Related Mcqs:

1. The pragmatist philosophy used in Symbolic interactionist Theory teaches that_______________?

   A. theory must be augmented by straightforward plausible methods
   B. we can find true objective knowledge of the world through our senses
   C. knowledge is produced in everyday practical situations
   D. the best social theory was developed in Prague

2. In Symbolic Interactionist Theory Mead defined the generalized other as______________?

   A. the group of structural theories of society that he was reacting against
   B. the overall impression of ourselves that we try to give off to others
   C. a significant figure in early childhood who teaches us the general values of society
   D. an image of how people in the wider society might perceive our behavior

3. Which research technique would sociologists who adhere to the symbolic interactionist perspective use? most likely to employ ?

   A. interviews
   B. experiments
   C. quantitative measurement
   D. observation
   E. surveys

4. 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

5. 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

6. An instructor wants to determine if giving essay tests increases student learning one class that the instructor teaches she continues to test as she has always done In another class she gives the students essay s She then measures the differences in learning if any between the two classes The class that is given essay s is the_______________?

   A. control group
   B. representative group
   C. experimental group
   D. correlation group

7. An instructor wants to determine if giving essay tests increases student learning In one class that the instructor teaches she continues to test as she has always done In another class She then measures the differences in learning if any between the two classes The class that is given essay s is the______________?

   A. control group
   B. representative group
   C. experimental group
   D. correlation group

8. Mass-society theory suggests that_______________?

   A. the content of the media is determined by market forces
   B. the subordinate classes are dominated by the ideology of the ruling class
   C. the media manipulate the masses as vulnerable passive consumers
   D. audiences make selective interpretations of media messages

9. The limitation of symbolic interactionism is that________________?

   A. It overlooks micro-level interaction
   B. It overlooks macro-level interaction
   C. It cannot count for culture
   D. None of these

10. Which of the following influenced the theoretical approach known as symbolic interactionism ?

    A. Georg Hegel
    B. George Herbert Mead
    C. Talcott Parsons
    D. Ralf Dahrendof