Spring 2011 UM Soc. 101 D- Aurélie La Torré
Mid-term Exam 1 Key
Duration: 50 minutes
Nature: Total of 50 items (39 multiple-choice questions, 11 true/false questions)
The questions are designed to:
- either assess your ability to remember or recall basic and foundational pieces of knowledge
related to the course;
-or assess your ability to think critically about the subject.
Please read each question carefully before reading the answer options.
Be aware that some questions may seem to have more than one right answer, but you are to
look for the one that makes the most sense and is the most correct .
When you have a clear idea of the question, find your answer and mark your selection on the
answer sheet.
Please do not make any marks on this exam.
The correct answers are highlighted in green
1) Who was the first person to propose that the scientific method could be applied to the
study of social life?
a) Karl Marx
b) Auguste Comte
c) Emile Durkheim
d) Max Weber
2) What are sociologists encouraged to practice to understand people from a framework of
their own culture?
a) Cultural relativism
b) Cultural diffusion
c) Cultural leveling
d) Ethnocentrism
3) Actions intended to have beneficial consequences are _________.
a) correct functions
b) dysfunctions
c) manifest functions
d) latent functions
4) In contrast to Marx's view on social change, Max Weber makes the argument:
a) Government and politics are the main source of social change.
b) Religious beliefs are the main source of social change.
c) Education provides the main force for social change.
d) Economics are the central force of social change.
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