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51. According to durkheim the greater rates of suicide in protestants were due to more emphasis on____________?
- A. Social Conesion
- B. Individualism
- C. Economic problem
- D. none of theseExplore Philosophy Books
Explanation: Durkheim argued that Protestantism encouraged greater individualism and weaker social integration, leaving Protestants more vulnerable to egoistic suicide. Social cohesion would reduce, rather than explain, this risk.
Correct answer: Individualism52. Class conflict is the basic theory of_______________?
- A. Weber
- B. Marx
- C. Comte
- D. All of aboveTake Sociology Courses
Explanation: For Marx, conflict between social classes, especially between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat, is the central driving force of historical change. Weber also studied conflict, but class conflict is most fundamentally identified with Marx.
Correct answer: Marx53. Which branch of science according to comte would ultimately include all other sciences_____________?
- A. Biology
- B. History
- C. Sociology
- D. Economics
Explanation: Comte placed sociology at the top of the hierarchy of sciences because it studies society as a whole and integrates knowledge from the other sciences. Biology, history, and economics were not his proposed final all-inclusive science.
Correct answer: Sociology54. Scientific or positive phase is the____________?
- A. First phase
- B. Second Phase
- C. Last Phase
- D. None of these
Explanation: In Comte's law of three stages, the positive or scientific stage comes last, after the theological and metaphysical stages. It explains phenomena through observation and scientific laws rather than supernatural or abstract causes.
Correct answer: Last Phase55. Auguste Comte was a_______________?
- A. French thinker
- B. American
- C. British
- D. None of these
Explanation: Auguste Comte was a French thinker who coined the term sociology and is often called its father. The other options identify different national backgrounds.
Correct answer: French thinker56. Asabiyah is an Arabic concept modernly referring to_______________?
- A. Culture
- B. Nationalism
- C. Social groups
- D. All of above
Explanation: Asabiyah originally means group solidarity or social cohesion, but in modern political usage it is commonly associated with nationalism. Culture and social groups are broader related ideas, not the most precise answer here.
Correct answer: Nationalism57. Ibne Khaldun was born in______________?
- A. North America
- B. North Asia
- C. North Africa
- D. None of theseSocial Sciences
Explanation: Ibn Khaldun was born in Tunis in 1332, placing his birthplace in North Africa. He later became a major Arab historian and early sociological thinker.
Correct answer: North Africa58. Which of the following sociologists never wrote a book and about whose thoughts most of our knowledge is presented in an edited volume of his lectures published by his students after his death ?
- A. George Herbert Mead
- B. Kari Marx
- C. Em-ile Durkheim
- D. Max Weber
Explanation: George Herbert Mead published no full book during his lifetime; Mind, Self, and Society was compiled from his lectures and notes by students and colleagues. Marx, Durkheim, and Weber each produced major works under their own names.
Correct answer: George Herbert Mead59. Erving Goffman made a distinctive contribution to sociology by popularizing a particular type of interactionist method known as_________________?
- A. macrosociology
- B. the dramaturgical approach
- C. Verstehen
- D. I,m O.K, you,re O.k
Explanation: Goffman treated everyday interaction as a performance in which people present themselves before an audience, using concepts such as front stage and back stage. This is called the dramaturgical approach, not Verstehen, which is associated mainly with Max Weber.
Correct answer: the dramaturgical approach60. In the library Louanne observes a woman sitting at a table by herself A man comes up and sits at the other end of the table the woman frowns and shakes her head no The man gets up and moves to another table Lounne concludes that the woman did not want to share a study table The theoretical perspective Louanne is using is_______________?
- A. the conflict perspective
- B. the functionalist perspective
- C. the interactionist perspective
- D. none of the above
Explanation: The interactionist perspective focuses on meanings communicated through everyday interaction, such as the woman’s frown and head movement being interpreted as refusal. It examines the situation at the micro level rather than through institutions or power structures.
Correct answer: the interactionist perspective