Contemporary Sociological Theory Midterms (Practice Questions)
Contemporary Sociological Theory Midterms Quiz
Test your knowledge of contemporary sociological theories with our engaging quiz designed for students, educators, and sociology enthusiasts. This 63-question multiple-choice quiz covers a wide range of topics including symbolic interactionism, social structure, and identity formation.
Get ready to challenge yourself with questions about key theorists and concepts in sociology. Whether you're preparing for exams or just want to brush up on your knowledge, this quiz is perfect for you!
- 63 Multiple Choice Questions
- Covers Key Theorists and Concepts
- Ideal for Students and Educators
Topics and processes analyzed from the standpoint of symbolic interactionism, except; *
Collective behavior
Deviance
Social problems
Social system
That meanings are not ______but are subject to change as the situation or social context changes *
Static
Fixed
Moving
a & b
The self, because of its reflexive capacity, is the central mechanism through which interpretation occurs. *
True
False
Symbolic Interactionism analyzes human social behavior primarily in terms of its situated, interactive, and interpretative character. ...INTERPRETATIVE means? *
Informative
Interpretive
Explanatory
All of the above
That the meanings of objects and events are not _____ to them but are assigned or imputed through interpretive processes that are activated during interaction in concrete social situations. *
Extrinsic
Intrinsic
Acquired
Natural
Symbolic Interactionism is directly concerned with how distinctive meanings are adapted and interpreted through ____________ *
Socialization
Social process
Social practice
All of the above
Methodologically, symbolic interactions are generally investigated through various ________ approaches, such as ethnography or participant observation. *
Qualitative
Quantitative
Qualitative and quantitative
Experimental method
Symbolic Interactionism as a social ______ starts from the presupposition that our social world is constructed through the mundane acts of everyday social interaction. *
Conceptual framework
Theoretical framework
Social interaction
Social system
Symbolic Interactionism is associated with the work of_____except; *
George Herbert Mead
Herbert Blumer
Everett Hughes
Anselem Strauss
Erving Goffman
Randall Collins
Accordingly, individuals develop their concept of self by observing how they are perceived by others, a concept coined as the “looking-glass self.” by? *
George Herbert Mead
Charles Horton Cooley
Erving Goffman
Herbert Blumer
"Role Taking"/Significant others *
George Herbert Mead
Charles Horton Cooley
Erving Goffman
Herbert Blumer
"Dramaturgical Approach"
George Herbert Mead
Charles Horton Cooley
Erving Goffman
Herbert Blumer
The one who coined the term" Symbolic Interactionism"*
George Herbert Mead
Charles Horton Cooley
Erving Goffman
Herbert Blumer
The individual develops _____ about and responds to those perceived judgments. *
Feelings
Emotions
Thoughts
Self-esteem
Using social interaction as a type of “_____,” people use the judgments they receive from others to measure their own worth, values, and behavior
Glass
Mirror
Image
Face
People constantly seek to create consistency between their __________ worlds and, therefore, continue to perceive, adjust, and strive for equilibrium throughout their lives. *
Internal
Internal & external
Inner core
External
That individual _____ others’ judgment of that appearance. *
Glass
Mirror
Image
Face
Simmel's first sociological work Social Differentiation (1890) was indebted to ________?
Weberian Sociology
Spencerian Sociology
Marxian Sociology
None of the above
Simmel argues against __________labor theory of value for Simmel the price of a product is based upon supply and demand, and social desire *
Marx
Weber
Kant
Spencer
People produce culture, but we can reify social reality, the cultural world and the social world come to have lives of their own, lives that come to dominate the actors who created and daily re-create them.
Objective Culture
Subjective Culture
Objective and Subjective culture
None of the above
It is the capacity of the actor to produce, absorb, and control elements of the objective culture. *
Objective Culture
Subjective Culture
Objective and Subjective culture
None of the above
This suggests that a person's identity is not a stable and independent psychological entity, but rather, it is constantly remade as the person interacts with others.
Social theory
Critical theory
Dramaturgical theory
All of the above
In sociology, “other” refers to the ways in which identities are formed. Understanding identity formation requires us to look at power relationships and the assumptions about different groups within society, in other words, we call it ________?
Social theory
Social categories
Social facts
Social behavior
Understanding The Role Of The Other Results In Self-Awareness. Mead posited that there is an active _____ self and an objective ____ self. The ______self is active and initiates action. The ____ self continues, interrupts, or changes action depending on how others respond.
"Me" and "I"
"Myself" and "Me"
"I" and "Me"
"Myself" and "I"
Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and the like make it possible to connect with others in ways never before imagined.
Social Role
Social Construction
Social Media
Social System
The _______ is the version of him or herself a person chooses to present on a digital platform. *
Cyber crime
Cyber self
Cyber game
All of the above
A study published in the Journal of Social Media and Society, for example, describes a host of positive outcomes that arise from the digital ________ *
Social media
YouTube producers
Looking-glass self
Cyber self
Both macro-level theories focally concerned with large-scale social structures and social institutions *
Symbolic Interactionism
Structural Functionalism
Conflict theory
SF & Conflict
Symbolic and Conflict
Who sees neo functionalism as following features to create a form of functionalism that is multi dimensional and includes micro as well as macro levels of analysis. *
Collins
Demerath
Alexander
Parsons
He was seen as a political conservative, and represents a more powerful contribution to sociological theory *
Merton
Parsons
Demerath
Maryanski
The focus of feminist theory is on _________'power.' *
Male
Female
Male and female
None of the above
Low-ranking positions- are presumed to be less pleasant and less important and to require less ability and talent *
True
False
____and _______ are two fundamental processes necessary for a given state of equilibrium of a system *
Interdependence
Equilibrium
Allocation
Integration
The system may be static or involved in an ordered process of ____ *
Interdependence
Equilibrium
Change
Part
Boundaries
Turner and Maryanski took a more positive view, arguing that structural functionalism is not a passing fad. However, they admitted that it is likely to evolve into another sociological theory, just as this theory that itself evolved out of the earlier organism. *
True
False
It is the subsystem that performs the function for society of adapting to the environment through labor, production, and allocation. *
Economy
Polity
Fiduciary
Societal community
The rise of neofunctionalism seems to support Demerath and Peterson’s position rather than the more negative perspective of Turner and Maryanski *
True
False
American educator and writer whose book A Voice From the South by a Black Woman of the South (1892) became a classic African American feminist text *
Anna Julia Cooper
Jane Addams
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Harriet Martineau
Systems maintain ______ with their environments *
Interdependence
Equilibrium
Change
Part
Boundaries
They did not argue that a society consciously develops a stratification system in order to be sure that the high-level positions are filled and filled adequately. *
Dahrendorf and Collins
Davis and Moore
Turner & Maryanski
Parsons and Merton
English Socialist economists, early members of the Fabian Society, and co-founders of the London School of Economics and Political Science. *
Anna Julia Cooper
Jane Addams
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Harriet Martineau
Sidney and Beatrice Webb
Handles the latency function by transmitting culture (norms & values) to actors and allowing it to be internalized by them. *
Economy
Polity
Fiduciary
Societal community
Consensus theories- see shared norms and values as fundamental to society, focus on social order based on manipulation, and view social change as occurring in a slow and orderly fashion. *
True
False
Culture-embodied in norms and values, and conceived as the major force binding the various elements of the social world, or the action system. *
Personality system
Social system
Cultural system
Action system
An American feminist, lecturer, writer, and publisher who was a leading theorist of the women’s movement in the United States *
Anna Julia Cooper
Jane Addams
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Harriet Martineau
Feminist theory addresses the_____of women have in society and the ongoing battles women face. *
Roles
Power
Property
Rights
Neo-functionalism highlighted the interactional patterning of the elements that constitute society attended to both action and disorder, understood integration as a possibility rather than as fact and traced the process of social change that resulted from differentiation within action systems. *
True
False
The nature of one ______of the system has an impact on the form that the other parts can take *
Change
Boundaries
Interdependence
Equilibrium
Part
Conflict theories- emphasize the dominance of some social groups by others, see social order as based on tacit agreements and control by dominant groups, and view social change as occurring rapidly and in a disorderly fashion as subordinate groups overthrow dominant groups. *
True
False
Most importantly, feminist theory is a way of thinking about the social world focuses on the rights of women, including economic, sexual, reproductive, property, and voting rights *
True
False
Rank high- are presumed to be more pleasant to occupy and more important to the survival of society and that require the greatest ability and talent. *
True
False
Most importantly, feminist theory is a way of thinking about the social world focuses on the rights of women, including economic, sexual, reproductive, property, and voting rights *
True
False
Rank high- are presumed to be more pleasant to occupy and more important to the survival of society and that require the greatest ability and talent. *
True
False
Theories of the _____ should be firmly supported by empirical data. These theories must be constructed with observed data in order to create theoretical problems and to be incorporated in proposals that allow empirical testing. *
Structural-functional
Middle range
Conflict
Symbolic
Merton argued that general ______ theory is developed by a blockage in an individual's life which doesn't allow them to achieve their goal, essentially leading to deviant behaviour. *
Strain
Symbolic
Functional
Conflict
Performs the function of goal attainment by pursuing societal objectives and mobilizing actors and resources to that end*
Economy
Societal community
Fiduciary
Polity
The Functional Theory of Stratification are defined the following, except; *
Regarded as both universal and necessary
Argued that no society is ever unstratified or totally classless
Stratification not on the individuals but rather to a system of positions
A functional necessity-all societies need such a system, “brings into existence of positions
She was a notable figure in the history of social work and women's suffrage in the United States and an advocate for world peace. *
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Harriet Martineau
Anna Julia Cooper
Jane Addams
Systems tend toward self-maintaining order, or ? *
Part
Boundaries
Interdependence
Equilibrium
Change
An essayist, novelist, journalist, and economic and historical writer who was prominent among English intellectuals of her time. Perhaps her most scholarly work is The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte *
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Harriet Martineau
Anna Julia Cooper
Jane Addams
It is the source of energy for the rest of the systems. *
Personality system
Behavioral organism
Social system
Cultural system
While Merton advocated the creation of grand, overarching theories, Parsons favored more limited, middle range theories *
True
False
Values and norms is internalized by the actor. *
Personality system
Cultural system
Social system
Action system
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