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Multiple choice quiz 5
Which
one
of the following is the best description of qualitative data?
a) Data which has already been produced
b) Information concerned with descriptions of people’s meanings and interpretations
c) Measurable information expressed in statistical or number form
d) Information that provides a true, genuine or authentic picture of what is being studied
Which
one
of the following is most closely associated with Marx’s thinking?
a) Social integration
b) Social facts
c) Social conflict
d) Social cohesion
Which
one
of the following is not a feature of Weberian sociology?
a) Late modernity
b) Class
c) Status
d) Party
An unequal society where men dominate women is known as:
a) matriarchy
b) feminism
c) malestreamism
d) patriarchy
Structuralists are most likely to see the role of the individual in society as which
one
of the following?
a) A victim of social forces over which the individual has little control
b) The individual having choice and deciding their own role in society
c) The individual acting to create their own social circumstances
d) The individual operating without any social constraints
Functionalist sociologists believe:
a) society is fundamentally divided by conflict between individuals and groups
b) society is fundamentally based on a consensus around shared values
c) society is fundamentally unstable and lacking in social harmony
Which
one
of the following is not associated with the functionalist view of social change?
a) Social change is generally a slow evolutionary process
b) Social change involves a process of structural differentiation
c) Social change is a rapid process brought on by escalating dysfunctions due to inherent social inequalities
d) Social change occurs when new functions emerge and society needs to adapt
Marx said that the relationship between the bourgeoisie and proletariat was characterized by:
a) competition
b) exploitation
c) harmony
d) shared values
The concept of hegemony is associated with which
one
of the following?
a) Althusser
b) Merton
c) Parsons
d) Gramsci
Which
one
of the following statements is a feature of interpretivist approaches in sociology?
a) Understanding human behaviour involves exploring the interpretations and meanings people give to their actions
b) Human behaviour is simply a response to external forces acting on people
c) Sociologists should concern themselves with the study of social facts
d) Society can be studied using scientific techniques similar to those used in the natural sciences
A symbol in sociological terms refers most closely to which
one
of the following?
a) Something which marks out and praises people for their exceptional qualities
b) Something that is in some way undesirable or demeaning
c) Something that stands for something else and to which individuals have attached some meaning
d) Something that exercises constraints over individual behaviour
Garfinkel’s experiments were designed to do which
one
of the following?
a) To expose people’s taken-for-granted assumptions and the rules they imposed on the world
b) To find out how easy it is to annoy people
c) To make people be more specific about their meaning
d) To reveal how people attach labels to things they encounter
Which
one
of the following statements would not generally be accepted by social action theorists?
a) Individuals have choice and can decide their own role in society
b) Individuals are victims of social forces over which they have little control
c) Individuals act to create their own social circumstances
d) Understanding society means adopting a micro approach
Verstehen is which
one
of the following?
a) Researchers maintaining personal detachment from the subjects of research
b) Researchers emphasizing the interplay between social structure and action
c) Researchers gaining understanding by putting themselves in the position of those being studied
d) Researchers recognizing that society is simply a social construction
Which
one
of the following statements is most likely to be associated with postmodernism?
a) Work and social class are the main forms of social division and social identity
b) Contemporary society is characterized by chaos, uncertainty and the collapse of social structures
c) Metanarratives like Marxism and functionalism remain important in explaining social life
d) Rational thought and science are key tools in explaining and improving the world
Giddens regards the era following modernity as:
a) reflexive modernity
b) postmodernity
c) risk society
d) late modernity
Popper argued that scientists should not do which
one
of the following?
a) Collect empirical evidence to verify hypotheses
b) Collect empirical evidence to test hypotheses
c) Collect empirical evidence to make predictions
d) Collect empirical evidence to falsify hypotheses
Which
one
of the following statements is a feature of positivist approaches in sociology?
a) Human behaviour is not simply a response to external forces acting on people
b) Human behaviour is largely unpredictable
c) Sociologists should concern themselves with the study of meanings held by individuals
d) Society can be studied using scientific techniques similar to those used in the natural sciences
Social facts are:
a) things that have been shown by research to be true
b) sociological insights into social behaviour
c) phenomena existing outside individuals and independently of their minds which influence their behaviour
d) information about the social world collected in statistical form
Which
one
of the following statements is associated with the realist view of science?
a) Scientific knowledge should be based on observable and measurable evidence
b) Scientific knowledge can be based on the discovery of unobservable, underlying causes
c) The only science worthy of the name is that carried out in the closed, controlled environment of the laboratory experiment
d) Realists recognize that the ability to make precise predictions is an integral part of a sound scientific approach
The aim of testing hypotheses to try to prove them wrong is known as the process of:
a) hypothecation
b) predication
c) falsification
d) mystification
The set of values, beliefs and assumptions which guide scientists in carrying out their work is known as:
a) intelligent design
b) value freedom
c) reconstructed logic
d) paradigm
Which
one
of the following would not generally be regarded as part of a scientific approach?
a) Declaring your personal values and allowing this to influence how you interpret the evidence
b) Maintaining an open mind and considering evidence in a detached and fair-minded way
c) Using systematic research methods
d) Allowing findings to be scrutinized by other researchers
A social problem is which
one
of the following?
a) Something that sociologists find difficult to explain
b) Something that won’t go away, even when people try to find solutions
c) Any social issue that needs explaining
d) Something that is seen as harmful to society and needs sorting out
Social policy refers to which
one
of the following?
a) A particular type of social problem
b) A package of measures devised to solve social problems or achieve other goals
c) A personal trouble of milieu
d) A social theory
