Sociology 2015

**The idea that human societies evolve and that evolution always means progress is typical of the thinking of:**A. Herbert SpencerB. Emile DurkheimC. Max WeberD. Karl Marx Show Answer Correct Answer: A. Herbert Spencer

**Weber’s idea of verstehen as part of sociological research is probably most relevant to which method of sociological investigation?**A. Experimental designB. Longitudinal studiesC. Observational studiesD. Structured interviews Show Answer Correct Answer: C. Observational studies

**What is meant by System Theory?**A. The general approach to study self-maintaining systems, ranging from biological organisms that look after themselves for periods of many years, even centuries in some cases, to robotic and other automated engineering systemsB. It is related to the system blame theoriesC. It is related to systematic samplingD. None of these…

**Status Frustration is a major concept of sociology. Name its originator:**A. Albert CohenB. Georg SimmelC. Emile DurkheimD. None of these Show Answer Correct Answer: A. Albert Cohen

**What is meant by the term Theodicy?**A. Max Weber’s term to describe an important role of religion that explains fate, especially ill fate, and why bad things happen to good peopleB. Karl Marx’s theory of AlienationC. Max Weber’s theory of ideal typeD. Georg Simmel’s theory of sociability Show Answer Correct Answer: A. Max Weber’s term…

**The research process called replication involves:**A. Forming an original hypothesisB. Repeating the research procedures of another study to verify the resultsC. Thinking of operational definitions for the variablesD. Drawing conclusions and reporting the results to others Show Answer Correct Answer: B. Repeating the research procedures of another study to verify the results

**Positivism is the idea that _____ rather than any other type of human understanding is the path to knowledge.**A. Human natureB. ScienceC. FaithD. Common sense Show Answer Correct Answer: B. Science

**To establish whether a correlation between variables is a causal one, a researcher must make use of:**A. Informed opinionsB. ReplicationC. ControlD. Experiment Show Answer Correct Answer: D. Experiment

**Consequences of social structure which are largely unrecognized are called:**A. DysfunctionsB. Manifest functionsC. Latent functionsD. Both A & B Show Answer Correct Answer: C. Latent functions

**A hypothesis should be formulated in such a way that variables can be scientifically measured. This requires the use of:**A. Research designB. CorrelationC. OperationalizationD. Generalization Show Answer Correct Answer: C. Operationalization