Examination 1

A  validity

B  dysfunctional

C  alienation

D  a positive sanction

A  culture shock

B  conflict

C  institutionalization

D  social dysfunction

A  false consciousness

B  anomie

C  role conflict

D  cultural pluralism

A  people’s ideas about what is good or bad, right or wrong

B  rules of conduct that guide people’s behavior

C  conceptions that people have about what is true in the world

D  those things that have been shown by science to be true in the world

A  multiculturalism

B  material culture

C  a self-fulfilling prophecy

D  cultural imperialism

A  real and ideal culture

B  material and nonmaterial culture

C  formal and informal sanctions

D  taboos and mores

A  Our perceptions of the world shape the kind of language that we speak

B  The language we speak shapes how we think about and perceive the world

C  Language reflects the world in which we live

D  Language is a passive and neutral means of communicating what we perceive in the world

A  social control

B  organic solidarity

C  mechanical solidarity

D  latent solidarity

A  confirm our common sense assumptions

B  assume that common sense assumptions are wrong and not study them

C  find that the truth is more complicated than our common sense would suggest

D  directly contradict our common sense assumptions

A  All of these reflect the functionalist view

B  “All parts work together to promote the stability of the whole.”

C  “The history of all the hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggle.”

D  “Survival of the fittest.”

E  “Life is crude, brutish and short and the state of nature is a struggle of all against all.”

A  the hidden curriculum

B  the looking-glass self

C  anticipatory socialization

D  moral reasoning

E  the sociological imagination

A  a written document outlining appropriate behavior

B  the ideas, attitudes and beliefs of a particular society

C  a pattern or institution found in all societies

D  an object that belongs to an entire group

A  a functionalist

B  a conflict theorist

C  a feminist

D  a symbolic interactionist

A  the bourgeoisie struggling for the allocation of resources amongst themselves

B  the enslaved bourgeoisie reclaiming power from the controlling proletariat

C  the working class proletariat taking the means of production from the wealthy bourgeoisie

D  the proletariat fighting each other for a position within the bourgeoisie

A  hypothesis

B  dependent variable

C  independent variable

D  constant

A  An experiment

B  Secondary data analysis

C  A survey

D  Field research

A  argued that societies were inherently unstable due to conflict between groups over resources

B  used archival material to study suicide rates

C  used an experiment to demonstrate that automobiles with certain political bumper stickers were more likely to be stopped by police

D  used social research to demonstrate that segregation was harmful to young black schoolchildren

A  Micro-level; macro-level

B  Macro-level; micro-level

C  They are both macro-level.

D  They are both micro-level.

A  where the individual is isolated from his or her society, work, or sense of self

B  feeling victimized by social forces which exist outside the individual

C  the act of defying social norms in favor of group unity

D  the strength of ties that people have to their social groups–a key factor in social life

A  cities and towns were established, and humans had more time for leisure activities

B  animals were first domesticated as a resource for survival

C  societies began to form where rainfall was plentiful; groups were able to grow flowers            instead of living nomadic lifestyles

D  tribes became nomadic, traveling to various locations in search of sustenance

A  latent dysfunction

B  latent function

C  formal sanction

D  manifest function

A  an ascribed status.

B  role conflict.

C  culture shock.

D  cultural relativism.

A  labeling

B  disengagement theory

C  the looking-glass self

D  feminist sociology

A  value

B  social institution

C  folkway

D  norm

E  more

A  conflicts between “workers” and “owners”

B  broad social structures (institutions) and how they interact with each other

C  how social life is “constructed” through everyday acts of social communication

D  structured inequalities in society

A  common sense

B  historical and biographical analysis

C  reinforcement theory

D  the sociological imagination

A  a symbolic system through which people communicate and through which culture is transmitted

B  communication based on ideals, norms, and values

C  the exchange of gestures and signals for the purpose of reaching agreement about something

D  gestures, signs, and objects that help people understand the world

A  mores are based on norms; folkways are not

B  mores are legally acceptable to violate; folkways are not

C  violating mores can have serious consequences if violated; violating folkways does not

D  there is no difference–mores are a kind of folkway

A  are the same thing

B  could not exist together

C  could not exist without each other

D  are unrelated

A  reliability

B  bias

C  validity

D  interpretation

A  to guarantee the safety of their participants

B  to ensure the financial gain of the researchers

C  to report findings accurately

D  to maintain value neutrality

E  to foster professionally responsible scholarship in sociology

A  Hawthorne effect

B  Heisenberg Principle

C  authority effect

D  Thomas Theorem

E  regressive Effect

A  experiment

B  unstructured interviews

C  observation

D  paper/pencil questionnaires

A  appropriation

B  discovery

C  ethnocentrism

D  diffusion

E  conflict

A  Figuration

B  Conflict Theory

C  Symbolic Interactionism

D  Functionalism

A  a testable proposition.

B  philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them.

C  an attempt to different aspects of social relationships.explain large-scale relationships.

D  a true statement.

A  Karl Marx’s false consciousness.

B  Auguste Comte’s positivism.

C  W.E.B. Du Bois’ double consciousness.

D  C. Wright Mill’s sociological imagination.

A  qualitative analysis of human phenomena.

B  quantitative analysis of social transgressions.

C  theoretical examination of life’s origins.

D  systematic study of society and social interaction(s)..

A  ethnocentrism

B  stereotype

C  cultural relativism

D  prejudice

E  discrimination

A  racism

B  ethnocentrism

C  a self-fulfilling prophecy

D  cultural relativism