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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A validity
B alienation
C dysfunctional
D a positive sanction
Question #2
A institutionalization
B culture shock
C conflict
D social dysfunction
Question #3
A role conflict
B false consciousness
C cultural pluralism
D anomie
Question #4
A rules of conduct that guide people’s behavior
B those things that have been shown by science to be true in the world
C conceptions that people have about what is true in the world
D people’s ideas about what is good or bad, right or wrong
Question #5
A multiculturalism
B cultural imperialism
C a self-fulfilling prophecy
D material culture
Question #6
A real and ideal culture
B material and nonmaterial culture
C formal and informal sanctions
D taboos and mores
Question #7
A The language we speak shapes how we think about and perceive the world
B Language is a passive and neutral means of communicating what we perceive in the world
C Our perceptions of the world shape the kind of language that we speak
D Language reflects the world in which we live
Question #8
A mechanical solidarity
B social control
C organic solidarity
D latent solidarity
Question #9
A confirm our common sense assumptions
B assume that common sense assumptions are wrong and not study them
C directly contradict our common sense assumptions
D find that the truth is more complicated than our common sense would suggest
Question #10
A “Survival of the fittest.”
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 All of these reflect the functionalist view
E “The history of all the hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggle.”
Question #11
A the hidden curriculum
B the sociological imagination
C the looking-glass self
D anticipatory socialization
E moral reasoning
Question #12
A a pattern or institution found in all societies
B the ideas, attitudes and beliefs of a particular society
C a written document outlining appropriate behavior
D an object that belongs to an entire group
Question #13
A a feminist
B a functionalist
C a symbolic interactionist
D a conflict theorist
Question #14
A the proletariat fighting each other for a position within the bourgeoisie
B the bourgeoisie struggling for the allocation of resources amongst themselves
C the working class proletariat taking the means of production from the wealthy bourgeoisie
D the enslaved bourgeoisie reclaiming power from the controlling proletariat
Question #15
A constant
B dependent variable
C hypothesis
D independent variable
Question #16
A Secondary data analysis
B A survey
C Field research
D An experiment
Question #17
A used archival material to study suicide rates
B argued that societies were inherently unstable due to conflict between groups over resources
C used social research to demonstrate that segregation was harmful to young black schoolchildren
D used an experiment to demonstrate that automobiles with certain political bumper stickers were more likely to be stopped by police
Question #18
A Macro-level; micro-level
B Micro-level; macro-level
C They are both macro-level.
D They are both micro-level.
Question #19
A the act of defying social norms in favor of group unity
B feeling victimized by social forces which exist outside the individual
C the strength of ties that people have to their social groups–a key factor in social life
D where the individual is isolated from his or her society, work, or sense of self
Question #20
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 animals were first domesticated as a resource for survival
D societies began to form where rainfall was plentiful; groups were able to grow flowers instead of living nomadic lifestyles
Question #21
A latent function
B formal sanction
C latent dysfunction
D manifest function
Question #22
A culture shock.
B role conflict.
C an ascribed status.
D cultural relativism.
Question #23
A the looking-glass self
B labeling
C feminist sociology
D disengagement theory
Question #24
A value
B norm
C more
D social institution
E folkway
Question #25
A broad social structures (institutions) and how they interact with each other
B conflicts between “workers” and “owners”
C how social life is “constructed” through everyday acts of social communication
D structured inequalities in society
Question #26
A the sociological imagination
B reinforcement theory
C historical and biographical analysis
D common sense
Question #27
A gestures, signs, and objects that help people understand the world
B a symbolic system through which people communicate and through which culture is transmitted
C communication based on ideals, norms, and values
D the exchange of gestures and signals for the purpose of reaching agreement about something
Question #28
A there is no difference–mores are a kind of folkway
B mores are based on norms; folkways are not
C mores are legally acceptable to violate; folkways are not
D violating mores can have serious consequences if violated; violating folkways does not
Question #29
A are unrelated
B are the same thing
C could not exist together
D could not exist without each other
Question #30
A validity
B interpretation
C reliability
D bias
Question #31
A to guarantee the safety of their participants
B to maintain value neutrality
C to ensure the financial gain of the researchers
D to foster professionally responsible scholarship in sociology
E to report findings accurately
Question #32
A Hawthorne effect
B regressive Effect
C authority effect
D Heisenberg Principle
E Thomas Theorem
Question #33
A experiment
B unstructured interviews
C paper/pencil questionnaires
D observation
Question #34
A diffusion
B appropriation
C conflict
D discovery
E ethnocentrism
Question #35
A Functionalism
B Symbolic Interactionism
C Figuration
D Conflict Theory
Question #36
A a testable proposition.
B an attempt to different aspects of social relationships.explain large-scale relationships.
C philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them.
D a true statement.
Question #37
A Auguste Comte’s positivism.
B C. Wright Mill’s sociological imagination.
C Karl Marx’s false consciousness.
D W.E.B. Du Bois’ double consciousness.
Question #38
A quantitative analysis of social transgressions.
B systematic study of society and social interaction(s)..
C qualitative analysis of human phenomena.
D theoretical examination of life’s origins.
Question #39
A stereotype
B ethnocentrism
C discrimination
D prejudice
E cultural relativism
Question #40
A cultural relativism
B a self-fulfilling prophecy
C ethnocentrism
D racism