The human action and interaction are understandable only through the exchange of meaningful communication or symbols, this is the basic assumption of_______________?

A. Conflict theory
B. Role theory
C. Symbolic interactionism
D. None of these

Post-modernist writers have argued that____________?

A. We live in a world of superficial fragmented images
B. No theory is better than any other anything goes
C. Society has changed, and we need new kinds of theory
D. All of the above

Theories must be____________?

A. Testable
B. Formulated prior to research
C. Based on pre-existing facts
D. Exclusively sociological

Sociological research frequently focuses on______________?

A. religious integration
B. immigration
C. globalization
D. suicide

Which of the following was not a key development leading to the birth of sociology ?

A. Enlightenment thinkers/philosophers
B. The industrial revolution
C. Globalization
D. Renaissance thinkers/philosophers

Karl Marx emphasized ____________ as a major factor in shaping social life ?

A. Psychology
B. Geography
C. Economics
D. Communism

The fourth major perspective in sociology is ___________________________ theory.

A. Political economy
B. Symbolic interactionist
C. Conflict
D. Feminist

Conflict theory is heavily indebted to the work of_____________?

A. Abell
B. Mead
C. Marx
D. Pareto

Which sociological theory emphasizes the meanings that people attach to various aspects of reality ?

A. Symbolic interactionism
B. Feminism
C. Conflict
D. Radical

Conflict and feminist theories both focus on______________?

A. consensus
B. subjective meanings
C. manifest functions
D. negotiated social orders