Question 1

Who first used the term 'sociology'?

Accepted Answer

A)  Herbert Spencer 
B)  Auguste Comte 
C)  Claude Saint-Simon 
D)  Harriet Martineau 
A)  Herbert Spencer 
B)  Auguste Comte 
C)  Claude Saint-Simon 
D)  Harriet Martineau B

Question 2

Who popularised the term 'public sociology'?

Accepted Answer

A)  Raewyn Connell 
B)  C. Wright Mills 
C)  Anthony Giddens 
D)  Michael Burawoy 
A)  Raewyn Connell 
B)  C. Wright Mills 
C)  Anthony Giddens 
D)  Michael Burawoy D

Question 3

Who coined the term 'sociological imagination'?

Accepted Answer

A)  Evan Willis 
B)  C. Wright Mills 
C)  Anthony Giddens 
D)  Michael Burawoy 
A)  Evan Willis 
B)  C. Wright Mills 
C)  Anthony Giddens 
D)  Michael Burawoy B

Question 4

In sociology, what does the term 'agency' refer to?

Accepted Answer

A)  The ability of people to influence the society in which they live 
B)  A political ideology that emphasises individual freedom in all aspects of social life 
C)  An ideology that views society as dominated by a conflict of interest between economically powerful groups 
D)  The ability of humans to engage in recurring patterns of social interaction 
A)  The ability of people to influence the society in which they live 
B)  A political ideology that emphasises individual freedom in all aspects of social life 
C)  An ideology that views society as dominated by a conflict of interest between economically powerful groups 
D)  The ability of humans to engage in recurring patterns of social interaction

Question 5

What term describes the recurring patterns of social interaction through which people are related to each other, such as social institutions and social groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  Social agency 
B)  Social structure 
C)  Socialisation 
D)  Sociological determinism 
A)  Social agency 
B)  Social structure 
C)  Socialisation 
D)  Sociological determinism

Question 6

Which of the following statements is an example of biological determinism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Socialisation plays a dominant role in the nature-nurture debate 
B)  Social inequality is the inevitable result of human agency 
C)  Social identity characteristics are normal 
D)  The qualities of masculinity and femininity are caused by nature 
A)  Socialisation plays a dominant role in the nature-nurture debate 
B)  Social inequality is the inevitable result of human agency 
C)  Social identity characteristics are normal 
D)  The qualities of masculinity and femininity are caused by nature

Question 7

What are the four key features of the 'sociological imagination'?

Accepted Answer

A)  Historical, Cultural, Structural, Critical 
B)  Efficiency, Calculability, Predictability, Control 
C)  Structural functionalist, Weberian, Marxist, Feminist 
D)  Reflexive modernity, Globalisation, McDonaldization, Neo-liberalism 
A)  Historical, Cultural, Structural, Critical 
B)  Efficiency, Calculability, Predictability, Control 
C)  Structural functionalist, Weberian, Marxist, Feminist 
D)  Reflexive modernity, Globalisation, McDonaldization, Neo-liberalism

Question 8

In sociology, what does the term 'structure-agency debate' refer to?

Accepted Answer

A)  The way each society organises the process of socialisation for its citizens 
B)  Patterns of social interaction 
C)  The extent humans shape, or are shaped by, the social structure 
D)  The key social structures of social groups and social institutions 
A)  The way each society organises the process of socialisation for its citizens 
B)  Patterns of social interaction 
C)  The extent humans shape, or are shaped by, the social structure 
D)  The key social structures of social groups and social institutions

Question 9

What term describes the view that people's behaviour and beliefs are entirely shaped or determined by the social structure?

Accepted Answer

A)  Social agency 
B)  Social structure 
C)  Socialisation 
D)  Sociological determinism 
A)  Social agency 
B)  Social structure 
C)  Socialisation 
D)  Sociological determinism

Question 10

Who said sociology 'is a quality of mind that seems most dramatically to promise an understanding of the intimate realities of ourselves in connection with larger social realities'?

Accepted Answer

A)  Zygmunt Bauman 
B)  Raewyn Connell 
C)  C. Wright Mills 
D)  Michael Burawoy 
A)  Zygmunt Bauman 
B)  Raewyn Connell 
C)  C. Wright Mills 
D)  Michael Burawoy

Who first used the term 'sociology'?

Who popularised the term 'public sociology'?

Who coined the term 'sociological imagination'?

In sociology, what does the term 'agency' refer to?

What term describes the recurring patterns of social interaction through which people are related to each other, such as social institutions and social groups?

Which of the following statements is an example of biological determinism?

What are the four key features of the 'sociological imagination'?

In sociology, what does the term 'structure-agency debate' refer to?

What term describes the view that people's behaviour and beliefs are entirely shaped or determined by the social structure?

Who said sociology 'is a quality of mind that seems most dramatically to promise an understanding of the intimate realities of ourselves in connection with larger social realities'?

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Exam 1: The Sociological Gaze: Linking Private Lives to Public Issues

Who first used the term 'sociology'?

Who popularised the term 'public sociology'?

Who coined the term 'sociological imagination'?

In sociology, what does the term 'agency' refer to?

What term describes the recurring patterns of social interaction through which people are related to each other, such as social institutions and social groups?

Which of the following statements is an example of biological determinism?

What are the four key features of the 'sociological imagination'?

In sociology, what does the term 'structure-agency debate' refer to?

What term describes the view that people's behaviour and beliefs are entirely shaped or determined by the social structure?

Who said sociology 'is a quality of mind that seems most dramatically to promise an understanding of the intimate realities of ourselves in connection with larger social realities'?

Sociological Foundations: Early Theorists and Theories

Contemporary Sociological Theorists and Theories

Sociological Investigations: Doing Social Research

How We Become Who and What We Are: Socialisation and the New Genetics

Youth Transitions and Youth Culture

Families and Intimate Relationships

Consumption and Lifestyles

Sporting Life

A Sociology of Licit and Illicit Drugs

Class and Inequality in Australia

Gender and Sexualities

Ethnicity and Belonging

Race and Reconciliation in Australia

Religion and Spirituality in Contemporary Australia

Deviance, Crime, and Social Control

The Social Determinants of Health and Illness

Globalisation, Power, and Social Movements

Global Risk and the Surveillance State: A Sociology of New Terrorism

Working 247: The New Work Ethic

Digital Sociology

Media and Popular Culture

Educating Society: Sociological Debates and Dilemmas

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