This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Sociology Chapter 2 Sociological Perspectives – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Sociology Chapter 2 Sociological Perspectives Quiz 26 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. According to the text, what is one way religion strengthens social stability? A) By promoting individualism. B) By discouraging social interaction. C) By encouraging economic competition. D) By providing a common set of beliefs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By providing a common set of beliefs. 2. Two wild animals fighting over a leftover carcass would align most closely with which sociological perspective? A) Functionalist Perspective. B) Interactionist Perspective. C) Conflict Perspective. D) Feminist Perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conflict Perspective. 3. Key individuals who influence a person's development are called ..... A) Significant Others. B) Acquaintances. C) Strangers. D) Colleagues. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Significant Others. 4. What are the component parts? A) Functional. B) Conflict. C) Symbolic Interaction. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Functional. 5. Fill in the blank: ..... are individuals who watch and record behaviors during research. A) Observers. B) Participants. C) Analysts. D) Respondents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observers. 6. Which theory would most likely argue that the process of self-realization is never truly complete but evolves continuously through social interactions? A) Structural Functionalism. B) Symbolic Interactionism. C) Social Constructionism. D) Looking Glass Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolic Interactionism. 7. Which perspective views government and politics remaining in the hands of the "power elite" as a small group of powerful people control much of society? A) Structural Functionalism. B) Conflict Theory. C) Symbolic Interactionism. D) Feminism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict Theory. 8. An example of a social institution is ..... A) The family. B) Europe. C) A country like the UK. D) A group of elephants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The family. 9. Seeing the general in the particular refers to A) Seeing how individual and small group behavior is part of a pattern. B) Seeing specific details of social interactions in new ways. C) Finding answers to social problems in individual situations. D) Looking for the "why" in human behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seeing how individual and small group behavior is part of a pattern. 10. Conflict theory A) Is in contrast to Functionalism. B) Examines unequal power distribution in society. C) Explains how unequal power can lead to change. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 11. In a food court, the restaurants are at competition with each other for resources including customers, workers, and overall economic success. This is reflection of which sociological perspective? A) Functionalism. B) Conflict. C) Interactionist. D) Post-Modernist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 12. Ms. Zaleski is young, fashionable, and beautiful. Normative or empirical statement? A) Empirical statement. B) Normative statement. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Normative statement. 13. I'm hangry!When I'm hungry, it's best if I eat slowly or I've found that I get nauseated when I eat too quickly. That's just me, though.Which perspective does this represent? A) Conflict Perspective. B) Functional Perspective. C) Symbolic-Interaction Perspective. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolic-Interaction Perspective. 14. What is the main purpose of symbolic interactionism? A) To study and interpret the meanings individuals give to their behavior. B) To analyze the economic systems and class struggle. C) To understand the functional prerequisites of society. D) To examine the role of gender in social interactions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To study and interpret the meanings individuals give to their behavior. 15. What messages are they sending with the action? A) Functional. B) Conflict. C) Symbolic Interaction. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolic Interaction. 16. Who found gender differences in subject choice, with girls preferring art, English, and drama? A) Spender. B) Bowles and Gintis. C) Anny Colley. D) Stables and Wikely. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anny Colley. 17. Which sociologist said that school is 'society in miniature'? A) Emile Durkheim. B) Pierre Bourdieu. C) Talcott Parsons. D) Louis Althusser. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emile Durkheim. 18. Who developed containment theory of deviance? A) Walter Reckless. B) Travis Hirschi. C) Edwin Sutherland. D) Robert Merton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walter Reckless. 19. Define manifest functions in the context of sociological perspectives. A) The hidden and underlying meanings of any social pattern. B) Intended and recognized consequences of any social pattern. C) The personal beliefs and values of individuals within a social pattern. D) Unintended and unrecognized consequences of any social pattern. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intended and recognized consequences of any social pattern. 20. How do people experience society? A) Functionalism. B) Conflict Theory. C) Symbolic Interactionism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolic Interactionism. 21. The flag was set to half mass and the stadium fell to their knees. A) Symbolic Interaction. B) Conflict. C) Functionalist. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolic Interaction. 22. Expressing a judgement about whether a situation is desirable or undesirable. (What do you think it should be) A) Normative Statement. B) Social Fact. C) Functional Analysis. D) Conflict Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Normative Statement. 23. What would be a critique of the Looking-Glass Self from a Social Constructionism perspective? A) Looking-Glass Self is too individualistic and fails to account for the influence of larger societal structures. B) Looking-Glass Self is too focused on the physical appearance of the self. C) Looking-Glass Self is too focused on the internal thoughts and feelings of the individual. D) Looking-Glass Self is too focused on the biological aspects of the self. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Looking-Glass Self is too individualistic and fails to account for the influence of larger societal structures. 24. Which perspective emphasizes competition and inevitable social change? A) Functionalist perspective. B) Interactionist perspective. C) Evolutionary perspective. D) Conflict perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conflict perspective. 25. Which of the following is an agency of non-formal education? A) University. B) Family. C) Peer group. D) Open University. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Open University. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClass 11 Sociology Chapter 2 Sociological Perspectives Quiz 1Class 11 Sociology Chapter 2 Sociological Perspectives Quiz 2Class 11 Sociology Chapter 2 Sociological Perspectives Quiz 3Class 11 Sociology Chapter 2 Sociological Perspectives Quiz 4Class 11 Sociology Chapter 2 Sociological Perspectives Quiz 5Class 11 Sociology Chapter 2 Sociological Perspectives Quiz 6Class 11 Sociology Chapter 2 Sociological Perspectives Quiz 7Class 11 Sociology Chapter 2 Sociological Perspectives Quiz 8Class 11 Sociology Chapter 2 Sociological Perspectives Quiz 9Class 11 Sociology Chapter 2 Sociological Perspectives Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books