Multiple Choice Questions

This is the thread where the questions will be posted.

What Architech of Sociology said that "Sociology is a Science?"
a. K. Marx
b. G. Simmel
c. A. Comte*
d. B. Malinowski

Who developed the theory of functionalism with a benevolent elite?
A. C.W. Mills
B. Auguste Comte *
C. Karl Marx
D. Herbert Spencer

Who was regarded as the father of the branch of social theory and method known as sociology of knowledge?
A. Auguste Comte
B. Antonio Gramsci
C. Karl Mannheim *
D. C.W. Mills

What theory, is the focus of biology?
A. Quantum Theory
B. Functionalism
C. Conflict Theory
D. Natural Selection *

Making assumptions about someone else's life without walking in their shoes is an example of what?
A. Cognitive Dissonance
B. Fundamental Attribution ERA *
C. Judging
D. All of the Above

Which of the following is an example of cognitive dissonance?
A. "I wanted to go to the concert, but i couldn't afford it; it probably wasn't a good show anyway."
B. "I know that taking office supplies home is wrong, but they don't pay me well enough and there are plenty lying around not being used."
C. "Yes, speeding is against the law, but it is important that I get to work on time."
D. All of the Above *

According to Professor Weiner which President was racist?
A. John Adams
B. George Bush
C. Andrew Jackson *
D. James Madison

Who is viewed as the father of interactionism?
A. Compte
B. Simmel *
C. Marx
D. Mills

Which sociologist would have primary interest in the following; power relations in society and the role of sociology as a source of valuable knowledge?
A. Gramsci
B. Spencer
C. Mills *
D. Ogburn

Besides humans what other creature makes war with their own kind?
A. Hippos
B. Sharks
C. Chimps *
D. All of the above

Weber said that society needed tradition in order to make capitilism work. Which "tradition" did he believe did that?
A. Calvinism *
B. Anarchist
C. Positivism
D. Luthernism

Beatings or physical abuse make children:
A. Stronger emotionally
B. Stronger physically
C. Weaker physically
D. Weaker emotionally *

Who said that people are motivated to self-actualization but are also afraid of it?
A. Erich Fromm *
B. Leon Festinger
C. Herbert Blumer
D. Kurt Lewin

How believed that the Earth was the center on the Universe?
A. Aristotle *
B. Galileo
C. Edmund
D. None of the above

Which of the following controlled information, Faith and excreta before the Enlightenment?
A. The Elite government
B. The Church *
C. The King
D. Scientists

Which of the following philosopher said, “Empiricism plays a major role in society’’?
A. Herbert Spencer
B. August Comte *
C. John Jacobs Russo
D. Karl Marx

How does the frontal lobe affect people in society?
A. People are able to control their fear, emotion and how one perceive them self. *
B. People are not able to communicate without it.
C. The frontal lobe effect us by able to remember things.
D. People are able to eat.

Why was being light Black skinned so important back in the days?
A. Light skinned blacks were able fit in with the crowed.
B. White accepted you for your color.
C. Got better opportunities.
D. All of the above *

The Elite white business class put which group ahead of everyone in return of following orders and kissing up to them?
A. Blacks
B. Mexican
C. Indians
D. Whites *

Who holds the power to discriminate?
A. White wealthy people *
B. Children
C. Blacks
D. Middle-Class Society

According to Meade what type of communication was most meaningful?
A. Verbal Communication
B. Texting
C. Emailing
D. Non-Verbal Communication *

Goffman studied "inmates of prisons and asylums in an effort to isolate the strategies they used in order to influence others impressions in desired ways." He did this by watching interactions with sound and then by watching the interactions without sound paying attention to the body language. This approach to interactional analysis is called what?
A. Commuturgical Approach
B. Dramaturgical Approach *
C. Symbolic Interactionalism
D. All of the Above

What was one of the reasons British anthropologist went back and talked about how primitive other cultures were?
A. For the hell of it
B. Because they simply were primitive
C. To scare people
D. To motivate their people into a capitalism society *

Who were the first people the KKK were after?
A. Priests *
B. Blacks
C. Immigrants
D. Native Americans

What is the only other species, besides humans, to wage war on themselves?
A. Chimpanzees *
B. Dolphins
C. Lions
D. Tigers

Who ruled France after the French Revolution?
A. Napoleon
B. A king
C. The church
D. Bourgeoisie *

Mediocrity, Weber viewed as:
A. The iron curtain of capitalism
B. The iron maiden of capitalism
C. The iron cage of capitalism *
D. The iron mask of capitalism

Which of the following sociologists is NOT associated with cultural relativity?
A. Gunnar Myrdal
B. Franz Boaz
C. Kurt Lewin *
D. Jared Diamond

What made the Europeans able to conquer the indians of the Western Hemisphere?
A. Germs *
B. Steel
C. Guns
D. All of the above

Which group was considered by Benedict to be more civilized?
A. British
B. French
C. Iroquois *
D. All equally

The Church slowly started to accept science because:
A. it seemed like the logical thing to do
B. it needed science to keep up with the wars going on in the world (guns/cannons) *
C. it wanted to use science as a way to gains the peoples trust by looking accepting to new things
D. all of the above

Comte's view on who should be the ones in charge to run society was:
A. the intellectuals *
B. the wealthy
C. the artisans
D. the farmers

Being lazy and having everything easy for you:
A. can be functional
B. is human nature
C. can be addictive *
D. all of the above

Those who were nurtured and cared for as young, versus those who were abused and mistreated:
A. tend to be spoiled
B. tend to be passive
C. survive best *
D. have little self control

What major advantage did the Europeans have over other societies they sought to conquer?
A. guns
B. germs *
C. steel
D. all of the above

The civil war was really about freeing slaves in order to:
A. do the morally right things
B. allow more white people to get paying jobs *
C. send slaves back to africa
D. allow negros to pay taxes

Transitioning common people from farmers to manufacturers required them to:
A. give up more of their freedoms
B. think *
C. conform
D. throw away their pasts

Who believed that people had the ability to make social change and needed to do it, but believed that people were not stepping up?
A. Weber
B. Benedict
C. Sumner
D. Mills *

Which Sociologist believed that people were not smart enough to create social change?
A. Mills
B. Weber *
C. Mydral
D. Addams

Which group of sociologist could be described by having a conservative perspective on social change?
A. Durkheim, Pareto and Weber *
B. Mills, Marcuse and Habermas
C. Durkheim, Mills and Weber
D. Habermas, Marx and Marcuse

What was something that Phillip Bobbitt in Terror and Consent assumed would help social change?
A. Having a huge police force *
B. Becoming globally united
C. Having the benevolent elite lead us
D. Becoming a communist society

Who was the first person to introduce facism?
A. Addams
B. Smith
C. Mousallini *
D. Praeto

Why did the experiment Mayo conducted with the assembly lines show that when they did things like play music, paint walls etc. the production total increased?
A. Because the music was fast beat so they worked faster to follow the beat
B. Because the colors they painted were motivating
C. Because the changes made them feel special,important, and needed *
D. All of the above

The socialist party was for which of the following
a. people to form groups
b. disorganization and corruption'
c. racism used to gain support from poor whites
d. Calivinism

Britain most likely called primitive people barabaric and unadvanced because
a. they wanted to justify their position
b. they had proven fact that this was true
c. they want to be proven wrong
d. all of the above

what part of the brain controls rage?
a. sternum
b. frontal cortex
c. cerebellum
d. spinal cortex

The U.S. made a deal with Mexico to _____.
a. keep their people deprived
b. provide jobs for u.s. citizens
c. keep their people from migrating to the u.s.
d. none of the above

How can a racist person "fix" themselves?
a. by going to therapy
b. by developing healthy relationships
c. by acknowledging their problem
d. all of the above

Herbert Marcuse and other members from the Frankfurt School observed which of the following?
a. The longer people participate in societal corruption the more they will begin to not even notice it

b. people feared self actualization and embraced authoritarianism

c. to break free from capitalist hegemony people must challenge sexual norms

d. all of the above

According to Marx, Proletarians are
a. factory workers
b. social avtivists
c. religous followers
d. authority

The iron cage of mental sterility was thought up by
a. marx
b. c.w. mills
c. boaz
d. weber

reciprocal altreism means which of the following
a. people have the capability to see individuals
b. what does not kill us makes us weaker
c. humans are obedient to authority
d. humans' ability to care about a rival with common interest

Jeffersonian democracy suggested which of the following?
a. italians and irish were not true white people
b. wanted to unite all whites; both poor and wealthy against all other races
c. every group of people is sophisticated enough to disallow dominance
d. all of the above

What is fundamental attribution error?
a. rationalize why something occurred according to the forces that act on you
b. ignore the perceived field of forces acting on people; making assumptions
c. to understand a person, you must understand them internally
d. needs are met by putting others out of power

who built the periodic table?
a. newton
b. alchemy
c. marx
d. aristotle

Manheim believed which of the following
a. sociology needed to be more mathematical
b. people need a powerful ruler
c. violence is the only way we can naturally function
d. power controls peoples' way of thinking

mode of sociey is_____
a. people's reason to live
b. government
c. human survival
d. the way people structure their lives

According to Dr. Weiner, what is the worst crime in America, based on who is in jail?

a.1st degree murder
b.living in the u.s. as an illegal alien
c.terrorism
d.being poor and black

which president promised poor whites security while dissing all other races?
a. george washington
b. george bush
c. andrew jackson
d. samuel adams

What is the main reason a teacher is hired for a large university?
A. experience
b. knowledge
c. research reputation*
d. popularity

Which group wanted to get rid of all government?
a. communist
b. democrats
c. hippies
d. anarchists*

According to Marcuse what did people use to cover up their "one dimensionality"?
a. conspiracy
b. denial*
c. blame
D. all of the above

According to Dr. Weiner what is all warfare going to turn into?
A. atomic bombings
b. political battles
c. guerilla warfare*
d. world peace

Which sociologist did the business men favor?
a. Spencer*
b. Marx
C. Comte
D. Mills

According to Dr. Weiner who did the people obey during fuedalism?
a. Marx
b. The king
c. The church*
d. themselves

What did Spencer believe kept society under control?
a. the church
b. fear*
c. the king
d. self-control

According to Boaz what do all cultures have in common?
a. warfare systems
b. the ability to adapt*
c. rulers
d. cruelity

According to Diamond what made the Europeans superior?
a. Better inteligence
b. better technology
c. better culture
d. geographical luck*

According to Diamond how did the Europeans kill most of the Native Americans/
a. diseases*
b. guns
c. superior knowledge
d. all equally

According to Dr. Weiner what is a result of cognitive dissonice?
A. Bulling*
b. friendships
c. self-awareness
d. mental disorders

Who created the Hull house?
a. Betty Friendan
b. Jane Addams*
c. Angela Davis
d. Boaz

Which sociologist studied Jews ans the rise of Hilter?
a. Hannah Arendt*
b. Kurt Lewis
c. Noam Chomsky
d. Angela Davis

Who thought a womens role in society is more than just a mother or housewife?
a. Betty Friedan*
b. Jane Addams
c. Peter Blau
d. Noam Chomsky

According to the Census, Which is true about men and women who work the same job/
a. men get less recognition
b. women will get paid less*
c. women make more money
d. men require less education

Which least affects connectiveness between a parent and child?
a. poverty*
b. abandonment
c. abuse
d. neglect

Who described people as being " one-dimensional"?
a. Durkhiem
b. Marcuse*
c. jurgen
d. Marx

What is the main reason a teacher is hired for a large university?
A. experience
b. knowledge
c. research reputation*
d. popularity

Which group wanted to get rid of all government?
a. communist
b. democrats
c. hippies
d. anarchists*

According to Marcuse what did people use to cover up their "one dimensionality"?
a. conspiracy
b. denial*
c. blame
D. all of the above

According to Dr. Weiner what is all warfare going to turn into?
A. atomic bombings
b. political battles
c. guerilla warfare*
d. world peace

Which sociologist did the business men favor?
a. Spencer*
b. Marx
C. Comte
D. Mills

According to Dr. Weiner who did the people obey during fuedalism?
a. Marx
b. The king
c. The church*
d. themselves

What did Spencer believe kept society under control?
a. the church
b. fear*
c. the king
d. self-control

*these are Alexandros's questions; im moving them here