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Question 1: Who is considered the father of sociology and coined the term "sociology"?
A) Karl Marx
B) Emile Durkheim
C) Herbert Spencer
D) Auguste Comte
Question 2: What does the term "positivism" refer to in sociology?
A) Religious explanations of social phenomena
B) Scientific approach to understanding the social world
C) Rejection of empirical evidence
D) Metaphysical stage of development
Question 3: What type of suicide did Durkheim associate with low social integration?
A) Egoistic Suicide
B) Altruistic Suicide
C) Anomic Suicide
D) Fatalistic Suicide
Question 4: What is Herbert Spencer's theory best known for?
A) Collective conscience
B) Social Darwinism
C) Bureaucracy
D) Class conflict
Question 5: What is a key concept introduced by Emile Durkheim to explain the external social constraints on individuals?
A) Collective Unconscious
B) Social Darwinism
C) Social Facts
D) Alienation
Question 6: According to Karl Marx, the capitalist class that owns the means of production is called ?
A) Proletariat
B) Bourgeoisie
C) Clergy
D) Middle Class
Question 7: Which research method involves observing subjects in their natural environment without interference?
A) Secondary data analysis
B) Observation
C) Survey
D) Experiment
Question 8: What are the three stages of historical development proposed by Auguste Comte?
A) Theological, Metaphysical, Scientific
B) Classical, Modern, Postmodern
C) Primitive, Medieval, Industrial
D) Religious, Metaphysical, Scientific
Question 9: Which of the following is a micro-level sociological perspective?
A) Structural Functionalism
B) Symbolic Interactionism
C) Post-colonial Theory
D) Conflict Theory
Question 10: In research, the term "causation" implies ?
A) A general association between variables
B) That one variable directly produces a change in another
C) That two variables are unrelated
D) A spurious relationship
Question 11: What does the sociological imagination enable us to understand, according to C. Wright Mills?
A) The connection between personal troubles and social issues
B) Economic progress
C) Religious beliefs and practices
D) Individual freedom
Question 12: What is the primary concern of Emile Durkheim's study on suicide?
A) Family relationships
B) Psychological disorders
C) Social integration and regulation
D) Individual guilt
Question 13: Which type of solidarity, according to Durkheim, is based on interdependence in modern societies?
A) National Solidarity
B) Organic Solidarity
C) Functional Solidarity
D) Mechanical Solidarity
Question 14: What is the term for reasoning from specific observations to general theory?
A) Inductive reasoning
B) Hypothesis formulation
C) Scientific reasoning
D) Deductive reasoning
Question 15: In sociological research, what must be established to prove causality?
A) Correlation only
B) Random sampling
C) Temporal order, empirical association, and elimination of alternatives
D) Spurious relationships
Question 8: ?
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