Examination 1

A  validity

B  alienation

C  dysfunctional

D  a positive sanction

A  conflict

B  institutionalization

C  social dysfunction

D  culture shock

A  anomie

B  role conflict

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  a self-fulfilling prophecy

C  cultural imperialism

D  multiculturalism

A  formal and informal sanctions

B  real and ideal culture

C  taboos and mores

D  material and nonmaterial culture

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

B  Language reflects the world in which we live

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

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

A  organic solidarity

B  social control

C  mechanical solidarity

D  latent solidarity

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

B  confirm our common sense assumptions

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

D  directly contradict our common sense assumptions

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

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

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

D  “Survival of the fittest.”

E  All of these reflect the functionalist view

A  the hidden curriculum

B  the looking-glass self

C  anticipatory socialization

D  moral reasoning

E  the sociological imagination

A  the ideas, attitudes and beliefs of a particular society

B  a written document outlining appropriate behavior

C  an object that belongs to an entire group

D  a pattern or institution found in all societies

A  a functionalist

B  a conflict theorist

C  a symbolic interactionist

D  a feminist

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

B  the enslaved bourgeoisie reclaiming power from the controlling proletariat

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

D  the bourgeoisie struggling for the allocation of resources amongst themselves

A  constant

B  hypothesis

C  independent variable

D  dependent variable

A  Secondary data analysis

B  An experiment

C  Field research

D  A survey

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

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

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

D  used archival material to study suicide rates

A  They are both micro-level.

B  Macro-level; micro-level

C  Micro-level; macro-level

D  They are both macro-level.

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

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

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

D  feeling victimized by social forces which exist outside the individual

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

B  animals were first domesticated as a resource for survival

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

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

A  latent dysfunction

B  formal sanction

C  latent function

D  manifest function

A  cultural relativism.

B  role conflict.

C  an ascribed status.

D  culture shock.

A  feminist sociology

B  the looking-glass self

C  disengagement theory

D  labeling

A  more

B  folkway

C  norm

D  social institution

E  value

A  structured inequalities in society

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

C  conflicts between “workers” and “owners”

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

A  historical and biographical analysis

B  common sense

C  the sociological imagination

D  reinforcement theory

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

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

C  communication based on ideals, norms, and values

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

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

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

C  mores are legally acceptable to violate; folkways are not

D  mores are based on norms; folkways are not

A  are unrelated

B  are the same thing

C  could not exist without each other

D  could not exist together

A  interpretation

B  reliability

C  bias

D  validity

A  to maintain value neutrality

B  to report findings accurately

C  to ensure the financial gain of the researchers

D  to guarantee the safety of their participants

E  to foster professionally responsible scholarship in sociology

A  Hawthorne effect

B  regressive Effect

C  authority effect

D  Thomas Theorem

E  Heisenberg Principle

A  unstructured interviews

B  paper/pencil questionnaires

C  experiment

D  observation

A  appropriation

B  discovery

C  conflict

D  ethnocentrism

E  diffusion

A  Figuration

B  Symbolic Interactionism

C  Functionalism

D  Conflict Theory

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

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

C  a true statement.

D  a testable proposition.

A  C. Wright Mill’s sociological imagination.

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

C  Auguste Comte’s positivism.

D  Karl Marx’s false consciousness.

A  theoretical examination of life’s origins.

B  quantitative analysis of social transgressions.

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

D  qualitative analysis of human phenomena.

A  cultural relativism

B  prejudice

C  discrimination

D  stereotype

E  ethnocentrism

A  a self-fulfilling prophecy

B  racism

C  ethnocentrism

D  cultural relativism