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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Designer consumerism
B Popular consumerism
C Credit card consumerism
D Conspicuous consumption
Question #2
A meritocracy
B false consciousness
C hegemony
D ideology
E stratification cognition
Question #3
A Some people simply have a predisposition to making poor choices regarding finances.
B It tends to blame the victims of poverty for their own misfortunes, while ignoring structural causes of inequality.
C The poor often move into the middle class.
D Contrary to assumptions about the culture of poverty, members of the lower class often save and take actions that might lead them to improve their situations.
E The values and norms of many Americans in all class groups include attitudes of resignation and fatalism.
Question #4
A 15 percent
B 3 percent
C 1 percent
D 40 percent
E 27 percent
Question #5
A cultural capital
B false consciousness
C social structure
D ideology
E class consciousness
Question #6
A class consciousness
B ideology
C cultural capital
D education
E social welfare
Question #7
A slavery
B caste
C social reproduction
D the invisibility of poverty
E ideology
Question #8
A Weber believed that wealth, power, and prestige could all affect a person’s social class.
B Weber believed that class status was inherited and was an extension of the old feudal system.
C Weber did not have a theory of social class.
D Weber believed that wealth was the only factor that mattered, regardless of how that wealth was acquired.
E Weber did not believe that owning the means of production mattered in any way
Question #9
A 90 percent
B 53 percent
C 99 percent
D 47 percent
E 10 percent
Question #10
A instances where a rule violation is, or seems to be, an admirable act that should be supported
B deviance that actively harms someone physically
C the form of acts that come with secondary deviance
D deviance that is active and is openly embraced
E deviance that relates to a criminal record
Question #11
A structural strain theory
B deviance avowal
C structural functionalism
D differential association theory
E labeling theory
Question #12
A Deviant behavior is glamorized in the media and therefore becomes increasingly attractive to young people.
B The goal of success is shared by a majority of people, but not everyone has equal means for achieving that goal.
C There are a lot of people with inborn antisocial tendencies.
D American society is very lax in enforcing laws.
E Deviant behavior has become so widespread that many people think of it as normal.
Question #13
A structural functionalist
B symbolic interactionist
C pragmatic analytical
D conflict theory
E retreatist
Question #14
A It helps to protect the family of the politician, who need scrutiny and media coverage in order to move on.
B It helps to deter politicians from cheating in the future.
C It helps to clarify moral boundaries, reinforcing the idea that marital infidelity is wrong.
D The anger and public outcry helps to rehabilitate the offender so he won’t give in to the temptation to cheat in the future.
E Being forced out of office prevents him from ever cheating again.
Question #15
A cause harm or injury to someone
B be a deeply held belief
C inspire feelings of revulsion or disgust.
D violate a law
E depart from a norm and generate a negative reaction.
Question #16
A instrumental leaders
B democratic leaders
C expressive leaders
D traditional leaders
E charismatic leaders
Question #17
A It leads to endless rounds of discussion that tend to preclude any real action.
B It reduces the degree to which members are attracted to the group.
C It can lead to groupthink, in which dissenting opinions are strongly discouraged.
D It makes it much harder for the group to achieve goals.
E It makes group members more susceptible to anomie, normlessness.
Question #18
A anomie, or normlessness.
B unemployment.
C increasing reliance on technology.
D the rise of hate groups.
E a need for new types of etiquette.
Question #19
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #20
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #21
A when a role comes with contradictory expectations that lead to conflict within an individual
B when one individual has multiple roles that are in conflict
C when an individual possesses a role she finds objectionable
D when an individual possesses a role that requires him to constantly challenge others, resulting in a great deal of conflict
E when an individual possesses a role that generates a great deal of controversy and conflict within her social circle
Question #22
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #23
A vandalism, truancy, and other forms of deviance
B civics and the principles of American government
C punctuality, neatness, and discipline
D math, reading, and science
E literature
Question #24
A impression management
B peer socialization
C the existential dilemma
D cooling the mark out
E resocialization
Question #25
A In both football and society, there are winners and losers.
B Both football and society involve hierarchy and rules that help the elite maintain their status.
C Football is one of the few games that allows individual agency.
D In both football and society, individuals have to take into account the roles and points of view of everyone else.
E Both football and society use hegemonic power to maintain order.
Question #26
A We determine whether or not our parents’ evaluations of us are similar to our grandparents’.
B We imagine others’ evaluations of us.
C We develop a self-concept based on what we think others think of us.
D We imagine how we appear to those around us.
E We modify our own behavior based on what we believe others think of us.
Question #27
A fact that human nature is essentially self-centered and must be unlearned.
B interaction between different societies’ cultures.
C lifelong process by which people learn the norms, values, and beliefs of their culture.
D interaction between commodities and social institutions.
E process by which individuals come to know one another
Question #28
A subordinate culture
B counterculture
C subculture
D mixed culture
E dominant culture
Question #29
A counterculture.
B cultural spin-off.
C social group.
D subculture.
E subdominant culture.
Question #30
A multiculturalism
B culture wars
C folkways
D signs
E sanctions
Question #31
A mores
B laws
C taboos
D folkways
E all of the above
Question #32
A They use their own culture as a standard of judgment.
B They are part of a counterculture.
C Other cultures are extremely different from theirs.
D They understand other values and beliefs within the proper cultural context.
E They are practicing cultural relativism.
Question #33
A Culture includes the habits and lifestyle choices of a group of people.
B Culture encompasses every aspect of social life.
C Culture includes customs and rituals, as well as tools and artifacts.
D Culture shapes and defines who we are.
E all of the above
Question #34
A statistical analysis
B interview transcripts
C experimental data
D ethnographic fieldnotes
E existing sources
Question #35
A when they use interviews and participant observation
B when they use surveys
C when they use historical research
D when they use experimental methods
E when they use ethnographic methods
Question #36
A They allow respondents to answer along a continuum, from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree.”
B They encourage respondents to include detailed responses.
C They allow respondents to answer with their own opinions.
D They allow respondents to opt out of a question if they don’t have an answer.
E They allow respondents to answer in simple dichotomies, like true/false or yes/no.
Question #37
A they all belong to the target population identified by the researcher.
B they have all agreed to participate in the study for monetary compensation.
C they all understand the nature of the study and what will be asked of them.
D their confidentiality has been guaranteed.
E they have all read the prior literature on the subject area.
Question #38
A Ethnography requires no training since it’s something we all do as human beings.
B Ethnography allows the researcher to gather abundant data on a small population.
C Ethnography allows the researcher to hold on to rigid stereotypes about others.
D Ethnography is a quick and easy form of social science research.
E Ethnography requires the researcher to spend little time gaining familiarity with the research subjects.
Question #39
A hypothesis.
B ethical issue.
C research proposal.
D example of reactivity.
E paradigm shift.
Question #40
A analyze data, review the literature, collect data, form a hypothesis
B collect data, analyze data, form a hypothesis, predict outcomes, define variables
C form a hypothesis, analyze data, make predictions, review the literature
D form a hypothesis, predict outcomes, define variables, collect data, analyze data
E form a hypothesis, review the literature, define variables, predict outcomes, collect data, analyze data, disseminate findings
Question #41
A postmodernism
B structural functionalism
C psychoanalysis
D symbolic interactionism
E conflict theory
Question #42
A a manifest function of the border patrol.
B a cause for repression and sublimation.
C a serious source of anomie.
D a latent function of increased security.
E a source of mechanical solidarity.
Question #43
A structural functionalism
B symbolic interactionism
C psychoanalysis
D conflict theory
E postmodernism
Question #44
A Increasingly, we live and work in smaller and smaller physical locations, as if crammed in a cage.
B Increasingly, modern society has more laws and uses them to incarcerate more people in prison.
C More and more people live under totalitarian dictators and so lose basic rights and freedoms.
D The conditions of modern life create a psychic prison that leaves most people discontent with civilization.
E Most aspects of life are increasingly controlled through rigid rules and rationalization.
Question #45
A when a vanguard party leads a violent revolution
B through a religious awakening
C when industrial production is perfected, so that most of the workers are unemployed
D when the lower classes come to recognize how society works and challenge those in power
E through the further development of false consciousness
Question #46
A normlessness, or a loss of social connections
B a kind of social solidarity based on interdependence
C a failure of the oppressed to recognize the source of their oppression
D the transfer of destructive urges to socially useful activities
E anger and disillusionment with progress
Question #47
A Macrosociological—it explains how large-scale social institutions influence individuals.
B Microsociological—it explains how individuals shape and create large-scale social institutions.
C Macrosociological—it helps to understand how face-to-face interactions shape society.
D Both are useful in different ways, because they each provide different types of information about the same object of study.
Question #48
A the sociological imagination
B Globalization
C Macrosociology
D quantitative methods
E culture shock
Question #49
A We should teach people how to take better advantage of their opportunities.
B We should consider the work ethic of the average citizen.
C We should worry about the intelligence level of the workers who have lost their jobs.
D We should ask those who are unemployed how much they want to work.
E We should consider the economic and political structures of the society.