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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Designer consumerism
B Popular consumerism
C Conspicuous consumption
D Credit card consumerism
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 #9
A 90 percent
B 47 percent
C 10 percent
D 53 percent
E 99 percent
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 #13
A pragmatic analytical
B conflict theory
C structural functionalist
D symbolic interactionist
E retreatist
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 #19
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #20
A FALSE
B TRUE
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 #22
A TRUE
B FALSE
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 #31
A folkways
B mores
C taboos
D laws
E all of the above
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 #39
A example of reactivity.
B paradigm shift.
C ethical issue.
D hypothesis.
E research proposal.
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 #42
A a latent function of increased security.
B a source of mechanical solidarity.
C a cause for repression and sublimation.
D a manifest function of the border patrol.
E a serious source of anomie.
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 #48
A Globalization
B culture shock
C quantitative methods
D the sociological imagination
E Macrosociology
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.