Question

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instructions: fill in the blanks with the correct term from the word bank below.

1. the proletariat is defined as:

a. people who own land
b. politicians
c. educated professionals
d. the working class that sells their labor
answer: ________

1. what is sociological imagination?

a. imagining a better society
b. understanding other people’s emotions
c. creating social experiments
d. the ability to connect personal experiences with larger social forces
answer: ________

1. what is the focus of social dynamics?

a. how society changes and evolves over time
b. how society remains the same
c. how individuals feel about their culture
d. how governments function
answer: ________

1. which of the following best describes latent functions?

a. the main goals of a social action
b. the rules written into law
c. the unintended and hidden consequences of an action or event in society
d. the public debates about social problems
answer: ________

Explanation:

Question 2

The proletariat, in Marxist theory, refers to the working class who do not own the means of production and must sell their labor to survive. Option A is about landowners, B about politicians, C about educated professionals—none match. D defines the proletariat correctly.

Sociological imagination, coined by C. Wright Mills, is the ability to link personal troubles to public issues (larger social forces). A is about imagining a better society, B about empathy, C about social experiments—none fit. D matches the definition.

Social dynamics (from Comte) focuses on social change and evolution over time. B is about social statics (stability), C about individual cultural feelings, D about government function—none match. A is the focus of social dynamics.

Answer:

D. The working class that sells their labor

Question 3