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Development Of Sociology And Important Sociologists MCQs

Option A: Talcott Parsons

Option B: Ralf Dahrendorf

Option C: Emile Durkheim

Option D: Robert Merton

Correct Answer: Ralf Dahrendorf


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Option A: alienation

Option B: amorality

Option C: anomie

Option D: ascription

Correct Answer: anomie


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Option A: the theorist has researched the literature thoroughly

Option B: they have been tested out by means of factual research

Option C: they are written in such a way as to be impossible to disprove

Option D: they are shared by a large enough number of theorists

Correct Answer: they have been tested out by means of factual research


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Option A: macro sociological theory

Option B: feminist sociological theory

Option C: micro sociological theory

Option D: middle-range sociological theory

Correct Answer: middle-range sociological theory


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Option A: strong class-based identities

Option B: multiculturalism

Option C: moral consensus

Option D: a strong state

Correct Answer: moral consensus


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Option A: capitalist production exploits the working class

Option B: class conflict is inevitable in capitalist societies

Option C: industrial workers are the revolutionary class

Option D: class struggle only occurs under capitalism

Correct Answer: class struggle only occurs under capitalism


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Option A: organic solidarity

Option B: a loss of social solidarity

Option C: mechanical solidarity

Option D: communal solidarity

Correct Answer: a loss of social solidarity


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Option A: understanding the differences between the classical theorists

Option B: bringing together private troubles and public issues

Option C: seeing the social world as one made up of Social facts

Option D: avoiding explanations based on individual psychology

Correct Answer: bringing together private troubles and public issues


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Option A: Karl Max

Option B: Ibn-e-Khaldum

Option C: George Hegel

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Karl Max


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Option A: Max Weber

Option B: Karl Max

Option C: Emile Durkheim

Option D: C-Wright Mills

Correct Answer: Emile Durkheim


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Option A: disappointment and disproportion

Option B: disbelief and disintegration

Option C: disengagement and disenchantment

Option D: distribution and distillation

Correct Answer: disengagement and disenchantment


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Option A: Mechanical and organic solidarity

Option B: Physical and social solidarity

Option C: physiological and mechanical solidarity

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Mechanical and organic solidarity


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Option A: structural functionalism

Option B: interaction school of thought

Option C: Phenom ology

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: structural functionalism


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Option A: William F. Ogbum

Option B: Talcott Parsons

Option C: Auguste Comte

Option D: Thorstein Veblen

Correct Answer: William F. Ogbum


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Option A: Karl Marx and Georg Hegel

Option B: George Herbert Mead and Jane Addams

Option C: Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx

Option D: Talcott Parsons and Robert Merton

Correct Answer: Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx


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Option A: George Herbert Mead

Option B: Karl Marx

Option C: Emile Durkheim

Option D: Max Weber

Correct Answer: George Herbert Mead


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Option A: successfully combining theory and research

Option B: an analysis of deviant behavior that focuses on societal goals and means

Option C: an attempt to bring macro- and micro

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above


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Option A: suicide rates and how they varied from country to country

Option B: personalities of individual suicide victims

Option C: means people used to take their own lives

Option D: effects of suicide on the families of victims

Correct Answer: suicide rates and how they varied from country to country


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Option A: Marx

Option B: Durkheim

Option C: Herbert Spencer

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Herbert Spencer


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Option A: Marx

Option B: Weber

Option C: Durkheim

Option D: All of above

Correct Answer: Durkheim


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Option A: Feudalism

Option B: communism

Option C: Economic equalitarianism

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: communism


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Option A: Four phases

Option B: three phases

Option C: Two phases

Option D: All of above

Correct Answer: three phases


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Option A: Kurkheim

Option B: Comte

Option C: Marx

Option D: All of above

Correct Answer: Marx


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Option A: society

Option B: social Change

Option C: universal History

Option D: all of above

Correct Answer: universal History


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Option A: Muamlla

Option B: Muqaddimah

Option C: Muzakira

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Muqaddimah


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Option A: microsociology

Option B: interactionism

Option C: macrosociology

Option D: ethnomethodology

Correct Answer: macrosociology


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Option A: middle-range function

Option B: consumption function

Option C: latent function

Option D: structural function

Correct Answer: latent function


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Option A: human behavior is so complicated that no single theory would be adequate

Option B: sociologists can choose the theory that best fits the data they have collected

Option C: it removes the need to assess a theory according the empirical evidence

Option D: innumerable theories have been developed in the many fields of sociology

Correct Answer: human behavior is so complicated that no single theory would be adequate


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Option A: the mode of production

Option B: the motor of history

Option C: the history of class struggle

Option D: the spirit of capitalism

Correct Answer: the spirit of capitalism


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Option A: ways of behaving that are external to individuals

Option B: only things that have been shown to be true

Option C: social insights into collective behavior

Option D: information captured by official statistics

Correct Answer: ways of behaving that are external to individuals


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Option A: the French and Industrial Revolutions

Option B: the Chinese and Agricultural Revolutions

Option C: the Russian and Scientific Revolutions

Option D: the American and Democratic Revolutions

Correct Answer: the French and Industrial Revolutions


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Option A: Georg Hegel

Option B: George Herbert Mead

Option C: Talcott Parsons

Option D: Ralf Dahrendof

Correct Answer: George Herbert Mead


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Option A: the most commonly found type of social organization

Option B: conceptual or analytical models of social phenomena

Option C: philosophical models of an ideal human society

Option D: models of society based on up to date statistical evidence

Correct Answer: conceptual or analytical models of social phenomena


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Option A: egoistic suicide

Option B: altruistic suicide

Option C: fatalistic suicide

Option D: anomic suicide

Correct Answer: anomic suicide


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Option A: sociological research must contribute to a governments social policy

Option B: sociology should be optimistic about human achievements

Option C: sociology should make use of statistical evidence

Option D: sociology should adopt the same methods as the natural sciences

Correct Answer: sociology should adopt the same methods as the natural sciences


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Option A: Blood relation and neighborhood

Option B: divine of labor and specialization

Option C: the contribution individuals make to each other

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: divine of labor and specialization


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Option A: Auguste Comte

Option B: Spencer

Option C: Karl Max

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Spencer


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Option A: integration

Option B: conflict

Option C: social facts

Option D: consensus

Correct Answer: conflict


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Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: dramaturgical approach

Correct Answer: conflict perspective


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Option A: Talcat parson

Option B: Karl Marx

Option C: Max Weber

Option D: Emile Durkheim

Correct Answer: Karl Marx


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Option A: the movement towards religious pluralism

Option B: inspirational Protestant groups who revived religious ideas

Option C: new religious movements who rejected traditional forms of labor

Option D: Calvinists who engaged in ascetic practices to gain signs of salvation

Correct Answer: Calvinists who engaged in ascetic practices to gain signs of salvation


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Option A: Emile Durkheim

Option B: Adam Smith

Option C: Friedrich Engels

Option D: the Marx

Correct Answer: Adam Smith


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Option A: Charles Horton Cooley

Option B: Jane Addams

Option C: George Herbert Mead

Option D: Wright Mills

Correct Answer: Jane Addams


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Option A: Harriet Martineau

Option B: Herbert Spencer

Option C: Booker T Washington

Option D: W,E,B, Du Bois

Correct Answer: W,E,B, Du Bois


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Option A: dramaturgy

Option B: ideal types

Option C: functionalism

Option D: macro sociology

Correct Answer: ideal types


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Option A: Emile Durkheim

Option B: Max Weber

Option C: Karl Marx

Option D: Wright Mills

Correct Answer: Wright Mills


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Option A: Social Conesion

Option B: Individualism

Option C: Economic problem

Option D: none of these

Correct Answer: Individualism


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Option A: Weber

Option B: Marx

Option C: Comte

Option D: All of above

Correct Answer: Marx


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Option A: Biology

Option B: History

Option C: Sociology

Option D: Economics

Correct Answer: Sociology


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Option A: First phase

Option B: Second Phase

Option C: Last Phase

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Last Phase


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Option A: French thinker

Option B: American

Option C: British

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: French thinker


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Option A: Culture

Option B: Nationalism

Option C: Social groups

Option D: All of above

Correct Answer: Nationalism


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Option A: Social conflict

Option B: Social change

Option C: Solidarity

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: Social conflict


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Option A: North America

Option B: North Asia

Option C: North Africa

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: North Africa


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