Question 1

_____ believed that nearly all known societies are characterized by some system of division by economic class, which results in conflict as classes compete for wealth, power, and resources.

Auguste Comte

Emile Durkheim

Karl Marx

Harriet Martineau

Question 2

Formal organizations characterized by written rules, hierarchical authority, and a paid staff, intended to promote organizational efficiency, are referred to as:

Institutions

Universities

Bureaucracies

Government

Question 3

_____ established the first rules for conducting sociological research and examined the impact of modern society on social solidarity.

Auguste Comte

Émile Durkheim

Karl Marx

Harriet Martineau

Question 4

The bonds that unite the members of a social group is referred to as:

Culture

Social solidarity

Norms

Societal unity

Question 5

The scientific study of human social relationships, groups, and societies is known as:

Social science

Anthropology

Sociology

Psychology

Question 6

Patterned social arrangements that have an enabling or constraining effect on agency are referred to as:

Structure

Institutions

Free will

Socialization

Question 7

Accepted social behaviors and beliefs are referred to as:

Norms

Culture

Social status

Values

Question 8

The ability to evaluate claims about truth by using reason and evidence is referred to as:

Critical thinking

Sociological imagination

Scientific reasoning

Logical thought