Sociology exam 1
A symbolic interactionist would be most likely to ask which of the following questions?
What messages are communicated to students by the structure in which education takes place?
The sociological imagination asks us to:
broaden our perspective beyond individual experiences.
Studies of apes show that they:
cannot talk because of physiological limitations.
In a research study, investigators at one of the study sites are not told what is actually being tested, nor are they told who the research subjects are. This is an example of
double-blind technique.
The basic family unit consisting of husband, wife and children is called:
nuclear family.
"Birds of a feather flock together" and "opposites attract" are common sense explanations for mate selection. How would a sociologist study mate selection?
only b and c above.
Which of the following is a hypothesis?
only c and d above.
Riding in unmarked police cars to collect data on drug dealers is using: ________.
participant observation.
The U.S. Census requires members of every family to respond to a series of official questions. This is an example of:
survey research.
Anything that represents something else and carries a particular meaning recognized by members of a culture is called a(n):
symbol.
__________ are the prohibition of a specific action.
taboos.
Folkways:
tend to change over time.
Herbert Spencer assumed that people who were unsuccessful:
were unfit for that society.
Which statement about careers in sociology is most accurate?
Most jobs utilizing sociology require specialization within the discipline.
Which of the following represent an advantage of a secondary analysis?
Saves time and money.
Which of the following concepts describes the ideology Max Weber said justified economic success through rational, disciplined hard work?
The Protestant Ethic.
Why did sociology as a discipline emerge?
a, b and c above.
Nonmaterial culture consists of:
all of the above.
Which of the following is a cultural universal?
all of the above.
Which of the following would a sociologist find characterize norms?
all of the above.
Who of the following was (were) a pioneer in the development of the science of sociology?
all of the above.
The sociologist seeks to discover the truth by:
all of these.
Typical rites of passage celebrated in American society include:
all of these.
Direct translation of one language into another:
b and c only.
Marx's view of societies is considered the basis for which of the following perspectives in sociology?
conflict.
John is an exchange student from Mississippi who has a difficult time adjusting to eating, sleeping and social customs at the University of Paris, France. John is experiencing:
culture shock.
_______ is defined as "all that human beings learn to do, to use, to produce, and to know, and to believe as they grow to maturity and live out their lives in the social groups to which they belong.
culture.
Knowing the source of the information in a statistical table can help you:
decide if the information is reliable.
"Social class background is a good predictor of achievement in school." In this statement, achievement in school is the:
dependent variable.
You do a study of divorce among members of your high school class by contacting the same subjects five, ten, and fifteen years after graduation. Your study, which follows a group over a period of time, is called:
longitudinal.
Ethical considerations that must be part of a sociologist's research include:
striving to protect the rights and privacy of participants
Which of the following research designs is least used by sociologists?
the controlled experiment
Both sociologists and psychologists are interested in alcoholism; however in investigating alcoholism, a sociologist would be most interested in:
the patterns of alcohol consumption among individuals and social groups.
In research, a sample is defined as:
the portion of the total population chosen for study.
What is the main difference between sociology and social work?
Social workers help people with problems while sociologists try to understand why problems exist.
Which of the following is a potential problem with participant observation?
a and b only.
Sociologically, the positive connection between hours of study and students test scores demonstrates ________ preparing before taking examinations.
a manifest function of
A major drawback of open-ended interviews is that:
analysis of the information is a complex and time-consuming process.
During periods of rapid social change, the suicide rate often increases. Durkheim would term such suicides:
anomic.
When discussing social problems, the primary interest of talk show hosts is:
entertainment.
When immigrants encounter hostility because their manners are different, they are experiencing:
ethnocentrism.
The discussion of "Is There a Culture Clash Between the United States and Saudi Arabia?", reveals that a major difference in values between the two nations is that the Saudi's place their greatest values in the areas of:
faith, modesty, obedience and tradition.
The macro level sociological perspective that focuses on the various interrelated parts of society that operate harmoniously is known as:
functionalism.
The main focus or unit of analysis for sociologists is:
groups.
Which of the following is the major focus of the field of psychology?
individual motivation and mental processes
According to the theory of cultural lag,:
material culture usually changes faster than nonmaterial culture.
The midway point in a series of scores or figures resulting in half of the scores being above and half being below is called the __________.
median.
People are selected from a group in such a way that every person has the same chance of being selected. The people who are selected make up what type of sample?
random.
Max Weber argued that sociologists need to:
refrain from including their personal values into the research process.
Studying or understanding a social group on its own terms is necessary to achieve cultural:
relativism.
