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