Sociology WL: Exam 2

Globalization refers to the free flow of __________________ around the world.

all of the above

The concept of resource curse refers to ______________________.

both of the above

According to Georg Simmel, A and B may stress and harmoniously feel their "m" because the "n" which A does not share with B, and the "x" which B does not share with A, are at once spontaneously conceded to be individual prerogatives located, as it were, on another plane....if, however, C joins the company, who shares "n" with A and "x" with B, the result is that harmony of feeling is made completely impossible, or, in other words:

3's a crowd

When one experiences culture shock _______________.

All of the above

__________________ leaders impose policies and procedures on the group.

Authoritarian

__________________ authority is legitimized on the basis of the exceptional qualities that are attributed to a leader by her or his followers.

Charismatic

____________ leaders both welcome and solicit input from group members and they reach decisions through consensus.

Democratic

Which of the following represents an agent of socialization?

E. A,B,C,D,F,G,H,I and J are all agents of socialization

Which of the following statements is/are accurate regarding the BRICs?

E. Both (A) and (C)

Which of the following must be present in the ideal bureaucracy, according to Weber?

E. Weber suggested that A,B,C and D must be present in the ideal bureaucracy

According to ___________, the following are ______________: marriage, the family, a gendered division of labor, humor, and incest taboos.

George Murdock; cultural universals

Pat is taking an introduction to anthropology course at a large public university in Minnesota. You observe that on a regular basis Pat coughs in class without covering his mouth, wipes his nose with his T-shirt, picks at blemishes on his arm and shoulder, and yawns in class without covering his mouth. On the basis of these and similar observations, a sociologist might say that Pat ______________.

Is low in cultural capital

_________________________ won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for his/her contribution to helping to build an international coalition to bring about a treaty bannng landmines.

Jody Williams

__________________ leaders are only minimally involved in the group's decision-making process.

Laissez-faire

______________________ theorists tend to look at the meanings that people develop use, and implement with regard to the globalization experience.

Symbolic interactionist

_______________ is a segment of culture that includes tools and knowledge and that embraces all forms of productive technique used by humans and by some non-human primates to manipulate the physical environment in order to attain a practical result.

Technology

Creative destruction refers to the view that the essence of capitalism is the perennial cycle of destroying the old and less efficient product or service and replacing it with new more efficient ones.

True

Throughout the history of Western civilization there has been a recurrent hostility to finance and to those who engage in it.

True

____________________ describes the conflict between two or more simultaneously held values.

Value inconsistency

Reaching out beyond a primary membership to establish common cause; a non-primordial form of solidarity, describes:

Voluntary Association

De-individuation refers to _________________.

both of the above

_________________________ refers to the departure of individuals or groups from their home country to take up residence in another country.

emigration

According to Niall Ferguson, hostility to those who engage in finance has which of the following causes?

for centuries those who engage in financial services in countries all over the world have tended to derive disproportionately from religious or ethnic minority groups

____________________ refers to the entrance into a country of individuals or groups who have left their native country to establish a new place of permanent residence.

immigration

Which of the following represents a cultural universal?

the Incest Taboo