Question 1

Which of the following thinkers pioneered dramaturgical analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  charlotte perkins gilman
B)  robert park
C)  karl mannheim
D)  erving goffman D

Question 2

Dahrendorf felt that authority rested with:

Accepted Answer

A)  individuals.
B)  organizations.
C)  positions.
D)  technology. C

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT one of Talcott Parsons's action systems?

Accepted Answer

A)  the cultural system
B)  the latent system
C)  the social system
D)  the personality system B

Question 4

___________ is considered the major representative of poststructuralism.

Accepted Answer

A)  claude lèvi-strauss
B)  jurgen habermas
C)  michel foucault
D)  richard emerson

Question 5

Unlike the structural functionalists, the neofunctionalists gave as much attention to _____________ as to order.

Accepted Answer

A)  action
B)  disorder
C)  norms
D)  roles

Question 6

Which of the following thinkers is known as a radical sociologist?

Accepted Answer

A)  herbert spencer
B)  talcott parsons
C)  george homans
D)  c. wright mills

Question 7

Talcott Parsons is known as a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  structural-functionalist.
B)  micro-macro structuralist.
C)  agency-structure determinist.
D)  proponent of the chicago school.

Question 8

The basic unit within Talcott Parsons's social system is the:

Accepted Answer

A)  allocative-integrative process.
B)  hierarchy of conditioning factors.
C)  status-role complex.
D)  environment boundary maintenance.

Question 9

Parsons argued that _____________ was the major binding force between various elements of the social world.

Accepted Answer

A)  society
B)  the economy
C)  the fiduciary system
D)  culture

Question 10

Erving Goffman was associated with

Accepted Answer

A)  ehnomethodology
B)  functionalism
C)  dramaturgy
D)  neo-functionalism

Question 11

The functionalist theory of stratification argues that:

Accepted Answer

A)  stratification is functional for individuals.
B)  it is functional for the best jobs to have very high rewards.
C)  it is functional for the worst jobs to have the worst rewards.
D)  stratification is functional for society as a whole.

Question 12

Who is the author of the book " Protestant ethic and spirit of capitalism"

Accepted Answer

A)  max weber
B)  emile durkheim
C)  auguste comte
D)  max weber.

Question 13

______________ is the most important thinker associated with the Chicago school and symbolic interactionism.

Accepted Answer

A)  robert merton
B)  w.e.b. du bois
C)  thorstein veblen
D)  george herbert mead

Question 14

Alfred Schutz is known as a(n) _______________ sociologist.

Accepted Answer

A)  african-american
B)  neo-marxian
C)  postmodern
D)  phenomenological

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT one of Talcott Parsons's functional imperatives?

Accepted Answer

A)  adaptation
B)  integration
C)  goal attainment
D)  personality system

Question 16

Ethnomethodology is known as a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  sociology of everyday life.
B)  attack on phenomenology.
C)  attack on herbert spencer.
D)  fusion of marx and weber.

Question 17

Which Sociologist developed the idea of pattern variables

Accepted Answer

A)  auguste comte
B)  max weber
C)  talcott parsons
D)  robert k merton

Question 18

The idea of dysfunction was put forward by

Accepted Answer

A)  robert k merton
B)  emile durkheim
C)  auguste comte
D)  erving goffman

Question 19

For Parsons, the _________________ process helped to ensure that an actor's pursuit of his/her own interests also served the interests of the system as a whole.

Accepted Answer

A)  social control
B)  exploitation
C)  socialization
D)  role

Question 20

Name the author of the book" Mind, Self and Society"

Accepted Answer

A)  g.h.mead
B)  herbert blumer
C)  talcott parsons
D)  robert k merton

Exam 2: Sociological Theories and Thinkers