Exam 1

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Social Order theory

B  Functionalist theory

C  None

D  Conflict theory

A  the mental and psychiatry variables are not available in data set

B  the data set is too small

C  the data is collected at several points in time–longitudinal

D  none of the above

A  why society is like a functional body

B  why social stratification is an universal phenomenon

C  why social structure constrains individual behaviors

D  all of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  the class conflict in the U.S.

B  human selfishness has conflict with the taboos of a society

C  the social roles of all individuals

D  none of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  both A and B

B  field work

C  participant-observation

D  surveys or structured questionnaires

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  social class

B  class struggle

C  class consciousness

D  all of the above

A  poor whites committed higher rates of suicide

B  county and state suicide rate was a dependent variable

C  Americans are frequent border-crossers

D  independent variables include political membership

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  it does NOT have ‘yes’ and ‘no’ simple answers

B  it is cheap, easy, and mechanical

C  it is used by mail only

D  all of the above

A  the researchers used observations and conversations in fields

B  the survey about acceptance of Chinese as guests is conducted

C  the observations on Japanese Americans are conducted

D  the researchers argue that blacks inherit less social mobility

A  the dependent is migration change

B  the independent variables include migration change

C  the independent variables include gender

D  none of the above

A  the city data was included

B  the unemployment and per capita state income were used as control variables

C  the race and ethnicity variables were included

D  all of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  the rise in the price of wool provided the direct impulse for the eviction of peasants from the land

B  both A and B

C  there is a connection between expropriation and economic expansion in England

D  a man’s exclusive trust in God is being rewarded

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  inequality is always affected by greed

B  a society is like a functional body with some jobs that are more important than others

C  skills are greatly influenced by learning

D  all of the above

A  altruistic suicides stop in a society

B  social ties are strong in a society

C  social integration in a society is strong

D  social integration in a society is weak

A  a society’s authority ranking

B  a society’s literacy level

C  the quality and quantity of individuals’ social networks

D  all of the above

A  positively

B  tremendously

C  inversely

D  all of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  is always predictable

B  is a conditioned response to social stimuli or questionnaire

C  represents a behavioral pattern

D  both A and B (or 1 and 2)

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  those who have more power should be respected

B  both carpenters’ and doctors’ jobs are functionally important

C  power and prestige have less significance than money

D  none of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  a position in the process of economic production

B  an educational achievement of an individual

C  a shared expectation about behavior

D  an occupational ranking of an individual

A  there is no occupational categories

B  class conflicts are unavoidable

C  educational inequality is obvious

D  all of the above

A  the foundation of the capitalist mode of production was laid in the late 15th and beginning of the 16th century in England

B  both 1 and 3 (or A and C) are correct

C  free proletarians went to the labor market by the dissolution of feudal agriculture

D  English middle class appeared after the WWII

A  there are two dominant elite groups in the U.S.

B  minority members interact with one another

C  there is a class conflict between alienated wage labors and private property owners

D  all of the above

A  the top talented individuals are rare in a society and they should be rewarded higher than others in prestige and income

B  the rich should be punished

C  the poor should be disregarded

D  all of the above

A  Humanism or Interpretivist methods use empirical data analyses

B  questionnaire surveys use quantitative methods

C  a non-random sample is better than a random sample

D  all of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  stratification

B  cultural system

C  ethnic relation

D  education

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE