Sociology workshop

Sociology. Seminar.

Task 1.

Question 1. What is the interpretation of sociology was given by O. Comte?
1.as a rigorous science based on empirical research methods
2.as a fundamental science that studies society as a whole
3.as behavioral sciences
Question 2. What did O. Comte consider the main task of sociology?
1.explain people's behavior
2. find the causes of social conflicts
3.explain how and why human society exists
Question 3. What problems do not belong to the field of study of sociology?
1.stratification
2. demographic
3.religious
Question 4. What is the originality of sociology, according to the point of view of M. Hendry?
1.in the abstractness of the level of consideration of the subject
2.in research methodology
3.In ideological engagement
Question 5. One of the methods of primary collection of information is
1.calculation
2.induction
3. survey
Question 6. Name one of the largest representatives of American sociology of the second half of the 20th century
1. M. Weber
2. K. Marx
3. T. Parsons
Question 7. A thinker who considered a person as a set of social relations?
1. Karl Marx
2.M. Weber
3. K. Popper
Question 8. Any social system, according to Karl Marx, is
1.system of sale
2.system of social relations
3.system of social differences
Question 9. What does macrosociology study?
1.family
2.small social groups
3.Society as a whole
Question 10. Who called sociology social physics?
1. J. Homans
2. E. Goffman
3. O. Comte
Question 11. What regulates life in any society?
1.social laws
2.religious norms
3.cultural traditions
Question 12. What laws determine social change?
1.dynamic
2.statistical
3.dialectic

Task 2.

Question 1. At what stage in the life of society, according to O. Comte, knowledge plays the leading role?
1.on theological
2.on the metaphysical
3.on the positive
Question 2. What methods of sociological research identified O. Comte?
1.observation, experiment, comparison
2.historical, genetic
3.all of the above
Question 3. Which scientist considered society by analogy with a living organism?
1.G. Spencer
2. O. Comte
3. K. Marx
Question 4. What model of society was used by K. Marx to describe the processes of social evolution?
1.mechanistic
2.theological
3.organic
Question 5. What is the main task of sociology according to Weber?
1.determine the objectives of the development of society
2.understand the meaning and significance of human actions
3.explain the uneven development of different societies
Question 6. In what form should be presented the results of "logical-empirical" research in sociology?
1.in the form of diagrams
2.in the form of reports
3.in mathematical form
Question 7. Who or what, according to P. Struve, can transform society?
1.class struggle
2.Educated individual
3.revolutions