Lesson 4.1.3.3
4.1.3.3 Positivism, interpretivism and social facts Quiz: AQA Sociology, Unit 1
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The 20 questions
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According to Durkheim, social facts exist independently of individuals and exercise what over them?
- Constraint
- Free choice
- Subjective meaning
- Social mobility
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In his 1897 study of suicide, Durkheim argued suicide rates were determined by what?
- Individual choices
- Social facts
- Personal psychology
- Genetic factors
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Which sociological approach advocates using scientific methods to study observable social facts?
- Positivism
- Interpretivism
- Phenomenology
- Postmodernism
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What German term did Max Weber use for empathetic understanding in social research?
- Alienation
- Verstehen
- Socialisation
- Anomie
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Positivists assume that sociological research can and should remain what?
- Culturally relative
- Subjective
- Emotionally involved
- Value-free
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What key aspect of human behaviour do interpretivists claim positivism ignores?
- Quantitative trends
- Subjective meanings
- Statistical patterns
- Structural causes
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Which theoretical perspective focuses on how social actors create meanings through micro-level interactions?
- Functionalism
- Interactionism
- Positivism
- Marxism
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What did Max Weber call an analytical tool constructed to measure real-world cases against?
- Value consensus
- Ideal type
- Theoretical paradigm
- Social fact
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Which type of data is a major strength of positivist research methods?
- Rich narrative data
- High empathetic insight
- Reliable quantitative data
- Deep subjective validity
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Which sociologist argued that social facts should be treated as things?
- Max Weber
- Karl Marx
- Talcott Parsons
- Emile Durkheim
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According to interpretivists, how are social structures created and maintained?
- Through economic laws
- Through shared meanings
- Through genetic traits
- Through biological drives
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Which sociological approach focuses on understanding the subjective meanings participants attach to behaviour?
- Positivism
- Marxism
- Interpretivism
- Functionalism
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Which sociological approach studies the common-sense methods people use to construct everyday social order?
- Positivism
- Ethnomethodology
- Marxism
- Structural functionalism
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What is the primary goal of interpretivist sociological research?
- Measuring social statistics
- Establishing causal relationships
- Discovering universal laws
- Understanding subjective meanings
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Why do positivists prefer using large-scale quantitative datasets?
- To explore emotions
- To achieve depth
- To gain Verstehen
- To uncover patterns
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According to Durkheim, social facts exist external to individuals and exert what upon them?
- Subjective meaning
- External constraint
- Genetic instinct
- Biological desire
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Why do interpretivists reject Durkheim's concept of objective social facts?
- Ignoring human agency
- Lacking statistical data
- Overusing experiments
- Focusing on meanings
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What is the positivist position regarding personal values in sociological research?
- Subjective bias
- Value relevance
- Value commitment
- Value freedom
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Using official suicide statistics to identify social patterns reflects which approach?
- Ethnomethodology
- Positivism
- Interpretivism
- Phenomenology
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According to Durkheim, social facts must be explained by what?
- Other social facts
- Biological factors
- Individual psychology
- Genetic traits
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