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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Popular consumerism
B Designer consumerism
C Conspicuous consumption
D Credit card consumerism
Question #2
A ideology
B stratification cognition
C hegemony
D meritocracy
E false consciousness
Question #3
A The poor often move into the middle class.
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 Some people simply have a predisposition to making poor choices regarding finances.
E 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.
Question #4
A 1 percent
B 27 percent
C 40 percent
D 15 percent
E 3 percent
Question #5
A cultural capital
B social structure
C ideology
D class consciousness
E false consciousness
Question #6
A education
B social welfare
C cultural capital
D ideology
E class consciousness
Question #7
A slavery
B the invisibility of poverty
C ideology
D caste
E social reproduction
Question #8
A Weber did not have a theory of social class.
B Weber did not believe that owning the means of production mattered in any way
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 believed that wealth was the only factor that mattered, regardless of how that wealth was acquired.
Question #9
A 90 percent
B 10 percent
C 53 percent
D 47 percent
E 99 percent
Question #10
A instances where a rule violation is, or seems to be, an admirable act that should be supported
B deviance that actively harms someone physically
C the form of acts that come with secondary deviance
D deviance that relates to a criminal record
E deviance that is active and is openly embraced
Question #11
A labeling theory
B differential association theory
C structural strain 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 Deviant behavior has become so widespread that many people think of it as normal.
D American society is very lax in enforcing laws.
E There are a lot of people with inborn antisocial tendencies.
Question #13
A pragmatic analytical
B retreatist
C symbolic interactionist
D structural functionalist
E conflict theory
Question #14
A It helps to protect the family of the politician, who need scrutiny and media coverage in order to move on.
B It helps to deter politicians from cheating in the future.
C It helps to clarify moral boundaries, reinforcing the idea that marital infidelity is wrong.
D The anger and public outcry helps to rehabilitate the offender so he won’t give in to the temptation to cheat in the future.
E Being forced out of office prevents him from ever cheating again.
Question #15
A violate a law
B inspire feelings of revulsion or disgust.
C cause harm or injury to someone
D be a deeply held belief
E depart from a norm and generate a negative reaction.
Question #16
A traditional leaders
B instrumental leaders
C charismatic leaders
D democratic leaders
E expressive leaders
Question #17
A It makes it much harder for the group to achieve goals.
B It makes group members more susceptible to anomie, normlessness.
C It can lead to groupthink, in which dissenting opinions are strongly discouraged.
D It reduces the degree to which members are attracted to the group.
E It leads to endless rounds of discussion that tend to preclude any real action.
Question #18
A the rise of hate groups.
B a need for new types of etiquette.
C unemployment.
D increasing reliance on technology.
E anomie, or normlessness.
Question #19
A TRUE
B FALSE
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 that requires him to constantly challenge others, resulting in a great deal of conflict
C when an individual possesses a role that generates a great deal of controversy and conflict within her social circle
D when an individual possesses a role she finds objectionable
E when a role comes with contradictory expectations that lead to conflict within an individual
Question #22
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #23
A math, reading, and science
B civics and the principles of American government
C punctuality, neatness, and discipline
D literature
E vandalism, truancy, and other forms of deviance
Question #24
A peer socialization
B the existential dilemma
C resocialization
D impression management
E cooling the mark out
Question #25
A Both football and society involve hierarchy and rules that help the elite maintain their status.
B Both football and society use hegemonic power to maintain order.
C In both football and society, there are winners and losers.
D In both football and society, individuals have to take into account the roles and points of view of everyone else.
E Football is one of the few games that allows individual agency.
Question #26
A We modify our own behavior based on what we believe others think of us.
B We imagine how we appear to those around us.
C We imagine others’ evaluations of us.
D We develop a self-concept based on what we think others think of us.
E We determine whether or not our parents’ evaluations of us are similar to our grandparents’.
Question #27
A interaction between different societies’ cultures.
B lifelong process by which people learn the norms, values, and beliefs of their culture.
C interaction between commodities and social institutions.
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 subordinate culture
B subculture
C counterculture
D dominant culture
E mixed culture
Question #29
A social group.
B cultural spin-off.
C subculture.
D counterculture.
E subdominant culture.
Question #30
A culture wars
B sanctions
C multiculturalism
D signs
E folkways
Question #31
A folkways
B laws
C taboos
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 Other cultures are extremely different from theirs.
D They use their own culture as a standard of judgment.
E They are practicing cultural relativism.
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 includes customs and rituals, as well as tools and artifacts.
D Culture encompasses every aspect of social life.
E all of the above
Question #34
A experimental data
B ethnographic fieldnotes
C existing sources
D interview transcripts
E statistical analysis
Question #35
A when they use surveys
B when they use historical research
C when they use interviews and participant observation
D when they use ethnographic methods
E when they use experimental methods
Question #36
A They allow respondents to answer with their own opinions.
B They allow respondents to opt out of a question if they don’t have an answer.
C They allow respondents to answer along a continuum, from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree.”
D They allow respondents to answer in simple dichotomies, like true/false or yes/no.
E They encourage respondents to include detailed responses.
Question #37
A they all understand the nature of the study and what will be asked of them.
B their confidentiality has been guaranteed.
C they have all agreed to participate in the study for monetary compensation.
D they all belong to the target population identified by the researcher.
E they have all read the prior literature on the subject area.
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 requires the researcher to spend little time gaining familiarity with the research subjects.
E Ethnography allows the researcher to hold on to rigid stereotypes about others.
Question #39
A paradigm shift.
B research proposal.
C hypothesis.
D ethical issue.
E example of reactivity.
Question #40
A analyze data, review the literature, collect data, form a hypothesis
B form a hypothesis, predict outcomes, define variables, collect data, analyze data
C collect data, analyze data, form a hypothesis, predict outcomes, define variables
D form a hypothesis, review the literature, define variables, predict outcomes, collect data, analyze data, disseminate findings
E form a hypothesis, analyze data, make predictions, review the literature
Question #41
A psychoanalysis
B conflict theory
C symbolic interactionism
D structural functionalism
E postmodernism
Question #42
A a manifest function of the border patrol.
B a source of mechanical solidarity.
C a serious source of anomie.
D a cause for repression and sublimation.
E a latent function of increased security.
Question #43
A symbolic interactionism
B postmodernism
C conflict theory
D psychoanalysis
E structural functionalism
Question #44
A More and more people live under totalitarian dictators and so lose basic rights and freedoms.
B Most aspects of life are increasingly controlled through rigid rules and rationalization.
C Increasingly, we live and work in smaller and smaller physical locations, as if crammed in a cage.
D The conditions of modern life create a psychic prison that leaves most people discontent with civilization.
E Increasingly, modern society has more laws and uses them to incarcerate more people in prison.
Question #45
A when the lower classes come to recognize how society works and challenge those in power
B through a religious awakening
C when industrial production is perfected, so that most of the workers are unemployed
D when a vanguard party leads a violent revolution
E through the further development of false consciousness
Question #46
A the transfer of destructive urges to socially useful activities
B a kind of social solidarity based on interdependence
C a failure of the oppressed to recognize the source of their oppression
D anger and disillusionment with progress
E normlessness, or a loss of social connections
Question #47
A Microsociological—it explains how individuals shape and create large-scale social institutions.
B Macrosociological—it helps to understand how face-to-face interactions shape society.
C Both are useful in different ways, because they each provide different types of information about the same object of study.
D Macrosociological—it explains how large-scale social institutions influence individuals.
Question #48
A Globalization
B Macrosociology
C the sociological imagination
D quantitative methods
E culture shock
Question #49
A We should consider the work ethic of the average citizen.
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 ask those who are unemployed how much they want to work.
E We should worry about the intelligence level of the workers who have lost their jobs.