Examination 1

A  alienation

B  validity

C  dysfunctional

D  a positive sanction

A  conflict

B  institutionalization

C  culture shock

D  social dysfunction

A  role conflict

B  cultural pluralism

C  anomie

D  false consciousness

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

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

C  rules of conduct that guide people’s behavior

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

A  material culture

B  a self-fulfilling prophecy

C  multiculturalism

D  cultural imperialism

A  real and ideal culture

B  formal and informal sanctions

C  material and nonmaterial culture

D  taboos and mores

A  Language reflects the world in which we live

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

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

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

A  organic solidarity

B  social control

C  mechanical solidarity

D  latent solidarity

A  directly contradict our common sense assumptions

B  confirm our common sense assumptions

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

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

A  All of these reflect the functionalist view

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  “Survival of the fittest.”

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

A  the sociological imagination

B  moral reasoning

C  the hidden curriculum

D  the looking-glass self

E  anticipatory socialization

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 symbolic interactionist

B  a functionalist

C  a conflict theorist

D  a feminist

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

B  the enslaved bourgeoisie reclaiming power from the controlling proletariat

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  dependent variable

D  constant

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  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  Micro-level; macro-level

B  They are both micro-level.

C  Macro-level; micro-level

D  They are both macro-level.

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

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

C  feeling victimized by social forces which exist outside the individual

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

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

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

A  latent dysfunction

B  latent function

C  manifest function

D  formal sanction

A  an ascribed status.

B  cultural relativism.

C  role conflict.

D  culture shock.

A  disengagement theory

B  the looking-glass self

C  labeling

D  feminist sociology

A  value

B  norm

C  social institution

D  more

E  folkway

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

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

C  structured inequalities in society

D  conflicts between “workers” and “owners”

A  reinforcement theory

B  the sociological imagination

C  common sense

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  mores are based on norms; folkways are not

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

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

D  mores are legally acceptable to violate; folkways are not

A  could not exist without each other

B  could not exist together

C  are the same thing

D  are unrelated

A  interpretation

B  reliability

C  validity

D  bias

A  to ensure the financial gain of the researchers

B  to foster professionally responsible scholarship in sociology

C  to maintain value neutrality

D  to report findings accurately

E  to guarantee the safety of their participants

A  Heisenberg Principle

B  regressive Effect

C  authority effect

D  Thomas Theorem

E  Hawthorne effect

A  observation

B  paper/pencil questionnaires

C  unstructured interviews

D  experiment

A  discovery

B  ethnocentrism

C  appropriation

D  diffusion

E  conflict

A  Symbolic Interactionism

B  Conflict Theory

C  Figuration

D  Functionalism

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

B  a true statement.

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

D  a testable proposition.

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

B  C. Wright Mill’s sociological imagination.

C  Karl Marx’s false consciousness.

D  Auguste Comte’s positivism.

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

B  qualitative analysis of human phenomena.

C  theoretical examination of life’s origins.

D  quantitative analysis of social transgressions.

A  ethnocentrism

B  prejudice

C  cultural relativism

D  stereotype

E  discrimination

A  ethnocentrism

B  cultural relativism

C  racism

D  a self-fulfilling prophecy