Unit 1 Foundations of Sociology Test

What is sociology primarily defined as?

• The study of individual behavior

• The scientific study of social behavior and human groups

• The study of economic systems

• The study of political systems

Who coined the term "sociology"?

• Karl Marx

• Max Weber

• Auguste Comte

• Émile Durkheim

According to C. Wright Mills, what concept describes the awareness of the relationship between personal behavior and wider culture?

• Social context

• Social construct

• Sociological imagination

• Social figuration

Which sociologist established the first European department of sociology?

• Herbert Spencer

• Karl Marx

• Max Weber

• Émile Durkheim

What term describes aspects of social life that shape a person's behavior, including laws, morals, and values?

• Social constructs

• Social facts

• Social context

• Social imagination

Which sociological theory focuses on meaning attached to human interaction and symbols?

• Conflict theory

• Structural functionalism

• Symbolic interactionism

• Functionalist theory

Who is credited with developing the theory of the social self?

• George Herbert Mead

• Herbert Spencer

• Harriet Martineau

• Max Weber

What level of sociological analysis examines large-scale issues and large groups of people?

• Micro-level

• Meso-level

• Macro-level

• Individual level

Which sociologist wrote "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism"?

• Karl Marx

• Max Weber

• Auguste Comte

• Émile Durkheim

What term describes the ability to make our own individual choices?

• Social construct

• Agency

• Figuration

• Habitualization