Examination 1

A  validity

B  dysfunctional

C  a positive sanction

D  alienation

A  institutionalization

B  culture shock

C  conflict

D  social dysfunction

A  role conflict

B  cultural pluralism

C  anomie

D  false consciousness

A  those things that have been shown by science to be 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  conceptions that people have about what is true in the world

A  a self-fulfilling prophecy

B  material culture

C  multiculturalism

D  cultural imperialism

A  real and ideal culture

B  taboos and mores

C  formal and informal sanctions

D  material and nonmaterial culture

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

B  Language reflects the world in which we live

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

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

A  organic solidarity

B  mechanical solidarity

C  latent solidarity

D  social control

A  directly contradict our common sense assumptions

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

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

D  confirm our common sense assumptions

A  All of these reflect the functionalist view

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

C  “Survival of the fittest.”

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

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

A  anticipatory socialization

B  the hidden curriculum

C  the looking-glass self

D  moral reasoning

E  the sociological imagination

A  an object that belongs to an entire group

B  the ideas, attitudes and beliefs of a particular society

C  a pattern or institution found in all societies

D  a written document outlining appropriate behavior

A  a feminist

B  a functionalist

C  a conflict theorist

D  a symbolic interactionist

A  the enslaved bourgeoisie reclaiming power from the controlling proletariat

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

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

D  the bourgeoisie struggling for the allocation of resources amongst themselves

A  independent variable

B  hypothesis

C  constant

D  dependent variable

A  A survey

B  An experiment

C  Secondary data analysis

D  Field research

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

B  used archival material to study suicide rates

C  argued that societies were inherently unstable due to conflict between groups over resources

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  feeling victimized by social forces which exist outside the individual

B  the act of defying social norms in favor of group unity

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  animals were first domesticated as a resource for survival

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

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

A  latent dysfunction

B  latent function

C  formal sanction

D  manifest function

A  cultural relativism.

B  culture shock.

C  role conflict.

D  an ascribed status.

A  disengagement theory

B  labeling

C  the looking-glass self

D  feminist sociology

A  norm

B  folkway

C  more

D  social institution

E  value

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

B  structured inequalities in society

C  conflicts between “workers” and “owners”

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

A  common sense

B  reinforcement theory

C  historical and biographical analysis

D  the sociological imagination

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

B  communication based on ideals, norms, and values

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

D  the exchange of gestures and signals for the purpose of reaching agreement about something

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

B  there is no difference–mores are a kind of folkway

C  mores are legally acceptable to violate; folkways are not

D  mores are based on norms; folkways are not

A  could not exist together

B  are the same thing

C  could not exist without each other

D  are unrelated

A  interpretation

B  validity

C  reliability

D  bias

A  to report findings accurately

B  to maintain value neutrality

C  to guarantee the safety of their participants

D  to ensure the financial gain of the researchers

E  to foster professionally responsible scholarship in sociology

A  Thomas Theorem

B  regressive Effect

C  Heisenberg Principle

D  Hawthorne effect

E  authority effect

A  observation

B  experiment

C  unstructured interviews

D  paper/pencil questionnaires

A  conflict

B  discovery

C  diffusion

D  appropriation

E  ethnocentrism

A  Conflict Theory

B  Functionalism

C  Figuration

D  Symbolic Interactionism

A  a testable proposition.

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

C  a true statement.

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  Auguste Comte’s positivism.

D  C. Wright Mill’s sociological imagination.

A  theoretical examination of life’s origins.

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

C  qualitative analysis of human phenomena.

D  quantitative analysis of social transgressions.

A  cultural relativism

B  ethnocentrism

C  discrimination

D  stereotype

E  prejudice

A  ethnocentrism

B  racism

C  a self-fulfilling prophecy

D  cultural relativism