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181. Conflict Perspective was revived in 20th Century by_______________?
- A. Meads
- B. C.Wright Mills
- C. Lewis Coser
- D. B & C
Explanation: C. Wright Mills and Lewis Coser helped revive conflict theory in the twentieth century by extending the analysis of power, inequality, and social conflict. Mead was an interactionist rather than a conflict theorist.
Correct answer: B & C182. The conflict Perspective is mostly based upon the work of______________?
- A. C.H Cooley
- B. G.H Meads
- C. Karl Marx
- D. None of these
Explanation: The conflict perspective is principally rooted in Karl Marx’s analysis of class division, economic inequality, and struggle between dominant and subordinate groups. Cooley and Mead are associated with interactionist approaches.
Correct answer: Karl Marx183. The Functionalist Perspective says that_______________?
- A. A society is an organized network
- B. All groups operate in a fairly orderly manner
- C. There are set of rules and values shared by all
- D. All of above
Explanation: Functionalism views society as an organized system whose groups and institutions generally operate in an orderly way through shared rules and values. Since all three statements express this view, the combined option is correct.
Correct answer: All of above184. society is seen as a stable system in_______________?
- A. Evolutionary Perspective
- B. Conflict Perspective
- C. Functionalist Perspective
- D. None of these
Explanation: The functionalist perspective treats society as a relatively stable and integrated system, with institutions contributing to continuity and order. Conflict theory instead emphasizes inequality, power, and instability.
Correct answer: Functionalist Perspective185. Modern Interactionists are______________?
- A. Erving Goffman
- B. Herbert Blumer
- C. Both a & b
- D. None of these
Explanation: Erving Goffman and Herbert Blumer are major modern interactionists who examined how people create meaning through everyday interaction. Blumer also coined the term symbolic interactionism.
Correct answer: Both a & b186. Evolutionary Perspective is based on the work of_______________?
- A. Comte and Spencer
- B. Marx and Weber
- C. All of above
- D. None of these
Explanation: Evolutionary sociology explains social development as movement through successive stages, an approach associated especially with Comte and Spencer. Marx and Weber developed conflict and interpretive approaches rather than the classical evolutionary perspective.
Correct answer: Comte and Spencer187. "Perspective "means____________?
- A. A working set of assumptions
- B. an approach
- C. both a & b
- D. None of these
Explanation: A perspective is both a general approach to studying society and a working set of assumptions that guides interpretation. Therefore, both descriptions apply.
Correct answer: both a & b188. Suicide by Durkheim was published in____________?
- A. 1878
- B. 1797
- C. 1897
- D. None of these
Explanation: Durkheim’s study Suicide was first published in 1897. It used comparative statistics to explain suicide as a social rather than merely individual phenomenon.
Correct answer: 1897189. "Principles of Sociology" was written in 1876 by______________?
- A. August Comte
- B. Herbert Spencer
- C. Max Weber
- D. None of these
Explanation: Herbert Spencer published The Principles of Sociology, beginning in 1876. Spencer applied evolutionary ideas to the development of social institutions.
Correct answer: Herbert Spencer190. The case of the former Soviet Union supports Kerr et al,s (1960) claims that___________?
- A. totalitarian regimes are incompatible with the requirements of advanced industrial technology
- B. democratic governments serve the interests of a ruling elite
- C. advanced industrial technology strengthens the power of totalitarian regimes
- D. communist societies disperse power between various political partiesPeople & Society
Explanation: Kerr and his colleagues linked advanced industrial technology with pressures toward more flexible, participatory political institutions. The Soviet experience supported the view that rigid totalitarian control was increasingly incompatible with the requirements of an advanced industrial society.
Correct answer: totalitarian regimes are incompatible with the requirements of advanced industrial technology