Sociology Review 2

On any given day, within then minutes of waking up, you probably depend on more than 100 strangers to provide electricity, water, natural gas, weather forecasts, and more. This interdependence gives rise to: a.Alienations b.Mechanical solidarity c.Organic solidarity d.Anomie

c.Organic solidarity

He is thefather of sociology as a social science. "Sociology" was coined in 1838 by_____________ a.Karl Marx b.Herbert Spencer c.Emile Durkheim d.Auguste Comte

d.Auguste Comte

Christine Williams looked at patterns of occupational sex segregation, examining the ways that large-scale social structures created the constraints within which individuals lived their lives. Based on this information, her work would be characterized as what kind of sociology?a.Macrosociology b.Transnational sociology c.Microsociology d.The sociology of popular culture

a.Macrosociology

According to W.E.B. Dubois, what is the most important factor in a person's social life? a.Race and inequality b.Mechanical solidarity c.Strength of social bonds d.Level of education

a.Race and inequality

Which of the following theories views society as a whole unit, made up of interrelated parts that work together? a.Structural functionalism b.Conflict theory c.Symbolic interactionism

a.Structural functionalism

Which social theory focuses on micro-level interactions?a.Symbolic interactionism b.Structural functionalism c.Conflict theory

a.Symbolic interactionism

Wright Mills described a process by which biography (personal troubles) and history (public issues) are related. He argued that this process works to understand the larger meaning of our experiences. a.True,because_________________________ b.False, because ______________________

a.True,because_________________________

You're doing a research project on the effects of contemporary media. If your hypothesis is that "watching violence on television causes an increase in violent behavior," then what are your variables? a.Violence on television and violent behavior b.Number of violent acts and age of television watchers c.Violent behavior d.Violence in the media

a.Violence on television and violent behavior

Which of the following is an example of something that would be part of a person's or a society's material culture? a.Weapons of war b.Democracy as a political system c.A belief an a supreme being d.A preference to have health rather than wealth

a.Weapons of war

The social conflict perspective uses a micro-level of analysis. a.True, because_______________________ b.False,because ______________________

b.False,because ______________________

Macrosociology and microsociology seem to make very different assumption about how society works. How does sociology, as a discipline, deal with these two very different perspectives? a.Most sociologists are macrosociologists, making microsociologists a small minority. b.Most sociologists think of these two perspectives as being on a continuum with each other, adopting whatever perspective seems most useful for a particular problem. c.Most sociologists are microsociologist, and only a small minority still finedmacrosociology a satisfying approach. d.None of them.

b.Most sociologists think of these two perspectives as being on a continuum with each other, adopting whatever perspective seems most useful for a particular problem.

If you observe a group in order to determine its norms, values, and social meanings, then what kindof research are you doing?a.Quantitative research b.Qualitative research c.Psychological research d.All of above

b.Qualitative research

According to Emile Durkheim, what is the most important factor in a person's social life? a.Race and ethnicity b.Strength of social bonds c.Level of education. d.All of above

b.Strength of social bonds

The ability to understand another culture in terms of its own norms and values, without reference to any other cultural standards is called: a.ethnocentrism b.cultural relativism c.cultural lag d.variability

b.cultural relativism

Imagine that you were going to measure the age of a number of respondents taking part in a survey. As you record the data, you are using the concept "age" as________________ a.A theory b.A hypothesis c.A variable d.An axiom

c.A variable

Why could culture shock be a useful state of mind for a sociologist? a.It makes us doubt our ability to function even in simple, everyday ways. b.It scares us, and a sense of fear is a healthy thing for sociologists to have. c.It makes us realize we lack an understanding of our surrounding, so we are able totruly perceive what is right in from of us. d.Shock is always good for thinking, as it sharpens the mind.

c.It makes us realize we lack an understanding of our surrounding, so we are able totruly perceive what is right in from of us.

How is a subculture different from a counterculture? a.Members of a subculture actively protest and fight to change society, while members of a counterculture drop out of society. b.Both are distinct from dominantculture, but only members of asubculture actively oppose important aspects of mainstream culture. c.Subcultures are always smaller than countercultures. d.Both are distinct from dominantculture, but a counterculture actively opposes important aspects of the dominant culture.

d.Both are distinct from dominantculture, but a counterculture actively opposes important aspects of the dominant culture.

What institutions does Max Weber believe characterize modern industrialized societies?a.Farms b.Central governments c.Stock markets d.Bureaucracies

d.Bureaucracies

According to Max Weber, what is the most important factor in a person's social life? a.Race and inequality b.Mechanical solidarity c.Strength of social bonds d.To Understand a Human action

d.To Understand a Human action