Herbert Spencer believed that society is similar to a:
a. small group.
b. primitive tribe.
c. aggregate.
d. human brain.
e. living organism.
Question 2Which one of the following statements represents a criticism of the functionalist perspective?
a. It is too liberal.
b. It focuses on the small stuff..
c. It leaves us wondering about a part's overall effect.
d. It focuses on the have nots..
Question 3A 2001 study showed that more than 50 of newlyweds met their mates in the workplace. Sociologically speaking, meeting your future husband or wife at work would be considered:
a. a manifest function of workplaces.
b. a social conflict with workplace rules.
c. a latent function of workplaces.
d. a phenomenology.
e. adaptation to economics.
Question 4Which one of the following statements describes the best way to apply the three perspectives?
a. Only one perspective can give us a complete picture of a process or an event.
b. Most sociologists analyze an issue using one perspective.
c. The three perspectives should be viewed as opposing viewpoints.
d. We can acquire a more complete view of something by applying all three perspectives.
Question 5What did Robert K. Merton call social processes that contribute to the on-going operation or maintenance of society?
a. social functions
b. manifest functions
c. latent functions
d. paradigms
e. perspectives
Question 6Myra is from Mexico but is now a U.S. citizen. She speaks both Spanish and English, but speaks only English in public because she imagines people will think she an undocumented immigrant if she speaks in Spanish. Symbolic interactionists would call Mayra's assessment of how others see her as an example of
a. social order.
b. self preservation.
c. the negotiated order.
d. self awareness.
Question 7Which sociologist believed that social reform for the benefit of society and the rights of women should be goals of sociology?
a. Karl Marx
b. mile Durkheim
c. Harriet Martineau
d. W. E. B. DuBois
e. Herbert Spencer
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