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1. According to Durkheim, how does anomie perpetuate crime?

2. What is group structure in social psychology?

3. What is sociological social psychology?

4. Which type of psychologist studies the behavior of people at work as well as


their behavior within the structure and culture of each particular business
or company? a. industrial/organizational b. environmental c. comparative d.
sociological

5. What is social-organizational psychology?

6. Which conceptual framework looks at how societies are held together by


power not by individuals and groups? a) functionalism b) social exchange c)
conflict theory d) ecological systems theory

7. What do you think sociology is? What do sociologists study? How do we


view the world? How do we analyze it?

8. Give examples of questions that would be asked by sociologists who are


researching steroid use under each of the following sociological
approaches: A. Structural functionalism B. Conflict theory C. Symbolic
Interactionism

9. Can the psychology of an individual be influenced by society?

10.Which sociological theory of deviance argues that deviant behaviors result


from social, political, or material inequalities of a social group? a. Social
strain typology. b. Labeling theory. c. Social conflict approach. d. Structural
functionalism. e. Non

11.Who coined the word Sociology? a. Emile Durkheim b. Karl Marx c. Auguste
Comte d. Max Weber

12.Who focused Sociology on the study of suicide, crime, law, and religion? a.
Emile Durkheim b. Karl Marx c. Auguste Comte d. Max Weber

13.How do sociologists study the social aspects of psychology?


14.What is the study of social group dynamics called?

15.What do social psychology and sociology have in common?

16.Which of the following sociological theories argues that deviance creates


social cohesion (through such things as public punishment)? a) Conflict
theory b) Functionalism c) Symbolic interactionism d) Dramaturgy

17.Which psychologists would most likely equally engage in both applied and
basic research? a. industrial-organizational b. health c. engineering d. social

18.According to Malinowski's theory of "functionalism," society primarily


functions in order to meet which of the following needs? a. Biological. b.
Religious. c. Social. d. Political.

19.Describe how the sociocultural perspective emphasizes the dynamics of the


social and cultural forces that shape every aspect of human behavior.

20.Contrast the structuralist and functionalist forces in the history of


psychology. b) Discuss the emergence of behaviourism in psychology and
describe how it differed from structuralism and functionalism. What will be
an ideal response?

21.What is industrial-organizational psychology?

22.Classify each of the following people and concepts as being associated with
(a) structuralism or (b) functionalism.

23.Discuss how critical theory and psychoanalysis challenge understandings of


the relationship between the organization and society.

24.What is the social world in psychology?

25.Identify two major topics associated with industrial and organizational


psychology and summarize what you have learned about these topics.

26.What is the sociological model of mental illness?

27.How can social psychology help the needs of society?


28.Define social psychology. (b) Give a brief historical overview of social
psychology.

29.Which part of I/O psychology involves creating structures and company


cultures that will improve worker performance? a. (human) integration b.
(job) orientation c. organizational d. industrial

30.Durkheim argued that social facts had an existence of their own (sui
generis) that was not reducible to individual psychology. What do you think
about his argument? Are there ways of thinking, acting, and feeling that
exist outside of us as individuals bu

31.What are the ways an individual's personality is influenced by society and


culture, according to Erikson's theory of psychosocial development?

32.What system makes up social, psychological and biological analysis?

33.What is sociocultural psychology?

34.What is group process in social psychology?

35.What is the meaning of group in social psychology?

36.What is functionalism in psychology?

37.What is the purpose of sociological theory in psychology?

38.Which of the following thoery sees society as a stage where actors play
their social roles and give impressions to those in their audience? a)
dramaturgy b) social exchange theory c) game thoery d) utilitarianism

39.Social engineering is: a) a general concept to describe the use of


government by the psychologists or other social institutions to improve
society through science. b) a general concept to describe the use of science
by the government or other social inst

40.Define social psychology. How social psychology is related to its scientific


nature?
41.Which major sociological perspective do you find most compelling? Why? 2.
Which major sociological perspective do you find least compelling? Why?

42.What is social constructivism in psychology?

43.Is social learning theory functionalist?

44.Who founded the sociocultural perspective?

45.How does social psychology differ from sociology?

46.What are the biological, psychological and sociological theories in


gerontology?

47.Who founded functionalism?

48.Define industrial and organizational psychology.

49.What is social influence in social psychology?

50.What is functionalism according to William James?

51.Who developed sociocultural theory?

52.What is studied in social psychology?

53.What are social psychologists primarily concerned with?

54.What is social perception in social psychology?

55.How does Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development apply to


contemporary society?

56.Social engineering is: a) a general concept to describe the use of


government by the psychologists or other social institutions to improve
society through science. b) a general concept to describe the use of science
by the government or other social ins

57.Who famously referred to religion as "the opium of the people"? a. Mary


Douglas b. Karl Marx c. Max Weber d. Emile Durkheim
58.What is the sociocultural perspective of human development?

59.Which of these sciences is not linked to organizational behavior? a. Social


psychology. b. Psychobiology. c. Political science. d. Anthropology.

60.What is the sociocultural perspective in psychology?

61.Social engineering is: A. a general concept to describe the use of science by


the government or other social institutions to improve society through
policies. B. a general concept to describe the use of government by
psychologists or other social institut

62.What is the role of group dynamics in organizational psychology?

63.What is the nature vs. nurture debate in sociology?

64.What is group behavior in social psychology?

65.What is social psychology?

66.Social psychologists are increasingly trying to test hypotheses with


participants who are not university students living in the Western world.
Why is this important? If you could examine a question of everyday human
behavior, where would you most want to

67.Which of the following do sociologists study? a. Groups. b. Cognitive


Disorders. c. Personality. d. None of the choices.

68.What are social relationships in psychology?

69.How does the sociological perspective apply to individual behavior?

70.What is the sociocultural model in abnormal psychology?

71.What is social thinking in psychology?

72.What is group influence in social psychology?

73.What is social-cultural perspective in psychology?


74.What is the social-cultural perspective in psychology?

75.Which of the following psychologists is most likely to conduct pure


research? a. experimental b. organizational c. consumer d. human factors

76.Who founded social-cultural psychology?

77.What is a sociocultural perspective?

78.Which of these individuals was proficient at classifying psychological


disorders from a biological standpoint? a. Kreapelin b. Freud c. Durkheim d.
Jung

79.What is group structure in psychology?

80.What is social behaviorism?

81.What are the branches of social psychology?

82.What is schema in social psychology?

83.In the long run, Functionalism ________. a. Was completely eradicated by


Freudian Psychology b. Was submerged by Behaviourism for 30 years but
the questions it posed have re-emerged c. Was submerged by Freudian
Psychology for 30 years but the questi

84.Which area of study is one of the American Psychological Association s


foundational areas of contemporary psychology? \\ a. research design and
statistical analysis b. psychodynamic theory c. history of psychology d.
developmental and social psycholog

85.What is social category theory?

86.What is evolutionary psychology in sociology?

87.Explain how the theory of evolution influenced early functionalist


psychology, particularly in the United States. That is, what did functionalism
and the theory of evolution have in common?
88.What are the wider implications of Durkheim's suicide for understanding
society?

89.What is Social Cognitive Theory? Who was involved in founding this theory?

90.What is the social role theory in psychology?

91.What is the sociocultural perspective in biology?

92.What is social theory in psychology?

93.Which perspective is most likely to look at the dynamics of interpersonal


relationships in small groups? a. Symbolic interactionism b. Conflict theory
c. Structural-functionalism d. Marxist theory

94.Explain how social psychology is different from sociology, social work,


marriage and family therapy and other fields of psychology.

95.What is sociocultural theory?

96.Is social work considered psychology or sociology?

97.What is social loafing in psychology?

98.What are the social approved relationships in psychology?

99.Who is the founder of social psychology?

100. What does the psychoanalytic-social perspective comprise of?

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