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Midterm Exam

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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:

Question #2
A  stratification cognition
B  false consciousness 
C  ideology
D  hegemony
E  meritocracy
Question #3
A  It tends to blame the victims of poverty for their own misfortunes, while ignoring structural causes of inequality. 
B  Some people simply have a predisposition to making poor choices regarding finances. 
C  The poor often move into the middle class. 
D  Contrary to assumptions about the culture of poverty, members of the lower class often save and take actions that might lead them to improve their situations. 
E  The values and norms of many Americans in all class groups include attitudes of resignation and fatalism. 
Question #4
A  15 percent 
B  1 percent 
C  27 percent 
D  3 percent 
E  40 percent 
Question #5
A  cultural capital
B  social structure 
C  false consciousness 
D  class consciousness 
E  ideology
Question #6
A  cultural capital
B  ideology
C  social welfare  
D  class consciousness 
E  education 
Question #7
A  slavery 
B  caste 
C  the invisibility of poverty 
D  ideology
E  social reproduction 
Question #8
A  Weber did not believe that owning the means of production mattered in any way
B  Weber did not have a theory of social class. 
C  Weber believed that wealth, power, and prestige could all affect a person’s social class. 
D  Weber believed that wealth was the only factor that mattered, regardless of how that wealth was acquired. 
E  Weber believed that class status was inherited and was an extension of the old feudal system. 
Question #10
A  deviance that actively harms someone physically 
B  deviance that relates to a criminal record 
C  instances where a rule violation is, or seems to be, an admirable act that should be supported 
D  deviance that is active and is openly embraced 
E  the form of acts that come with secondary deviance 
Question #11
A  differential association theory 
B  labeling theory
C  structural functionalism 
D  deviance avowal 
E  structural strain theory 
Question #12
A  Deviant behavior has become so widespread that many people think of it as normal. 
B  There are a lot of people with inborn antisocial tendencies. 
C  Deviant behavior is glamorized in the media and therefore becomes increasingly attractive to young people. 
D  The goal of success is shared by a majority of people, but not everyone has equal means for achieving that goal. 
E  American society is very lax in enforcing laws. 
Question #14
A  It helps to deter politicians from cheating in the future. 
B  Being forced out of office prevents him from ever cheating again. 
C  It helps to clarify moral boundaries, reinforcing the idea that marital infidelity is wrong. 
D  It helps to protect the family of the politician, who need scrutiny and media coverage in order to move on.
E  The anger and public outcry helps to rehabilitate the offender so he won’t give in to the temptation to cheat in the future. 
Question #15
A  be a deeply held belief
B  depart from a norm and generate a negative reaction.
C  cause harm or injury to someone
D  violate a law
E  inspire feelings of revulsion or disgust.
Question #16
A  charismatic leaders
B  traditional leaders
C  expressive leaders
D  instrumental leaders
E  democratic leaders
Question #17
A  It reduces the degree to which members are attracted to the group.
B  It makes group members more susceptible to anomie, normlessness.
C  It makes it much harder for the group to achieve goals.
D  It can lead to groupthink, in which dissenting opinions are strongly discouraged.
E  It leads to endless rounds of discussion that tend to preclude any real action.
Question #18
A  increasing reliance on technology.
B  the rise of hate groups.
C  anomie, or normlessness.
D  unemployment.
E  a need for new types of etiquette.
Question #21
A  when one individual has multiple roles that are in conflict
B  when an individual possesses a role she finds objectionable
C  when an individual possesses a role that requires him to constantly challenge others, resulting in a great deal of conflict
D  when a role comes with contradictory expectations that lead to conflict within an individual
E  when an individual possesses a role that generates a great deal of controversy and conflict within her social circle
Question #23
A  vandalism, truancy, and other forms of deviance
B  punctuality, neatness, and discipline
C  math, reading, and science
D  civics and the principles of American government
E  literature
Question #24
A  impression management
B  cooling the mark out
C  the existential dilemma
D  resocialization
E  peer socialization
Question #25
A  Football is one of the few games that allows individual agency.
B  Both football and society use hegemonic power to maintain order.
C  In both football and society, individuals have to take into account the roles and points of view of everyone else. 
D  Both football and society involve hierarchy and rules that help the elite maintain their status.
E  In both football and society, there are winners and losers.
Question #26
A  We imagine how we appear to those around us.
B  We imagine others’ evaluations of us.
C  We develop a self-concept based on what we think others think of us.
D  We modify our own behavior based on what we believe others think of us.
E  We determine whether or not our parents’ evaluations of us are similar to our grandparents’.
Question #27
A  process by which individuals come to know one another
B  interaction between different societies’ cultures.
C  fact that human nature is essentially self-centered and must be unlearned.
D  interaction between commodities and social institutions.
E  lifelong process by which people learn the norms, values, and beliefs of their culture.
Question #28
A  subculture
B  subordinate culture
C  mixed culture
D  dominant culture
E  counterculture
Question #29
A  social group.
B  cultural spin-off.
C  subdominant culture.
D  counterculture.
E  subculture.
Question #30
A  culture wars
B  sanctions 
C  multiculturalism
D  folkways
E  signs
Question #32
A  They understand other values and beliefs within the proper cultural context.
B  They are part of a counterculture.
C  They are practicing cultural relativism.
D  Other cultures are extremely different from theirs.
E  They use their own culture as a standard of judgment.
Question #33
A  Culture shapes and defines who we are.
B  Culture encompasses every aspect of social life.
C  Culture includes the habits and lifestyle choices of a group of people.
D  Culture includes customs and rituals, as well as tools and artifacts.
E  all of the above
Question #34
A  statistical analysis
B  ethnographic fieldnotes
C  experimental data
D  existing sources
E  interview transcripts
Question #35
A  when they use experimental methods
B  when they use interviews and participant observation
C  when they use historical research
D  when they use ethnographic methods
E  when they use surveys
Question #36
A  They allow respondents to answer in simple dichotomies, like true/false or yes/no.
B  They allow respondents to answer along a continuum, from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree.”
C  They allow respondents to answer with their own opinions.
D  They allow respondents to opt out of a question if they don’t have an answer.
E  They encourage respondents to include detailed responses.
Question #37
A  they have all read the prior literature on the subject area.
B  their confidentiality has been guaranteed.
C  they all belong to the target population identified by the researcher.
D  they all understand the nature of the study and what will be asked of them.
E  they have all agreed to participate in the study for monetary compensation.
Question #38
A  Ethnography requires no training since it’s something we all do as human beings.   
B  Ethnography is a quick and easy form of social science research.
C  Ethnography allows the researcher to gather abundant data on a small population.
D  Ethnography allows the researcher to hold on to rigid stereotypes about others.
E  Ethnography requires the researcher to spend little time gaining familiarity with the research subjects.
Question #40
A  form a hypothesis, analyze data, make predictions, review the literature
B  analyze data, review the literature, collect data, form a hypothesis
C  collect data, analyze data, form a hypothesis, predict outcomes, define variables
D  form a hypothesis, predict outcomes, define variables, collect data, analyze data
E  form a hypothesis, review the literature, define variables, predict outcomes, collect data, analyze data, disseminate findings
Question #41
A  structural functionalism
B  postmodernism
C  conflict theory
D  symbolic interactionism
E  psychoanalysis
Question #43
A  conflict theory
B  structural functionalism
C  postmodernism
D  symbolic interactionism
E  psychoanalysis
Question #44
A  Most aspects of life are increasingly controlled through rigid rules and rationalization.
B  The conditions of modern life create a psychic prison that leaves most people discontent with civilization.
C  Increasingly, we live and work in smaller and smaller physical locations, as if crammed in a cage.
D  Increasingly, modern society has more laws and uses them to incarcerate more people in prison.
E  More and more people live under totalitarian dictators and so lose basic rights and freedoms.
Question #45
A  when the lower classes come to recognize how society works and challenge those in power
B  when industrial production is perfected, so that most of the workers are unemployed
C  when a vanguard party leads a violent revolution
D  through the further development of false consciousness
E  through a religious awakening
Question #46
A  a failure of the oppressed to recognize the source of their oppression
B  the transfer of destructive urges to socially useful activities
C  anger and disillusionment with progress
D  a kind of social solidarity based on interdependence
E  normlessness, or a loss of social connections
Question #47
A  Microsociological—it explains how individuals shape and create large-scale social institutions.
B  Both are useful in different ways, because they each provide different types of information about the same object of study.
C  Macrosociological—it explains how large-scale social institutions influence individuals.
D  Macrosociological—it helps to understand how face-to-face interactions shape society.
Question #49
A  We should teach people how to take better advantage of their opportunities.
B  We should consider the economic and political structures of the society.
C  We should ask those who are unemployed how much they want to work.
D  We should worry about the intelligence level of the workers who have lost their jobs.
E  We should consider the work ethic of the average citizen.