Examination 1

A  validity

B  alienation

C  dysfunctional

D  a positive sanction

A  institutionalization

B  culture shock

C  conflict

D  social dysfunction

A  role conflict

B  false consciousness

C  cultural pluralism

D  anomie

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

A  multiculturalism

B  cultural imperialism

C  a self-fulfilling prophecy

D  material culture

A  real and ideal culture

B  material and nonmaterial culture

C  formal and informal sanctions

D  taboos and mores

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

A  mechanical solidarity

B  social control

C  organic solidarity

D  latent solidarity

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

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.”

A  the hidden curriculum

B  the sociological imagination

C  the looking-glass self

D  anticipatory socialization

E  moral reasoning

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

A  a feminist

B  a functionalist

C  a symbolic interactionist

D  a conflict theorist

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

A  constant

B  dependent variable

C  hypothesis

D  independent variable

A  Secondary data analysis

B  A survey

C  Field research

D  An experiment

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

A  Macro-level; micro-level

B  Micro-level; macro-level

C  They are both macro-level.

D  They are both micro-level.

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

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

A  latent function

B  formal sanction

C  latent dysfunction

D  manifest function

A  culture shock.

B  role conflict.

C  an ascribed status.

D  cultural relativism.

A  the looking-glass self

B  labeling

C  feminist sociology

D  disengagement theory

A  value

B  norm

C  more

D  social institution

E  folkway

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

A  the sociological imagination

B  reinforcement theory

C  historical and biographical analysis

D  common sense

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

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

A  are unrelated

B  are the same thing

C  could not exist together

D  could not exist without each other

A  validity

B  interpretation

C  reliability

D  bias

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

A  Hawthorne effect

B  regressive Effect

C  authority effect

D  Heisenberg Principle

E  Thomas Theorem

A  experiment

B  unstructured interviews

C  paper/pencil questionnaires

D  observation

A  diffusion

B  appropriation

C  conflict

D  discovery

E  ethnocentrism

A  Functionalism

B  Symbolic Interactionism

C  Figuration

D  Conflict Theory

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.

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.

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.

A  stereotype

B  ethnocentrism

C  discrimination

D  prejudice

E  cultural relativism

A  cultural relativism

B  a self-fulfilling prophecy

C  ethnocentrism

D  racism