Examination 1

A  alienation

B  validity

C  dysfunctional

D  a positive sanction

A  institutionalization

B  conflict

C  social dysfunction

D  culture shock

A  cultural pluralism

B  false consciousness

C  role conflict

D  anomie

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

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

C  rules of conduct that guide people’s behavior

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

A  cultural imperialism

B  material culture

C  multiculturalism

D  a self-fulfilling prophecy

A  taboos and mores

B  formal and informal sanctions

C  material and nonmaterial culture

D  real and ideal culture

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

B  Language reflects the world in which we live

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

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

A  organic solidarity

B  mechanical solidarity

C  latent solidarity

D  social control

A  confirm our common sense assumptions

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

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

D  directly contradict our common sense assumptions

A  All of these reflect the functionalist view

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

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

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 looking-glass self

C  the hidden curriculum

D  moral reasoning

E  the sociological imagination

A  a pattern or institution found in all societies

B  the ideas, attitudes and beliefs of a particular society

C  an object that belongs to an entire group

D  a written document outlining appropriate behavior

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 bourgeoisie struggling for the allocation of resources amongst themselves

C  the enslaved bourgeoisie reclaiming power from the controlling proletariat

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

A  constant

B  dependent variable

C  hypothesis

D  independent variable

A  A survey

B  An experiment

C  Secondary data analysis

D  Field research

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

B  used archival material to study suicide rates

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

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

A  Macro-level; micro-level

B  Micro-level; macro-level

C  They are both macro-level.

D  They are both micro-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  tribes became nomadic, traveling to various locations in search of sustenance

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

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

D  animals were first domesticated as a resource for survival

A  formal sanction

B  latent dysfunction

C  latent function

D  manifest function

A  culture shock.

B  role conflict.

C  an ascribed status.

D  cultural relativism.

A  feminist sociology

B  disengagement theory

C  labeling

D  the looking-glass self

A  folkway

B  more

C  social institution

D  value

E  norm

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

B  structured inequalities in society

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

D  conflicts between “workers” and “owners”

A  reinforcement theory

B  historical and biographical analysis

C  common sense

D  the sociological imagination

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  mores are legally acceptable to violate; folkways are not

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

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

D  mores are based on norms; folkways are not

A  are the same thing

B  could not exist together

C  are unrelated

D  could not exist without each other

A  reliability

B  validity

C  interpretation

D  bias

A  to maintain value neutrality

B  to guarantee the safety of their participants

C  to report findings accurately

D  to ensure the financial gain of the researchers

E  to foster professionally responsible scholarship in sociology

A  Hawthorne effect

B  Heisenberg Principle

C  authority effect

D  regressive Effect

E  Thomas Theorem

A  observation

B  unstructured interviews

C  paper/pencil questionnaires

D  experiment

A  ethnocentrism

B  appropriation

C  diffusion

D  discovery

E  conflict

A  Conflict Theory

B  Figuration

C  Symbolic Interactionism

D  Functionalism

A  a true statement.

B  a testable proposition.

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

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

A  Karl Marx’s false consciousness.

B  Auguste Comte’s positivism.

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

D  C. Wright Mill’s sociological imagination.

A  quantitative analysis of social transgressions.

B  theoretical examination of life’s origins.

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

D  qualitative analysis of human phenomena.

A  prejudice

B  discrimination

C  stereotype

D  cultural relativism

E  ethnocentrism

A  cultural relativism

B  racism

C  ethnocentrism

D  a self-fulfilling prophecy