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