Deck 5: Sociology : Society, Class, and Conflict Theory

Question 1

The characteristic trait of militant societies is ______

A)compulsion
B)negotiation
C)toleration
D)accommodation

Answer 1

compulsion

Question 2

A friendship group composed of individuals of similar age and social status.

A)categories
B)peer group
C)in-group
D)triad

Answer 2

in-group

Question 3

Who is the author of Spirit of the Laws'?

A)rousseau
B)montesquieu
C)simmel
D)merton

Answer 3

montesquieu

Question 4

In _____________, interaction between individuals engaged in a common activity or a direct conversation with one another happens.

A)unfocused
B)direct
C)formal
D)focused

Question 5

_____ type of society is based on voluntary cooperation and individual selfrestraint

A)militant
B)industrial
C)simple
D)primitive

Question 6

In which book has Spencer observed some similarities between biological and social organism?

A)principles of sociology
B)positive philosophy
C)positive politics
D)human society

Question 7

Features of social life that challenges or creates tensions in a social system.

A)dysfunction
B)problems
C)anarchy
D)anomie

Question 8

Who introduced the concept of Social Class?

A)comte
B)spencer
C)durkheim
D)marx

Question 9

Gemeinschaft is translated into English as ________.

A)association
B)community
C)corporation
D)institution

Question 10

________ is one of the most distinctive properties of human social association.

A)culture
B)society
C)interaction
D)group

Question 11

Who introduced the concept of Alienation?

A)comte
B)spencer
C)durkheim
D)marx

Question 12

According to Marx, ____ forces are the keys to underestimating society and social change

A)social
B)cultural
C)political
D)economic

Question 13

Who introduced the Social Conflict perspectives in Sociology?

A)comte
B)spencer
C)durkheim
D)marx

Question 14

The first Estate in the Estate system

A)clergy
B)nobles
C)commoners
D)labourers

Question 15

A social group is ______________ in nature.

A)static
B)dynamic
C)spontaneous
D)co-operative

Question 16

Who believed that the history of human society has been that of class conflict?

A)comte
B)spencer
C)durkheim
D)marx

Question 17

_________ is any act that contravenes the laws established by a political authority.

A)rejection
B)innovation
C)crime
D)ritualism

Question 18

The system in which the labourer had nothing to sell but his/her own labour power.

A)communism
B)socialism
C)capitalism
D)nationalism

Question 19

Name the reciprocal influence human beings exert on each other through interstimulation and response.

A)social interaction
B)social relation
C)social groups
D)co-operation

Question 20

Which of the following books is authored by Marx?

A)principles of sociology
B)positive philosophy
C)positive politics
D)das kapital

Question 21

Which of the following books is authored by Marx?

A)principles of sociology
B)positive philosophy
C)positive politics
D)the poverty of philosophy

Question 22

Relative deprivation is central to ____________ behavior.

A)cultural
B)urban
C)individual
D)reference group

Question 23

Which of the following books is authored by Marx?

A)principles of sociology
B)positive philosophy
C)positive politics
D)the german ideology

Question 24

Human beings organize themselves into groups called ___________, for the achievement of some object or goal.

A)institutions
B)community
C)society
D)none of the above

Question 25

______ includes everything that goes into the production of the necessities of life

A)mode of production
B)forces of production
C)relations of production
D)means of production