SOCIOLOGY 1 final Questions and Answers fall 2020
Question 1
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A The American core value that pervades U.S. life and is underscored by the American revolution is
.
individualism
progress
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SOCIOLOGY 1 final Questions and Answers fall 2020
Question 1
1 / 1 pts
A The American core value that pervades U.S. life and is underscored by the American revolution is
.
individualism
progress
equality
freedom
Question 2
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A The research method that is also referred to as "fieldwork" is .
secondary analysis
experimentation
the use of surveys
participant-observation
Question 3
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A At a United Nations women's conference in Beijing, satellites instantly transmitted the grievances of women worldwide. As a consequence, norms governing gender relations between men and women were subject to change. This illustrates:
how societies can change their modes of production.
technology's influence on nonmaterial culture.
the importance of good communication tools.
the process of cultural lag.
Question 4
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A A general statement about how some parts of the world fit together and how they work is defined as a
.
proposition
theory
correlation
hypothesis
IncorrectQuestion 5
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A Research conducted by Cumming on disengagement theory revealed that disengagement:
occurs after a person reaches 70 years of age.
begins during early adolescence.
begins when a person retires.
is a gradual process that occurs over several decades.
Question 6
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A If a person had lived during Karl Marx's lifetime and had been a laborer at the Smittertown ironworks, Marx would have considered that person a member of the .
proletariat
bourgeois
middle class
lumpen-proletarian
Question 7
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A Research on the "Saints" and the "Roughnecks" by William Chambliss demonstrates that to understand human behavior, sociologists should focus .
only on social structure
on both macro and micro levels of analysis
on the psychological aspects of people's lives
only on social interaction
Question 8
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A Which statement is least true of role-taking behavior as developed by George Herbert Mead?
Younger children have less ability to visualize the role of others than older children.
The theory was based on symbolic interactionism.
The role-taking behavior of children is developed in a three stage process.
Mead used the term "looking glass self" to indicate the self as subject.
Question 9
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A The tendency for people to stereotype ethnic or racial groups that are distinctly different from each other, but have similar characteristics, such as lumping Japanese immigrants together with Chinese and Vietnamese immigrants, is referred to as .
the spillover effect
biculturalism
multiculturalism
transculturalism
Question 10
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A Sociologists classify women as a because each society has set up barriers that prevent women from gaining equal access to power, property and prestige.
subculture
class
dominating group
minority group
Question 11
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A Companies that operate across many national boundaries which helps the Most Industrialized Nations maintain global dominance are referred to as .
oligarchies
interlocking directorates
bureaucracies
multinational corporations
Question 12
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A When Bosnian Serbs practiced "ethnic cleansing" of the Muslim population during the 1990s they employed a combination of .
population transfer and segregation
assimilation and segregation
genocide and pluralism
population transfer and genocide
Question 13
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A Frank is examining the events that have occurred over the past 50 years and how these events have affected his own life. By doing so, Frank is engaged in .
the sociological imagination
the social imperative
determinism
positivism
Question 14
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A The theory of aging that equates happiness to the amount and quality of program participation the elderly engage in falls under the classification of .
subcultural theory
activities theory
social disengagement theory
exchange theory
IncorrectQuestion 15
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A In a random sample:
there is no consistent method of choosing the participants in the study.
the participants in the study are picked from volunteers.
participants in the study are picked at the convenience of the researcher.
everyone in the population has the same chance of being included in the study.
Question 16
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A Jamaican women prefer portly men with rounded mid-sections while American women prefer men who have triangular physiques, big shoulders, and thin waist lines. This difference in what is socially desirable or undesirable is an example of differences in .
sanctions
mores
norms
values
Question 17
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A Jewelry, art, hairstyles and clothing each represent examples of .
high culture
low culture
nonmaterial culture
material culture
Question 18
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A Prior to the research of H.M. Skeels and H. B. Dye, it was believed children reared in orphanages tended to have lower IQs because:
they lacked the early skills training provided by daycare.
of biological reasons..."they were just born that way."
institutions, such as orphanages, tend to restrict a child's intellectual development.
their natural parents did not love them.
Question 19
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A When sociologists refer to the culture within us, they are referring to:
man's ability to engage in cognitive thought processes and analyze social events.
the instinctual abilities we have to form social bonds and perpetuate the species.
the learned and shared ways of believing and doing that are a part of our behavior.
the cultural characteristics passed on through heredity.
Question 20
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A Which statement best reflects the reality of income inequality in the United States over the past 60 years?
Incomes of the poor have increased while the incomes of the rich have declined.
The overall levels of income inequality have fluctuated greatly.
Incomes of the poor have declined while the incomes of the rich have increased.
Anti-poverty programs have greatly reduced income inequality in the U.S.A.
Question 21
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A Americans glorify academic progress and material success. However, most students do not graduate with honors and most citizens are not wealthy. This condition characterizes the difference between
and .
real culture; symbolic culture
ideal culture; real culture
material culture; symbolic culture
unrealistic culture; realistic culture
IncorrectQuestion 22
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A Which statement is least true of values?
Some values cluster together to form a larger whole.
Values are distinct, independent units that are mutually exclusive and exhaustive.
Not all values fall into neat, integrated packages.
Americans have a tendency to embrace one set of values more than others.
Question 23
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A Because social factors have been found to influence whether individuals commit suicide, the suicide rates remain fairly constant year after year.
True
False
Question 24
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A Selene is a member of an environmentalist group. Based on the typologies of social movements presented in the text, Selene would be considered a member of a[n] social movement.
alterative
redemptive
reformative
transformative
Question 25
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A The term that stresses the social contexts in which people live and how those contexts influence their lives is .
the sociological framework
the social imperative
social solidarity
the sociological perspective
IncorrectQuestion 26
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A The case of Oskar and Jack, the two identical twins who were raised separately, provided evidence that:
identical twins will group up sharing similar interests and needs.
heredity is the fundamental predictor of behavior.
one's orientation to life is largely the result of environment.
environment has little affect on a child's system of moral values.
Question 27
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A Someone who ignores societal rules, disregards common courtesies, and simply pursues their own needs would have a/an according to Freud.
weak super ego
deformed id
enhanced libido
neurotic personality
Question 28
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A A leader who is passive and appears to be uninvolved in a group would be termed a[n]
leader.
authoritarian
democratic
authoritative
laissez-faire
Question 29
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A Bill proposes marriage to Jennifer and presents her with a diamond ring. The ring represents
.
a status symbol
symbolic interaction
an ascribed status
a master status
Question 30
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A The founder of ethnomethodology was sociologist .
Edward Hall
Erving Goffman
Robert Merton
Harold Garfinkel
Question 31
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A The concepts of reserve labor force and split labor market are a part of in explaining prejudice.
structural functionalism
the conflict perspective
the symbolic interactionist perspective
functional analysis
Question 32
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A Which of the following statements is least true of an ascribed status?
An ascribed status is involuntary.
Race, ethnicity, and social class at birth are example of ascribed status.
Certain ascribed statuses can be chosen.
Ascribed statuses provide guidelines for how we are to act and feel.
Question 33
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A The two sociological perspectives that focus on the broader picture or the macrosociological approach, are .
symbolic interactionism and conflict theory
conflict theory and functionalism
symbolic interactionism and neo-conflict theory
functionalism and symbolic interactionism
Question 34
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A Hilda is studying at the library. She has placed her coat on the chair next to her and has spread books in front of the other chairs radiating out to about four feet. Hilda is trying to establish a "distance zone" that Hall would call Hilda's .
social distance
public distance
personal distance
intimate distance
Question 35
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A Of the following factors, the one that is most significant in determining what constitutes childhood is
.
the responsibilities a child is given
the child's parents
the age of a child
the culture of a society
Question 36
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A Stratification within the former Soviet Union was largely a function of:
the elimination of all class distinctions.
ownership of the means of production.
political position within the Communist Party.
inherited wealth.
Question 37
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A Frank is examining the events that have occurred over the past 50 years and how these events have affected his own life. By doing so, Frank is engaged in .
the social imperative
positivism
determinism
the sociological imagination
Question 38
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A Sociologists emphasize the notion that our thinking and motivation are largely determined by
.
influences drawn from our life experiences
our individual personalities
our biologically inherited genetic structure
our natural born instincts
Question 39
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A The fact that the same behavior regarding mate selection can be defined as rape in Nebraska and marriage in Iraq illustrates the sociological fact that deviance:
is synonymous with crime.
is culturally relative.
is widespread in Islamic countries.
is illegal in Nebraska.
Question 40
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A Max Weber stressed the notion that sociological research should be "value free." This means that sociologists should not:
receive pay for their research work.
let personal values affect their research.
be social critics.
study social values.
Question 41
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A Research on the "Saints" and the "Roughnecks" by William Chambliss demonstrates that to understand human behavior, sociologists should focus .
on the psychological aspects of people's lives
on both macro and micro levels of analysis
only on social interaction
only on social structure
Question 42
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A In bureaucracies, "red tape" is a term which refers to:
rules and procedures which may impede the purpose of an organization.
organizations in communist countries.
bureaucratic anomie.
bureaucratic alienation.
Question 43
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A Julia is writing a note to one of her classmates. In the note she uses the emoticon:.) and adds OTF to the message. Based on these two expressions, what conclusion can we reach about the content of her note?
Julia was explaining to her friend that "older teens fail" because of their reckless behavior.
Julia was laughing so hysterically she had tears in her eyes and was rolling on the floor.
Julia was upset with her friend and encouraged her to change her behavior.
Julia asked her friend to accompany her to the Sadie Hawkins Dance being held this Friday.
Question 44
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A When labels lead us to see certain things while the same labels lead us to be blind to the messages they convey, sociologists refer to this condition as .
the Thomas Theorem
discriminating vision
selective perception
the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Question 45
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A Which of the following statement is least true regarding the concept of ideology versus force as a means to maintain stratification?
Withholding information "in the interest of national security" is a technique democracies use to maintain stratification.
Medieval Europe provides a prime example of how ideology maintains stratification.
Coercion is as effective as ideology, but it is expensive and creates false consciousness.
The divine right of kings was an ideology used by nobility and clergy with great effect.
Question 46
1 / 1 pts
A A general statement about how some parts of the world fit together and how they work is defined as a
.
correlation
theory
proposition
hypothesis
Question 47
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A Elizabeth sets goals for herself that are sometimes beyond her personal capability. When she fails to achieve them, she is prone to become irritable and moody, and blames racial, ethnic, and religious minorities for her failures. In view of this, Elizabeth is:
using minorities as her scapegoat.
a victim of affirmative action.
demonstrating an antisocial personality.
exhibiting signs of having an authoritarian personality.
IncorrectQuestion 48
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A In World Systems Theory, most of Africa and Asia are are comprised of nations because these nations were left out of the development of industrial capitalism.
semiperiphery
core
external area
periphery
Question 49
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A The major difference between sociological and psychological theories used to explain deviance is that:
only psychological explanations are accepted by the medical community.
sociological explanations focus on factors outside the individual and psychological explanations address conditions within the individual.
sociological explanations are more accurate in explaining the true cause of crime.
psychological explanations are based on genetic predispositions while sociological explanations concentrate on body types and physical differences.
Question 50
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A The practice by industrialized nations of controlling the Least Industrialized Nations through debt is referred to as .
neocolonialism
imperialism
modernization
capitalism
Quiz Score: 45 out of 50
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