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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Popular consumerism
B Conspicuous consumption
C Designer consumerism
D Credit card consumerism
Question #2
A ideology
B meritocracy
C stratification cognition
D false consciousness
E hegemony
Question #3
A Some people simply have a predisposition to making poor choices regarding finances.
B It tends to blame the victims of poverty for their own misfortunes, while ignoring structural causes of inequality.
C The values and norms of many Americans in all class groups include attitudes of resignation and fatalism.
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 poor often move into the middle class.
Question #4
A 3 percent
B 27 percent
C 15 percent
D 40 percent
E 1 percent
Question #5
A cultural capital
B class consciousness
C social structure
D ideology
E false consciousness
Question #6
A cultural capital
B social welfare
C class consciousness
D education
E ideology
Question #7
A the invisibility of poverty
B slavery
C caste
D social reproduction
E ideology
Question #8
A Weber did not have a theory of social class.
B Weber believed that wealth was the only factor that mattered, regardless of how that wealth was acquired.
C Weber believed that wealth, power, and prestige could all affect a person’s social class.
D Weber believed that class status was inherited and was an extension of the old feudal system.
E Weber did not believe that owning the means of production mattered in any way
Question #9
A 99 percent
B 47 percent
C 10 percent
D 90 percent
E 53 percent
Question #10
A deviance that relates to a criminal record
B deviance that actively harms someone physically
C the form of acts that come with secondary deviance
D deviance that is active and is openly embraced
E instances where a rule violation is, or seems to be, an admirable act that should be supported
Question #11
A structural functionalism
B structural strain theory
C deviance avowal
D labeling theory
E differential association theory
Question #12
A Deviant behavior is glamorized in the media and therefore becomes increasingly attractive to young people.
B American society is very lax in enforcing laws.
C The goal of success is shared by a majority of people, but not everyone has equal means for achieving that goal.
D There are a lot of people with inborn antisocial tendencies.
E Deviant behavior has become so widespread that many people think of it as normal.
Question #13
A pragmatic analytical
B structural functionalist
C symbolic interactionist
D retreatist
E conflict theory
Question #14
A The anger and public outcry helps to rehabilitate the offender so he won’t give in to the temptation to cheat in the future.
B It helps to deter politicians from cheating in the future.
C It helps to protect the family of the politician, who need scrutiny and media coverage in order to move on.
D It helps to clarify moral boundaries, reinforcing the idea that marital infidelity is wrong.
E Being forced out of office prevents him from ever cheating again.
Question #15
A be a deeply held belief
B inspire feelings of revulsion or disgust.
C violate a law
D cause harm or injury to someone
E depart from a norm and generate a negative reaction.
Question #16
A instrumental leaders
B democratic leaders
C expressive leaders
D traditional leaders
E charismatic leaders
Question #17
A It reduces the degree to which members are attracted to the group.
B It makes it much harder for the group to achieve goals.
C It leads to endless rounds of discussion that tend to preclude any real action.
D It makes group members more susceptible to anomie, normlessness.
E It can lead to groupthink, in which dissenting opinions are strongly discouraged.
Question #18
A anomie, or normlessness.
B increasing reliance on technology.
C the rise of hate groups.
D unemployment.
E a need for new types of etiquette.
Question #19
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #20
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #21
A when an individual possesses a role she finds objectionable
B when an individual possesses a role that requires him to constantly challenge others, resulting in a great deal of conflict
C when a role comes with contradictory expectations that lead to conflict within an individual
D when one individual has multiple roles that are in conflict
E when an individual possesses a role that generates a great deal of controversy and conflict within her social circle
Question #22
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #23
A literature
B punctuality, neatness, and discipline
C civics and the principles of American government
D math, reading, and science
E vandalism, truancy, and other forms of deviance
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 involve hierarchy and rules that help the elite maintain their status.
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 use hegemonic power to maintain order.
E In both football and society, there are winners and losers.
Question #26
A We modify our own behavior based on what we believe others think of us.
B We imagine others’ evaluations of us.
C We imagine how we appear to those around us.
D We determine whether or not our parents’ evaluations of us are similar to our grandparents’.
E We develop a self-concept based on what we think others think of us.
Question #27
A lifelong process by which people learn the norms, values, and beliefs of their culture.
B fact that human nature is essentially self-centered and must be unlearned.
C interaction between different societies’ cultures.
D process by which individuals come to know one another
E interaction between commodities and social institutions.
Question #28
A mixed culture
B subordinate culture
C dominant culture
D counterculture
E subculture
Question #29
A subculture.
B social group.
C subdominant culture.
D counterculture.
E cultural spin-off.
Question #30
A folkways
B sanctions
C culture wars
D signs
E multiculturalism
Question #31
A taboos
B laws
C folkways
D mores
E all of the above
Question #32
A They are part of a counterculture.
B They understand other values and beliefs within the proper cultural context.
C They are practicing cultural relativism.
D They use their own culture as a standard of judgment.
E Other cultures are extremely different from theirs.
Question #33
A Culture includes the habits and lifestyle choices of a group of people.
B Culture shapes and defines who we are.
C Culture encompasses every aspect of social life.
D Culture includes customs and rituals, as well as tools and artifacts.
E all of the above
Question #34
A interview transcripts
B statistical analysis
C experimental data
D ethnographic fieldnotes
E existing sources
Question #35
A when they use interviews and participant observation
B when they use ethnographic methods
C when they use experimental methods
D when they use historical research
E when they use surveys
Question #36
A They allow respondents to answer with their own opinions.
B They encourage respondents to include detailed responses.
C They allow respondents to opt out of a question if they don’t have an answer.
D They allow respondents to answer along a continuum, from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree.”
E They allow respondents to answer in simple dichotomies, like true/false or yes/no.
Question #37
A they all belong to the target population identified by the researcher.
B they all understand the nature of the study and what will be asked of them.
C they have all read the prior literature on the subject area.
D they have all agreed to participate in the study for monetary compensation.
E their confidentiality has been guaranteed.
Question #38
A Ethnography allows the researcher to gather abundant data on a small population.
B Ethnography requires no training since it’s something we all do as human beings.
C Ethnography allows the researcher to hold on to rigid stereotypes about others.
D Ethnography requires the researcher to spend little time gaining familiarity with the research subjects.
E Ethnography is a quick and easy form of social science research.
Question #39
A example of reactivity.
B hypothesis.
C research proposal.
D paradigm shift.
E ethical issue.
Question #40
A form a hypothesis, analyze data, make predictions, review the literature
B form a hypothesis, predict outcomes, define variables, collect data, analyze data
C form a hypothesis, review the literature, define variables, predict outcomes, collect data, analyze data, disseminate findings
D collect data, analyze data, form a hypothesis, predict outcomes, define variables
E analyze data, review the literature, collect data, form a hypothesis
Question #41
A postmodernism
B conflict theory
C structural functionalism
D symbolic interactionism
E psychoanalysis
Question #42
A a source of mechanical solidarity.
B a latent function of increased security.
C a cause for repression and sublimation.
D a manifest function of the border patrol.
E a serious source of anomie.
Question #43
A symbolic interactionism
B psychoanalysis
C structural functionalism
D postmodernism
E conflict theory
Question #44
A Increasingly, modern society has more laws and uses them to incarcerate more people in prison.
B Increasingly, we live and work in smaller and smaller physical locations, as if crammed in a cage.
C The conditions of modern life create a psychic prison that leaves most people discontent with civilization.
D More and more people live under totalitarian dictators and so lose basic rights and freedoms.
E Most aspects of life are increasingly controlled through rigid rules and rationalization.
Question #45
A when the lower classes come to recognize how society works and challenge those in power
B when a vanguard party leads a violent revolution
C through the further development of false consciousness
D when industrial production is perfected, so that most of the workers are unemployed
E through a religious awakening
Question #46
A a kind of social solidarity based on interdependence
B the transfer of destructive urges to socially useful activities
C normlessness, or a loss of social connections
D a failure of the oppressed to recognize the source of their oppression
E anger and disillusionment with progress
Question #47
A Macrosociological—it helps to understand how face-to-face interactions shape society.
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 Microsociological—it explains how individuals shape and create large-scale social institutions.
Question #48
A quantitative methods
B culture shock
C the sociological imagination
D Macrosociology
E Globalization
Question #49
A We should worry about the intelligence level of the workers who have lost their jobs.
B We should teach people how to take better advantage of their opportunities.
C We should consider the economic and political structures of the society.
D We should consider the work ethic of the average citizen.
E We should ask those who are unemployed how much they want to work.