Examination 1

A  a positive sanction

B  dysfunctional

C  alienation

D  validity

A  conflict

B  social dysfunction

C  culture shock

D  institutionalization

A  role conflict

B  anomie

C  false consciousness

D  cultural pluralism

A  conceptions that people have about what is true in the world

B  rules of conduct that guide people’s behavior

C  those things that have been shown by science to be true in the world

D  people’s ideas about what is good or bad, right or wrong

A  material culture

B  cultural imperialism

C  a self-fulfilling prophecy

D  multiculturalism

A  real and ideal culture

B  formal and informal sanctions

C  material and nonmaterial culture

D  taboos and mores

A  Language reflects the world in which we live

B  The language we speak shapes how we think about and perceive the world

C  Our perceptions of the world shape the kind of language that we speak

D  Language is a passive and neutral means of communicating what we perceive in the world

A  social control

B  latent solidarity

C  organic solidarity

D  mechanical solidarity

A  confirm our common sense assumptions

B  assume that common sense assumptions are wrong and not study them

C  find that the truth is more complicated than our common sense would suggest

D  directly contradict our common sense assumptions

A  “The history of all the hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggle.”

B  All of these reflect the functionalist view

C  “All parts work together to promote the stability of the whole.”

D  “Survival of the fittest.”

E  “Life is crude, brutish and short and the state of nature is a struggle of all against all.”

A  anticipatory socialization

B  the hidden curriculum

C  moral reasoning

D  the looking-glass self

E  the sociological imagination

A  an object that belongs to an entire group

B  a pattern or institution found in all societies

C  a written document outlining appropriate behavior

D  the ideas, attitudes and beliefs of a particular society

A  a conflict theorist

B  a symbolic interactionist

C  a feminist

D  a functionalist

A  the proletariat fighting each other for a position within the bourgeoisie

B  the enslaved bourgeoisie reclaiming power from the controlling proletariat

C  the bourgeoisie struggling for the allocation of resources amongst themselves

D  the working class proletariat taking the means of production from the wealthy bourgeoisie

A  constant

B  independent variable

C  hypothesis

D  dependent variable

A  A survey

B  Field research

C  Secondary data analysis

D  An experiment

A  used archival material to study suicide rates

B  used an experiment to demonstrate that automobiles with certain political bumper stickers were more likely to be stopped by police

C  used social research to demonstrate that segregation was harmful to young black schoolchildren

D  argued that societies were inherently unstable due to conflict between groups over resources

A  They are both micro-level.

B  They are both macro-level.

C  Micro-level; macro-level

D  Macro-level; micro-level

A  where the individual is isolated from his or her society, work, or sense of self

B  the strength of ties that people have to their social groups–a key factor in social life

C  the act of defying social norms in favor of group unity

D  feeling victimized by social forces which exist outside the individual

A  societies began to form where rainfall was plentiful; groups were able to grow flowers            instead of living nomadic lifestyles

B  tribes became nomadic, traveling to various locations in search of sustenance

C  animals were first domesticated as a resource for survival

D  cities and towns were established, and humans had more time for leisure activities

A  formal sanction

B  manifest function

C  latent function

D  latent dysfunction

A  culture shock.

B  role conflict.

C  cultural relativism.

D  an ascribed status.

A  labeling

B  disengagement theory

C  the looking-glass self

D  feminist sociology

A  value

B  norm

C  social institution

D  more

E  folkway

A  broad social structures (institutions) and how they interact with each other

B  how social life is “constructed” through everyday acts of social communication

C  structured inequalities in society

D  conflicts between “workers” and “owners”

A  historical and biographical analysis

B  reinforcement theory

C  common sense

D  the sociological imagination

A  a symbolic system through which people communicate and through which culture is transmitted

B  gestures, signs, and objects that help people understand the world

C  communication based on ideals, norms, and values

D  the exchange of gestures and signals for the purpose of reaching agreement about something

A  violating mores can have serious consequences if violated; violating folkways does not

B  there is no difference–mores are a kind of folkway

C  mores are based on norms; folkways are not

D  mores are legally acceptable to violate; folkways are not

A  could not exist together

B  are the same thing

C  could not exist without each other

D  are unrelated

A  reliability

B  bias

C  interpretation

D  validity

A  to ensure the financial gain of the researchers

B  to maintain value neutrality

C  to foster professionally responsible scholarship in sociology

D  to report findings accurately

E  to guarantee the safety of their participants

A  Hawthorne effect

B  regressive Effect

C  authority effect

D  Heisenberg Principle

E  Thomas Theorem

A  paper/pencil questionnaires

B  observation

C  experiment

D  unstructured interviews

A  conflict

B  ethnocentrism

C  diffusion

D  appropriation

E  discovery

A  Conflict Theory

B  Symbolic Interactionism

C  Functionalism

D  Figuration

A  a testable proposition.

B  philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them.

C  a true statement.

D  an attempt to different aspects of social relationships.explain large-scale relationships.

A  Karl Marx’s false consciousness.

B  C. Wright Mill’s sociological imagination.

C  W.E.B. Du Bois’ double consciousness.

D  Auguste Comte’s positivism.

A  quantitative analysis of social transgressions.

B  systematic study of society and social interaction(s)..

C  theoretical examination of life’s origins.

D  qualitative analysis of human phenomena.

A  discrimination

B  prejudice

C  ethnocentrism

D  stereotype

E  cultural relativism

A  ethnocentrism

B  cultural relativism

C  a self-fulfilling prophecy

D  racism