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THE CHICAGO SCHOOL QUIZ

Try this beginners quiz on the life and works of the Chicago School. There is no monetary prize for answering all 10 questions correctly, such a prize would merely serve to uphold the forces of commodity fetishism!


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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1. The Chicago School's ideas of the development of cities were based upon the ideas of:

Marxist theory

Ecological Theory

Freudian Psychoanalysis

2. Who was the first head of the sociology department at University of Chicago?


Robert E Park Albion Small WI Thomas

3. What profession did Robert Park suggest was analogous to the work of the sociological researcher?


Estate Agents Journalists Venture capitalistsThe Clergy

4. W.I. Thomas is famous for, amongst other things, the concept of the Definition of the Situation. Which of the phrases below did he use to illustrate the concept?

"If men define situations as real, then everybody else sees them as real"

"If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences"

"If men define situations as real, they are real"

5. What was so important to the sociologists of Chicago about a so-called 'zone of transition' in a city?


It would be an area with high rates of crime, deprivation etc It would have a very good bus service People in this zone generally walked a great deal faster than those living in other parts of the city.

6. The Chicago School became famous for its association with Symbolic Interactionism. Which of the following statements would best express the views of this set of ideas?

'Humankind is a semiotic species'

'Humankind is a symbolic species'

'Humankind is a shambolic species'

7. The 'Women of Chicago' set up and ran the Hull-House residency. They were led by:


Marion Talbot Vivien Palmer Jayne Addams

8. Who wrote the seminal text on the research methods of the Chicago School in 1928?

Vivien Palmer

Jayne Addams

Marion Talbot

9. How many chicago gangs did Frederic Thrasher collate and note in his book The Gang?


13

1,313

2,313

10. Which of these statements best expresses the views and work of the Chicago School?


'The city as conflict'

'The city in transition'

'The city as laboratory'