Sociology Common Final

A  Functionalist perspective

B  Interactionist perspective

C  Conflict perspective

D  Dramaturgical perspective

A  For each day that a person exercises they lose eight pounds.

B  A person loses a pound for every eight minutes of exercise.

C  There is a strong, inverse relationship between exercise frequency and weight gain.

D  There is weak, negative relationship between exercise frequency and weight gain.

A  Charismatic authority

B  Rational-legal authority

C  Traditional authority

D  Influence

A  hidden curriculum

B  unschooling

C  homeschooling

D  tracking

A  Interactionist perspective

B  Dramaturgical perspective

C  Functionalist perspective

D  Conflict perspective

A  The set of expectations regarding the proper behavior, attitudes, and activities of males and females

B  A person’s self-concept as being male or female

C  An ideology that one sex is superior to another

D  An invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified individual in a work environment because of the individual’s race, gender, or ethnicity

A  Macro-level

B  Micro-level, Macro-level and Mid-level

C  Micro-level

D  Mid-level

A  8

B  7

C  9

D  8.5

A  Peripheral nation

B  Semi-peripheral nation

C  Exploited nation

D  Core nation

A  Accept a small stipend from individuals who wish to participate in a study that

B  Pay researchers a stipend for participating in a study.

C  Disclose a portion of the financial support that they receive for conducting their study

D   Show a colleague the responses of his neighbor who is a subject in a study. 

A  Researchers help subjects select certain answers in a research survey if the participant seems undecided.

B  Researchers provide subjects with a consent form for them to complete before research begins.

C  Researchers from a university on the East Coast share their results with researchers at a university located on the West Coast.

D  Researchers limit their study to 1000 participants while another 100 individuals would like to participate

A  Division of labor

B  Written rules and regulations

C  Hierarchy of authority

D  Impersonality

A  Conflict perspective

B  Functionalist, Conflict and Interactionist perspective

C  Functionalist perspective

D  Interactionist perspective

A  Tendency to assume that one’s culture and way of life are superior to all others

B  Combining of conflicting cultural elements together into a harmonious and cohesive whole

C  Viewing of people’s behavior form the perspective of their own culture

D  Belief that the products, styles, or ideas of one’s own society are inferior to those that originated elsewhere

A  Formal norms

B  Mores

C  Laws

D  Informal norms

A  The domination of numerous sectors of societies throughout the world by efficiency principles initially used by fast-food restaurants

B  The placement of a McDonald’s franchise in every community with more than 5.000 inhabitants by the year 2012 and the domination of numerous sectors of societies throughout the world by efficiency principles initially used by fast-food restaurants

C  The placement of a McDonald’s franchise in every community with more than 5.000 inhabitants by the year 2012.

D  The existence of a fast-food franchise in countries throughout the world

A  The Washington Post

B  Time Magazine

C  Wikipedia

D  The American Sociological Review

A  Globalist

B  Interactionist

C  Functionalist

D  Conflict

A  Research design

B  Operational definition

C  Correlation

D  Hypothesis

A  The unconscious motivations affecting people

B  The influence of social relationships on people’s behavior

C  Anomie

D  The individual

A  Is one that was found significant statistical results

B  Is one for which the author has been paid

C  Has been evaluated before publication by other researchers in the same field

D  Has been written by someone with a PhD

A  Report illegal behavior of subjects to appropriate authorities

B  Disclose all sources of financial support and the identities of all subjects

C  Disclose all sources of financial support and the identities of all subjects, report illegal behavior of subjects to appropriate authorities and respect the subject’s right to privacy and dignity

D  Respect the subject’s right to privacy and dignity

A  Mode

B  Median

C  Mean

D  Mean, Median and Mode

A  Noncontributory federal and state health insurance plan for the poor

B  Organization that provides comprehensive medical services for a preestablished fee

C  Compulsory health insurance plan for the elderly

D  None of the above

A  Functionalists, Interactionists and Conflict and feminist theorists

B  Functionalists

C  Interactionists

D  Conflict and feminist theorists

A  Informal sanction

B  Formal sanction

C  Norm

D  Victimless crime

A  Interactionist perspective

B  Global

C  functionalist perspective

D  Feminist theorists

A  Interactionist

B  Conflict

C  Functionalist

D  Global

A  Status displacement

B  Role strain

C  Role exit

D  Role conflict

A  Role taking

B  Children beginning to use words and symbols to distinguish objects and ideas

C  Children learning social roles by imitating the actions of others

D  Imagining how we present ourselves to others, such as relatives, friends, even strangers on the street

A  Lower class

B  Working class

C  Entire society

D  Ruling class

A  Conger, Rand.  (1997, 79, 1179-1259).  The Effects of Positive Feedback on Direction and Amount of Verbalization in a Social Setting.  American Journal of Sociology

B  Conger, Rand. 1997.  “The Effects of Positive Feedback on Direction and Amount of Verbalization in a Social Setting.” American Journal of Sociology 79:1179-259.

C  Conger, Rand. 1997. “The Effects of Positive Feedback on Direction and Amount of     Verbalization in a Social Setting.” American Journal of Sociology 79:1179-1259.

D  Conger, Rand. (1997).  “The effects of positive feedback on direction and amount of verbalization in a social setting.” American Journal of Sociology, 79, 1179-259.

A  Quasi-data analysis

B  Primary data analysis

C  Tertiary data analysis

D  Secondary data analysis

A  Are only found in refereed journals.

B   Are materials created by somebody who was not present at the event being discussed.

C  Are better than primary sources since they include analysis.

A  A family

B  Cohabitation

C  Kinship

D  Endogamy

A  Sociobiology

B  Social promotion

C  Personality

D  Socialization

A  The process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality.

B  The systematic study of social behavior and human groups

C  The totality of learned, socially transmitted behavior. An entire way of life.

D  A unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things

A  Participant-observation research

B  A survey

C  Secondary analysis

D  An experiment

A  The Hawthorne effect

B  The Durkheim manifestation

C  Cross-tabulation

D  A correlation variable

A  Partially identify the funding source, simply indicating what sector the organization is classified

B  Maintain the confidentiality of all funding sources

C  Disclose the name of the company at the time of publication

D  Wait a minimum of six months after publication before disclosing the name of the funding source.

A  Truly reflects the phenomenon under study

B  Follows the laws of causal logic

C  Is capable of replication

D  Provides consistent results

A  Naturalistic observation

B  Correlation measures

C  The case study approach

D  Experimental design

A  Maximum objectivity and consistency.

B  That one’s theoretical perspective will be confirmed.

C  That any hypothesis will be confirmed, that one’s theoretical perspective will be confirmed and maximum objectivity and consistency.

D  That any hypothesis will be confirmed.

A  The process of denying opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or arbitrary reasons

B  A negative attitude toward an entire racial category

C  The act of physically separating two groups

D  The process by which a person forsakes his or her own cultural tradition to become a part of a different culture

A  Socialization

B  Globalization

C  Urbanization

D  Dependence

A  Holds that violation of rules results from exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts

B  Explains deviance as an adaptation to either socially perceived goals or the norms governing their attainment

C  Argues that criminal behavior is learned through social interactions

D  Attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants while others who engage in the same behavior are not.

A  Folkways

B  Deviance

C  Sanctions 

D  Laws

A  Pregnant women only

B  Prisoners only

C  Prisoners, Children and Pregnant women

A  Ascribed status

B  Achieved status

C  Natal status

D  Role status

A  Emile Durkheim

B  W.E.B. DuBois

C  Max Weber

D  Talcott Parsons