Exam 1

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Conflict theory

B  Functionalist theory

C  None

D  Social Order theory

A  the data set is too small

B  the data is collected at several points in time—longitudinal

C  the mental and psychiatry variables are not available in data set

D  none of the above

A  why society is like a functional body

B  why social stratification is an universal phenomenon

C  why social structure constrains individual behaviors

D  all of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  the social roles of all individuals

B  the class conflict in the U.S.

C  human selfishness has conflict with the taboos of a society

D  none of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  surveys or structured questionnaires

B  participant-observation

C  both A and B

D  field work

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  class struggle

B  social class

C  class consciousness

D  all of the above

A  poor whites committed higher rates of suicide

B  county and state suicide rate was a dependent variable

C  independent variables include political membership

D  Americans are frequent border-crossers

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  it is used by mail only

B  it does NOT have ‘yes’ and ‘no’ simple answers

C  it is cheap, easy, and mechanical

D  all of the above

A  the survey about acceptance of Chinese as guests is conducted

B  the researchers argue that blacks inherit less social mobility

C  the observations on Japanese Americans are conducted

D  the researchers used observations and conversations in fields

A  the independent variables include migration change

B  the dependent is migration change

C  the independent variables include gender

D  none of the above

A  the race and ethnicity variables were included

B  the unemployment and per capita state income were used as control variables

C  the city data was included

D  all of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  the rise in the price of wool provided the direct impulse for the eviction of peasants from the land

B  there is a connection between expropriation and economic expansion in England

C  a man’s exclusive trust in God is being rewarded

D  both A and B

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  inequality is always affected by greed

B  a society is like a functional body with some jobs that are more important than others

C  skills are greatly influenced by learning

D  all of the above

A  altruistic suicides stop in a society

B  social integration in a society is strong

C  social integration in a society is weak

D  social ties are strong in a society

A  a society’s literacy level

B  the quality and quantity of individuals’ social networks

C  a society’s authority ranking

D  all of the above

A  tremendously

B  positively

C  inversely

D  all of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  is always predictable

B  is a conditioned response to social stimuli or questionnaire

C  both A and B (or 1 and 2)

D  represents a behavioral pattern

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  both carpenters’ and doctors’ jobs are functionally important

B  power and prestige have less significance than money

C  those who have more power should be respected

D  none of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  an educational achievement of an individual

B  a position in the process of economic production

C  an occupational ranking of an individual

D  a shared expectation about behavior

A  class conflicts are unavoidable

B  educational inequality is obvious

C  there is no occupational categories

D  all of the above

A  English middle class appeared after the WWII

B  free proletarians went to the labor market by the dissolution of feudal agriculture

C  both 1 and 3 (or A and C) are correct

D  the foundation of the capitalist mode of production was laid in the late 15th and beginning of the 16th century in England

A  there is a class conflict between alienated wage labors and private property owners

B  minority members interact with one another

C  there are two dominant elite groups in the U.S.

D  all of the above

A  the poor should be disregarded

B  the top talented individuals are rare in a society and they should be rewarded higher than others in prestige and income

C  the rich should be punished

D  all of the above

A  questionnaire surveys use quantitative methods

B  Humanism or Interpretivist methods use empirical data analyses

C  a non-random sample is better than a random sample

D  all of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  ethnic relation

B  stratification

C  cultural system

D  education

A  TRUE

B  FALSE