Which sociologist saw that the “definition of the situation “could mold the thinking and personality of the individual ?

Related Mcqs:

1. We all for most of the time try to be a model personality A model personality is one that represents ?

   A. All possible cultural traits
   B. Most of the cultural traits
   C. None of the cultural traits
   D. None of these

2. Which sociologist distinguished between significant others and generalized others ?

   A. George Herbert Mead
   B. Charles Horton Cooley
   C. Erving Goffman
   D. W.I. Thomas

3. Which of the following -perhaps the first sociologist to recognize the critical importance of religion in human societies stressed the social impact of religion ?

   A. Max Weber
   B. Emile Durkheim
   C. Karl Marx
   D. Talcott Parsons

4. Ludwig Feuerbach,s views on the alienation involved in transferring human values and ideas onto gods and spirits as distinct from human societies influenced the ideas of which classical sociologist ?

   A. Max Weber
   B. Emile Durkheim
   C. Vilfredo Pareto
   D. Karl Marx

5. In Society in America which early sociologist gave special attention to status distinctions and to such factors as gender and race ?

   A. Emile Durkheim
   B. Max Weber
   C. Auguste Comte
   D. Harriet Martineau

6. The distinction between elements of material and nonmaterial culture was made by sociologist ?

   A. Max Weber
   B. George Murdock
   C. Margaret Mead
   D. William F. Ogburn

7. Sociologist Alvin Goldner sees Erving Goffman’s work on social behavior as implicitly reaffirming the status quo especially social class inequalities Gouldner,s critique is associated with the_____________?

   A. functionalist perspective
   B. conflict perspective
   C. interactionist perspective
   D. psychoanalytic perspective

8. Which sociologist introduced the concept of culture lag ?

   A. William F. Ogburn
   B. Talcott Parsons
   C. Auguste Comte
   D. Thorstein Veblen

9. Which of the following was an early Black sociologist active in the struggle for a racially egalitarian society who was critical of theorists who semmed content with the status quo ?

   A. Harriet Martineau
   B. Herbert Spencer
   C. Booker T Washington
   D. W, E.B Du Bois

10. The sociologist responsible for the modern-day adaptation of strain theory is______________?

    A. Weber
    B. Cohen
    C. Marx
    D. Merton
    E. Chambliss