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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A face-saving
B cooperation
C social manipulation
D teamwork
Question #2
A partial cure for ethnocentrism
B cultural universal
C symbol
D material object
Question #3
A Robert Merton
B Charles H Cooley
C Emile Durkheim
D Karl Marx and W.E.B. DuBois
Question #4
A A student is expected to take exams in two different classes on the same day.
B A surgeon is operating on her own daughter.
C Being a close friend of your boss.
D A student is assigned to work extra holiday hours that conflict with her class schedule.
Question #5
A participant observation in restrooms
B violating his participant’s privacy
C using graduate students in research
D the study of homosexuals
Question #6
A Harriet Martineau
B Karl Marx
C Aguste Comte
D Herbert Spencer
Question #7
A really, nothing at all.
B maximum objectivity and consistency
C that any hypothesis will be confirmed
D that one’s theoretical perspective will be confirmed
Question #8
A value-free sociology/Max Weber
B mechanical solidarity/Emile Durkheim
C class conflict/Karl Marx
D the sociological imagination/C. Wright Mills
Question #9
A Dr. Zalewski has created a strong sense of social structure in her classroom.
B Dr. Zalewski is advocating social inequality by maintaining different standards than other faculty.
C Dr. Zalewski has set up a system of academic social stratification.
D Dr. Zalewski is engaged in the macrosociological approach.
Question #10
A acting like your mother when she was your age
B knowing your particular ethnic descent
C having a prescribed sex (male or female)
D being a high school drop-out
Question #11
A conflict
B exchange
C functionalist
D symbolic interactionist
Question #12
A class structure
B social solidarity
C division of labor
D social imperative
Question #13
A Officer Friel is now engaged in role reversal.
B Officer Friel is experiencing role strain.
C Officer Friel is faced with status inconsistency.
D Officer Friel is experiencing role conflict.
Question #14
A social space
B intimate space
C personal space
D public space
Question #15
A They share a great deal of social solidarity.
B They share the same social location in all respects.
C They have identical social roles.
D They are members of the same social class.
Question #16
A social status
B ascribed status
C master status
D status set
Question #17
A positive sanctions
B value clusters
C folkways
D value contradictions
Question #18
A have to become totally dependent upon memory
B live in the past and have no concept of the future
C focus more on plans and actions instead of talk
D be little more advanced than lower primates
Question #19
A They are violating a more of their society.
B They are showing a need for cultural relativism.
C They are conforming to the folkways of their subculture.
D They are challenging a taboo of their counterculture.
Question #20
A America is a polytheistic society.
B America is a pluralistic society.
C America is a society of subcultures and countercultures.
D America is based on the principles of oligarchy.
Question #21
A individuals advocating the legalization of prostitution
B bikers in an outlaw motorcycle club
C Chicago Cubs fans
D gang members operating in the San Quentin prison
Question #22
A expectations or rules of behavior that develop from values
B standards by which people define what is socially desirable
C expressions of disapproval for violating socially acceptable behavior
D ideas about what is true or false
Question #23
A Kristina experienced a facet of globalization.
B Kristina was practicing cultural relativism.
C Kristina was introduced to new folkways.
D Kristina experienced culture shock.
Question #24
A cultural relativism
B the cultural universal
C ethnocentrism
D the relativist fallacy
Question #25
A It is an indirect relationship.
B It is classified as a null hypothesis.
C It is a spurious relationship.
D It is a cause-and-effect relationship.
Question #26
A participant observation
B the survey
C secondary analysis
D the experiment
Question #27
A rapport
B empathy
C confidentiality
D commitment
Question #28
A The question and answer are a part of secondary analysis.
B This is an example of an open-ended question.
C This is an example of a closed-ended question.
D The question and answer are examples of generalizability in research.
Question #29
A The early IQ tests lacked reliability.
B The early IQ tests were based on a faulty hypothesis.
C The early IQ tests were improperly administered.
D The early IQ tests lacked validity.
Question #30
A inappropriate questions
B interviewer bias
C faulty hypothesis
D misunderstanding of the subjects’ world
Question #31
A “More than 300 million people live in the United States.”
B “All men are created equal.”
C “A penny saved is a penny earned.”
D “Unemployed men are more likely to commit spousal abuse than employed men.”
Question #32
A race relations
B doctor-patient relationships
C multinational corporations
D the military
Question #33
A nobles; peasants
B upper class; lower class
C civilized; barbarians
D bourgeoisie; proletariat
Question #34
A social location
B social integration
C the social imperative
D the sociological perspective (or imagination)
Question #35
A a macroanalytical focus of the extent and duration of the change
B an understanding of who may have benefited from the change
C a framework or context from which to view the meaning of the change
D an understanding of who may have been victimized by the change
Question #36
A symbolic interactionism and the conflict perspective
B symbolic interactionism and structural functionalism
C No single perspective is best, so all three must be utilized.
D structural functionalism and the conflict perspective
Question #37
A conflict theorists and symbolic interactionists
B symbolic interactionists and structural functionalists
C symbolic interactionists and conflict theorists
D conflict theorists and structural functionalists
Question #38
A applied sociologist; functionalist
B basic sociologist; applied sociologist
C functionalist; conflict theorist
D symbolic interactionist; functionalist
Question #39
A education; political stability
B government; economics
C religion; education
D economics; religion
Question #40
A Talcott Parsons
B C. Wright Mills
C Herbert Spencer
D Emille Durkheim