Deck 6: Key Concepts in Sociological Theory

Question 1

Parsons takes _____________as the building block of the social system

A)Integration
B)Action
C)Value-orientation
D)Latency

Answer 1

Action

Question 2

The groups to which people compare their behaviour and try to act like them are known as

A)Membership group
B)Reference group
C)Mutual groups
D)Non-membership group

Answer 2

Reference group

Question 3

The concept of 'dysfunction' is a major contribution of

A)Durkheim
B)R.K Merton
C)Talcott Parsons
D)Max Weber

Answer 3

R.K Merton

Question 4

What are manifest functions?

A)Unrecognised and intended consequences of a social action
B)Recognised and unintended consequences of a social action
C)Unrecognised and Unintended consequences of a social action
D)Recognised and intended consequences of a social action

Question 5

Latent Functions are always

A)Unrecognised and intended consequences of a social action
B)Recognised and unintended consequences of a social action
C)Unrecognised and Unintended consequences of a social action
D)Recognised and intended consequences of a social action

Question 6

R.K. Merton is a

A)Structuralist
B)Structural- Functionalist
C)Conflict theorist
D)Interactionist

Question 7

Samuel Stouffer's The American Soldier (1949) inspired Merton to propound his

A)Anomie
B)Functional Analysis
C)Middle-Range Theory
D)Reference Group

Question 8

Social Theory and Social Structure written by R.K. Merton was published in

A)1946
B)1947
C)1948
D)1949

Question 9

A rejection of both socially accepted goals and means and replaced by different means and goals is

A)Retreatism
B)Rebellion
C)Ritualism
D)Conformism

Question 10

R.K Merton's Reference Group has

A)Membership only
B)Non-membership only
C)Membership and non-membership
D)None of the above

Question 11

R.K Merton died in

A)2003
B)2013
C)2005
D)2015

Question 12

In the Mertonian frame work, what does conformity refer to?

A)Both goals and means are accepted
B)Goals are accepted and means are rejected
C)Both goals and means are rejected
D)Means are accepted and goals are rejected

Question 13

In which book does Parsons outlined his AGIL paradigm?

A)The Social System
B)Essays in Sociological Theory
C)Towards a General Theory of Action
D)The Structure of Social Action

Question 14

Which among the followings is not a pattern variable according to Parsons?

A)Ascription and Achievement
B)Affectivity and Effectivity
C)Expressive and Instrumental
D)Diffuseness and Specificity

Question 15

With whose name can you associate 'cathectic action'?

A)Max Weber
B)R.K. Merton
C)Talcott Parsons
D)Emile Durkheim

Question 16

Which of the following is not the functional pre-requisites of Talcott Parsons' social system?

A)Adaptation
B)Goal Attainment
C)Integration
D)Particularism

Question 17

Talcott Parsons died on

A)8th May, 1979
B)9th May, 1979
C)8th May, 1980
D)9th May, 1980

Question 18

Talcott Parsons theory is known as

A)Grand theory
B)Conflict theory
C)Middle-Range theory
D)None of the above

Question 19

Anomie means

A)statelessness
B)dysfunction
C)normlessness
D)regulation

Question 20

Merton speaks of anticipatory socialisation in the context of

A)membership reference group
B)non-membership reference group
C)relative deprived group
D)All of the above

Question 21

By ____________, Parsons means the need to coordinate, adjust, and regulate relationships among various actors or units within the system in order to keep the system functioning.

A)Goal attainment
B)Adaptation
C)Integration
D)Latency

Question 22

Talcott Parsons is an ___________ sociologist

A)Australian
B)American
C)African
D)None of the above

Question 23

The concept 'Anticipatory Socialisation' has been developed by

A)Karl Marx
B)Max Weber
C)Emile Durkheim
D)R.K. Merton

Question 24

AGIL paradigm is associated with

A)Max Weber
B)Emile Durkheim
C)Talcott Parsons
D)R.K. Merton

Question 25

Which of the following is not Talcott Parsons' work?

A)The Social Systems
B)Social Theory and Social Structure
C)The Structure of Social Action
D)Economy and Society