1st LONG QUIZ

DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

I.DIRECTIONS: Choose the best answer to the following questions/statements

below.
1. Which of the following defines Marxism?
a. Marxism is the antithesis of capitalism.
b. It is a theory in which class struggle is a central element in the
analysis of social change in Western societies.
c. Marxism is the system of socialism of which the dominant feature is
public ownership of the means of production, distribution, and
exchange.
d. All of the above

2. Who viewed the structure of society in relation to its major classes and
the struggle between them as the engine of change in this
structure?
a. Karl Marx c. Ralf Dahrendorf
b. Lenin d. None of the above

3. __________ begins analytically with a conception of the social space as a field

of meanings, values, norms, statuses, and class; where status has the joint
meaning of formal positions (as in authoritative roles) and the informal
statuses of wealth, power, and prestige.
a. Class Conflict c. Social conflict
b. Class interest d. The Conflict Helix
4. Which of the following belong to the three classes related to sources of
income as distinguished by Marx?
a. Landowners whose main source of income is ground rent.
b. Owners of simple labor power or laborers whose main source of income
is labor.
c. Owners of capital or capitalists whose main source of income is profit
or surplus value.
d. All of the above

5. This is a criteria to which any collectively of human grouping with a similar

relationship would make a category not a class; if subjective criteria are not
included.
a. Capitalist criteria c. Objective criteria
b. Marxian criteria d. Subjective criteria

6. It is a vocal or other kind of gesture that has the same meaning and solicits
the same reaction between the one using it and to whom it is directed.
a. Language c. Symbol
b. Signs d. Objects

7. A/an __________ is anything that conveys meaning may it be an event,

pattern, action, and among others.
a. Language c. Symbol
b. Signs d. Objects

8. A __________ sign or symbol is anything associated with some other thing or

event, but it is produced and controlled by the very organisms that have
learned to respond to it.
a. Conventional c. Public
b. Natural d. All of the above
9. Which fact belong to the impact of using symbol on human beings.
a. Symbols transform the very nature of the environment in which the
human species live.
b. Symbols make it possible for the individual to be part of the very
environment to which he or she responds, thus it makes possible the
development of self
c. Symbols make it possible for the behavioral dispositions, or attitudes,
of one individual to be reproduced in another person.
d. All of the above

10. Which of the following DOES NOT belong to the phases of acts?
a. Impulse c. Perception
b. Tangible d. Manipulation

11. Functionalism is a sociological theory that explains social life using a

__________ approach.
a. Micro analysis c. Macro analysis
b. Interpretive analysis d. Statistical Analysis

12. Functionalism is a sociological theory that views society as

_________________.
a. Genetic c. Chaotic
b. Symbolic d. Stable

13. When a society’s parts work together to maintain stability, functionalists

refer to this as _________________.
a. Equilibrium c. Anomie
b. Social solidarity d. Latent function

14. Schools pass on generational knowledge, hospitals treat the ill, and religion
provides comfort. What is it called when a social institution serves a purpose
for society?
a. Symbol c. Dysfunction
b. Agency d. Function
15. Sociologists refer to parts of society that do not make positive contributions
to the stability of society as __________.
a. Dysfunctional c. Equilibrium
b. Functional d. False consciousness

16. Manifest functions are _________________.

a. Actions which cannot be measured
b. Intentional actions meant to fulfill a goal
c. Unintentional actions meant to fulfill a goal
d. Actions which usually result in dysfunctions

17. Education keeps a number of young people from being classified as

unemployed is an example of _________________.
a. Manifest Function c. Dysfunction
b. Latent Function d. Functional Imperative

18. This period within classical Marxism comprises the debates conducted
during the first decades following Marx’s death.
a. Early Socialism
b. The Marxism of the Third International
c. The Marxism of the Second International
d. None of the above

19. The term _______ denotes those theories and discussions that emerged, as it
were, in the space between dogmatic Marxism - Leninism and the reformism
of social democracy.
a. Austro - Marxism c. Maoism
b. Left Socialism d. Trotskyism

20.It is a social class which owns the means of production (i.e. land, factories,
machinery, raw materials, and commercial organizations which are used to
produced goods and services).
a. Bourgeoisie c. Social Status
b. Proletariat d. None of the above
21.He argued that the power of ideology was stronger than Marx had realized
and that more work is needed to be done to overcome cultural hegemony or
rule through common sense.
a. Antonio Gramsci c. Max Weber
b. Karl Marx d. Pierre Bourdieu

22. Which of these DOES NOT belong to the Marxist Three Levels of Culture
Model?
a. Infrastructure c. Superstructure
b. Structure d. Value

23. It happens when there are incompatible expectations attached to some

position in a social relationship.
a. Role Conflict c. Social Structure
b. Role Taking d. Social Act

24. Which of the following is the application of symbolic Inter-Actionism?

a. Creating reality c. Symbol Manipulation
b. Naming d. All of the above

25. The label symbolic interactionism was formulated by _______, which is the
process of interaction in the formation of meanings for individuals.
a. Blumer c. Dewey
b. Robert K. Merton d. Max Weber