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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A status consistency.
B upward mobility.
C class warfare.
D structural mobility.
E social control.
Question #2
A A neighborhood with mostly elderly people.
B A college campus with students who are very competitive.
C A city with a large minority population.
D A community where neighbors don’t know each other very well.True
Question #3
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #4
A dysfunctional in most societies.
B a system that has the authority to make decisions based on law.
C a published list of practices and behaviors on which society’s members base their daily lives.
D the regulation and enforcement of norms.
Question #5
A conformity.
B instrumental leadership.
C groupthink.
D bureaucracy.
Question #6
A A hate crime is based on the victim’s son’s race, religion, or other characteristics.
B A hate crime never involves physical violence to the victim..
C A hate crime is punishable in a court of law; a violent crime is not.
D A violent crime is punishable in a court of law; a hate crime is not.
Question #7
A a violation of established norms, whether folkways, mores, or codified law
B the regulation and enforcement of norms.
C social rewards for the violation of norms.
D the act of notifying authorities when criminal acts are occurring.
Question #8
A a bureaucracy.
B social capital.
C a voluntary organization.
D a social network.
Question #9
A Meredith receiving compliments on her hair after visiting the salon.
B Mario being sent to jail after robbing a CVS.
C Ed being given a “Teacher of the Year” award for her work as a high school English teacher.
D Beatrix being booed off stage after telling an offensive joke during her comedy routine.
Question #10
A single mothers.
B 65 years old or older.
C 18 to 64 years old.
D children under 18 years old.
Question #11
A an individual moves down the social class ladder.
B an individual moves up the social class ladder.
C a large group moves up or down due to societal change.
D a member of a family belongs to a different social class than his/her/xir siblings.
Question #12
A when a violation of norms does not result in any long-term effects on the individual’s self-image or interactions with others.
B when negative informal sanctions encourage an individual to seek better behavioral choices.
C when a person’s self-concept and behavior begin to change after his or her actions are labeled as deviant by members of society.
D when positive formal sanctions cause an individual to deviate from society’s expectations.
Question #13
A usually is more sophisticated.
B involves more people.
C usually causes more economic damage.
D is more likely to be violent.
E is committed by higher-status people.
Question #14
A rebel.
B ritualist.
C conformist.
D retreatist.
E innovator.
Question #15
A Functionalist.
B Differential association.
C Symbolic interactionist.
D Conflict.
Question #16
A popular consumption.
B conspicuous consumption.
C designer consumerism.
D credit card populism.
Question #17
A that Karl Marx was correct and that stratification can only be solved by converting to a socialist government.
B that the more society values a particular profession, the more money the people in that profession will make.
C that people constantly move up and down the social ladder, and this creates an unstable economy which will eventually collapse on itself.
D that economic hardship and skyrocketing inflation is the cause for all social stratification in the United States.
Question #18
A influenced almost solely by economic factors.
B defined correctly according to Karl Marx.
C not determined solely by economics but influenced also by social and political actors.
D determined almost entirely by religious factors.
Question #19
A anomic perspective.
B evolutionary perspective.
C functionalist perspective.
D interactionist perspective.
E conflict perspective.
Question #20
A a person’s social location based on all three dimensions of the stratification system.
B the movement to a higher position in the stratification hierarchy in contrast to the position of one’s parents.
C the movement of people from one social position to another in the stratification system.
D the ranking of people into a hierarchy in which resources considered valuable are unequally distributed.
Question #21
A all societies.
B formal organizations only.
C caste-based societies only.
D societies of moderate size only.
E modern societies only.
Question #22
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #23
A Differential association theory.
B Labeling theory.
C Strain theory.
D Control theory.
E Conflict theory.
Question #24
A none of these.
B a subculture.
C a secondary group.
D a crime syndicate.
E a “hipster” culture.
Question #25
A reference group
B instrumental leaders
C primary group
D out-group
Question #26
A social network
B in-group
C secondary group
D primary group
Question #27
A out-group
B secondary group
C reference group.
D in-group.
Question #28
A the country’s increasing dependence on fast food for daily meals.
B the increasing presence of the fast-food business model in common social institutions
C the increaing popularity of McDonalds as a hang-out for youths all over the world.
D the obesity epidemic that’s rapidly sweeping the United States.
Question #29
A promotes emotional strength and health, ensuring that people feel supported
B plays a musical instrument.
C rejects gender roles in the name of the feminist movement.
D relies on degradation ceremonies.
E is goal-oriented and largely concerned with accomplishing set tasks.
Question #30
A Impersonality.
B Clear division of labor .
C Personality-based promotion.
D Explicit rules .
Question #31
A reference group
B aggregate
C out-group
D dyad
E in-group
Question #32
A the belief that ideas about sex and gender roles are innate—we are born with them.
B the idea that development/socialization occurs in a sequence of stages
C an emphasis on nature, rather than nurture
D the idea that successful socialization occurs only in two-parent families
Question #33
A morality of care
B generalized other
C the looking-glass self
D agents of socialization
E morality of justice
Question #34
A generalized other
B morality of justice
C morality of care
D code of the west
Question #35
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #36
A Knowing locker room etiquette.
B Learning to read and write.
C Understanding when to speak up and when to be silent
D Following a schedule.
Question #37
A Gender.
B Blood type.
C Social class.
D Race/ethnicity.
Question #38
A Nature vs. Nurture.
B Kohlberg’s theory of moral development.
C George Herbert Mead’s theory of self-development.
D Freud’s theory of self-development.
Question #39
A Encouraging Vicki to wear pants to school.
B Buying Sarah a toy kitchen to play with.
C Taking Jimmy to the aquarium.
D Allowing Joey to sleep with his “blankey”.
Question #40
A a counterculture.
B an entry test that must be passed
C
D class consciousness
E a degradation ceremony
F impression management.
Question #41
A their influence is higher in importance than the influence of parents
B they protect adolescents from peer pressure
C they help young individuals develop a sense of identity separate from their parents
D they provide the only major socialization experience outside the realm of their families
Question #42
A anticipatory socialization
B the hidden curriculum
C the sociological imagination
D the looking-glass self
E moral reasoning