Seçmeli Ara Sınav - Introduction to Sociology

Soru 1:

Which of the following is NOT an element of the state?

A) Economy B) Government C) Folk D) Country E) Authority

Soru 2:

Which of the following refers to the societies in which the gain of livelihood is based on domesticated livestock such as cattle or sheep?

A) Hunting and gathering societies B) Traditional states C) Agrarian societies D) Pastoral societies E) Modern societies

Soru 3:

I. Traditional authority II. Charismatic authority III. Rational-legal authority Which types of authority written above are types that Weber distinguishes?

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

Soru 4:

Which of the following is the best option to complete the sentence below? ' ............... is an equipped political organization ( government ) whose goal is to restore social order, justice and benefit of society; relying on resident human population ( folk ) in a particular piece of land ( country ), and has the ultimate legitimate control ( authority ).'

A) Paternalism B) Laicism C) Religion D) Authority E) The state

Soru 5:

Which one of the followings can be considered as a pre-industrial social system?

A) Capitalism B) Industrialism C) Post-Industrialism D) Mercantilism E) Caste System

Soru 6:

A construction worker’s quitting his/her job and starting to work as a cleaner can be given as an example to which of the following concepts?

A) Downward mobility B) Upward mobility C) Horizontal mobility D) Lack of mobility E) İnstable mobility

Soru 7:

Which of the below sociologists is NOT one of the important contributors of Frankfurt School or Critical Theory?

A) Max Horkheimer B) Erich Fromm C) Herbert Marcuse D) Ralf Dahrendorf E) T.W. Adorno

Soru 8:

“One’s freedom ends where another's begins” Which of the following terms can be a useful tool in the interpretation of this point of view?

A) Collective consciousness B) Anomie C) Suicide D) Social order E) Social transformation

Soru 9:

Which of the followings used the term "sociology" for the first time?

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

Soru 10:

Which of the following is the best option to complete the sentence below? 'A ............... is a socially organized social behavior pattern that reflects the established appearance of the society, which are continuously repeated, maintained and approved by the social norms.'

A) social action B) social structure C) social life D) social institution E) social fact

Soru 11:

Which approach simulates social life as a play?

A) Ethnomethodology B) Symbolic interactionism C) Postmodernism D) Dramaturgy theory E) Phenomenology

Soru 12:

Which of the following statements is among Durkheim's arguments?

A) Individuals have sanction power on society through social facts. B) Social facts have important functions maintaining the continuity of natural selection. C) Collective consciousness forms the basis of a central value and norm system. D) Moral consensus or social ethics, which is based on collective consciousness, is closely related to geography. E) When conflicts in capitalism increase, socialism, which is a classless society stage, will prevail.

Soru 13:

Which one of the following contributed to the development of structural functionalism ?

A) Saint-Simon B) Marx C) Durheim D) Weber E) Simmel

Soru 14:

Who is an influential Hegelian Marxist?

A) Gramsci B) Parson C) Gidden D) Langman E) Merton

Soru 15:

How feminists explain inequalities between men and women in terms of the concepts of patriarchy and gender?

A) Patriarchy refers to a female dominanted social structure B) Patriarchy reflects the authority of mother or woman C) Gender defines biologically created differences between men and women D) The differences between men and women in terms of their social roles stem from their biological differences E) Gender differs from biological sex, which specifically defines the biological differences between these two sexes

Soru 16:

Which of the followings is the ideology in which there is no separation of powers or rule of law, and which is ruled by a single party infused with a frequently racist and always nationalist petit bourgeois ideology?

A) Conservatism. B) Neoliberalism. C) Socialism. D) Liberalism. E) Fascism.

Soru 17:

Conflict theories focus on inequality and struggle among different groups while Functionalism focuses on consensus. Conflict theories neglect social change whereas Functionalism mainly focuses on it. Conflict theories assume that society benefits everyone whereas Functionalism does not assume that society benefits everyone. Which of the assertion(s) given above is/are true?

A) I-II B) I-III C) II-III D) Only I E) Only III

Soru 18:

Which one of the following is the sociological approach that presents an evolutionary theory of social transformation?

A) Postmodernism B) Symbolic Interactionism C) Conflict-Theory D) Functionalism E) Feminism

Soru 19:

Who criticized Marx because he focused on economic factors as the determinant factors of social transformation?

A) Max Weber B) Emile Durkheim C) Saint-Simon D) Auguste Comte E) Herbert Spencer

Soru 20:

In which of the following ideology type the market is seen to be morally and practically superior to government and any form of political control?

A) Fascism B) Neoliberalism C) Socialism D) Conservatism E) Liberalism