Deck 4: What Is Society

Question 1

Libertarian views propose that society is:

A) An unobservable 'thing' that exists beyond individuals
B) Solely a collection of individuals
C) The bond between communities
D) A group of people born within the same country

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Methodological individualism refers to:

A) A research method created by one person
B) Studies carried out by one researcher
C) Studies that focus on one research participant
D) Analyzing social life on the assumption that it is the result of individual actions

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Methodological collectivism refers to:

A) Analyzing social life on the assumption that it is the result of group dynamics
B) A method created by multiple people
C) Studies carried out by multiple researchers
D) Studies that focus on multiple research participants

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Who proposed hat populations were held together by a conscience collective?

A) Max Weber
B) Karl Marx
C) Émile Durkheim
D) Erving Goffman

Question 5

Max Weber argued that social phenomena:

A) Are things that exist within their own right
B) Did not exist
C) Should not be abstracted
D) Should be understood though a methodological collective approach

Question 6

Which theorist saw society as a combination of both individual actions and institutional structures?

A) Karl Marx
B) Max Weber
C) Émile Durkheim
D) Erving Goffman

Question 7

The term culture describes:

A) Fixed meanings and values held by members of a society
B) Innate preferences
C) The preferences of the upper classes
D) The meanings that members of a society subscribe to forming commonly held values

Question 8

The term norm refers to:

A) Genetically determined ways of behaving
B) How individuals express their 'true selves'
C) Expectations about how individuals should typically behave.
D) Neurotypical individuals

Question 9

Roles are:

A) Innate
B) Learnt through socialization
C) Genetically determined
D) Fixed

Question 10

Social integration describes:

A) Relocating to a new state
B) Undertaking research on a subgroup's culture
C) The communication between two or more individuals
D) The extent to which individuals and collectives consistently enact their roles within society