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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A face-saving
B teamwork
C social manipulation
D cooperation
Question #2
A symbol
B cultural universal
C partial cure for ethnocentrism
D material object
Question #3
A Emile Durkheim
B Robert Merton
C Karl Marx and W.E.B. DuBois
D Charles H Cooley
Question #4
A A student is assigned to work extra holiday hours that conflict with her class schedule.
B Being a close friend of your boss.
C A student is expected to take exams in two different classes on the same day.
D A surgeon is operating on her own daughter.
Question #5
A the study of homosexuals
B violating his participant’s privacy
C participant observation in restrooms
D using graduate students in research
Question #6
A Karl Marx
B Herbert Spencer
C Harriet Martineau
D Aguste Comte
Question #7
A that one’s theoretical perspective will be confirmed
B really, nothing at all.
C that any hypothesis will be confirmed
D maximum objectivity and consistency
Question #8
A class conflict/Karl Marx
B value-free sociology/Max Weber
C mechanical solidarity/Emile Durkheim
D the sociological imagination/C. Wright Mills
Question #9
A Dr. Zalewski is engaged in the macrosociological approach.
B Dr. Zalewski is advocating social inequality by maintaining different standards than other faculty.
C Dr. Zalewski has created a strong sense of social structure in her classroom.
D Dr. Zalewski has set up a system of academic social stratification.
Question #10
A being a high school drop-out
B having a prescribed sex (male or female)
C acting like your mother when she was your age
D knowing your particular ethnic descent
Question #11
A exchange
B symbolic interactionist
C functionalist
D conflict
Question #12
A class structure
B social imperative
C division of labor
D social solidarity
Question #13
A Officer Friel is now engaged in role reversal.
B Officer Friel is experiencing role conflict.
C Officer Friel is experiencing role strain.
D Officer Friel is faced with status inconsistency.
Question #14
A social space
B public space
C personal space
D intimate space
Question #15
A They have identical social roles.
B They share the same social location in all respects.
C They are members of the same social class.
D They share a great deal of social solidarity.
Question #16
A ascribed status
B social status
C status set
D master status
Question #17
A value clusters
B value contradictions
C positive sanctions
D folkways
Question #18
A have to become totally dependent upon memory
B be little more advanced than lower primates
C focus more on plans and actions instead of talk
D live in the past and have no concept of the future
Question #19
A They are showing a need for cultural relativism.
B They are violating a more of their society.
C They are challenging a taboo of their counterculture.
D They are conforming to the folkways of their subculture.
Question #20
A America is based on the principles of oligarchy.
B America is a polytheistic society.
C America is a pluralistic society.
D America is a society of subcultures and countercultures.
Question #21
A bikers in an outlaw motorcycle club
B gang members operating in the San Quentin prison
C Chicago Cubs fans
D individuals advocating the legalization of prostitution
Question #22
A expressions of disapproval for violating socially acceptable behavior
B standards by which people define what is socially desirable
C expectations or rules of behavior that develop from values
D ideas about what is true or false
Question #23
A Kristina was introduced to new folkways.
B Kristina experienced culture shock.
C Kristina experienced a facet of globalization.
D Kristina was practicing cultural relativism.
Question #24
A cultural relativism
B ethnocentrism
C the cultural universal
D the relativist fallacy
Question #25
A It is classified as a null hypothesis.
B It is an indirect relationship.
C It is a spurious relationship.
D It is a cause-and-effect relationship.
Question #26
A the survey
B secondary analysis
C participant observation
D the experiment
Question #27
A empathy
B rapport
C confidentiality
D commitment
Question #28
A This is an example of an open-ended question.
B This is an example of a closed-ended question.
C The question and answer are a part of secondary analysis.
D The question and answer are examples of generalizability in research.
Question #29
A The early IQ tests lacked reliability.
B The early IQ tests were based on a faulty hypothesis.
C The early IQ tests lacked validity.
D The early IQ tests were improperly administered.
Question #30
A faulty hypothesis
B misunderstanding of the subjects’ world
C inappropriate questions
D interviewer bias
Question #31
A “Unemployed men are more likely to commit spousal abuse than employed men.”
B “A penny saved is a penny earned.”
C “More than 300 million people live in the United States.”
D “All men are created equal.”
Question #32
A multinational corporations
B race relations
C the military
D doctor-patient relationships
Question #33
A upper class; lower class
B nobles; peasants
C civilized; barbarians
D bourgeoisie; proletariat
Question #34
A the social imperative
B social integration
C social location
D the sociological perspective (or imagination)
Question #35
A an understanding of who may have been victimized by the change
B a macroanalytical focus of the extent and duration of the change
C a framework or context from which to view the meaning of the change
D an understanding of who may have benefited from the change
Question #36
A symbolic interactionism and the conflict perspective
B symbolic interactionism and structural functionalism
C No single perspective is best, so all three must be utilized.
D structural functionalism and the conflict perspective
Question #37
A symbolic interactionists and conflict theorists
B conflict theorists and structural functionalists
C conflict theorists and symbolic interactionists
D symbolic interactionists and structural functionalists
Question #38
A functionalist; conflict theorist
B applied sociologist; functionalist
C basic sociologist; applied sociologist
D symbolic interactionist; functionalist
Question #39
A economics; religion
B religion; education
C government; economics
D education; political stability
Question #40
A C. Wright Mills
B Talcott Parsons
C Emille Durkheim
D Herbert Spencer