Talcott Parsons and R.K. Merton Set 1

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This set of Sociological Theories Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Talcott Parsons and R.K. Merton Set 1

Q1 | Parsons takes _____________as the building block of the social system
  • Integration
  • Action
  • Value-orientation
  • Latency
Answer: Action
Q2 | The groups to which people compare their behaviour and try to act like them are known as
  • Membership group
  • Reference group
  • Mutual groups
  • Non-membership group
Answer: Reference group
Q3 | The concept of ‘dysfunction’ is a major contribution of
  • Durkheim
  • R.K Merton
  • Talcott Parsons
  • Max Weber
Answer: R.K Merton
Q4 | What are manifest functions?
  • Unrecognised and intended consequences of a social action
  • Recognised and unintended consequences of a social action
  • Unrecognised and Unintended consequences of a social action
  • Recognised and intended consequences of a social action
Answer: Recognised and intended consequences of a social action
Q5 | Latent Functions are always
  • Unrecognised and intended consequences of a social action
  • Recognised and unintended consequences of a social action
  • Unrecognised and Unintended consequences of a social action
  • Recognised and intended consequences of a social action
Answer: Unrecognised and Unintended consequences of a social action
Q6 | R.K. Merton is a
  • Structuralist
  • Structural- Functionalist
  • Conflict theorist
  • Interactionist
Answer: Structural- Functionalist
Q7 | Samuel Stouffer’s The American Soldier (1949) inspired Merton to propound his
  • Anomie
  • Functional Analysis
  • Middle-Range Theory
  • Reference Group
Answer: Reference Group
Q8 | Social Theory and Social Structure written by R.K. Merton was published in
  • 1946
  • 1947
  • 1948
  • 1949
Answer: 1949
Q9 | A rejection of both socially accepted goals and means and replaced by different means and goals is
  • Retreatism
  • Rebellion
  • Ritualism
  • Conformism
Answer: Rebellion
Q10 | R.K Merton’s Reference Group has
  • Membership only
  • Non-membership only
  • Membership and non-membership
  • None of the above
Answer: Membership and non-membership
Q11 | R.K Merton died in
  • 2003
  • 2013
  • 2005
  • 2015
Answer: 2003
Q12 | In the Mertonian frame work, what does conformity refer to?
  • Both goals and means are accepted
  • Goals are accepted and means are rejected
  • Both goals and means are rejected
  • Means are accepted and goals are rejected
Answer: Both goals and means are accepted
Q13 | In which book does Parsons outlined his AGIL paradigm?
  • The Social System
  • Essays in Sociological Theory
  • Towards a General Theory of Action
  • The Structure of Social Action
Answer: The Social System
Q14 | Which among the followings is not a pattern variable according to Parsons?
  • Ascription and Achievement
  • Affectivity and Effectivity
  • Expressive and Instrumental
  • Diffuseness and Specificity
Answer: Expressive and Instrumental
Q15 | With whose name can you associate ‘cathectic action’?
  • Max Weber
  • R.K. Merton
  • Talcott Parsons
  • Emile Durkheim
Answer: Talcott Parsons
Q16 | Which of the following is not the functional pre-requisites of Talcott Parsons’ social system?
  • Adaptation
  • Goal Attainment
  • Integration
  • Particularism
Answer: Particularism
Q17 | Talcott Parsons died on
  • 8th May, 1979
  • 9th May, 1979
  • 8th May, 1980
  • 9th May, 1980
Answer: 8th May, 1979
Q18 | Talcott Parsons theory is known as
  • Grand theory
  • Conflict theory
  • Middle-Range theory
  • None of the above
Answer: Grand theory
Q19 | Anomie means
  • statelessness
  • dysfunction
  • normlessness
  • regulation
Answer: normlessness
Q20 | Merton speaks of anticipatory socialisation in the context of
  • membership reference group
  • non-membership reference group
  • relative deprived group
  • All of the above
Answer: non-membership reference group
Q21 | By ____________, Parsons means the need to coordinate, adjust, and regulate relationships among various actors or units within the system in order to keep the system functioning.
  • Goal attainment
  • Adaptation
  • Integration
  • Latency
Answer: Integration
Q22 | Talcott Parsons is an ___________ sociologist
  • Australian
  • American
  • African
  • None of the above
Answer: American
Q23 | The concept ‘Anticipatory Socialisation’ has been developed by
  • Karl Marx
  • Max Weber
  • Emile Durkheim
  • R.K. Merton
Answer: R.K. Merton
Q24 | AGIL paradigm is associated with
  • Max Weber
  • Emile Durkheim
  • Talcott Parsons
  • R.K. Merton
Answer: Talcott Parsons
Q25 | Which of the following is not Talcott Parsons’ work?
  • The Social Systems
  • Social Theory and Social Structure
  • The Structure of Social Action
  • Economy and Society
Answer: Social Theory and Social Structure
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