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Queen’s University Department of Sociology SOCY 325 Final Exam Fall 2012 3 hours INSTRUCTIONS (There are 40 multiple choice questions to this exam. You need to answer EACH question. ) 1. Fill out the Scantron form with your name and student number. Make sure both are correct. 2. When ready to answer a question, indicate your RIGHT answer on the Scantron form against the same question number as in the exam sheet. Do not mark more than once per question. 3. Make sure you have answered all 40 questions and that your name and number are properly indicated on the Scantron form. Hand back both the exam sheet and the Scantron form. EXAM QUESTIONS (answer all 40 on the Scantron form) 1. The scope of theory in this course is best described as: a) structural functional theory. b) post modernism. ¢) modernism. 2. Three common social facts addressed --directly and indirectly- by the theorists covered in this course are: the rise of fascism in Europe, the failure of widespread class-based revolt against capitalism, increased religious fundamentalism. a) false. b) true. 3. Heidegger’'s concept of Dasein includes: a) the notion of 'being-there'. b) time as sociologically significant. c) the idea that we are not isolated minds, but active participants in a world of meaning. d) all of the above. 4. "Authenticity” for Heidegger: a) means that we should always speak truthfully. b) is embracing both the past that forms us as well as the future in terms of our goals and wishes. c) denies the present as significant. 5. Time, as understood by Heidegger, functions sociologically through the past to determine who we are and through our pro;ectlon of ourselves into the future to direct our behavior. a) true. b) false.

6. A Coke ad executive and sociology grad, is very excited to use Heidegger's concept of “being in the world” or Dasein to sell more Coke. His ad campaign would then be: a) an image of many different people from all over the world simply being there, all smiling and waving to the camera as equals. b) a father looking thoughtfully down at the face of his newborn baby and hoping for the best for his child. ¢) an exciting display of the grandeur of nature, from around the world — no people. 7. Heidegger would describe us as all of the following EXCEPT: a) social beings who interpret themselves and their surroundings primarily through engaged action. b) participants in a determinate meta-narrative. c) as situated and historical. 8. Habermas is most closely associated with the concept of social emancipation as: a) the individual understanding and interpretation of social activities. b) the result of a grounded analysis of social events, such as the Holocaust. c) positivist approaches or understanding society as rationalized and predicted through science. 9. The “public sphere” is Habermas’ way of a) making the argument that in the face of a political legitimation crisis, a genuine public debate between equals is needed. b) defining the varied ways in which we differentiate between levels of sociality (from the external to the internal). ¢) locating the proper place for claims of what is true. 10. A good example of Habermas’ “communicative action” would be: a) a clear spoken individual who relies on widely accepted facts, and has no hidden agenda, no matter what their moral position. b) a clear spoken individual who relies on widely accepted facts, and has no hidden agenda, but could be considered unjustified in their moral position. c) a clear spoken individual who relies on widely accepted facts, and has no hidden agenda, and is considered justified in their moral position. 11. One of the main transformations to early 20" century social theory that Adorno introduced was the sociological consideration of: a) exchange vaiue. b) idealism. ¢) culture. 12. The reason why Adorno (and others like him in Critical Theory) attacked instrumental reason is because: a) he saw how the use of positivism exploited social groups. ‘ b) he was a Fascist. ¢) he saw how religious fundamentalism exploited social groups. 13. Bourdieu was a social theorist influenced by phenomenociogical thought and was an anti-marxist, who favoured agency over structure. a) true. b) false.

14. “Habitus” is a concept argued by Bourdieu which: a) is constituted in structure and always oriented to practical functions. b) is constituted in practice and always oriented to practical functions. c) is constituted in practice and always oriented to structural functionalism. 15. A good example of Bourdieu's “structuration” is: a) a traditional and married Jewish mother and Jewish father sharing Hanukkah with their lesbian daughter and her partner. b) a married Muslim mother and Muslim father refusing to host their lesbian daughter-in-law for Eid. ¢) a divorced Muslim mother and Jewish father coming together and hosting their lesbian daughter—in-law for Christmas. 16. Characteristically, Critical Theorists of the Frankfurt School: a) believe in the concept of unconstrained individual agency. b) critique mass homogeneous culture. ¢) critique heterogeneous culture. 17. Giddens’ “structuration” involves: a) rapid socio-structural change due to individual actions. b) conscious and unconscious connection by individuals to social structures. ¢) slow socio-cultural change due to structural evolution. 18. Giddens’ “Third Way” refers to reflexivity in terms of which of the following: a) practical consciousness — what we can act on but cannot articulate. b) unconsciousness — that which we don’t express or act on. c) discursive consciousness — what we are able to say to ourselves and to others. d)AandC. 19. Giddens’ theory of structuration works in explaining the world cycling champion, Lance Armstrong’s fall in the face of doping accusations as follows: a) Armstrong was determined a failure in relation to structured social expectations of a world-class athlete. b) Armstrong’s doping use is determined by ever-increasing performance expectations in elite athletics . ¢) Armstrong's doping use is an understandable but poor choice in the face of ever-increasing performance expectations in elite athletics. 20. Luhmann’s fascination with systems theory helps us understand society as: a) simply structural and functional. b) complex and based on discrete subsystems of meaning. ¢) hierarchical subsystems of meaning. 21. Luhmann's “functional differentiation” explains: a) how meaning circulates within specific social fields, such as aesthetics in art. b) how modern social complexity can be understood in terms of the functional needs of a subsystem. c) A and B.

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