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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Credit card consumerism
B Designer consumerism
C Popular consumerism
D Conspicuous consumption
Question #2
A meritocracy
B false consciousness
C hegemony
D stratification cognition
E ideology
Question #3
A 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.
B The values and norms of many Americans in all class groups include attitudes of resignation and fatalism.
C It tends to blame the victims of poverty for their own misfortunes, while ignoring structural causes of inequality.
D Some people simply have a predisposition to making poor choices regarding finances.
E The poor often move into the middle class.
Question #4
A 27 percent
B 40 percent
C 3 percent
D 15 percent
E 1 percent
Question #5
A ideology
B class consciousness
C cultural capital
D false consciousness
E social structure
Question #6
A cultural capital
B class consciousness
C education
D ideology
E social welfare
Question #7
A caste
B ideology
C social reproduction
D slavery
E the invisibility of poverty
Question #8
A Weber believed that wealth was the only factor that mattered, regardless of how that wealth was acquired.
B Weber did not believe that owning the means of production mattered in any way
C Weber did not have a theory of social class.
D Weber believed that class status was inherited and was an extension of the old feudal system.
E Weber believed that wealth, power, and prestige could all affect a person’s social class.
Question #9
A 53 percent
B 99 percent
C 47 percent
D 90 percent
E 10 percent
Question #10
A deviance that is active and is openly embraced
B instances where a rule violation is, or seems to be, an admirable act that should be supported
C deviance that relates to a criminal record
D deviance that actively harms someone physically
E the form of acts that come with secondary deviance
Question #11
A structural strain theory
B differential association theory
C labeling theory
D structural functionalism
E deviance avowal
Question #12
A The goal of success is shared by a majority of people, but not everyone has equal means for achieving that goal.
B Deviant behavior is glamorized in the media and therefore becomes increasingly attractive to young people.
C There are a lot of people with inborn antisocial tendencies.
D Deviant behavior has become so widespread that many people think of it as normal.
E American society is very lax in enforcing laws.
Question #13
A structural functionalist
B pragmatic analytical
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 clarify moral boundaries, reinforcing the idea that marital infidelity is wrong.
C Being forced out of office prevents him from ever cheating again.
D It helps to protect the family of the politician, who need scrutiny and media coverage in order to move on.
E It helps to deter politicians from cheating in the future.
Question #15
A depart from a norm and generate a negative reaction.
B cause harm or injury to someone
C be a deeply held belief
D violate a law
E inspire feelings of revulsion or disgust.
Question #16
A expressive leaders
B charismatic leaders
C democratic leaders
D instrumental leaders
E traditional leaders
Question #17
A It can lead to groupthink, in which dissenting opinions are strongly discouraged.
B It makes group members more susceptible to anomie, normlessness.
C It reduces the degree to which members are attracted to the group.
D It leads to endless rounds of discussion that tend to preclude any real action.
E It makes it much harder for the group to achieve goals.
Question #18
A increasing reliance on technology.
B the rise of hate groups.
C a need for new types of etiquette.
D anomie, or normlessness.
E unemployment.
Question #19
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #20
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #21
A when a role comes with contradictory expectations that lead to conflict within an individual
B when an individual possesses a role that requires him to constantly challenge others, resulting in a great deal of conflict
C when one individual has multiple roles that are in conflict
D when an individual possesses a role she finds objectionable
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 literature
B vandalism, truancy, and other forms of deviance
C punctuality, neatness, and discipline
D civics and the principles of American government
E math, reading, and science
Question #24
A impression management
B the existential dilemma
C resocialization
D cooling the mark out
E peer socialization
Question #25
A In both football and society, there are winners and losers.
B In both football and society, individuals have to take into account the roles and points of view of everyone else.
C Football is one of the few games that allows individual agency.
D Both football and society involve hierarchy and rules that help the elite maintain their status.
E Both football and society use hegemonic power to maintain order.
Question #26
A We develop a self-concept based on what we think others think of us.
B We imagine others’ evaluations of us.
C We determine whether or not our parents’ evaluations of us are similar to our grandparents’.
D We modify our own behavior based on what we believe others think of us.
E We imagine how we appear to those around us.
Question #27
A interaction between commodities and social institutions.
B interaction between different societies’ cultures.
C lifelong process by which people learn the norms, values, and beliefs of their culture.
D process by which individuals come to know one another
E fact that human nature is essentially self-centered and must be unlearned.
Question #28
A mixed culture
B subculture
C subordinate culture
D counterculture
E dominant culture
Question #29
A subdominant culture.
B cultural spin-off.
C subculture.
D counterculture.
E social group.
Question #30
A culture wars
B multiculturalism
C signs
D sanctions
E folkways
Question #31
A laws
B mores
C folkways
D taboos
E all of the above
Question #32
A They understand other values and beliefs within the proper cultural context.
B They are practicing cultural relativism.
C Other cultures are extremely different from theirs.
D They are part of a counterculture.
E They use their own culture as a standard of judgment.
Question #33
A Culture encompasses every aspect of social life.
B Culture includes customs and rituals, as well as tools and artifacts.
C Culture shapes and defines who we are.
D Culture includes the habits and lifestyle choices of a group of people.
E all of the above
Question #34
A statistical analysis
B ethnographic fieldnotes
C existing sources
D interview transcripts
E experimental data
Question #35
A when they use ethnographic methods
B when they use interviews and participant observation
C when they use historical research
D when they use experimental methods
E when they use surveys
Question #36
A They encourage respondents to include detailed responses.
B They allow respondents to answer with their own opinions.
C They allow respondents to answer in simple dichotomies, like true/false or yes/no.
D They allow respondents to answer along a continuum, from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree.”
E They allow respondents to opt out of a question if they don’t have an answer.
Question #37
A they all belong to the target population identified by the researcher.
B they have all agreed to participate in the study for monetary compensation.
C they all understand the nature of the study and what will be asked of them.
D they have all read the prior literature on the subject area.
E their confidentiality has been guaranteed.
Question #38
A Ethnography is a quick and easy form of social science research.
B Ethnography allows the researcher to hold on to rigid stereotypes about others.
C Ethnography requires no training since it’s something we all do as human beings.
D Ethnography allows the researcher to gather abundant data on a small population.
E Ethnography requires the researcher to spend little time gaining familiarity with the research subjects.
Question #39
A hypothesis.
B ethical issue.
C example of reactivity.
D paradigm shift.
E research proposal.
Question #40
A form a hypothesis, review the literature, define variables, predict outcomes, collect data, analyze data, disseminate findings
B collect data, analyze data, form a hypothesis, predict outcomes, define variables
C analyze data, review the literature, collect data, form a hypothesis
D form a hypothesis, predict outcomes, define variables, collect data, analyze data
E form a hypothesis, analyze data, make predictions, review the literature
Question #41
A postmodernism
B psychoanalysis
C conflict theory
D symbolic interactionism
E structural functionalism
Question #42
A a latent function of increased security.
B a cause for repression and sublimation.
C a source of mechanical solidarity.
D a serious source of anomie.
E a manifest function of the border patrol.
Question #43
A conflict theory
B psychoanalysis
C symbolic interactionism
D postmodernism
E structural functionalism
Question #44
A Most aspects of life are increasingly controlled through rigid rules and rationalization.
B More and more people live under totalitarian dictators and so lose basic rights and freedoms.
C The conditions of modern life create a psychic prison that leaves most people discontent with civilization.
D Increasingly, modern society has more laws and uses them to incarcerate more people in prison.
E Increasingly, we live and work in smaller and smaller physical locations, as if crammed in a cage.
Question #45
A when a vanguard party leads a violent revolution
B when the lower classes come to recognize how society works and challenge those in power
C through the further development of false consciousness
D through a religious awakening
E when industrial production is perfected, so that most of the workers are unemployed
Question #46
A a kind of social solidarity based on interdependence
B anger and disillusionment with progress
C normlessness, or a loss of social connections
D a failure of the oppressed to recognize the source of their oppression
E the transfer of destructive urges to socially useful activities
Question #47
A Both are useful in different ways, because they each provide different types of information about the same object of study.
B Macrosociological—it explains how large-scale social institutions influence individuals.
C Macrosociological—it helps to understand how face-to-face interactions shape society.
D Microsociological—it explains how individuals shape and create large-scale social institutions.
Question #48
A the sociological imagination
B culture shock
C quantitative methods
D Globalization
E Macrosociology
Question #49
A We should consider the economic and political structures of the society.
B We should teach people how to take better advantage of their opportunities.
C We should worry about the intelligence level of the workers who have lost their jobs.
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.