Exam 1

A  A structural functionalist

B  A feminist

C  A symbolic interactionist

D  A conflict theorist

A  A conflict theorist

B  A feminist

C  A symbolic interactionist

D  A structural functionalist

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

B  The authoritarian devalue of an employee .

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

D  The removal of personal feelings from a professional situation.

A  Oligarchy

B  Democratic

C  Authoritarian

D  Laissez-faire

A  Explicit rules

B  Personality-based promotion

C  Impersonality

D  Clear division of labor

A  A coercive organization

B  A total institution

C  A normative organization

D  A bureaucracy

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

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

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

A  Exchange Theory

B  Structural Functionalism

C  Conflict

D  Symbolic Interactionism

A  Conflict Theory

B  Feminist Theory

C  Exchange Theory

D  Structural Functionalism

A  An incomplete institution

B  A total institution

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

D  An excellent cross section of the population

A  A shift in her desire to enjoy life.

B  Resocialization.

C  A complete and permanent loss of herself.

D  A shift in her reading habits.

A  Buying Sarah a toy kitchen to play with.

B  Allowing Joey to sleep with his “blankey.”

C  Taking Jimmy to the aquarium.

D  Letting Kim wear pants to school.

A  A degradation ceremony

B  The resocialization process

C  The looking-glass self

D  Poor parenting

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

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

C  Self-esteem is directly correlated with body image.

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

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

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

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

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

A  Achieved status

B  Ascribed status

C  The Thomas Theorem

D  The looking-glass self

A  Pastoral; Agricultural, Hunter-gatherer; Horticultural

B  Hunter-gatherer; Pastoral; Agricultural; Horticultural

C  Pastoral; Hunter-gatherer; Horticultural; Agricultural

D  Hunter-gatherer; Pastoral; Horticultural; Agricultural

A  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.

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

C  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.

D  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.

A  More

B  Formal Sanction

C  Social relativism

D  Subculture

A  The yuppie craze of the 1980’s

B  The Kardashian obsession of the 2010’s

C  The hippie movement of the 1960’s

D  The disco invasion of the 1970’s

A  Paying taxes

B  Driving on the right hand side of the road

C  Crossing streets on cross-walks

D  Making eye contact while speaking

A  Scripture found within the Bible.

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

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

D  Federal laws and regulations.

A  Culture shock

B  Cultural imperialism

C  Material culture

D  Xenocentricism

A  Xenocentrism

B  Moral relativism

C  Ethnocentrism

D  Paradigms

A  Using a control group and an experimental group during observation

B  Conducting a literature review prior to conducting an experiment

C  Observing study participants without their consent

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

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

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

A  Independent variable: John; Dependent variable: Grades

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

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

D  Independent variable: Grades; Dependent variable: John

A  Surveys

B  Ethnography

C  Experiments

D  Secondary data analysis

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

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

C  Virtual interactivity, online polls, and online gaming.

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

A  Micro-level; macro-level.

B  They are both micro-level.

C  Macro-level; micro-level.

D  They are both macro-level.

A  Symbolic Interactionism

B  Behaviorism

C  Conflict Theory

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

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

D  Isabelle reached an intellectual level normal for her age.

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

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

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 do not imitate the aggressive behavior that they observe.

B  girls do not imitate aggressive behavior.

C  children imitate the aggressive behavior that they observe.

D  children cry when they see aggressive behavior.

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

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

C  all of these.

D  death rates are low in all types of orphanages.

A  socialization

B  heredity

C  social environment

D  parenting

A  all of these.

B  associated with behavioral and academic problems.

C  is correlated to poverty.

D  can be explained by social learning theory.

A  beliefs, values, norms

B  mores, sanctions, machines

C  weapons, clothing, folkways

D  jewelry, art, hairstyles

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

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

C  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”.

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

A  Kai Ericson

B  C. Wright Mills

C  Lewis Coser Jr.

D  Talcott Parsons

A  the neo-conflict perspective

B  the functionalist perspective

C  the symbolic interactionist perspective

D  the conflict perspective

A  symbolic interactionist theory/perspective

B  the neo-conflict perspective

C  structural functionalist theory /perspective

D  conflict theory/perspective

A  structural functionalism

B  conflict theory

C  symbolic interactionism

D  functional analysis

A  all of these are correct.

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

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

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

A  Analyze and share the results.

B  Select a topic and review the literature.

C  Choose a research method and collect the data.

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

A  none of these are goals of sociology

B  all of these are goals of sociology

C  describe, explain, and predict human behavior

D  study external factors that affect individuals

E  identify patterns of behavior

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

B  Electric shock treatments improve students’ abilities to learn.

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

D  Only emotionally disturbed persons enjoy inflicting pain on others.

A  Women are more susceptible to group pressure than men.

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

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

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

A  all of these

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

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

D  the impact social forces has on people’s lives

A  family, religion, education, economics, and politics

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

C  family, government, police, courts, and prisons

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

C  all of these

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

A  Samantha works in a bureaucracy.

B  Samantha is a part of an oligarchy.

C  Samantha is in a voluntary association.

D  Samantha works in a non-profit organization.

A  Religion can provide everyday guidelines for living.

B  Religion is used to legitimate social inequality.

C  Religion is the foundation of government.

D  Religion clouds people’s rational judgment.

A  secondary analysis

B  content analysis

C  representative sampling

D  participant observation

A  functionalist perspective

B  conflict perspective

C  symbolic interactionist perspective

D  none of these

A  folkway

B  culture shock

C  subculture

D  counterculture

A  “credentialism of society”

B  “rationalization of society”

C  “McDonaldization of society”

D  “bureaucratization of society”

A  participant observation

B  experimental design

C  content analysis

D  survey research

A  Social Exchange Theory

B  Conflict Theory

C  Structural Functionalism

D  Symbolic Interactionism