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Multiple choice quiz 1
The social institutions and social relationships that make up the building blocks of society are called:
a) socialization
b) roles
c) social construction
d) social structure
Sociology differs from common sense in a number of ways. Which
one
of the following is
not
something that makes sociology different from common sense?
a) Sociologists read popular newspapers to gain ideas
b) Sociologists use evidence to form their ideas
c) Sociologists try to keep an open mind when looking at evidence
d) Sociologists try to stop their own prejudices and beliefs from influencing the way they interpret evidence.
A 'sociological imagination' means:
a) sociologists make things up
b) sociological work just exists in the mind of the sociologist
c) sociologists try to look at things in unfamiliar ways or from a new angle
d) sociological ideas are fantasies
The process of learning the way of life of any society is known as:
a) social control
b) cultural development
c) identity formation
d) socialization
How individuals see and define themselves and how others see and define them is known as:
a) a role
b) a role model
c) role conflict
d) identity
Important beliefs about what is right and wrong in any society are known as:
a) ideology
b) false consciousness
c) culture
d) values
The patterns of behaviour expected from people in different positions in society are called:
a) a social position
b) a social class
c) a role
d) an identity
The patterns of behaviour which others copy and model their own behaviour on are called:
a) primary socialization
b) role copying
c) social constructionism
d) role models
The social rules which define the correct or acceptable behaviour in social situations are known as:
a) values
b) laws
c) social control
d) norms
The term given to the various methods used to ensure that people comply with society’s rules is:
a) legal regulation
b) social control
c) secondary socialization
d) positive sanction
Failure to conform to social rules is known as:
a) crime
b) social control
c) deviance
d) norm rejection
Which
one
of the following is not generally used to define a social class?
a) Income
b) Occupation
c) Wealth
d) Cultural taste
Which
one
of the following best defines ‘life chances’?
a) The chances of getting rich
b) The chances of having good health
c) The chances of avoiding poverty
d) The chances of obtaining the desirable and avoiding the undesirable things in life.
e) The chances of having holidays abroad
Moving between strata in a social hierarchy is known as:
a) social stratification
b) social mobility
c) social closure
d) social movement
Which
one
of the following is not an example of achieved status?
a) Ethnicity
b) Educational qualifications
c) Career success
d) Personal talent
The culturally-created differences between men and women are known as:
a) biological differentiation
b) sex
c) gender
d) cultural differentiation
A sociological perspective is best described as:
a) a set of ideas making up the dominant ideology in a society
b) a set of ideas influencing what is looked at in society
c) a set of ideas which blinds sociologists to discovering the truth about society
d) a set of ideas which reveals the prejudices of sociologists
Structuralists are most likely to see the role of the individual in society as:
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
A macro approach is:
a) an approach adopted by men, according to feminist writers
b) an approach focusing on the structure of society as a whole
c) an approach focusing on small-scale interaction
d) an approach used by interpretivist theorists
Functionalist sociologists believe which
two
of the following?
1) Society is fundamentally divided by conflict between individuals and groups
2) Society is fundamentally based on a consensus around shared values
3) Society has certain basic needs that must be met if society is to survive
4) Society is fundamentally unstable and lacking in social harmony
a) 1 & 2
b) 2 & 3
c) 3 & 4
d) 1 & 4
Which
two
of the following concepts are
not
generally associated with Marxism?
a) Value consensus & social stability
b) Dominant ideology & class consciousness
c) Social stability & dominant ideology
d) Exploitation & value consensus
Marx said that the relationship between the bourgeoisie and proletariat was characterized by which
two
of the following?
a) Competition & harmony
b) Exploitation & shared values
c) Harmony & exploitation
d) Shared values & competition
e) Conflict & exploitation
Determinism is best described as:
a) the idea that sociologists collect evidence to test their ideas
b) the idea that individuals have free will and choice over how they behave
c) the idea that people’s behaviour is moulded by their social surroundings
d) the idea that people have some choice over how they behave, but are also influenced by their social surroundings
Defining or classifying people or groups in a particular way is known as:
a) symbolic interactionism
b) micro approachism
c) labelling
d) structuration
Which
two
of the following statements are ones that would
not
generally be accepted by social action theorists?
1) Individuals are victims of social forces over which they have little control
2) Individuals have choice and can decide their own role in society
3) Individuals act to create their own social circumstances
4) Understanding society means adopting a micro approach
5) It is not necessary to understand individual meanings to understand society
a) 1 & 3
b) 2 & 4
c) 3 & 5
d) 2 & 3
e) 1 & 5
An unequal society where men dominate women is known as:
a) matriarchy
b) feminism
c) malestreamism
d) patriarchy
Which
one
of the following is not generally associated with the views of the New Right?
a) More spending by the state to provide help to anyone who wants it
b) Less spending by the state to encourage people to be more self-reliant
c) A defence of traditional institutions and values
d) Attacks on lone parents
Which
two
of the following statements are most likely to be associated with postmodernism?
1) Social institutions like the family remain of primary importance in society
2) Society has become fragmented into so many different groups all making choices about their lifestyles, and is so rapidly changing that it has become chaotic
3) Theories like Marxism and functionalism remain important in explaining social life
4) Individuals are free to ‘pick ‘n mix’ identities and lifestyles
5) People’s lives are still largely influenced by their work and income
a) 1 & 3
b) 2 & 4
c) 3 & 5
d) 2 & 3
e) 1 & 5
A social problem is:
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:
a) a particular type of social problem
b) a social theory
c) a personal trouble of milieu
d) a package of measures devised to solve social problems or achieve other goals
Ken Browne — Sociology for AS and AQA, 3rd Edition
