Praxis II: Sociology Exam Prep - Question List

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21. Which of the following is the foremost sociological writer on the Holocaust?
  1. Zygmunt Bauman
  2. Auguste Comte
  3. Robert Merton
  4. Marcel Mauss
22. Rudy is a Hungarian-American male who largely speaks Hungarian in the home and continues to follow some traditional Hungarian customs and listen to Hungarian music. Which of the following is Rudy illustrating?
  1. Ethnocentrism
  2. Cultural pluralism
  3. Assimilation
  4. Social mobility
23. What is the actual biological potential to give birth?
  1. Bioavailability
  2. Verstehen
  3. Kinship
  4. Fertility
24. One of the main sociological concepts discussed when looking at religion is the stratification of the sacred and the profane. In which category would you find the behaviors and person that are capable of being totally understood and even changed?
  1. Sacred
  2. Profane
25. Who developed contagion theory, explaining that crowds tend to powerfully influence their members?
  1. Lewis Killian
  2. Ralph Turner
  3. Randall Collins
  4. Gustave LeBon

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