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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Credit card consumerism
B Conspicuous consumption
C Designer consumerism
D Popular consumerism
Question #2
A hegemony
B false consciousness
C stratification cognition
D meritocracy
E ideology
Question #3
A The values and norms of many Americans in all class groups include attitudes of resignation and fatalism.
B Contrary to assumptions about the culture of poverty, members of the lower class often save and take actions that might lead them to improve their situations.
C Some people simply have a predisposition to making poor choices regarding finances.
D The poor often move into the middle class.
E It tends to blame the victims of poverty for their own misfortunes, while ignoring structural causes of inequality.
Question #4
A 40 percent
B 1 percent
C 15 percent
D 3 percent
E 27 percent
Question #5
A class consciousness
B social structure
C ideology
D false consciousness
E cultural capital
Question #6
A class consciousness
B cultural capital
C education
D ideology
E social welfare
Question #7
A caste
B the invisibility of poverty
C slavery
D ideology
E social reproduction
Question #8
A Weber believed that wealth, power, and prestige could all affect a person’s social class.
B Weber believed that class status was inherited and was an extension of the old feudal system.
C Weber did not believe that owning the means of production mattered in any way.
D Weber believed that wealth was the only factor that mattered, regardless of how that wealth was acquired.
E Weber did not have a theory of social class.
Question #9
A 99 percent
B 47 percent
C 53 percent
D 90 percent
E 10 percent
Question #10
A deviance that actively harms someone physically
B deviance that relates to a criminal record
C the form of acts that come with secondary deviance
D deviance that is active and is openly embraced
E instances where a rule violation is, or seems to be, an admirable act that should be supported
Question #11
A labeling theory
B deviance avowal
C structural strain theory
D differential association theory
E structural functionalism
Question #12
A Deviant behavior is glamorized in the media and therefore becomes increasingly attractive to young people.
B There are a lot of people with inborn antisocial tendencies.
C Deviant behavior has become so widespread that many people think of it as normal.
D American society is very lax in enforcing laws.
E The goal of success is shared by a majority of people, but not everyone has equal means for achieving that goal.
Question #13
A pragmatic analytical
B structural functionalist
C symbolic interactionist
D retreatist
E conflict theory
Question #14
A It helps to clarify moral boundaries, reinforcing the idea that marital infidelity is wrong.
B The anger and public outcry helps to rehabilitate the offender so he won’t give in to the temptation to cheat in the future.
C It helps to protect the family of the politician, who need scrutiny and media coverage in order to move on.
D Being forced out of office prevents him from ever cheating again.
E It helps to deter politicians from cheating in the future.
Question #15
A be a deeply held belief
B depart from a norm and generate a negative reaction.
C inspire feelings of revulsion or disgust.
D violate a law
E cause harm or injury to someone
Question #16
A charismatic leaders
B traditional leaders
C expressive leaders
D instrumental leaders
E democratic leaders
Question #17
A It reduces the degree to which members are attracted to the group.
B It makes it much harder for the group to achieve goals.
C It makes group members more susceptible to anomie, normlessness.
D It can lead to groupthink, in which dissenting opinions are strongly discouraged.
E It leads to endless rounds of discussion that tend to preclude any real action.
Question #18
A anomie, or normlessness.
B unemployment.
C the rise of hate groups.
D increasing reliance on technology.
E a need for new types of etiquette.
Question #19
A True
B False
Question #20
A False
B True
Question #21
A when an individual possesses a role that requires him to constantly challenge others, resulting in a great deal of conflict
B when one individual has multiple roles that are in conflict
C when an individual possesses a role that generates a great deal of controversy and conflict within her social circle
D when an individual possesses a role she finds objectionable
E when a role comes with contradictory expectations that lead to conflict within an individual
Question #22
A True
B False
Question #23
A punctuality, neatness, and discipline
B math, reading, and science
C vandalism, truancy, and other forms of deviance
D literature
E civics and the principles of American government
Question #24
A cooling the mark out
B impression management
C the existential dilemma
D peer socialization
E resocialization
Question #25
A In both football and society, individuals have to take into account the roles and points of view of everyone else.
B In both football and society, there are winners and losers.
C Football is one of the few games that allows individual agency.
D Both football and society use hegemonic power to maintain order.
E Both football and society involve hierarchy and rules that help the elite maintain their status.
Question #26
A We imagine others’ evaluations of us.
B We determine whether or not our parents’ evaluations of us are similar to our grandparents’.
C We modify our own behavior based on what we believe others think of us.
D
E We imagine how we appear to those around us.
F We develop a self-concept based on what we think others think of us.
Question #27
A interaction between commodities and social institutions.
B process by which individuals come to know one another.
C fact that human nature is essentially self-centered and must be unlearned.
D lifelong process by which people learn the norms, values, and beliefs of their culture.
E interaction between different societies’ cultures.
Question #28
A counterculture
B dominant culture
C subculture
D mixed culture
E subordinate culture
Question #29
A social group.
B subdominant culture.
C cultural spin-off.
D counterculture.
E subculture.
Question #30
A signs
B culture wars
C folkways
D multiculturalism
E sanctions
Question #31
A folkways
B all of these
C mores
D laws
E taboos
Question #32
A They use their own culture as a standard of judgment.
B They are practicing cultural relativism.
C They are part of a counterculture.
D They understand other values and beliefs within the proper cultural context.
E Other cultures are extremely different from theirs.
Question #33
A Culture shapes and defines who we are.
B Culture encompasses every aspect of social life.
C all of these
D Culture includes the habits and lifestyle choices of a group of people.
E Culture includes customs and rituals, as well as tools and artifacts.
Question #34
A ethnographic fieldnotes
B existing sources
C statistical analysis
D interview transcripts
E experimental data
Question #35
A when they use surveys
B when they use experimental methods
C when they use interviews and participant observation
D when they use ethnographic methods
E when they use historical research
Question #36
A They allow respondents to answer in simple dichotomies, like true/false or yes/no.
B They encourage respondents to include detailed responses.
C They allow respondents to opt out of a question if they don’t have an answer.
D They allow respondents to answer with their own opinions.
E They allow respondents to answer along a continuum, from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree.”
Question #37
A they have all read the prior literature on the subject area.
B they all understand the nature of the study and what will be asked of them.
C they have all agreed to participate in the study for monetary compensation.
D their confidentiality has been guaranteed.
E they all belong to the target population identified by the researcher.
Question #38
A Ethnography requires the researcher to spend little time gaining familiarity with the research subjects.
B Ethnography allows the researcher to gather abundant data on a small population.
C Ethnography is a quick and easy form of social science research.
D Ethnography requires no training since it’s something we all do as human beings.
E Ethnography allows the researcher to hold on to rigid stereotypes about others.
Question #39
A example of reactivity.
B hypothesis.
C ethical issue.
D research proposal.
E paradigm shift.
Question #40
A conflict theory
B postmodernism
C psychoanalysis
D structural functionalism
E symbolic interactionism
Question #41
A a cause for repression and sublimation.
B a source of mechanical solidarity.
C a latent function of increased security.
D a manifest function of the border patrol.
E a serious source of anomie.
Question #42
A conflict theory
B structural functionalism
C postmodernism
D psychoanalysis
E symbolic interactionism
Question #43
A The conditions of modern life create a psychic prison that leaves most people discontent with civilization.
B Increasingly, modern society has more laws and uses them to incarcerate more people in prison.
C Most aspects of life are increasingly controlled through rigid rules and rationalization.
D More and more people live under totalitarian dictators and so lose basic rights and freedoms.
E Increasingly, we live and work in smaller and smaller physical locations, as if crammed in a cage.
Question #44
A when the lower classes come to recognize how society works and challenge those in power
B when a vanguard party leads a violent revolution
C through the further development of false consciousness
D through a religious awakening
E when industrial production is perfected, so that most of the workers are unemployed
Question #45
A anger and disillusionment with progress
B a failure of the oppressed to recognize the source of their oppression
C a kind of social solidarity based on interdependence
D the transfer of destructive urges to socially useful activities
E normlessness, or a loss of social connections
Question #46
A Macrosociological—it explains how large-scale social institutions influence individuals.
B Microsociological—it explains how individuals shape and create large-scale social institutions.
C Macrosociological—it helps to understand how face-to-face interactions shape society.
D Both are useful in different ways, because they each provide different types of information about the same object of study.
Question #47
A Macrosociology
B Globalization
C the sociological imagination
D quantitative methods
E culture shock
Question #48
A We should consider the work ethic of the average citizen.
B We should ask those who are unemployed how much they want to work.
C We should worry about the intelligence level of the workers who have lost their jobs.
D We should consider the economic and political structures of the society.
E We should teach people how to take better advantage of their opportunities.
Question #49
A It will encourage growth in the field of microsociology.
B It will help generate more jobs for sociologists.
C It’s innately understood by nearly everyone, but rarely acknowledged.
D Many people remain unaware of the intricate connections between the patterns of their own lives and the larger course of history.
E It makes sociology classes more interesting.