Deck 6: Sociological Concepts and Theories

Question 1

Structure is useless without __________.

A)role
B)order
C)function
D)status

Answer 1

function

Question 2

Name the control of society over individual.

A)custom
B)social control
C)state
D)sanction

Answer 2

social control

Question 3

______ refers to the relationship between those who own the means of production and those who do not

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

Answer 3

relations of production

Question 4

The concept of ______was based on the ideology that society will graduallyimprove on the basis that the fittest' will be the most successful and therefore?survive'.

A)social imperialism
B)social marxism
C)social colonialism
D)social darwinism

Question 5

Any form of social encounter between individuals is termed as ____________.

A)conflict
B)social interaction
C)deviance
D)none of the above

Question 6

______ refers to the physical means and techniques of production to which laborers add value and transform capital into products for sale

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

Question 7

Which of the following modes of production is said to be classless?

A)primitive communism
B)slavery
C)feudalism
D)capitalism

Question 8

The core of a culture is formed by ___________.

A)art
B)values
C)technology
D)traditions

Question 9

The Enlightenment is associated with which of the following thinkers

A)merton
B)parsons
C)simmel
D)voltaire

Question 10

In which of the following modes of production is the primary form of property possession of land in reciprocal contract relations?

A)primitive communism
B)slavery
C)feudalism
D)capitalism

Question 11

In which of the following modes of production is the primary form of property the possession of objects and services through state guaranteed contract?

A)primitive communism
B)slavery
C)feudalism
D)capitalism

Question 12

______________ is a characteristic of in-group.

A)formality
B)competition
C)primary relation
D)ethnocentrism

Question 13

Which of the following books is authored by Marx?

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

Question 14

Name one American sociologist, who is known as the founder of behavioral sociology and exchange theory.

A)t.parsons b.
B)f.skinner
C)h. blumer
D)g. c. homans

Question 15

Who defined sociology as the study of societal evolution?

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

Question 16

_______are the sum total of social relations which human beings establish among themselves in the production of their material lives

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

Question 17

The __________ groups are characterized by sympathetic contact.

A)secondary
B)congregate
C)reference
D)primary

Question 18

For Marx, the analysis of social order and the causes of social change must be discovered in the specific _______that a society has

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

Question 19

_____ shapes the mode of distribution, circulation and consumption, and is regulated by the state

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

Question 20

The ruling class in Feudalism is usually _______

A)clergy
B)nobility
C)commoners
D)peasants

Question 21

Contradictory demands of different roles individuals perform is termed as

A)role strain
B)role identity
C)role conflict
D)role playing

Question 22

In which mode of production is the primary form of exploitation wage labour?

A)primitive communism
B)slavery
C)feudalism
D)capitalism

Question 23

Social exchange theory was introduced by _____________.

A)g. homans
B)g. h. mead
C)goffman
D)peter blau

Question 24

The ruling class in Capitalism is________

A)bourgeoisie
B)proletariat
C)peasant
D)serf

Question 25

In Capitalism, it is the _______ who exploit the proletariat

A)bourgeoisie
B)nobility
C)peasant
D)serf