Exam 1

A  A structural functionalist

B  A symbolic interactionist

C  A conflict theorist

D  A feminist

A  A feminist

B  A conflict theorist

C  A structural functionalist

D  A symbolic interactionist

A  The authoritarian devalue of an employee .

B  The removal of personal feelings from a professional situation.

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

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

A  Oligarchy

B  Democratic

C  Authoritarian

D  Laissez-faire

A  Personality-based promotion

B  Explicit rules

C  Clear division of labor

D  Impersonality

A  A normative organization

B  A coercive organization

C  A total institution

D  A bureaucracy

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

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

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

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

A  Structural Functionalism

B  Symbolic Interactionism

C  Exchange Theory

D  Conflict

A  Structural Functionalism

B  Feminist Theory

C  Conflict Theory

D  Exchange Theory

A  An excellent cross section of the population

B  An incomplete institution

C  A total institution

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

A  A complete and permanent loss of herself.

B  Resocialization.

C  A shift in her desire to enjoy life.

D  A shift in her reading habits.

A  Buying Sarah a toy kitchen to play with.

B  Letting Kim wear pants to school.

C  Taking Jimmy to the aquarium.

D  Allowing Joey to sleep with his “blankey.”

A  The looking-glass self

B  Poor parenting

C  The resocialization process

D  A degradation ceremony

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

B  Self-esteem is directly correlated with body image.

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

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

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

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

A  Achieved status

B  The Thomas Theorem

C  Ascribed status

D  The looking-glass self

A  Hunter-gatherer; Pastoral; Agricultural; Horticultural

B  Pastoral; Hunter-gatherer; Horticultural; Agricultural

C  Pastoral; Agricultural, Hunter-gatherer; Horticultural

D  Hunter-gatherer; Pastoral; Horticultural; Agricultural

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

B  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.

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  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  Formal Sanction

B  More

C  Subculture

D  Social relativism

A  The disco invasion of the 1970’s

B  The hippie movement of the 1960’s

C  The Kardashian obsession of the 2010’s

D  The yuppie craze of the 1980’s

A  Crossing streets on cross-walks

B  Driving on the right hand side of the road

C  Making eye contact while speaking

D  Paying taxes

A  Scripture found within the Bible.

B  Federal laws and regulations.

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

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

A  Culture shock

B  Cultural imperialism

C  Xenocentricism

D  Material culture

A  Paradigms

B  Xenocentrism

C  Moral relativism

D  Ethnocentrism

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

B  Conducting a literature review prior to conducting an experiment

C  Observing study participants without their consent

D  Using a control group and an experimental group during observation

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

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

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

B  Independent variable: Grades; Dependent variable: John

C  Independent variable: John; Dependent variable: Grades

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

A  Secondary data analysis

B  Surveys

C  Ethnography

D  Experiments

A  Virtual interactivity, online polls, and online gaming.

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

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

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

A  Macro-level; micro-level.

B  They are both macro-level.

C  They are both micro-level.

D  Micro-level; macro-level.

A  Structural Functionalism

B  Symbolic Interactionism

C  Behaviorism

D  Conflict Theory

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

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

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

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

D  Genie died before the training could have an effect.

A  children imitate the aggressive behavior that they observe.

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

C  children cry when they see aggressive behavior.

D  girls do not imitate 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  social environment

C  parenting

D  heredity

A  associated with behavioral and academic problems.

B  can be explained by social learning theory.

C  is correlated to poverty.

D  all of these.

A  jewelry, art, hairstyles

B  beliefs, values, norms

C  mores, sanctions, machines

D  weapons, clothing, folkways

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  Talcott Parsons

B  C. Wright Mills

C  Lewis Coser Jr.

D  Kai Ericson

A  the conflict perspective

B  the functionalist perspective

C  the symbolic interactionist perspective

D  the neo-conflict perspective

A  the neo-conflict perspective

B  conflict theory/perspective

C  symbolic interactionist theory/perspective

D  structural functionalist theory /perspective

A  symbolic interactionism

B  structural functionalism

C  functional analysis

D  conflict theory

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

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

C  all of these are correct.

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

A  Select a topic and review the literature.

B  Analyze and share the results.

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

D  Choose a research method and collect the data.

A  describe, explain, and predict human behavior

B  identify patterns of behavior

C  none of these are goals of sociology

D  all of these are goals of sociology

E  study external factors that affect individuals

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

B  Only emotionally disturbed persons enjoy inflicting pain on others.

C  Electric shock treatments improve students’ abilities to learn.

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

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

B  Women are more susceptible to group pressure than men.

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

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

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

B  family, religion, education, economics, and politics

C  family, government, police, courts, and prisons

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

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

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

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 is in a voluntary association.

B  Samantha works in a bureaucracy.

C  Samantha works in a non-profit organization.

D  Samantha is a part of an oligarchy.

A  Religion is the foundation of government.

B  Religion can provide everyday guidelines for living.

C  Religion is used to legitimate social inequality.

D  Religion clouds people’s rational judgment.

A  secondary analysis

B  content analysis

C  participant observation

D  representative sampling

A  none of these

B  functionalist perspective

C  symbolic interactionist perspective

D  conflict perspective

A  counterculture

B  culture shock

C  subculture

D  folkway

A  “bureaucratization of society”

B  “credentialism of society”

C  “McDonaldization of society”

D  “rationalization of society”

A  participant observation

B  survey research

C  experimental design

D  content analysis

A  Structural Functionalism

B  Symbolic Interactionism

C  Conflict Theory

D  Social Exchange Theory