If conflict is institutionalized, it becomes:

• A) Less significant
• B) Less violent
• C) More complicated
• D) More violent

“The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism” was written by:

• A) Karl Marx
• B) Max Weber
• C) George Simmel
• D) Emile Durkheim

A Single overarching moral community is called:

• A) Profane
• B) Rituals
• C) Belief
• D) Church

Which of the following action is based on attributes such as race, sex and age?

• A) Affectivity
• B) Achievement
• C) Ascription
• D) Self-orientation

All of the following are characteristics of ideal bureaucracy EXCEPT:

• A) Sanctity of old rules
• B) Hierarchy of offices
• C) Downward communication
• D) Technical qualifications

Which type of rationality occurs with reference to universally applied rules, laws, and regulations?

• A) Formal
• B) Theoretical
• C) Substantive
• D) Practical

All of the following are characteristics of charismatic authority EXCEPT:

• A) Revolutionary force
• B) Extra ordinary qualities
• C) Super human powers
• D) Believe in Hierarchy

What does Marx stress about the conflict between human nature and the working conditions in a capitalist society?

• A) The contradiction is only a philosophical problem
• B) The contradiction is superficial and does not impact alienation
• C) The contradiction requires real social change
• D) The contradiction can be resolved through individual identification

Actions based on priority or attachment are known as:

• A) Particularism
• B) Affectivity
• C) Self-orientation
• D) Universalism

Society with organic solidarity is characterized by which type of law?

• A) Suppressive
• B) Restitutive
• C) Repressive
• D) Oppressive

Who among the following used the term society to explain the ongoing social process that precedes both the mind and the self?

• A) George Herbert Mead
• B) Herbert Blumer
• C) George C. Homans
• D) Emile Durkhiem

Historical materialism refers to:

• A) Increasing use of material capital throughout history
• B) Exploitation of workers for greater surplus value
• C) The way people conditioned to provide for their needs
• D) Reading historical materials to understand the past

According to Marx, which of the following serves as a sociological basis for alienation in capitalist society?

• A) Lack of technological advancements
• B) Division of labor and class structure
• C) Equal distribution of resources
• D) Shared understandings among workers

Who among the following initially used the idea of contradiction to understand historical change?

• A) Herbert Spencer
• B) Karl Marx
• C) Friedrich Hegel
• D) Talcott Parson

Structural Functionalism is a dominant theory of which era?

• A) 20th century
• B) 21st century
• C) 18th century
• D) 19th century

Who among the following is considered prolific writer in the Sociology of Religion?

• A) Talcott Parson
• B) Karl Marx
• C) Emile Durkheim
• D) Max Weber

Who among the following coined the term symbolic interactionism?

• A) George C. Homans
• B) Herbert Blumer
• C) George Herbert Mead
• D) Emile Durkhiem

The vocal gesture has predominantly provided the medium of social organization in human society. Who gave this statement?

• A) George C. Homans
• B) Herbert Blumer
• C) George Herbert Mead
• D) Emile Durkhiem

Which of the following system is seen as a patterned, ordered system of symbols?

• A) Personality system
• B) Social system
• C) Cultural system
• D) Economic system

Which of the following type of suicide occurs when regulation is excessive?

• A) Fatalistic
• B) Altruistic
• C) Egoistic
• D) Anomic