Soc Exam 1

Identify the example of a situation in which an adult will need to be resocialized.

- dating after divorce or being released from prison

Which of the following represents an ascribed status?

American of Japanese descent

A testable statement about the relationship between two or more variables is called a(n)

Hypothesis

In the context of C. H. Cooley's theory of groups, identify which attribute belongs to a primary group.

In the context of Charles Horton Cooley's theory of groups, classify each attribute as belonging to either primary or secondary groups.

What distinguishes the I and the me according to George Herbert Mead?

The "I" is the unsocialized infant a bundle of spontaneous wants and desires; the "Me" is the social self.

Because military boot camps and prisons are places that control all of the basic elements of people's day-to-day lives, they are known as

Total instantiations

During the 1800s, culture was defined by Matthew Arnold as "the pursuit of perfection and broad knowledge of the world." Sociologists today define culture as

a. the sum total of beliefs, behaviors, and practices the humans create to adapt to the environment around them.

Norms are to ____________ as values are to ____________.

behavior; attitudes

What are the three most important ethical norms governing social research involving human subjects?

beneficence(2) respect for persons (autonomy)(3) justice

Because they are an accessible population, undergraduate students are sometimes used in sociological research. In relation to the concept of generalizability, this tendency could represent a potential defect in research because

college undergraduates are not typical of the public at large.

According to the theory proposed by Charles Horton Cooley, we develop a concept of self by

how others think about us

Maria Sharapova is one of the top women's tennis players in the world. Because this status overrides all her other statuses, it is known as her

master status.

Most people occupy many statuses at a particular point in time (e.g., student, son or daughter, employee, citizen). This list of statuses is known as the

status set.

Joyce has recently become friends with Holly and Anne. Holly and Anne know each other from before and are close friends. When an argument arises between Holly and Anne, Joyce decides not to intervene to help resolve it, since their argument means they will now each spend more time with her instead of each other. In this example, Joyce takes which of the following positions?

tertius gaudens

The most important difference between primary and secondary groups has to do with

the kinds of relationships that exist within them.

When your lecture class in which only the professor was speaking breaks off into ten small groups of five students each, it has switched from being ________ to being ________.

unifocal, multifocal

According to Georg Simmel, which of the following groups is the most fragile?

Dyad

Josie is an eleven-year-old girl who idolizes singers like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift. She compares herself to them and imitates them while singing in front of the mirror in her bedroom. These singers are known as Josie's

Reference group

After consistently burning dinner for a month, John found out that his oven's temperature gauge was giving readings that were 50 degrees cooler than the oven's actual temperature. John's oven thermometer can be said to be

reliable but not valid.