Sociology Common Final

A  Interactionist perspective

B  Functionalist perspective

C  Conflict perspective

D  Dramaturgical perspective

A  A person loses a pound for every eight minutes of exercise.

B  There is a strong, inverse relationship between exercise frequency and weight gain.

C  For each day that a person exercises they lose eight pounds.

D  There is weak, negative relationship between exercise frequency and weight gain.

A  Influence

B  Charismatic authority

C  Rational-legal authority

D  Traditional authority

A  homeschooling

B  hidden curriculum

C  tracking

D  unschooling

A  Dramaturgical perspective

B  Functionalist perspective

C  Interactionist perspective

D  Conflict perspective

A  An ideology that one sex is superior to another

B  The set of expectations regarding the proper behavior, attitudes, and activities of males and females

C  An invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified individual in a work environment because of the individual’s race, gender, or ethnicity

D  A person’s self-concept as being male or female

A  Macro-level

B  Micro-level

C  Micro-level, Macro-level and Mid-level

D  Mid-level

A  7

B  9

C  8

D  8.5

A  Semi-peripheral nation

B  Peripheral nation

C  Exploited nation

D  Core nation

A  Pay researchers a stipend for participating in a study.

B   Show a colleague the responses of his neighbor who is a subject in a study. 

C  Accept a small stipend from individuals who wish to participate in a study that

D  Disclose a portion of the financial support that they receive for conducting their study

A  Researchers limit their study to 1000 participants while another 100 individuals would like to participate

B  Researchers help subjects select certain answers in a research survey if the participant seems undecided.

C  Researchers provide subjects with a consent form for them to complete before research begins.

D  Researchers from a university on the East Coast share their results with researchers at a university located on the West Coast.

A  Division of labor

B  Written rules and regulations

C  Impersonality

D  Hierarchy of authority

A  Interactionist perspective

B  Functionalist perspective

C  Functionalist, Conflict and Interactionist perspective

D  Conflict perspective

A  Belief that the products, styles, or ideas of one’s own society are inferior to those that originated elsewhere

B  Tendency to assume that one’s culture and way of life are superior to all others

C  Combining of conflicting cultural elements together into a harmonious and cohesive whole

D  Viewing of people’s behavior form the perspective of their own culture

A  Laws

B  Mores

C  Formal norms

D  Informal norms

A  The placement of a McDonald’s franchise in every community with more than 5.000 inhabitants by the year 2012.

B  The domination of numerous sectors of societies throughout the world by efficiency principles initially used by fast-food restaurants

C  The existence of a fast-food franchise in countries throughout the world

D  The placement of a McDonald’s franchise in every community with more than 5.000 inhabitants by the year 2012 and the domination of numerous sectors of societies throughout the world by efficiency principles initially used by fast-food restaurants

A  Time Magazine

B  The American Sociological Review

C  The Washington Post

D  Wikipedia

A  Interactionist

B  Conflict

C  Functionalist

D  Globalist

A  Hypothesis

B  Correlation

C  Operational definition

D  Research design

A  The influence of social relationships on people’s behavior

B  The individual

C  The unconscious motivations affecting people

D  Anomie

A  Is one for which the author has been paid

B  Has been evaluated before publication by other researchers in the same field

C  Is one that was found significant statistical results

D  Has been written by someone with a PhD

A  Disclose all sources of financial support and the identities of all subjects

B  Disclose all sources of financial support and the identities of all subjects, report illegal behavior of subjects to appropriate authorities and respect the subject’s right to privacy and dignity

C  Respect the subject’s right to privacy and dignity

D  Report illegal behavior of subjects to appropriate authorities

A  Mode

B  Mean

C  Median

D  Mean, Median and Mode

A  Compulsory health insurance plan for the elderly

B  Organization that provides comprehensive medical services for a preestablished fee

C  Noncontributory federal and state health insurance plan for the poor

D  None of the above

A  Interactionists

B  Functionalists

C  Functionalists, Interactionists and Conflict and feminist theorists

D  Conflict and feminist theorists

A  Victimless crime

B  Norm

C  Formal sanction

D  Informal sanction

A  Feminist theorists

B  Interactionist perspective

C  functionalist perspective

D  Global

A  Conflict

B  Functionalist

C  Interactionist

D  Global

A  Role conflict

B  Role strain

C  Role exit

D  Status displacement

A  Children beginning to use words and symbols to distinguish objects and ideas

B  Role taking

C  Imagining how we present ourselves to others, such as relatives, friends, even strangers on the street

D  Children learning social roles by imitating the actions of others

A  Entire society

B  Working class

C  Ruling class

D  Lower class

A  Conger, Rand. (1997).  “The effects of positive feedback on direction and amount of verbalization in a social setting.” American Journal of Sociology, 79, 1179-259.

B  Conger, Rand.  (1997, 79, 1179-1259).  The Effects of Positive Feedback on Direction and Amount of Verbalization in a Social Setting.  American Journal of Sociology

C  Conger, Rand. 1997. “The Effects of Positive Feedback on Direction and Amount of     Verbalization in a Social Setting.” American Journal of Sociology 79:1179-1259.

D  Conger, Rand. 1997.  “The Effects of Positive Feedback on Direction and Amount of Verbalization in a Social Setting.” American Journal of Sociology 79:1179-259.

A  Quasi-data analysis

B  Primary data analysis

C  Tertiary data analysis

D  Secondary data analysis

A  Are only found in refereed journals.

B  Are better than primary sources since they include analysis.

C   Are materials created by somebody who was not present at the event being discussed.

A  Endogamy

B  Kinship

C  Cohabitation

D  A family

A  Socialization

B  Personality

C  Sociobiology

D  Social promotion

A  The totality of learned, socially transmitted behavior. An entire way of life.

B  A unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things

C  The process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality.

D  The systematic study of social behavior and human groups

A  A survey

B  Secondary analysis

C  An experiment

D  Participant-observation research

A  The Durkheim manifestation

B  Cross-tabulation

C  The Hawthorne effect

D  A correlation variable

A  Maintain the confidentiality of all funding sources

B  Partially identify the funding source, simply indicating what sector the organization is classified

C  Disclose the name of the company at the time of publication

D  Wait a minimum of six months after publication before disclosing the name of the funding source.

A  Truly reflects the phenomenon under study

B  Is capable of replication

C  Provides consistent results

D  Follows the laws of causal logic

A  Naturalistic observation

B  Correlation measures

C  The case study approach

D  Experimental design

A  That any hypothesis will be confirmed.

B  Maximum objectivity and consistency.

C  That one’s theoretical perspective will be confirmed.

D  That any hypothesis will be confirmed, that one’s theoretical perspective will be confirmed and maximum objectivity and consistency.

A  The process by which a person forsakes his or her own cultural tradition to become a part of a different culture

B  The act of physically separating two groups

C  A negative attitude toward an entire racial category

D  The process of denying opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or arbitrary reasons

A  Socialization

B  Dependence

C  Urbanization

D  Globalization

A  Holds that violation of rules results from exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts

B  Argues that criminal behavior is learned through social interactions

C  Explains deviance as an adaptation to either socially perceived goals or the norms governing their attainment

D  Attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants while others who engage in the same behavior are not.

A  Deviance

B  Folkways

C  Sanctions 

D  Laws

A  Pregnant women only

B  Prisoners, Children and Pregnant women

C  Prisoners only

A  Natal status

B  Achieved status

C  Ascribed status

D  Role status

A  Talcott Parsons

B  Max Weber

C  Emile Durkheim

D  W.E.B. DuBois