QUESTIONS UNIT 1

Compte was the first and the only one that thought about society. TRUE. FALSE.

Brilliant thinkers such as k'ung Fu-tzu or Saint Thomas Aquinas wrote about society, imagining it as an ideal place rather than studying it as it really was. TRUE. FALSE.

As a field of research, sociology has a limited broad scope as depend on unstable variables. TRUE. FALSE.

According to Berger, the sociologist is the person who is interested in understanding the society but not in a disciplined way. TRUE. FALSE.

According to topic 1, the studies made by the sociology should be systematic, so you can reach understanding. TRUE. FALSE.

Sociology is part of social science because it studies aspects of human society and not part of natural science becuase it doesnt study features of nature. TRUE. FALSE.

A key element of sociological imagination is the ability to see your own society as an outsider would. TRUE. FALSE.

Some of the key thinkers of sociology include Karl Marx, Max Webber and Auguste Comte, who coined the term 'Sociology' in 1838 to describe a new way of looking at society. TRUE. FALSE.

The systematic study of human society is based on experienced and observation. TRUE. FALSE.

In the socioeconomic sphere , tourism has not dramatically affected . TRUE. FALSE.

As explained in the introduction to Sociology a Sociological Theory is a set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions or behavior. TRUE. FALSE.

According to Watson, Sociology involves the systematic study of patterns of human interaction. TRUE. FALSE.

According to Watson the sociology is the academic study of the relationships which develop between human beings as they organize themselves and are organized bu others in societies. TRUE. FALSE.

Structuration processes in social life: The ongoing process whereby individual initiatives are interwoven into the patterns of human interaction,which sometimes constrain and sometimes enable those initiatives. TRUE. FALSE.

Related to sociology a theory is a set of statements that seek to explain problems, actions or behavoiur. TRUE. FALSE.

What the sociology definitions from the biggest sociological thinkers have in common is the focus on the society as a whole and the importance of interactions and relationships and how they change peoples behavior and attitudes. TRUE. FALSE.

Did Comte come to the idea of studying the society in a new way due to the explosive growth of cities?. TRUE. FALSE.

Berger said that the sociology can be identified as the systematic study of human societies giving special emphasis to modern, industrialized systems. TRUE. FALSE.

Sociology is part of social science because it studies aspects of human society and not part of natural science. TRUE. FALSE.

In the introduction to sociology, there were 3 highlights from the Middle Ages to Modern World: The reformation, The Industrial Revolution and the French Revolution. TRUE. FALSE.

The funcionalist perspective empathises the way that parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability. TRUE. FALSE.

Copernicus, Gallileo and Newton used in the late 1800s the theological stage approach to study the society. TRUE. FALSE.

Contemporary sociology has as its main focus the institutions of advanced or industrialized societies and of the conditions of their transformation. TRUE. FALSE.

Sociology was, and continues to be, both a reaction to and a part of the social and cultural changes in which it was/is involved. TRUE. FALSE.

According to the text Comte's approach is called positivism: a way of understanding based on religion. TRUE. FALSE.

The conflict perspective assumes that social behaviour is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups. TRUE. FALSE.

Manifest functions are unconscious or unintended functions and may reflect hidden purpuses of an institution. TRUE. FALSE.

"New technologies displace people from employment and lead to the deskilling of others" is considered as one of the worries from the early 21st century. TRUE. FALSE.

There are only two stages in the development of Sociology through history, the Theological and the Scientific. TRUE. FALSE.

During the early 18th century workers were starting to be replaced by new technolgy. TRUE. FALSE.

The growth of the cities was one of the key factors to start studing the society. TRUE. FALSE.

There is no great difference between Sociology and physics. TRUE. FALSE.

human behaviour can never fully be explained by rigid "laws of society". TRUE. FALSE.

Comte believed that society operates according to its own laws. TRUE. FALSE.

The new discipline of sociology was born in England, France and Germany, precisaly where the changes were greatest. TRUE. FALSE.

" The structural-functional and social-conflict approaches share a micro-level orientation: a broad focus on social structures that shape society as a whole". TRUE. FALSE.

According to H.Spencer not all the functions of social structures are manifest (family, institutions, etc.). We can find also latent functions of social structures and social dysfunctions. TRUE. FALSE.

The society is an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change. TRUE. FALSE.

The sociologial perspective helps us live in a diverse world, think critically about the relative strenghts and weaknesses of all ways of life, including our own. TRUE. FALSE.

Tourism is a system in the world in which different societies, cultures, and habits are strictly disassociated. TRUE. FALSE.

The society is a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. TRUE. FALSE.

Leisure consists of other activities than from daily compulsory activities, although not every one understands leisure in the same way (SUBJECTIVE). TRUE. FALSE.

The society shapes our actions but it doesn't have any influence on our personal choices. TRUE. FALSE.

The society causes social troubles but it also creates values that helps us to build a more unified society. TRUE. FALSE.

H. Spencer compared society to the human body: social structures work together to preserve society. TRUE. FALSE.

Although every individual is unique, a society shapes the lives of its members in much the same way that the season influence our clothing and activities. TRUE. FALSE.

SPENCER USES THE HUMAN BODY TO DEFINE THE SOCIETY, AS ALL OUR SISTEMS WORK SEPARETLY IN THEIR OWN SPECIALICED FUNCTIONS. TRUE. FALSE.

In the social perspective, Individuals in the society have social control about social stratification, institution, family and others. TRUE. FALSE.

The symbolic-interaction approach is a framework for building theory that sees society as the creator of the everyday interactions of individuals. TRUE. FALSE.

The difference between Structural-functional approach and the social-conflict approach is the functional emphasis on stability and a cooperating society while conflict emphases on struggling and unequal society. TRUE. FALSE.

This approach focuses on how social patterns benefit some people while hurting others. TRUE. FALSE.

Sociology is just the study of social, of societies, of social structures. TRUE. FALSE.

Each human individual is an agent with wants, aspirations and sense of identity, which they don't bring to any decision to speak or act. TRUE. FALSE.

Sociology is simply the study of social, of societies, of social structures. TRUE. FALSE.

Structuration processes in social life: The ongoing process whereby individual initiatives are interwoven into the patterns of human interaction,which sometimes constrain and sometimes enable those initiatives. TRUE. FALSE.

Troubles are privately felt problems that spring from events or feelings in one individuals life. TRUE. FALSE.

According to Mills, in order to understand the experience of a person, a knowledge of his/ her social and historical context is needed. TRUE. FALSE.

Like other scientific disciplines, sociology engages in organized, systematic study and phenomena -human behaviour- in order to enhance understanding. TRUE. FALSE.

Issues affect short numbers of people and have their origins in the institutional arrangements and history of a society. TRUE. FALSE.

Sociology is just the study of the social, of societies and social structures. TRUE. FALSE.

The structural-functional and social-conflict approaches share a micro-level orientation. TRUE. FALSE.

''A fundamental concept for organizing the sociological imagination is the distinction between troubles and issues.''. TRUE. FALSE.

Sociology, tourism and leisure are closely related. False. True.

New discipline of sociology was born in Portugal, France, and Ireland. False. True.

The explosive growth of cities caused many social problems like pollution, crime and homelessness by the urban migrants. True. False.

Comte’s approach to sociology is called negativism: a way of understanding based on experience. False. True.