Examination 1

A  dysfunctional

B  a positive sanction

C  alienation

D  validity

A  conflict

B  culture shock

C  institutionalization

D  social dysfunction

A  false consciousness

B  anomie

C  role conflict

D  cultural pluralism

A  rules of conduct that guide people’s behavior

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

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

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

A  cultural imperialism

B  a self-fulfilling prophecy

C  material culture

D  multiculturalism

A  material and nonmaterial culture

B  taboos and mores

C  real and ideal culture

D  formal and informal sanctions

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

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

C  Language reflects the world in which we live

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

A  social control

B  latent solidarity

C  organic solidarity

D  mechanical solidarity

A  confirm our common sense assumptions

B  directly contradict our common sense assumptions

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

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

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

B  “Survival of the fittest.”

C  All of these reflect the functionalist view

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

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

A  the sociological imagination

B  moral reasoning

C  the looking-glass self

D  anticipatory socialization

E  the hidden curriculum

A  a pattern or institution found in all societies

B  a written document outlining appropriate behavior

C  an object that belongs to an entire group

D  the ideas, attitudes and beliefs of a particular society

A  a conflict theorist

B  a feminist

C  a functionalist

D  a symbolic interactionist

A  the enslaved bourgeoisie reclaiming power from the controlling proletariat

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

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

D  the bourgeoisie struggling for the allocation of resources amongst themselves

A  constant

B  dependent variable

C  independent variable

D  hypothesis

A  Secondary data analysis

B  A survey

C  An experiment

D  Field research

A  used archival material to study suicide rates

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

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

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

A  They are both micro-level.

B  Micro-level; macro-level

C  They are both macro-level.

D  Macro-level; micro-level

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

B  feeling victimized by social forces which exist outside the individual

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

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

C  animals were first domesticated as a resource for survival

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

A  latent function

B  formal sanction

C  latent dysfunction

D  manifest function

A  cultural relativism.

B  an ascribed status.

C  role conflict.

D  culture shock.

A  labeling

B  feminist sociology

C  disengagement theory

D  the looking-glass self

A  more

B  norm

C  folkway

D  social institution

E  value

A  conflicts between “workers” and “owners”

B  structured inequalities in society

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

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

A  the sociological imagination

B  historical and biographical analysis

C  common sense

D  reinforcement theory

A  communication based on ideals, norms, and values

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

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

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

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

B  mores are legally acceptable to violate; folkways are not

C  mores are based on norms; folkways are not

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

A  are the same thing

B  could not exist together

C  could not exist without each other

D  are unrelated

A  bias

B  interpretation

C  validity

D  reliability

A  to guarantee the safety of their participants

B  to ensure the financial gain of the researchers

C  to foster professionally responsible scholarship in sociology

D  to maintain value neutrality

E  to report findings accurately

A  Hawthorne effect

B  authority effect

C  Heisenberg Principle

D  Thomas Theorem

E  regressive Effect

A  unstructured interviews

B  observation

C  experiment

D  paper/pencil questionnaires

A  diffusion

B  appropriation

C  discovery

D  ethnocentrism

E  conflict

A  Symbolic Interactionism

B  Figuration

C  Functionalism

D  Conflict Theory

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  a true statement.

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

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

B  C. Wright Mill’s sociological imagination.

C  Karl Marx’s false consciousness.

D  Auguste Comte’s positivism.

A  qualitative analysis of human phenomena.

B  theoretical examination of life’s origins.

C  quantitative analysis of social transgressions.

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

A  cultural relativism

B  prejudice

C  discrimination

D  ethnocentrism

E  stereotype

A  ethnocentrism

B  a self-fulfilling prophecy

C  racism

D  cultural relativism