SOC-1113-22269 Exam 1 study guide

In 2005, the Northwestern University women's lacrosse team won an NCAA championship and was invited to the White House to receive congratulations from the president. Controversy erupted after the team's visit when the official photograph revealed that several team members were wearing flip-flops. Despite the outcry, the athletes took the criticism in stride by talking about it on TheToday Show and auctioning the offending footwear for charity. What kind of norm did the athletes break by wearing flip-flops to the White House, given the reaction and the team's response?

A folkway

Kemi is conducting a sociological research study on differences in interactions between similar and dissimilar co-workers. After reviewing the literature, she developed a hypothesis and operationalized the variables she will study. What is the next step Kemi should take in the scientific method? analyze data identify a problem or ask a question choose a research design or method collect data

Choose a research design or method.

Why can sociologists who conduct interviews only gather data from a limited number of people?

Interviews are very time consuming

According to C. Wright Mills, what is one quality of mind that all great sociologists possess? attention to detail sociological imagination praxis open-mindedness

Sociological Imagination

What is the relationship between the self and society according to symbolic interactionism? The development of a sense of self is guided by society. Both the self and society are shaped by larger external forces. Both the self and society are created by the course of history. The self is shaped by society, but society is also shaped by the self.

The self is shaped by society, but society is also shaped by the self.

If someone makes money exclusively by selling their own labor, then they must be a member of what social group? bureaucrats bourgeoisie proletariat capitalists

proletariat

What school of social theory believes that society is a stable system of structures that contribute to the equilibrium of the whole? conflict theory dramaturgy symbolic interactionism structural functionalism

structural functionalism

There are many sushi restaurants in the United States and many McDonald's-style fast-food restaurants in Japan. These are examples of

Cultural diffusion

The slogan "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" is an example of what cultural concept?

Moral Holiday

If changing one variable seems to lead to a change in another variable, this shows ________ but does not necessarily prove ________. causation; correlation a paradigm shift; causation correlation; causation applied research; a paradigm shift

correlation; causation

Microsociology is an approach that a.) quantifies data about social structures so they can be analyzed statistically. b.) examines interactions between individuals and how those interactions reflect larger societal patterns. c.) examines institutional interactions that occur over time. d.) focuses exclusively on gender and power as they manifest themselves socially.

examines interactions between individuals and how those interactions reflect larger societal patterns.

Macrosociology is an approach that

examines large-scale social structures to see how they affect individual lives.