Final Sınavı - Introduction to Sociology

Soru 1:

According to Marx and Engels, which of the following emerges on the basis of law?

A) Social appetite B) Friendly relationships C) Relations originating from people’s sense of searching for their fellows D) Relations of solidarity arising from similar and different needs E) Relationships of exploitation among classes

Soru 2:

Which one of the followings is a scholar who approached to the family in a critical way?

A) Talcott Parsons B) Edmund Leach C) Emile Durkheim D) Le Play E) G. P. Murdock

Soru 3:

Which of the following cannot be listed among the forms of ethnocentrism?

A) homophobia B) heterophobia C) acrophobia D) xenophobia E) islamophobia

Soru 4:

Which of the following thinker is among Marxist feminists?

A) Christine Delphy B) Diana Leonard C) Margaret Benston D) Judith Butler E) Rosemarie Tong

Soru 5:

Which of the following philosopher described the sociology of law as “sociologia juridica”?

A) Anzilotti B) Durkheim C) Marx D) Montesquieu E) Weber

Soru 6:

Which of the following is one of the people who influenced the development of economics sociology?

A) Weber B) Comte C) Saint-Simon D) Durkheim E) Spencer

Soru 7:

"....refers to individuals’ and groups’ respectability, prestige, and reputation in a group and the society."Which of the following sentences completes the definition the best?

A) Asset B) Status C) Social Mobility D) The life chance E) Social Inequality

Soru 8:

The term culture has now turned into a universe of meanings that includes different layers of meanings. Which below is not one of them?

A) Development of the human mind B) The development process C) The means of progression D) The mental state of the mind E) The evolution of humans as a species

Soru 9:

How does the social-conflict paradigm approach to the issue of religion?

A) As an issue that is in essence a phenomenological issue B) As a cultural aspect of different societies C) As an issue that legitimizes social inequality in the society D) As an issue that serves for a particular function in the society E) As an issue that is in essence a theological issue

Soru 10:

Which is true for norms? I. There are two kinds of norms, official and unofficial norms. II. Punishments and rewards are explicitly stated for unofficial norms. III. Every society develops a normative order.

A) Only III B) I and II C) I and III D) II and III E) I, II and III

Soru 11:

Which of the following is not an idea argued by Karl Marx?

A) Religion could not be understood apart from the capitalist society that maintained inequality B) Religion is a popular reaction to oppression C) Marx accepted Feuerbach’s view that religion represents human self-alienation D) Society is more powerful than the individual. E) Alienation is the process by which people lose control over the social institutions they themselves invented

Soru 12:

I.Defines the members of the group and determines mutual relationships II. Resolves disputes III. Regulates the behaviors Which of the above are the functions of law as a social concept?

A) Only I B) Only II C) Only III D) I and II E) I, II and III

Soru 13:

Which of the following is defined as a subdiscipline in philosophy that deals with art and beauty, and is closely related to philosophy of art?

A) Culture B) Aesthetic C) Tolarance D) Civilisation E) Development

Soru 14:

In the eighteenth century, the development of which science resulted in an understanding of culture as "whole way of life"?

A) Sociology B) Psychology C) History D) Anthropology E) Art

Soru 15:

Which of the following is NOT what Conflict Theories focus on?

A) Consensus B) Power C) Social division D) Inequality among different groups E) Struggle among different groups

Soru 16:

Which of the following is defined as "The thoughts or principles that are thought to be true and necessary by the majority of its members in order to sustain the existence of a society or a social group"?

A) Norm B) Aesthetic C) Culture D) Value E) Ideology

Soru 17:

Which of the following is a criticism directed to Murdock’s definition of family?

A) He has been criticized for idealizing the family B) He has been criticized for ignoring the conflict between parents and among children C) His analysis of the family largely depends on American middle class family D) He fails to explain working class or ethnic minority families E) Murdock in particular has been criticized for ignoring the alternatives of the nuclear family

Soru 18:

Which one of the followings does not illustrate a function of law as a social concept?

A) Resolves disputes B) Regulates behaviors C) Ensures that the social power is organized and legitimizes it D) Protects from internal hazards E) Realizes the legal organisation

Soru 19:

With which of the following social science disciplines does sociology have a very close relationship in three dimensions such as making use of it, being interested in values and helping it in terms of new questions to arise?

A) History B) Philosophy C) Psychology D) Anthropology E) Political sciences

Soru 20:

Which of the following is the founder of culture- functional approach in classical sociological theory?

A) Karl Marks B) Walter Benjamin C) Emile Durkheim D) Herbert Marcuse E) Clifford Geertz