered by Jeffrey Alexander and George Ritzer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

There is a dialectical relationship between personal troubles and public issues because each exacerbates the other.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Ian Craib claims that Anthony Giddens work has become so central, that sociologists somehow must account for it in their own work.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

According to George Ritzer, which of the following exists at the micro-objective level? Select all, but only those that apply.

Accepted Answer

A)  Norms and values 
B)  Action 
C)  Interaction 
D)  Mental processes 
A)  Norms and values 
B)  Action 
C)  Interaction 
D)  Mental processes

Question 18

The concept of practices was developed by theorists working to link agency and structure; but could this concept also be utilized to integrate the micro and macro?

Accepted Answer

-Scholars in the United States can and d

Question 19

According to George Ritzer, which of the following exists at the micro-subjective level? Select all, but only those that apply.

Accepted Answer

A)  Norms and values 
B)  Action 
C)  Interaction 
D)  Mental processes 
A)  Norms and values 
B)  Action 
C)  Interaction 
D)  Mental processes

Question 20

Which part of Norbert Elias's history of manners is concerned with the quiet passing of wind?

Accepted Answer

A)  Behavior at the Table 
B)  Natural Functions 
C)  Blowing One's Nose 
D)  Sexual Relations 
A)  Behavior at the Table 
B)  Natural Functions 
C)  Blowing One's Nose 
D)  Sexual Relations

Randall Collins reduced the importance of the macro in his radical microsociology.

Which of following 20th-century theory or theories place overwhelming power and significance to the macro level? Select all, but only those that apply.

Which of the following 20th-century theory or theories place overwhelming power and significance to the micro level? Select all, but only those that apply.

According to George Ritzer, which of the following exists at the macro-subjective level? Select all, but only those that apply.

Which of the following marks the macro pole of George Ritzer's objective-subjective continuum?

Which part of Norbert Elias's history of manners is concerned with the use of handkerchiefs and disposal of mucus?

Which of the following marks the micro pole of George Ritzer's macro-micro continuum?

According to C. Wright Mills paradigm, _____ are personal or affect individual people.

Which of the following critiques does Ian Craib outline against Anthony Giddens structuration theory?

According to Anthony Giddens, ______ exist through time and space as social phenomena take form in ways that shape human life.

According to Habermas, the ______ is the domain of formal rationality.

According to George Ritzer all micro and macro social phenomena both objective and subjective.

Both micro and macro social phenomena can be structured.

Although the terminology is slightly different, there are few if any differences between the integrative models offered by Jeffrey Alexander and George Ritzer.

There is a dialectical relationship between personal troubles and public issues because each exacerbates the other.

Ian Craib claims that Anthony Giddens work has become so central, that sociologists somehow must account for it in their own work.

According to George Ritzer, which of the following exists at the micro-objective level? Select all, but only those that apply.

The concept of practices was developed by theorists working to link agency and structure; but could this concept also be utilized to integrate the micro and macro?

According to George Ritzer, which of the following exists at the micro-subjective level? Select all, but only those that apply.

Which part of Norbert Elias's history of manners is concerned with the quiet passing of wind?

A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: the Early Years

Karl Marx

Emile Durkheim

Max Weber

George Simmel

A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: the Later Years

Structural Functionalism, Systems Theory, and Conflict Theory

Varieties of Neo-Marxian Theory

Symbolic Interactionism

Ethnomethodology

Exchange, Network, and Rational Choice Theories

Contemporary Feminist Theory

Contemporary Theories of Modernity

Theories of Race and Colonialism

Globalization Theory

Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and Postmodern Social Theory

Social Theory in the Twenty-First Century

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Exam 13: Micro-Macro and Agency-Structure Integration

Randall Collins reduced the importance of the macro in his radical microsociology.

Which of following 20th-century theory or theories place overwhelming power and significance to the macro level? Select all, but only those that apply.

Which of the following 20th-century theory or theories place overwhelming power and significance to the micro level? Select all, but only those that apply.

According to George Ritzer, which of the following exists at the macro-subjective level? Select all, but only those that apply.

Which of the following marks the macro pole of George Ritzer's objective-subjective continuum?

Which part of Norbert Elias's history of manners is concerned with the use of handkerchiefs and disposal of mucus?

Which of the following marks the micro pole of George Ritzer's macro-micro continuum?

According to C. Wright Mills paradigm, _____ are personal or affect individual people.

Which of the following critiques does Ian Craib outline against Anthony Giddens structuration theory?

According to Anthony Giddens, ______ exist through time and space as social phenomena take form in ways that shape human life.

According to Habermas, the ______ is the domain of formal rationality.

According to George Ritzer all micro and macro social phenomena both objective and subjective.

Both micro and macro social phenomena can be structured.

Although the terminology is slightly different, there are few if any differences between the integrative models offered by Jeffrey Alexander and George Ritzer.

There is a dialectical relationship between personal troubles and public issues because each exacerbates the other.

Ian Craib claims that Anthony Giddens work has become so central, that sociologists somehow must account for it in their own work.

According to George Ritzer, which of the following exists at the micro-objective level? Select all, but only those that apply.

The concept of practices was developed by theorists working to link agency and structure; but could this concept also be utilized to integrate the micro and macro?

According to George Ritzer, which of the following exists at the micro-subjective level? Select all, but only those that apply.

Which part of Norbert Elias's history of manners is concerned with the quiet passing of wind?

A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: the Early Years

Karl Marx

Emile Durkheim

Max Weber

George Simmel

A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: the Later Years

Structural Functionalism, Systems Theory, and Conflict Theory

Varieties of Neo-Marxian Theory

Symbolic Interactionism

Ethnomethodology

Exchange, Network, and Rational Choice Theories

Contemporary Feminist Theory

Contemporary Theories of Modernity

Theories of Race and Colonialism

Globalization Theory

Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and Postmodern Social Theory

Social Theory in the Twenty-First Century

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