
Study Guide 1
Chapter 1 Introduction
I. Multiple-Choice Questions
1. Comte and Marx had radically different prescriptions for the social problems they observed, but they agreed that:
A.social traditions should always be maintained.
B.social change inevitably produces positive results.
C.individual lives are framed by the broader society in which people live.
D.a society's wealth should be controlled by those who are educated.
2. Where did sociology arise?
A.Portugal, Spain, and Italy
B.France, Germany, and England.
C.Poland, Romania, and Prussia.
D.China, Japan, and Thailand.
3. All of these individuals contributed to the structural-functional paradigm except:
A.Auguste Comte.
B.Herbert Spencer.
C.Karl Marx.
D.Emile Durkheim.
4. The person who influenced the development of the social-conflict paradigm was:
A.Marx Herbert Spencer.
B.Talcott Parsons.
C.Emile Durkheim.
D.Karl Marx.
5. Which of the following is NOT an assumption of positivism?
A. there is truth out there that exists independently of our opinions of it
B. the goal of the social scientist is to uncover the laws that govern human behavior
C. mathematics cannot be used in social sciences
D. human behaviors are observable and measurable
6. The paradigm referred to as the "framework that envisions society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict
and change" is the:
A.structural-functional paradigm.
B.social-conflict paradigm.
C.symbolic-interaction paradigm.
D.social organization paradigm.
7. The theoretical paradigm in sociology that assumes society is a complex system whose parts work together to
promote stability is the:
A.structural-functional paradigm.
B.social-conflict paradigm.
C.symbolic-interaction paradigm.
D.social organization paradigm.
8. What are the two components of the structural-functional paradigm?
A.Social statistics, social functions
B.Social statistics, social formation
C.Social structure, social functions
D.Social structure, social formation
9. The discipline of sociology is best defined as:
A.the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
B.the scientific study of human social activity.
C.the cross-cultural comparison of life choices and religious influences.
D.the study of human behavior.