Examination 1

A  a positive sanction

B  alienation

C  dysfunctional

D  validity

A  conflict

B  social dysfunction

C  institutionalization

D  culture shock

A  cultural pluralism

B  false consciousness

C  role conflict

D  anomie

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

B  rules of conduct that guide people’s behavior

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  multiculturalism

B  a self-fulfilling prophecy

C  material culture

D  cultural imperialism

A  material and nonmaterial culture

B  real and ideal culture

C  formal and informal sanctions

D  taboos and mores

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

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

C  Language reflects the world in which we live

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

A  organic solidarity

B  social control

C  mechanical solidarity

D  latent solidarity

A  directly contradict our common sense assumptions

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

C  confirm our common sense assumptions

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

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  “Survival of the fittest.”

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

E  All of these reflect the functionalist view

A  the hidden curriculum

B  moral reasoning

C  anticipatory socialization

D  the looking-glass self

E  the sociological imagination

A  the ideas, attitudes and beliefs of a particular society

B  a pattern or institution found in all societies

C  a written document outlining appropriate behavior

D  an object that belongs to an entire group

A  a functionalist

B  a symbolic interactionist

C  a conflict theorist

D  a feminist

A  the enslaved bourgeoisie reclaiming power from the controlling proletariat

B  the bourgeoisie struggling for the allocation of resources amongst themselves

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

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

A  constant

B  hypothesis

C  independent variable

D  dependent variable

A  Field research

B  Secondary data analysis

C  An experiment

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

D  used archival material to study suicide rates

A  They are both micro-level.

B  They are both macro-level.

C  Micro-level; macro-level

D  Macro-level; micro-level

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

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

C  feeling victimized by social forces which exist outside the individual

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

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

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

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

D  animals were first domesticated as a resource for survival

A  manifest function

B  formal sanction

C  latent dysfunction

D  latent function

A  culture shock.

B  role conflict.

C  an ascribed status.

D  cultural relativism.

A  feminist sociology

B  the looking-glass self

C  disengagement theory

D  labeling

A  more

B  folkway

C  social institution

D  value

E  norm

A  conflicts between “workers” and “owners”

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

C  structured inequalities in society

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

A  historical and biographical analysis

B  reinforcement theory

C  the sociological imagination

D  common sense

A  communication based on ideals, norms, and values

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

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

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

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

B  mores are legally acceptable to violate; folkways are not

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

D  mores are based on norms; folkways are not

A  could not exist together

B  are unrelated

C  could not exist without each other

D  are the same thing

A  reliability

B  interpretation

C  bias

D  validity

A  to guarantee the safety of their participants

B  to report findings accurately

C  to foster professionally responsible scholarship in sociology

D  to maintain value neutrality

E  to ensure the financial gain of the researchers

A  authority effect

B  Thomas Theorem

C  regressive Effect

D  Hawthorne effect

E  Heisenberg Principle

A  observation

B  experiment

C  paper/pencil questionnaires

D  unstructured interviews

A  appropriation

B  conflict

C  ethnocentrism

D  diffusion

E  discovery

A  Functionalism

B  Symbolic Interactionism

C  Conflict Theory

D  Figuration

A  a true statement.

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 testable proposition.

A  C. Wright Mill’s sociological imagination.

B  Auguste Comte’s positivism.

C  Karl Marx’s false consciousness.

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

A  qualitative analysis of human phenomena.

B  quantitative analysis of social transgressions.

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

D  theoretical examination of life’s origins.

A  ethnocentrism

B  discrimination

C  stereotype

D  cultural relativism

E  prejudice

A  racism

B  cultural relativism

C  a self-fulfilling prophecy

D  ethnocentrism