The major goal of sociology's pioneers, including Auguste Comte and Emile Durkheim, was ________
a. to serve the powerful.
b. to help build an ideal society.
c. to discover how society actually operates.
d. to prevent disruptive social change.
Question 2Sociology differs from the older discipline of philosophy by focusing on ________
a. what the ideal society should be.
b. human nature.
c. the place of God in shaping human events.
d. how society actually operates.
Question 3Sociology provides an advantage to students preparing for later careers by preparing them for work ________
a. only as teachers of sociology.
b. only in criminal justice or social work.
c. only as clinical sociologists.
d. in teaching, criminal justice, business, and many other careers.
Question 4We would expect the sociological perspective to be most likely to develop in a place that was ________
a. very traditional.
b. experiencing many social changes.
c. very poor.
d. small and socially isolated.
Question 5Examples of people applying their knowledge of sociology at work include people in medicine ________
a. declining to treat certain categories of people.
b. understanding patterns of health in a community.
c. working as clinical sociologists.
d. understanding that factors like race, class and gender have no effect on well-being.
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