Exam 1

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Functionalist theory

B  Conflict theory

C  None

D  Social Order theory

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 society is like a functional body

B  why social stratification is an universal phenomenon

C  why social structure constrains individual behaviors

D  all of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  the class conflict in the U.S.

B  human selfishness has conflict with the taboos of a society

C  the social roles of all individuals

D  none of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  surveys or structured questionnaires

B  field work

C  both A and B

D  participant-observation

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  class consciousness

B  social class

C  class struggle

D  all of the above

A  independent variables include political membership

B  poor whites committed higher rates of suicide

C  county and state suicide rate was a dependent variable

D  Americans are frequent border-crossers

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  it is used by mail only

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

C  it is cheap, easy, and mechanical

D  all of the above

A  the researchers argue that blacks inherit less social mobility

B  the researchers used observations and conversations in fields

C  the survey about acceptance of Chinese as guests is conducted

D  the observations on Japanese Americans are conducted

A  the independent variables include gender

B  the dependent is migration change

C  the independent variables include migration change

D  none of the above

A  the race and ethnicity variables were included

B  the city data was included

C  the unemployment and per capita state income were used as control variables

D  all of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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

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

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

D  both A and B

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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

B  skills are greatly influenced by learning

C  inequality is always affected by greed

D  all of the above

A  social integration in a society is weak

B  social integration in a society is strong

C  social ties are strong in a society

D  altruistic suicides stop in a society

A  the quality and quantity of individuals’ social networks

B  a society’s literacy level

C  a society’s authority ranking

D  all of the above

A  tremendously

B  inversely

C  positively

D  all of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  is a conditioned response to social stimuli or questionnaire

B  both A and B (or 1 and 2)

C  represents a behavioral pattern

D  is always predictable

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  both carpenters’ and doctors’ jobs are functionally important

B  power and prestige have less significance than money

C  those who have more power should be respected

D  none of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  an educational achievement of an individual

B  a position in the process of economic production

C  an occupational ranking 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  both 1 and 3 (or A and C) are correct

B  English middle class appeared after the WWII

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

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 are two dominant elite groups in the U.S.

B  minority members interact with one another

C  there is a class conflict between alienated wage labors and private property owners

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 rich should be punished

C  the poor should be disregarded

D  all of the above

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

B  Humanism or Interpretivist methods use empirical data analyses

C  questionnaire surveys use quantitative methods

D  all of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  cultural system

B  stratification

C  ethnic relation

D  education

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE