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Sociology Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. The phrase “survival of the fittest,” or the belief that the best aspects of society would survive over time, was coined by a. Auguste Comte. c. Karl Marx. b. Max Weber. d. Herbert Spencer. ____ 2. The social science that studies human society and social behavior is a. sociology. c. anthropology. b. psychology. d. political science. ____ 3. The social science that deals with mental processes and behavior is a. sociology. c. anthropology. b. psychology. d. political science. ____ 4. Which social science studies people and events of the past? a. political science c. history b. social psychology d. economics ____ 5. What is anthropology? a. the social science that deals with behavior and mental processes b. the comparative study of past and present cultures c. the social science that studies human society and social behavior d. the study of past events and people ____ 6. This French philosopher is considered by many to be the founder of sociology. a. Auguste Comte c. Karl Marx b. Émile Durkheim d. Herbert Spencer ____ 7. Which of the following terms does not describe the bourgeoisie? a. capitalists c. workers b. own the means of production d. a class of society ____ 8. Which scientist conducted a study in 1897 that examined the suicide rates in several European countries? a. Karl Marx c. Auguste Comte b. Émile Durkheim d. Max Weber ____ 9. What is political science? a. the study of the choices people make in an effort to satisfy their needs and wants b. the study of the organization and operation of governments c. the study of past events d. the study of how the social environment affects an individual’s behavior and personality ____ 10. A _____ function is an unintended and unrecognized consequence of an element of society. a. manifest c. theoretical b. latent d. conflict ____ 11. A _____ perspective focuses on forces in society that promote competition and change. a. historical c. theoretical b. latent d. conflict ____ 12. Which sociologist set up Hull House in Chicago to assist the poor? a. Harriet Martineau c. W.E.B. Du Bois b. Jane Addams d. Émile Durkheim ____ 13. Which of the following is an example of nonmaterial culture? a. computer c. book b. rule d. car ____ 14. Respect for the American flag is an example of what? a. technology c. norm b. symbol d. language ____ 15. A commitment to the full development of one’s personality, talents, and potential is a. individualism. c. self-fulfillment. b. narcissism. d. internalization. ____ 16. Which of the following would be considered a member of the counterculture? a. elderly woman running a business in Chinatown b. solider training at boot camp c. college student protesting in the street d. lawyer defending client accused of murder ____ 17. Which statement best describes cultural universals? a. They ensure fulfillment of needs and are unique to certain cultures. b. They ensure fulfillment of some needs and are common to all cultures. c. They describe interactions between countercultures. d. They are common only in North American countries. ____ 18. A friend says, “My country is the best of all.” What does this statement reflect? a. subculture c. ethnocentrism b. relativism d. cultural universal ____ 19. Some groups in society share values, norms, and behaviors that are not shared by the entire population. The unique cultural characteristics of these groups form what? a. more c. subculture b. cultural lag d. cultural trait ____ 20. What are norms? a. shared beliefs about what is good or bad or right or wrong b. the organization of written or spoken symbols into a standardized system c. shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations d. products used by society Matching a. b. c. d. e. Sociology Culture Values Norms Folkways f. g. h. i. j. Mores Cultural Universals Cultural Relativism Symbols Sociological Imagination ____ 21. The study of human society and social behavior ____ 22. Norms that describe socially acceptable behavior, but do not have great moral significance attached to them. ____ 23. Ability to see the connection between the larger world and ourselves ____ 24. Common features that are found in all human culture. ____ 25. Anything that represents something else ____ 26. Norms that have great significance attached to them. ____ 27. Shared products of human groups, physical objects, beliefs, values, human behaviors shared by a group. ____ 28. Belief that cultures should be judged by their own standards. ____ 29. Shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific “normal” situations. ____ 30. Shared beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable.