Sociology Quiz

Sociology is the scientific study of ________________________ and human behavior. Use the word bank: society, sociological, sociological imagination, social.

A ________________________ is a group of people who share a culture and a territory. Use the word bank: society, sociological, sociological imagination, social.

Sociologists take a ________________________ perspective, which focuses on the world at the social level. Use the word bank: society, sociological, sociological imagination, social.

The ________________________ is the ability to look for and wonder about the relationships among people and events. Use the word bank: society, sociological, sociological imagination, social.

Sociologists look at ________________________ issues, not individual issues. Use the word bank: society, sociological, sociological imagination, social.

What does a sociological perspective focus on?

• The individual

• The social level

• Both individual and social levels

• Natural phenomena

All of these are examples of how sociologists look at society differently EXCEPT

• Looking for the general in the particular

• Looking for the strange in the familiar

• Looking for change over time

• Focusing on individual behavior

What is a social issue?

• An issue that affects a single person

• An issue that affects a small group of people

• An issue that stretches across groups and society

• An issue that is not related to society

Fill in the blank with the correct words from the word bank: Institutions are ____________________ aspects of society that address basic human needs.

Fill in the blank with the correct words from the word bank: Institutions have accepted and persistent ____________________, values, and statuses.