Examination 2

A  upward mobility.

B  status consistency.

C  social control.

D  structural mobility.

E  class warfare.

A  A city with a large minority population.

B  A community where neighbors don’t know each other very well.True

C  A college campus with students who are very competitive.

D  A neighborhood with mostly elderly people.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  dysfunctional in most societies.

B  the regulation and enforcement of norms.

C  a published list of practices and behaviors on which society’s members base their daily lives.

D  a system that has the authority to make decisions based on law.

A  instrumental leadership.

B  bureaucracy.

C  groupthink.

D  conformity.

A  A hate crime is punishable in a court of law; a violent crime is not.

B  A hate crime is based on the victim’s son’s race, religion, or other characteristics.

C  A hate crime never involves physical violence to the victim..

D  A violent crime is punishable in a court of law; a hate crime is not.

A  the act of notifying authorities when criminal acts are occurring.

B  a violation of established norms, whether folkways, mores, or codified law

C  the regulation and enforcement of norms.

D  social rewards for the violation of norms.

A  social capital.

B  a voluntary organization.

C  a bureaucracy.

D  a social network.

A  Mario being sent to jail after robbing a CVS.

B  Ed being given a “Teacher of the Year” award for her work as a high school English teacher.

C  Meredith receiving compliments on her hair after visiting the salon.

D  Beatrix being booed off stage after telling an offensive joke during her comedy routine.

A  18 to 64 years old.

B  children under 18 years old.

C  single mothers.

D  65 years old or older.

A  a large group moves up or down due to societal change.

B  an individual moves up the social class ladder.

C  a member of a family belongs to a different social class than his/her/xir siblings.

D  an individual moves down the social class ladder.

A  when a violation of norms does not result in any long-term effects on the individual’s self-image or interactions with others.

B  when a person’s self-concept and behavior begin to change after his or her actions are labeled as deviant by members of society.

C  when negative informal sanctions encourage an individual to seek better behavioral choices.

D  when positive formal sanctions cause an individual to deviate from society’s expectations.

A  usually is more sophisticated.

B  is committed by higher-status people.

C  involves more people.

D  is more likely to be violent.

E  usually causes more economic damage.

A  conformist.

B  retreatist.

C  innovator.

D  rebel.

E  ritualist.

A  Differential association.

B  Symbolic interactionist.

C  Functionalist.

D  Conflict.

A  credit card populism.

B  conspicuous consumption.

C  designer consumerism.

D  popular consumption.

A  that people constantly move up and down the social ladder, and this creates an unstable economy which will eventually collapse on itself.

B  that economic hardship and skyrocketing inflation is the cause for all social stratification in the United States.

C  that the more society values a particular profession, the more money the people in that profession will make.

D  that Karl Marx was correct and that stratification can only be solved by converting to a socialist government.

A  defined correctly according to Karl Marx.

B  not determined solely by economics but influenced also by social and political actors.

C  determined almost entirely by religious factors.

D  influenced almost solely by economic factors.

A  interactionist perspective.

B  evolutionary perspective.

C  anomic perspective.

D  conflict perspective.

E  functionalist perspective.

A  a person’s social location based on all three dimensions of the stratification system.

B  the movement to a higher position in the stratification hierarchy in contrast to the  position of one’s parents.

C  the ranking of people into a hierarchy in which resources considered valuable are unequally distributed.

D  the movement of people from one social position to another in the stratification system.

A  caste-based societies only.

B  societies of moderate size only.

C  all societies.

D  formal organizations only.

E  modern societies only.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Strain theory.

B  Labeling theory.

C  Conflict theory.

D  Control theory.

E  Differential association theory.

A  a subculture.

B  none of these.

C  a crime syndicate.

D  a “hipster” culture.

E  a secondary group.

A  instrumental leaders

B  reference group

C  primary group

D  out-group

A  secondary group

B  social network

C  in-group

D  primary group

A  in-group.

B  secondary group

C  reference group.

D  out-group

A  the obesity epidemic that’s rapidly sweeping the United States.

B  the country’s increasing dependence on fast food for daily meals.

C  the increaing popularity of McDonalds as a hang-out for youths all over the world.

D  the increasing presence of the fast-food business model in common social institutions

A  promotes emotional strength and health, ensuring that people feel supported

B  is goal-oriented and largely concerned with accomplishing set tasks.

C  rejects gender roles in the name of the feminist movement.

D  relies on degradation ceremonies.

E  plays a musical instrument.

A  Impersonality.

B  Explicit rules .

C  Personality-based promotion.

D  Clear division of labor .

A  aggregate

B  dyad

C  reference group

D  out-group

E  in-group

A  the belief that ideas about sex and gender roles are innate—we are born with them.

B  the idea that successful socialization occurs only in two-parent families

C  the idea that development/socialization occurs in a sequence of stages

D  an emphasis on nature, rather than nurture

A  morality of care

B  generalized other

C  the looking-glass self

D  agents of socialization

E  morality of justice

A  morality of care

B  morality of justice

C  generalized other

D  code of the west

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Following a schedule.

B  Knowing locker room etiquette.

C  Learning to read and write.

D  Understanding when to speak up and when to be silent

A  Social class.

B  Race/ethnicity.

C  Blood type.

D  Gender.

A  Kohlberg’s theory of moral development.

B  Nature vs. Nurture.

C  George Herbert Mead’s theory of self-development.

D  Freud’s theory of self-development.

A  Encouraging Vicki to wear pants to school.

B  Taking Jimmy to the aquarium.

C  Allowing Joey to sleep with his “blankey”.

D  Buying Sarah a toy kitchen to play with.

A  impression management.

B  class consciousness

C  a counterculture.

D  an entry test that must be passed

E    

F  a degradation ceremony

A  their influence is higher in importance than the influence of parents

B  they protect adolescents from peer pressure

C  they help young individuals develop a sense of identity separate from their parents

D  they provide the only major socialization experience outside the realm of their families

A  moral reasoning

B  anticipatory socialization

C  the sociological imagination

D  the looking-glass self

E  the hidden curriculum