Exam 1

A  A structural functionalist

B  A symbolic interactionist

C  A feminist

D  A conflict theorist

A  A symbolic interactionist

B  A feminist

C  A conflict theorist

D  A structural functionalist

A  The removal of personal feelings from a professional situation.

B  The authoritarian devalue of an employee .

C  A bureaucracy where membership and advancement is based on proven and documented skills.

D  A status-based regime in which advancement is unlikely.

A  Authoritarian

B  Laissez-faire

C  Democratic

D  Oligarchy

A  Impersonality

B  Personality-based promotion

C  Clear division of labor

D  Explicit rules

A  A coercive organization

B  A normative organization

C  A bureaucracy

D  A total institution

A  A primary group is large and impersonal; a secondary group is small, consisting of emotional, face-to-face relationships.

B  A primary group is large and impersonal; a secondary group is small and purely instrumental in function.

C  A primary group is small and impersonal; a secondary group is large and consists of face-to-face relationships.

D  A primary group is small, consisting of emotional face-to-face relationships; a secondary group is larger and impersonal.

A  Conflict

B  Exchange Theory

C  Structural Functionalism

D  Symbolic Interactionism

A  Exchange Theory

B  Conflict Theory

C  Structural Functionalism

D  Feminist Theory

A  A psychological phenomenon that is outside the realm of sociological study

B  An excellent cross section of the population

C  A total institution

D  An incomplete institution

A  A shift in her reading habits.

B  A shift in her desire to enjoy life.

C  Resocialization.

D  A complete and permanent loss of herself.

A  Taking Jimmy to the aquarium.

B  Letting Kim wear pants to school.

C  Buying Sarah a toy kitchen to play with.

D  Allowing Joey to sleep with his “blankey.”

A  A degradation ceremony

B  The looking-glass self

C  The resocialization process

D  Poor parenting

A  Personal identity isn’t influenced by outside social forces.

B  People base their images on how they think other people see them.

C  Self-esteem is directly correlated with body image.

D  The media encourages society to base their appearances on visible public figures.

A  Krista lands a role on Days of Our Lives and begins receiving fan mail from fans across the country.

B  Becca returns to work after giving birth to her daughter, finding it difficult to act as mother, wife, and executive.

C  Alex takes a sabbatical from his job as a professor of Molecular Biology to raise his two young children.

D  Derek attends law school and becomes a lawyer, though he dreams of one day becoming the next John Grisham.

A  Ascribed status

B  The Thomas Theorem

C  Achieved status

D  The looking-glass self

A  Pastoral; Agricultural, Hunter-gatherer; Horticultural

B  Hunter-gatherer; Pastoral; Horticultural; Agricultural

C  Pastoral; Hunter-gatherer; Horticultural; Agricultural

D  Hunter-gatherer; Pastoral; Agricultural; Horticultural

A  Morgan overhears a professor predicting the economic recession will prevent entry-level graduates from finding gainful employment. Morgan goes on interviews but doesn’t bother preparing, convinced it’s a waste of time. Morgan appears unprofessional and is not hired.

B  Though encouraged by his parents to audition for Julliard, Jose believes he isn’t good enough to attend. After his audition, he expresses this reluctance to the admissions committee. They don’t admit him due to his lack of certainty.

C  Kevin sprained his ankle a month before a marathon. Though his trainer advises him not to participate, Kevin runs the marathon and places third.

D  Charlotte is an intelligent teenager, but told by her step-sisters and cousins that she’s destined to a life of poverty and failure. Charlotte begins to do poorly in school, and eventually drops out.

A  More

B  Subculture

C  Social relativism

D  Formal Sanction

A  The hippie movement of the 1960’s

B  The Kardashian obsession of the 2010’s

C  The disco invasion of the 1970’s

D  The yuppie craze of the 1980’s

A  Crossing streets on cross-walks

B  Making eye contact while speaking

C  Driving on the right hand side of the road

D  Paying taxes

A  A culture’s standard for discerning what’s good and just in society.

B  Scripture found within the Bible.

C  The tenets or convictions that people hold to be true.

D  Federal laws and regulations.

A  Material culture

B  Xenocentricism

C  Culture shock

D  Cultural imperialism

A  Ethnocentrism

B  Paradigms

C  Moral relativism

D  Xenocentrism

A  Observing study participants without their consent

B  Conducting a literature review prior to conducting an experiment

C  Using a control group and an experimental group during observation

D  Drawing conclusions from a study which the hypothesis did not predict

A  The more study halls students are given during the school day, the worse they perform on their tests.

B  The longer an inmate spends in prison, the more difficult it is for him to adapt to the outside world.

C  The more CDs Jamilla buys, the less money she has in her bank account

D  The more positive reinforcement a parent gives a child, the better they do in school.

A  Independent variable: Number of laptops; Dependent variable: Grades

B  Independent variable: Grades; Dependent variable: John

C  Independent variable: John; Dependent variable: Grades

D  Independent variable: Grades; Dependent variable: Number of laptops

A  Secondary data analysis

B  Surveys

C  Ethnography

D  Experiments

A  Door to door sales pitches, cold calls, and press conferences.

B  Virtual interactivity, online polls, and online gaming.

C  In-depth interviews, focus groups, and/or analysis of content sources as the source of its data.

D  Statistical methods such as surveys with large numbers of participants.

A  Macro-level; micro-level.

B  They are both micro-level.

C  They are both macro-level.

D  Micro-level; macro-level.

A  Behaviorism

B  Conflict Theory

C  Symbolic Interactionism

D  Structural Functionalism

A  By the age of 18 years old Isabelle was only able to achieve an intellectual level about half her age.

B  Isabelle reached an intellectual level normal for her age.

C  Isabelle surpassed the intellectual level of other children her age as a result of the intensive training.

D  Isabelle failed to benefit from the training because she was discovered too late, at the age of 13 years old.

A  Genie was able to achieve a normal intellectual level after two years of training.

B  The training had little effect, and Genie lived a primitive lifestyle.

C  Genie surpassed the intellectual level of other children her age after two years of training.

D  Genie died before the training could have an effect.

A  children cry when they see aggressive behavior.

B  girls do not imitate aggressive behavior.

C  children imitate the aggressive behavior that they observe.

D  children do not imitate the aggressive behavior that they observe.

A  touch and bonds with others play an important role in one’s socialization, IQ, and health.

B  all of these.

C  children who were raised in any type of orphanage have lower IQs than other children.

D  death rates are low in all types of orphanages.

A  heredity

B  parenting

C  social environment

D  socialization

A  is correlated to poverty.

B  can be explained by social learning theory.

C  associated with behavioral and academic problems.

D  all of these.

A  weapons, clothing, folkways

B  beliefs, values, norms

C  mores, sanctions, machines

D  jewelry, art, hairstyles

A  A sociologist is a unique social scientist that rarely encounters other social scientists such as the historian, anthropologist, or psychologist.

B  A sociologist wants to understand the lives of others “on the other side of the river” and wants to understand what is going on “behind closed doors”.

C  Sociology is interested in the “doings of men” and observing individuals in their “natural habitat”.

D  Those who prefer to believe what they were taught or have “no interest in human beings” will not appreciate sociology.

A  Lewis Coser Jr.

B  Talcott Parsons

C  Kai Ericson

D  C. Wright Mills

A  the functionalist perspective

B  the symbolic interactionist perspective

C  the conflict perspective

D  the neo-conflict perspective

A  symbolic interactionist theory/perspective

B  conflict theory/perspective

C  the neo-conflict perspective

D  structural functionalist theory /perspective

A  functional analysis

B  conflict theory

C  symbolic interactionism

D  structural functionalism

A  From a conflict perspective Jim Jones took advantage of the disadvantaged individuals in society.

B  Jim Jones told his followers that he was God (symbolized God) which is part of the symbolic interactionist perspective.

C  all of these are correct.

D  Jim Jones and Jonestown provided all of the functions of religion to his followers.

A  Analyze and share the results.

B  Choose a research method and collect the data.

C  all of these are steps in the social research process.

D  Select a topic and review the literature.

A  identify patterns of behavior

B  all of these are goals of sociology

C  study external factors that affect individuals

D  none of these are goals of sociology

E  describe, explain, and predict human behavior

A  Electric shock treatments improve students’ abilities to learn.

B  Most people conform to social norms, even when told to deviate from them by persons in authority.

C  Only emotionally disturbed persons enjoy inflicting pain on others.

D  Some people will inflict pain on others if ordered to do so by a person in a position of authority.

A  Women are more susceptible to group pressure than men.

B  Because of group pressure, most people are willing to say things they know are not true.

C  Younger people are more susceptible to group pressure than older adults.

D  Americans are highly individualistic and reluctant to conform to group pressure.

A  an understanding of others in relation to history and the social structure of society

B  all of these

C  the impact social forces has on people’s lives

D  viewing events, issues, and the world from a sociological perspective

A  family, government, police, courts, and prisons

B  anthropology, sociology, psychology, economics, and political science

C  family, religion, education, economics, and politics

D  nutrition, exercise, rest, well-being, and financial security

A  a group of several academic disciplines designed to understand the social world

B  a science that studies society, social interaction, and the external factors that influence groups of individuals.

C  a science that focuses on the mental processes of individuals.

D  a science focused on the distribution of the material goods and services of a society.

A  Social forces include history, culture, and environment and are found to impact our behaviors and the decisions we make.

B  all of these

C  Social forces have NOT been found to contribute to the decisions we make or our behaviors.

D  Social forces affect how social we become and the amount of social interactions we have with others.

A  Samantha is in a voluntary association.

B  Samantha is a part of an oligarchy.

C  Samantha works in a non-profit organization.

D  Samantha works in a bureaucracy.

A  Religion is used to legitimate social inequality.

B  Religion can provide everyday guidelines for living.

C  Religion clouds people’s rational judgment.

D  Religion is the foundation of government.

A  representative sampling

B  secondary analysis

C  content analysis

D  participant observation

A  symbolic interactionist perspective

B  conflict perspective

C  none of these

D  functionalist perspective

A  culture shock

B  subculture

C  counterculture

D  folkway

A  “bureaucratization of society”

B  “credentialism of society”

C  “rationalization of society”

D  “McDonaldization of society”

A  content analysis

B  participant observation

C  experimental design

D  survey research

A  Symbolic Interactionism

B  Social Exchange Theory

C  Conflict Theory

D  Structural Functionalism