Sociology Exam 1

Symbolic interactionist

After weeks of protest in Zuccotti Park, NYC's "Occupy Wall Street" divided into two camps: one composed of higher income protestors, and one composed of lower-income protesters. A ______ would be most interested in the relationship and nature of day-to- day exchanges between the two groups.

Secondary data analysis

Alexis wants to research the 1960's feminist movement. She reads articles from the time period, watches documentaries, reads scholarly journals on the topic, and interviews influential women from the movement. What kind of research method is Alexis using?

Culture Shock

Angelica visits Thailand with her family. When she wears short-shorts and tank tops while visiting a series of temples during her first week, she is met with hostility from the locals. She feels she no longer knows how to behave or interact with those outside her family. Angelica is experiencing _____.

People base their images on how they think other people see them.

Charles Cooley's concept of the looking-glass self hypothesizes that:

socalization

During her first day of kindergarten, Marie does not understand how the lunch line in the cafeteria works. She hesitates and watches as the older kids pick up their trays and silverware and then get in line. She follows their lead and successfully buys herself lunch. Marie's experience in the lunchroom is an example of _____.

Macro-level; micro-level

Eleanor is researching the effect social media has on worldwide political awareness and revolution. Felix is examining the effect World of Warcraft has on the romantic relationships of middle-aged men in his metro area. Eleanor's analysis is _____, while Felix's analysis is _____.

Preparatory stage, play stage, game stage, generalized other stage

George Herbert Mead's specific path of development for individuals is as follows:

An innovation

In 1999, Sean Fanning, John Fanning, and Sean Parker invented Napster, a global, free-of-charge, peer-to-peer music sharing program. Prior to Napster, no such program existed. The three men created _____.

Nature vs. Nurture

It is parent-teacher conference day at Littleton Elementary School. Jimmy's teacher is anxious to meet his parents and discuss his habit of disrupting the class. When the teacher expresses her concern that Jimmy is not being socialized properly, his dad insists that he was the same way at Jimmy's age and that disrupting the class is natural for the children in his family. Jimmy's teacher and father are arguing about which fundamental sociological theory?

Conflict Theory

Jeremy wrote an essay criticizing the college admissions process, arguing that heavy competition and limited educational resources make admission difficult for the average student. Which perspective would Jeremy's argument fall under?

Structural Functionalism

Joseph and Paula are excited to welcome their child into the world. They cannot wait to pass on all their knowledge, insight, and rich culture. Just as their parents gave them guidance and showed them how to live, Joseph and Paula will continue the chain by handing down their societal values and thus, sustain the society they love so much. Which sociological paradigm does this story fit?

The preparatory stage*

Katrina, age 5, and Sharon, age 4, love to play together while their mothers chat. Katrina has a toy iron and washing machine. She and Sharon spend hours "washing" and "ironing" her baby doll's clothes, just like they see their mothers do. Which of George Herbert Mead's stages of development are Katrina and Sharon exemplifying?

Dependent variable

Kendra is researching the effects of vitamin C on test-taking ability. Before the exam, Kendra gives group A orange juice, and group B water. Vitamin C is the ______.

Reliability

Kevin conducted a study on whether the length of the line at a local Starbucks affected how well the customers enjoyed their coffee after receiving it. Malcolm conducted the study at his local Starbucks, and found the same results. Kevin's study had a high level of _____.

Cultural imperialism

Kurt and Mitch visit an Amish village on a class trip. "Let's see if we can round up some old radios and appliances and drop them off for them later this week. I think they'll appreciate it. They just don't understand what they're missing." Mitch rolls his eyes. Kurt's perspective is an example of _______.

Secondary data

Kyle is collecting newspaper clippings from his grandfather about the American public's perception of World War II. This is an example of ______.

Case study

Miguel is doing a research paper on New York City's Stone Wall riots of 1969. He visits the scene of the riots, interviews people who were there, reads the police reports of the event, and watches video footage. Miguel is conducting a(n) ______.

role preformance

On the first day of high school, Kaitlin overhears a group of girls calling her "goth" and "emo." She soon begins to don more black clothing, dark makeup, and seek out friends who dress the same. This is an example of ______.

Understand and follow the same norms that they themselves follow

Parents often socialize their children to:

Hunter-gatherer; Pastoral; Horticultural; Agricultural

Please place the following societies in chronological order:

manifest; latent

Political science teacher Mr. Jones asks his students to study how social media can influence public opinion by "following" famous activists, academics, and politicians on Twitter. While reading and exchanging each other's Tweets, some classmates became close friends. The first is an example of the project's ____ function, the second is an example of the project's _____ function.

Resocialization.

Sherry is in her mid-eighties and is moving to a nursing home. She is used to getting up at 5 o'clock each morning and making breakfast for herself. Her new roommate likes to sleep until 7 o'clock and breakfast is not served at the nursing home until 8 o'clock. What is Sherry most likely to experience through this transition?

Could not exist without each other

Society and culture _____.

Buying Sarah a toy kitchen to play with.

Some sociologists have pointed out that gender roles are often determined by how a society socializes young boys and girls. Which of the following is an example of socializing a child into a gender role?

The act of implanting a convention or norm into society.

The term institutionalization can be defined as:

All of These

The transition from college life to work life can be quite difficult for many young adults in the United States. Which is a possible cause for this struggle?

Field research

Tyson is researching whether actors on prime-time television and hit movies negatively impact teenagers' body images. He is going undercover at a local high school to observe and participate with the students to better understand the world they live in. Tyson is conducting which research method?

Gain a subjective understanding of human cultural norms

Weber's proposal of antipositivism influenced sociological researchers to ______ while examining different social worlds.

Hipsters

What group defines themselves through a rejection of the mainstream:

It leads to in-depth knowledge of a participant's social world.

What is the importance of interpretive framework?

Making eye contact while speaking

Which of the following is NOT an example of a formal norm within the United States?

Kevin sprained his ankle a month before a marathon. Though his trainer advises him not to participate, Kevin runs the marathon and places third.

Which of the following is NOT an example of self-fulfilling prophecy?

Alienation from one's religion

Which of the following is NOT one of Marx's four types of alienation?

The hippie movement of the 1960's

Which of the following is an example of a counterculture?

Incest taboos

Which of the following is an example of a cultural universal?

Observing study participants without their consent

Which of the following is an example of an unethical sociological research practice?

Helena putting aside her vegetarianism to eat meals with the local tribe she is studying.

Which of the following is an example of cultural relativism?

Receive corroboration from the field

Which of the following is not a step in the scientific method?

Émile Durkheim .

Which theorist claimed that people rise to their proper level in society based solely on personal merit?

Karl Marx; Communism

____ believed that societies grew and changed as a result of the struggles of different social classes over the means of production and greatly favored ____.

Agricultural

____ societies relied on permanent tools for survival, and expanded due to innovations such as crop rotation and fertilizer.

Structural Functionalists

view society as a structure with interrelated parts designed to meet the biological and social needs of individuals who make up that society.

The condition in which the individual is isolated and divorced from his or her society, work, or sense of self.

Alienation is defined by the text as:

A situation in which society no longer has the support of a firm collective consciousness.

The concept anomie can be defined as:

Carol Gilligan

Whose study described the differences in the way that boys and girls view morality?

The opposite of ethnocentrism

Xenocentrism is:

The Hawthorne Effect

A class of third graders is told that the assistant principal will be visiting their class to confirm their teacher's reports of bad behavior. When the principal visits, the students behave perfectly. This is an example of ________.

A testable proposition

A hypothesis can be defined as:

Symbolic interactionist

A judge and her gavel. A cop and his gun. A lawyer and her power suit. A ____ would be most concerned with the parts these objects play in impression management.

Philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them.

A paradigm can be defined as: