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instruction:Answer all questions.
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Question:
Content:Disciplines in the social sciences agree that a theory is a _____ of
related ideas
Option: Strategy
Answer: System
Option: Structure
Option: String
Question:
Content:What differentiate theories from common sense sayings however is its _____
and ______ nature
Option: objective and normative
Option: subjective and positivist
Option: objective and dialetic
Answer: objective and positivist
Question:
Content:Classical French sociological theory was said to have emerged from the
conservative reaction to the __________
Answer: Enlightenment
Option: judiciary
Option: Industrial revolution
Option: New Era
Question:
Content:Classical theories are also what some texts have categorized as _____
theories because of its wide coverage of social phenomena.
Option: Modern
Option: Micro
Option: Mid-range
Answer: Macro
Question:
Content:Ibn-Khaldun was an African sociologist born in __________
Option: South Africa
Option: East Africa
Answer: North Africa
Option: West Africa
Question:
Content:The term sociology was coined by Auguste Comte in _________
Option: 1896
Answer: 1839
Option: 1876
Option: 1893
Question:
Content:Comte identified the law of the __________ stages
Option: Four
Option: Two
Answer: Three
Option: Ten
Question:
Content:For Comte, the world would be rid of social upheaval when _________ gained
control
Option: Normativity
Option: Democracy
Option: Conservatism
Answer: Positivism
Question:
Content:__________ legalized Sociology in France
Answer: Durkheim
Option: Spencer
Option: Parsons
Option: Durkan
Question:
Content:Durkheim’s interest in ________ and _______ the development of classical
sociological theory in a sharp contrast to Marx’s belief in __________
Option: revolution and order, social reform
Answer: Order and reform, Social revolution
Option: order and reform, social devolution
Option: change and order, social revolution
Question:
Content:Marx is often associated with __________
Option: Socialism
Answer: Capitalism
Option: Communalism
Option: Communism
Question:
Content:Weber opined that rationalization was exemplified in ___________
Answer: Bureaucracy
Option: Order
Option: Sociology
Option: rational thought
Question:
Content:In weber’s views of capitalism, ________ was an influential factor
Option: environment
Option: Society
Option: Culture
Answer: Religion
Question:
Content:Sociology as a discipline emerged from the historical events of ______ and
___________ revolution
Option: Industrial and Enlightenment
Answer: French and industrial
Option: French and economic
Option: social and political
Question:
Content:Recognized founding fathers in Sociology are from all the following
countries except __________
Option: Italy
Option: France
Answer: Spain
Option: Germany
Question:
Content:African scholars have stretched sociological theories to prove ____________
relevance
Option: major
Option: Global
Option: African
Answer: Universal
Question:
Content:________ theorists developed their theories from European history
Option: African
Option: European
Option: Asian
Answer: Western
Question:
Content:While basic assumptions of theory remains the same, it’s _____________ to
social needs changes
Answer: Application
Option: acceptability
Option: observation
Option: relevance
Question:
Content:The three founding fathers recognized by Eurocentric intellectual paradigm
are:
Answer: Weber, Marx and Durkheim
Option: Spencer, Parsons and Comte
Option: Weber, Parsons and Durkheim
Option: Weber, Parsons and Durkheim
Question:
Content:Sociological ____________ helps social analysts raise intellectual
questions
Option: Concepts
Option: Theory
Answer: Imagination
Option: Ideas
Question:
Content:_____ and _____ are the two broad perspectives of sociological theories
Option: Conflict and Contrast
Answer: Consensus and Conflict
Option: Conscience and Conflict
Option: Consent and Contrast
Question:
Content:In recent times _________ theories have also been recognized as broad
categories
Option: Intellectual
Option: Inspiring
Option: Interesting
Answer: Interpretive
Question:
Content:Consensus perspective aims towards ____________ while Conflict perspective
aims towards ______________
Option: maintenance, devolution
Answer: maintenance, revolution
Option: stability, change
Option: revolution, maintenance
Question:
Content:Functionalist theory originates from __________
Option: Physical sciences
Option: Social sciences
Answer: natural sciences
Option: General sciences
Question:
Content:_________ and ___________ postulated the functionalist theory
Answer: Comte and Spencer
Option: Comte and Spenser
Option: Merton and Parsons
Option: Comte and Radcliffe
Question:
Content:Parsons contributed to functionalist theory to restore __________
Option: social system
Option: social change
Option: social maintenance
Answer: social order
Question:
Content:____________ is desirable to ensure order
Answer: conformity
Option: communality
Option: perseverance
Option: Confirmation
Question:
Content:Basic concepts central to functionalism are _____ and ______
Option: functional prerequisite and bravery
Option: faction and functional perquisite
Option: bravery
Answer: function and functional prerequisite
Question:
Content:________ analogy was used to explain functionalism
Option: biology
Answer: organism
Option: organic
Option: organ
Question:
Content:Parts in the society are recognized as_______
Option: social parts
Answer: social institutions
Option: social groups
Option: social structures
Question:
Content:___________ among parts through common basic values has been noted as a
functional prerequisite
Answer: integration
Option: interrelations
Option: cooperation
Option: relationship
Question:
Content:without functional prerequisites the society is likely to ______
Option: diminish
Option: rise
Answer: disintegrate
Option: struggle
Question:
Content:_________ is a prerequisite for social positioning
Option: social strata
Option: social organization
Option: social placement
Answer: social stratification
Question:
Content:Haralambos and Holborn however claim that society ________ rather than die
Option: consumes
Option: disintegrates
Option: collapses
Answer: Changes
Question:
Content:Durkheim believes social order is maintained through __________
Option: social fracture
Option: Social structure
Answer: social facts
Option: social institutions
Question:
Content:Members of a society share ____________
Answer: collective conscience
Option: collective consciousness
Option: collective consensus
Option: consensus
Question:
Content:prerequisites recognized by Parsons includes all of the following except
Answer: solidarity
Option: adaptation
Option: integration
Option: consolidation
Question:
Content:Which functionalism theorist argued that functional prerequisites are not
always positive?
Option: Talcott Parsons
Option: Herbert Spencer
Option: Max Weber
Answer: Robert k. Merton
Question:
Content:Unexpected consequences of actions are called __________
Option: misfunction
Answer: dysfunction
Option: malfunction
Option: disorganization
Question:
Content:Functionalism has been criticized for being __________
Option: technological
Option: technical
Option: rigid
Answer: teleological
course:EXAM:SOC307
section:
instruction:Answer all questions.
passage:
Question:
Content:Parsons has also been criticized for recommending _____________ as the
solution to the problem of social order
Option: valued conscience
Option: social consensus
Answer: Value consensus
Option: collective consensus
Question:
Content:The most popular criticism of functionalist theory is that it did not
account for ______ and _________
Option: contrast and social artifacts
Answer: conflict and social change
Option: conflict and social fact
Option: conflict and social cohesion
Question:
Content:Conflict perspectives was rooted in the works of Marx, __________ and
Simmel
Option: Emile Durkheim
Answer: Max Weber
Option: Lewis Weber
Option: Pareto Weber
Question:
Content:Is Marxist theory the same as Conflict Theory?
Option: Yes
Option: May be
Option: Partially
Answer: No
Question:
Content:Marx work focused on the ___________ system defining concepts of class,
alienation, surplus value and oppression
Option: financial
Answer: economic
Option: Political
Option: cultural
Question:
Content:With focus on the economic institution of the society Marx identified two
classes of people, the _________ and the Proletariat
Option: Bourdieu
Answer: Bourgeoisie
Option: Bolognese
Option: Bourdex
Question:
Content:Marx writings on capitalism explained the __________ relationship between
the owners of the means of production
Option: antagonist
Option: differences
Option: conflict
Answer: dialectic
Question:
Content:During the feudal era, ________ was the means of production
Option: land and feudalism
Answer: Land and labour
Option: labour and capital
Option: slaves
Question:
Content:In economic determinism the idea is that the ___________ institution wields
the most power over every other societal structure
Option: social
Option: political
Option: family
Answer: economic
Question:
Content: _______________ ensures that upper class remains there by a widening gap
between the rich and the poor
Answer: Surplus Value
Option: Surplus cash
Option: Surplus wealth
Option: wealth creation
Question:
Content:Marx dwelt on the transformation from ____________ to _____________
Option: a class by itself, a class for others
Answer: a class in itself, a class for itself
Option: a class on itself, a class for itself
Option: a class for itself, a class in itself
Question:
Content:As a conflict theorist, Dahrendorf was able to strike a balance between
consensus and conflict, true or false?
Option: May be
Option: False
Option: Not really
Answer: True
Question:
Content:which of the following is not a similarity between conflict and consensus
perspectives
Answer: they are both grand theories
Option: they are both ground theories
Option: they both emphasize social change
Option: they both discuss social institutions
Question:
Content:Grand theory is often considered to be works of sociologists up till the
early________
Option: 1970s
Answer: 1900s
Option: 1700s
Option: 1800s
Question:
Content:Classical theories not only provide ___________ context but also a pattern
of understanding present/contemporary issues.
Answer: Historical
Option: previous
Option: contemporary
Option: past
Question:
Content:Grand theories are also known as _________ theories
Option: Macro
Option: Micro
Answer: Major
Option: major
Question:
Content:Notable classical theories that have endured time include Functionalism or
consensus theory, Conflict theory and ___________ theory
Option: Symbolic Attraction
Option: social action
Option: Systemic interaction
Answer: Symbolic Interaction
Question:
Content:Middle-range theory often involves ____________ but they are close to
observed data
Option: abstracts
Answer: abstractions
Option: generalizations
Option: postulations
Question:
Content:These set of theories are concerned with _______ problems
Option: stated
Option: ideal
Option: synthetic
Answer: analytic
Question:
Content:A major example of middle-range theory is _______________
Option: role theory
Option: sociological theory
Answer: Feminist theory
Option: deprivation theory
Question:
Content:Grounded theories are theories that are developed _________ research
Option: during
Answer: after
Option: through
Option: before
Question:
Content:_______ formulated the exchange theory
Option: B. F Skinner
Option: George Thomas
Option: George Ritzer
Answer: George Homans
Question:
Content:____________ is usually a dominant orientation from which theories emerge
Answer: Paradigm
Option: Research
Option: Truth
Option: Culture
Question:
Content:What guides the use of paradigms?
Option: philosophical unitarism
Option: dual philosophy
Answer: philosophical dualism
Option: philosophical multiplicity
Question:
Content:Ritzer (2011) defines a paradigm as a ___________ image of the subject
within a science
Option: functional
Option: powerful
Option: thoughtful
Answer: fundamental
Question:
Content:the philosophical foundations of paradigms helps to explain _______
Option: social theory
Option: social problems
Option: social fact
Answer: social phenomena
Question:
Content:some of the main characteristics of paradigms are all the following except
Option: A paradigm defines what to study
Answer: A paradigm is static
Option: A paradigm tells the rules of interpreting findings
Option: A paradigm is dynamic
Question:
Content:As ___________ discoveries are made, there is a shift from one paradigm to
another
Answer: epistemological
Option: scientific
Option: new
Option: thoughtful
Question:
Content:According to Kuhn, paradigm shift takes a process of __________ stages
Answer: 5
Option: 3
Option: 7
Option: 4
Question:
Content:How many paradigms are in sociology?
Option: double
Option: three
Answer: multiple
Option: eleven
Question:
Content:Normal science is the period in which ___________
Option: errors are found in a paradigm
Option: one paradigm captures the whole world
Option: paradigms undergo criticism
Answer: one paradigm dominates
Question:
Content:For a paradigm to gain hegemony, it has to satisfy the ________ and win the
__________
Option: scientific merits, bureaucratic conflict
Answer: scientific merits and political conflict
Option: teleological postulations, physical tests
Option: page requirement and scientific conflict
Question:
Content:________ is a basic component of paradigm
Option: Postulation
Option: An image of the object matter
Option: sociology
Answer: An image of the subject matter
Question:
Content:Ritzer identified _____ social paradigms
Option: 7
Answer: 3
Option: 4
Option: 6
Question:
Content:For Durkheim _________ are to be “treated as things external to the
individual and coercive on him”
Option:social interactions
Answer:social facts
Option:social behaviours
Option:social definitions
Question:
Content:Charles Warriner makes a case, which Ritzer (1975) believes can be applied
to other social facts, that the group is just as real as the individual although
both are ___________ units
Option: analytical
Answer: abstract analytical
Option: abstract sythetical
Option: abstract strategic
Question:
Content:Are social facts things?
Option: Approximately
Option: Yes
Option: Maybe
Answer: No
Question:
Content:In the social fact paradigm, the subject matter of sociology is the
____________
Answer: social fact
Option: social relevance
Option: social groups
Option: society
Question:
Content:Examples of theories that can be classified under this paradigm includes
________
Answer: Structural functionalism
Option: Feminism
Option: symbolic interactionism
Option: Marxism
Question:
Content:who clearly showed the orientation of structural functionalism towards
social fact?
Option: Herbert Mead
Option: Robert Mead
Option: Richard Merton
Answer: Robert Merton
Question:
Content:Methods of research most common to those of the social fact paradigm in
empirical research is ___________
Option: qualitative and quantitative
Option: experiment and observation
Answer: questionnaires and interviews
Option: questionnaires and observations
Question:
Content:Theories that fall under this paradigm include, symbolic interactionism,
action theory, and _____________
Answer: Phenomenology
Option: functionalism
Option: ethnomethodology
Option: marxism
Question:
Content:Action theory is believed to belong to _____________and ___________
paradigms
Option: social fact and social function
Answer: social fact and social definition
Option: social behaviour, social fact
Option: social definition and social behaviour
Question:
Content:Behavioural sociologists believe that the individual’s behaviour is
modified through _________ and standards of behaviour
Option: society
Option: norms
Answer: rules
Option: systems
Question:
Content:Realism and nominalism are based on the philosophical division of
__________
Option: Cosmopology
Answer: Ontology
Option: Social nature
Option: epistemology
Question:
Content:The distinct strands of Epistemology are _______and _________
Option: correlation and causation
Option: Voluntarism and Determinism
Option: Positivism and Determinism
Answer: Positivism and Anti-positivism
Question:
Content:“Understanding of life experiences of the people” is what Weber called
Option: Versatility
Option: Gemenshaft
Answer: Verstehen
Option: phenomenology
Question:
Content:The interpretive paradigm which favours ____________ which utilizes
predominantly qualitative methods such as observations
Answer: anti-positivism
Option: positivism
Option: anti-determinism
Option: none of the above
Question:
Content:The two levels of social analysis are __________________
Option: qualitative and quantitative
Option: subjective and objective
Option: questionnaire and interviews
Answer: Micro and Macro
Question:
Content:which of this is NOT a criticism of nominalism?
Option: Their methods create conceptual disunity
Answer: Passivity of human actors
Option: Weak Link between microscopic level and explanation of the whole
Option: Passivity of masculine actors
Question:
Content:Which of this is a function of Paradigm in qualitative analysis?
Option: shows different philosophical orientations
Option: makes it difficult to allow logically responsible hypothesis
Answer: makes it difficult to allow logically irresponsible hypothesis
Option: guides theory in research
Question:
Content:Meta- study in sociology is of _______ strands
Answer: three
Option: two
Option: four
Option: five
Question:
Content:Meta study provides a better understanding through ________ on changes
occurring over time
Option: deflection
Answer: reflection
Option: reading
Option: postulating
Question:
Content:The difference between Philosophical study and Meta-study is that
philosophical study focuses mainly on abstract ideas while Meta-study addresses
both ____________ and abstract issues
Option: context
Answer: concrete
Option: consensus
Option: simple
Question:
Content:Meta-study started after the collapse of dominant paradigms in sociology
Option: partially false
Option: False
Option: Not exactly
Answer: True
Question:
Content:Social facts paradigm composing the Parsonian functionalism theoretical
orientation dominated American sociology for ______ years
Option: 50
Answer: 10
Option: 20
Option: 30
Question:
Content:which of this is a types of study used in understanding extant sociological
theory
Option: Intellectual-understanding
Option: Internal-sociological
Answer: Internal-social
Option: Internal-understanding
Question:
Content:All three types of metatheorizing can be adopted by one theorist.
Option: Partially true
Option: False
Answer: True
Option: Partially false
Question:
Content:Essentially what metatheorizing would do for sociological theory includes
the following except _________
Option: Provide theorists with a useful overarching theoretical perspective
Option: Serve as a base for the creation of new theories
Option: supply a new paradigm to society
Answer: supply a new paradigm to sociology
Question:
Content:Metatheory is seen as a ‘dead end’ because ______________
Option: It promotes the creation of new theory
Answer: It prevents the creation of new theory
Option: It kills the existing theory
Option: It creates new irrelevant theories