Feminist perspectives are distinctive in sociology because______________?

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1. Feminist perspectives are distinctive in sociology because_______________?

   A. only women can write from a feminist perspective
   B. other theoretical perspectives have not researched women
   C. they emphasize the centrality of gender in social analysis
   D. men and women view the world in different ways

2. 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

3. 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. I,m O.K, you,re O.k

4. 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

5. Both the functionalist and conflict perspectives agree that ?

   A. if ethnic stratification continues in a society conflict will decrease as people are socialized into the stratification system
   B. ethnic stratification will persist as long as it is in the best interests of those in power
   C. conflicts will be particularly likely and severe if class and ethnic cleavages coincide
   D. none of the above

6. Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding evolutionary perspectives on social change ?

   A. Lenski argues that evolution depends largely on changes in a society’s level of technology and made of economic production
   B. Social Darwinists like Spencer see evolution as inevitably leading to the downfall of society
   C. Contemporary approaches take a unilinear view of evolution and assume all change equals progress
   D. Parsons suggested that societies tend become simpler over time

7. All the perspectives are______________?

   A. quite opposing to each other
   B. complementary each other
   C. basically, the analysis of society from different angles
   D. B and C

8. Which of the following has not been central to feminist theorizing ?

   A. male domination in society
   B. male bias in sociological theory
   C. the gendered character of knowledge
   D. the experience of black women

9. Conflict and feminist theories both focus on______________?

   A. consensus
   B. subjective meanings
   C. manifest functions
   D. negotiated social orders
   E. structured social inequality

10. The term feminist standpoint, suggests_______________?

    A. taking a stand on the issues neglected by feminism
    B. studying society from the perspective of women
    C. the recognition of difference and diversity in women’s lives
    D. a tendency to ignore the gendered nature of knowledge