Q. Who among the following coined the term ‘symbolic interactionism’?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
herbert blumer
Schools of Sociological Theory 1 MCQs and Notes
Q. Alexander believed that according privilege to the ________________ level was a “theoretical mistake.”
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
micro
Q. For Jeffrey Alexander, normative, non-rational, and affective actions constitute ____________ dimensions of his multidimensional sociology.
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
non-material
Q. In terms of the micro-macro debate, ethnomethodologists argue that:
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
micro and macro structures are generated simultaneously.
Q. Ethnomethodology has been subject to criticism because it:
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
has lost sight of its radical reflexivity.
Q. According to ethnomethodologists, conventional sociologists look at everyday speech as a(n):
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
resource.
Q. Ethnomethodologists are critical of traditional sociologists because the latter tend to:
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
rely too much on statistical analysis of data.
Q. With which of the following statements would an ethnomethodologist agree?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
gender is something that social actors accomplish.
Q. Which of the following is the term that ethnomethodologists use to describe the ways in which social actors explain specific situations?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
accounts
Q. ___________________ was the founder of ethnomethodology.
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
harold garfinkel