Examination 2

A  status consistency.

B  social control.

C  structural mobility.

D  class warfare.

E  upward mobility.

A  A college campus with students who are very competitive.

B  A city with a large minority population.

C  A community where neighbors don’t know each other very well.True

D  A neighborhood with mostly elderly people.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  dysfunctional in most societies.

B  a system that has the authority to make decisions based on law.

C  a published list of practices and behaviors on which society’s members base their daily lives.

D  the regulation and enforcement of norms.

A  instrumental leadership.

B  conformity.

C  groupthink.

D  bureaucracy.

A  A hate crime is punishable in a court of law; a violent crime is not.

B  A hate crime is based on the victim’s son’s race, religion, or other characteristics.

C  A hate crime never involves physical violence to the victim..

D  A violent crime is punishable in a court of law; a hate crime is not.

A  social rewards for the violation of norms.

B  the act of notifying authorities when criminal acts are occurring.

C  the regulation and enforcement of norms.

D  a violation of established norms, whether folkways, mores, or codified law

A  social capital.

B  a social network.

C  a voluntary organization.

D  a bureaucracy.

A  Ed being given a “Teacher of the Year” award for her work as a high school English teacher.

B  Beatrix being booed off stage after telling an offensive joke during her comedy routine.

C  Mario being sent to jail after robbing a CVS.

D  Meredith receiving compliments on her hair after visiting the salon.

A  children under 18 years old.

B  18 to 64 years old.

C  single mothers.

D  65 years old or older.

A  a large group moves up or down due to societal change.

B  a member of a family belongs to a different social class than his/her/xir siblings.

C  an individual moves down the social class ladder.

D  an individual moves up the social class ladder.

A  when a person’s self-concept and behavior begin to change after his or her actions are labeled as deviant by members of society.

B  when a violation of norms does not result in any long-term effects on the individual’s self-image or interactions with others.

C  when negative informal sanctions encourage an individual to seek better behavioral choices.

D  when positive formal sanctions cause an individual to deviate from society’s expectations.

A  usually causes more economic damage.

B  is more likely to be violent.

C  involves more people.

D  usually is more sophisticated.

E  is committed by higher-status people.

A  retreatist.

B  conformist.

C  rebel.

D  ritualist.

E  innovator.

A  Conflict.

B  Symbolic interactionist.

C  Functionalist.

D  Differential association.

A  popular consumption.

B  credit card populism.

C  designer consumerism.

D  conspicuous consumption.

A  that Karl Marx was correct and that stratification can only be solved by converting to a socialist government.

B  that the more society values a particular profession, the more money the people in that profession will make.

C  that people constantly move up and down the social ladder, and this creates an unstable economy which will eventually collapse on itself.

D  that economic hardship and skyrocketing inflation is the cause for all social stratification in the United States.

A  determined almost entirely by religious factors.

B  not determined solely by economics but influenced also by social and political actors.

C  defined correctly according to Karl Marx.

D  influenced almost solely by economic factors.

A  anomic perspective.

B  interactionist perspective.

C  functionalist perspective.

D  evolutionary perspective.

E  conflict perspective.

A  the ranking of people into a hierarchy in which resources considered valuable are unequally distributed.

B  the movement to a higher position in the stratification hierarchy in contrast to the  position of one’s parents.

C  the movement of people from one social position to another in the stratification system.

D  a person’s social location based on all three dimensions of the stratification system.

A  caste-based societies only.

B  modern societies only.

C  formal organizations only.

D  societies of moderate size only.

E  all societies.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Conflict theory.

B  Control theory.

C  Differential association theory.

D  Strain theory.

E  Labeling theory.

A  a secondary group.

B  a subculture.

C  none of these.

D  a crime syndicate.

E  a “hipster” culture.

A  reference group

B  primary group

C  out-group

D  instrumental leaders

A  secondary group

B  primary group

C  in-group

D  social network

A  secondary group

B  reference group.

C  out-group

D  in-group.

A  the country’s increasing dependence on fast food for daily meals.

B  the increaing popularity of McDonalds as a hang-out for youths all over the world.

C  the obesity epidemic that’s rapidly sweeping the United States.

D  the increasing presence of the fast-food business model in common social institutions

A  relies on degradation ceremonies.

B  plays a musical instrument.

C  rejects gender roles in the name of the feminist movement.

D  is goal-oriented and largely concerned with accomplishing set tasks.

E  promotes emotional strength and health, ensuring that people feel supported

A  Impersonality.

B  Explicit rules .

C  Clear division of labor .

D  Personality-based promotion.

A  reference group

B  aggregate

C  in-group

D  dyad

E  out-group

A  an emphasis on nature, rather than nurture

B  the idea that successful socialization occurs only in two-parent families

C  the belief that ideas about sex and gender roles are innate—we are born with them.

D  the idea that development/socialization occurs in a sequence of stages

A  the looking-glass self

B  generalized other

C  morality of care

D  morality of justice

E  agents of socialization

A  morality of justice

B  morality of care

C  generalized other

D  code of the west

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Knowing locker room etiquette.

B  Following a schedule.

C  Learning to read and write.

D  Understanding when to speak up and when to be silent

A  Social class.

B  Blood type.

C  Gender.

D  Race/ethnicity.

A  George Herbert Mead’s theory of self-development.

B  Freud’s theory of self-development.

C  Nature vs. Nurture.

D  Kohlberg’s theory of moral development.

A  Taking Jimmy to the aquarium.

B  Encouraging Vicki to wear pants to school.

C  Buying Sarah a toy kitchen to play with.

D  Allowing Joey to sleep with his “blankey”.

A  class consciousness

B  an entry test that must be passed

C    

D  a counterculture.

E  a degradation ceremony

F  impression management.

A  they provide the only major socialization experience outside the realm of their families

B  they protect adolescents from peer pressure

C  their influence is higher in importance than the influence of parents

D  they help young individuals develop a sense of identity separate from their parents

A  the hidden curriculum

B  the looking-glass self

C  anticipatory socialization

D  moral reasoning

E  the sociological imagination