Examination 1

A  alienation

B  dysfunctional

C  validity

D  a positive sanction

A  social dysfunction

B  culture shock

C  institutionalization

D  conflict

A  role conflict

B  anomie

C  false consciousness

D  cultural pluralism

A  conceptions that people have about what is true in the world

B  rules of conduct that guide people’s behavior

C  people’s ideas about what is good or bad, right or wrong

D  those things that have been shown by science to be true in the world

A  material culture

B  cultural imperialism

C  a self-fulfilling prophecy

D  multiculturalism

A  taboos and mores

B  real and ideal culture

C  formal and informal sanctions

D  material and nonmaterial culture

A  Language reflects the world in which we live

B  Our perceptions of the world shape the kind of language that we speak

C  Language is a passive and neutral means of communicating what we perceive in the world

D  The language we speak shapes how we think about and perceive the world

A  latent solidarity

B  organic solidarity

C  mechanical solidarity

D  social control

A  assume that common sense assumptions are wrong and not study them

B  confirm our common sense assumptions

C  find that the truth is more complicated than our common sense would suggest

D  directly contradict our common sense assumptions

A  “Life is crude, brutish and short and the state of nature is a struggle of all against all.”

B  “All parts work together to promote the stability of the whole.”

C  “The history of all the hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggle.”

D  “Survival of the fittest.”

E  All of these reflect the functionalist view

A  anticipatory socialization

B  the hidden curriculum

C  the looking-glass self

D  the sociological imagination

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 conflict theorist

C  a symbolic interactionist

D  a functionalist

A  the proletariat fighting each other for a position within the bourgeoisie

B  the working class proletariat taking the means of production from the wealthy bourgeoisie

C  the enslaved bourgeoisie reclaiming power from the controlling proletariat

D  the bourgeoisie struggling for the allocation of resources amongst themselves

A  dependent variable

B  independent variable

C  hypothesis

D  constant

A  Secondary data analysis

B  Field research

C  A survey

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 an experiment to demonstrate that automobiles with certain political bumper stickers were more likely to be stopped by police

D  used social research to demonstrate that segregation was harmful to young black schoolchildren

A  Macro-level; micro-level

B  They are both macro-level.

C  They are both micro-level.

D  Micro-level; macro-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  where the individual is isolated from his or her society, work, or sense of self

D  the strength of ties that people have to their social groups–a key factor in social life

A  cities and towns were established, and humans had more time for leisure activities

B  animals were first domesticated as a resource for survival

C  tribes became nomadic, traveling to various locations in search of sustenance

D  societies began to form where rainfall was plentiful; groups were able to grow flowers            instead of living nomadic lifestyles

A  latent dysfunction

B  manifest function

C  formal sanction

D  latent function

A  cultural relativism.

B  role conflict.

C  an ascribed status.

D  culture shock.

A  the looking-glass self

B  labeling

C  disengagement theory

D  feminist sociology

A  more

B  folkway

C  norm

D  value

E  social institution

A  structured inequalities in society

B  how social life is “constructed” through everyday acts of social communication

C  broad social structures (institutions) and how they interact with each other

D  conflicts between “workers” and “owners”

A  reinforcement theory

B  common sense

C  the sociological imagination

D  historical and biographical analysis

A  a symbolic system through which people communicate and through which culture is transmitted

B  gestures, signs, and objects that help people understand the world

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  violating mores can have serious consequences if violated; violating folkways does not

D  mores are legally acceptable to violate; folkways are not

A  could not exist together

B  could not exist without each other

C  are unrelated

D  are the same thing

A  interpretation

B  reliability

C  validity

D  bias

A  to maintain value neutrality

B  to ensure the financial gain of the researchers

C  to foster professionally responsible scholarship in sociology

D  to report findings accurately

E  to guarantee the safety of their participants

A  authority effect

B  Thomas Theorem

C  Heisenberg Principle

D  Hawthorne effect

E  regressive Effect

A  experiment

B  paper/pencil questionnaires

C  unstructured interviews

D  observation

A  ethnocentrism

B  discovery

C  diffusion

D  conflict

E  appropriation

A  Symbolic Interactionism

B  Figuration

C  Conflict Theory

D  Functionalism

A  a true statement.

B  a testable proposition.

C  philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them.

D  an attempt to different aspects of social relationships.explain large-scale relationships.

A  W.E.B. Du Bois’ double consciousness.

B  Karl Marx’s false consciousness.

C  C. Wright Mill’s sociological imagination.

D  Auguste Comte’s positivism.

A  qualitative analysis of human phenomena.

B  systematic study of society and social interaction(s)..

C  theoretical examination of life’s origins.

D  quantitative analysis of social transgressions.

A  ethnocentrism

B  prejudice

C  discrimination

D  cultural relativism

E  stereotype

A  racism

B  ethnocentrism

C  a self-fulfilling prophecy

D  cultural relativism