Sociology MCQs

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According to Durkheim the division of labor in industrial societies brings about______________?
A. Organic solidarity
B. A loss of social solidarity
C. Mechanical solidarity
D. Communal solidarity
Which of the following is not part of karl Marx,s theory of capitalism ?
A. Capitalist production exploits the working class
B. Class conflict is inevitable in capitalist societies
C. Industrial workers are the revolutionary class
D. Class struggle only occurs under capitalism
What does the functionalist perspective see as crucial for the maintenance of social order ?
A. Strong class-based identities
B. Multiculturalism
C. Moral consensus
D. A strong state
The theory of relative deprivation is an example of what ______________?
A. Macro sociological theory
B. Feminist sociological theory
C. Micro sociological theory
D. Middle-range sociological theory
Theoretical approaches can only be said to be valid if______________?
A. The theorist has researched the literature thoroughly
B. They have been tested out by means of factual research
C. They are written in such a way as to be impossible to disprove
D. They are shared by a large enough number of theorists
Which of these statements best represents C. Wright-Mills,s idea of the sociological imagination ?
A. Understanding the differences between the classical theorists
B. Bringing together private troubles and public issues
C. Seeing the social world as one made up of social facts
D. Avoiding explanations based on individual psychology