Examination 1

A  validity

B  alienation

C  dysfunctional

D  a positive sanction

A  conflict

B  culture shock

C  social dysfunction

D  institutionalization

A  cultural pluralism

B  role conflict

C  false consciousness

D  anomie

A  rules of conduct that guide people’s behavior

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

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

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

A  material culture

B  a self-fulfilling prophecy

C  multiculturalism

D  cultural imperialism

A  material and nonmaterial culture

B  taboos and mores

C  formal and informal sanctions

D  real and ideal culture

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

B  Language reflects the world in which we live

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

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

A  mechanical solidarity

B  organic solidarity

C  social control

D  latent solidarity

A  directly contradict our common sense assumptions

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

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

D  confirm our common sense assumptions

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

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

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  the looking-glass self

B  moral reasoning

C  the sociological imagination

D  the hidden curriculum

E  anticipatory socialization

A  a pattern or institution found in all societies

B  a written document outlining appropriate behavior

C  the ideas, attitudes and beliefs of a particular society

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 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  constant

B  independent variable

C  hypothesis

D  dependent variable

A  Secondary data analysis

B  An experiment

C  Field research

D  A survey

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

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

C  used archival material to study suicide rates

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

A  They are both macro-level.

B  They are both micro-level.

C  Macro-level; micro-level

D  Micro-level; macro-level

A  feeling victimized by social forces which exist outside the individual

B  where the individual is isolated from his or her society, work, or sense of self

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

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

A  animals were first domesticated as a resource for survival

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

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  formal sanction

B  latent dysfunction

C  latent function

D  manifest function

A  role conflict.

B  culture shock.

C  cultural relativism.

D  an ascribed status.

A  feminist sociology

B  disengagement theory

C  the looking-glass self

D  labeling

A  folkway

B  value

C  social institution

D  more

E  norm

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

B  structured inequalities in society

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

D  conflicts between “workers” and “owners”

A  common sense

B  reinforcement theory

C  the sociological imagination

D  historical and biographical analysis

A  communication based on ideals, norms, and values

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

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  mores are based on norms; folkways are not

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

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  are unrelated

C  could not exist without each other

D  are the same thing

A  interpretation

B  reliability

C  bias

D  validity

A  to ensure the financial gain of the researchers

B  to maintain value neutrality

C  to guarantee the safety of their participants

D  to foster professionally responsible scholarship in sociology

E  to report findings accurately

A  regressive Effect

B  Thomas Theorem

C  Hawthorne effect

D  Heisenberg Principle

E  authority effect

A  unstructured interviews

B  paper/pencil questionnaires

C  observation

D  experiment

A  discovery

B  ethnocentrism

C  conflict

D  diffusion

E  appropriation

A  Functionalism

B  Symbolic Interactionism

C  Figuration

D  Conflict Theory

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

D  a true statement.

A  C. Wright Mill’s sociological imagination.

B  Auguste Comte’s positivism.

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

D  Karl Marx’s false consciousness.

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  ethnocentrism

B  a self-fulfilling prophecy

C  cultural relativism

D  racism