Exam 1

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Social Order theory

B  Conflict theory

C  Functionalist theory

D  None

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

B  the data set is too small

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

D  none of the above

A  why social stratification is an universal phenomenon

B  why social structure constrains individual behaviors

C  why society is like a functional body

D  all of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

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  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  field work

B  surveys or structured questionnaires

C  participant-observation

D  both A and B

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  class consciousness

B  class struggle

C  social class

D  all of the above

A  Americans are frequent border-crossers

B  poor whites committed higher rates of suicide

C  independent variables include political membership

D  county and state suicide rate was a dependent variable

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  it is cheap, easy, and mechanical

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

C  it is used by mail only

D  all of the above

A  the researchers argue that blacks inherit less social mobility

B  the observations on Japanese Americans are conducted

C  the researchers used observations and conversations in fields

D  the survey about acceptance of Chinese as guests is conducted

A  the independent variables include migration change

B  the independent variables include gender

C  the dependent is migration change

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  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  both A and B

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

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

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  skills are greatly influenced by learning

B  inequality is always affected by greed

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

D  all of the above

A  social integration in a society is strong

B  social ties are strong in a society

C  altruistic suicides stop in a society

D  social integration in a society is weak

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  inversely

B  tremendously

C  positively

D  all of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  both A and B (or 1 and 2)

B  is a conditioned response to social stimuli or questionnaire

C  is always predictable

D  represents a behavioral pattern

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  power and prestige have less significance than money

B  both carpenters’ and doctors’ jobs are functionally important

C  those who have more power should be respected

D  none of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  an occupational ranking of an individual

B  a position in the process of economic production

C  an educational achievement of an individual

D  a shared expectation about behavior

A  class conflicts are unavoidable

B  there is no occupational categories

C  educational inequality is obvious

D  all of the above

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

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

C  English middle class appeared after the WWII

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

B  the poor should be disregarded

C  the rich should be punished

D  all of the above

A  Humanism or Interpretivist methods use empirical data analyses

B  questionnaire surveys use quantitative methods

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

D  all of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  cultural system

B  ethnic relation

C  education

D  stratification

A  FALSE

B  TRUE