A. political economy
B. symbolic interactionist
C. conflict
D. feminist
E. functionalist
Related Mcqs:
- Who coined the term sociology and is generally considered to be the founder of sociology ?
A. Karl Marx
B. Auguste Comte
C. Max Weber
D. Emile Durkheim - It is the fourth week of the semester and your class has decided that your sociology instructor Rashid Mukhtar is excellent! Professor Rashid Mukhtar is a disabled middle-aged male. For students in this class Professor Rashid Mukhtars master status is_____________?
A. excellent instructor
B. disabled
C. middle-aged
D. male - Which sociology perspective emphasizes that societies literally could not function if massive numbers of people defied standards of appropriate conduct ?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. labelling theory - Which theoretical perspective in sociology emphasizes the inter-dependence of component parts of society ?
A. Structural Functionalism
B. Feminism
C. Conflict
D. Staples
E. Symbolic Interaction ism - What major contribution did W.E.B DuBois make to sociology ?
A. He developed a theoretical understanding of racial inequality
B. He conducted research on the upper classes of Philadelphia
C. He chaired the first Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago
D. None of the above - Which sociological perspective emphasizes that the performance of major social institutions is generally efficient and desirable ?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. each of the above - Which of the following was not identified as a major theoretical perspective on social change ?
A. Functional theory
B. interactionist theory
C. Conflict theory
D. Cyclical theory
E. Evolutionary theory - When Comet wrote of sociology as a positive science he meant ?
A. that it should show people in the best possible light
B. that it should attempt to appeal to as many people as possible
C. that it should apply the same methods as physics or chemistry
D. that it should progress by positing new concepts and theories - Erving Goffman made a distinctive contribution to sociology by popularizing a particular type of interactionist method known as____________?
A. macrosociology
B. the dramaturgical approach
C. Verstehen
D. None of these - Which one of the following statements in not a key charge of postcolonial critiques against mainstream sociology ?
A. standard accounts of the origins of sociology focus on the industrial and French revolutions giving no weight to the significance of colonialism in shaping modern societies
B. the sociological gaze is Eurocentric failing to incorporate the experience of formerly colonized societies
C. sociology has described Western societies as developed or modem in opposition to the notion of non-Western societies as pre-modern traditional inferiors
D. the sociological imagination has always encouraged and enabled the voices of people across the world to be heard in sociological theorizing
