Sociology LSUA test 1

All groups must have a purpose, a goal or a set of goals. TRUE FALSE

*****TRUE

You just read a study which reports that marijuana use leads to heroin addiction. After careful examination of the literature,you are unable to find any other researcher who has been able to duplicate these results.You may conclude that this study lacks A. Reliability B. Representation C. Cohesiveness D. Validity E. Legality

*****Validity

Recent social protests in the US are being called the 99% movement. The name of the movement points to the fact that only 1% of households in the country have incomes of over a million dollars a year. This movement's claims point to long-term inequalities and disadvantages based on class in our society. Which paradigm is represented in this story? A. conflict theory B. ethical protest C. survival of the fittest D. social psychology E. concentric zone theory

*****survival of the fittest or conflict theory. Leaning towards Conflict theory!!

A social status that is occupied as a result of an individual's actions and efforts is known as: A. Achieved status B. Roles C. ascribed status C. Master status D. Status offense

Achieved status

Sociologist in alcohol studies would be most interested in: A. The chemical effects of proof B. How distilling innovated products C. Alcohol depicted in shock advertising D. The legal history of prohibition E. Alcohol consumption related to groups

Alcohol consumption related to groups

Which of the following is true? A. Culture is rooted in our genetic need for patterned behavior B. Culture depends on the money a group has to share it C. Not all human groups have culture D. All human groups have a culture E. The human groups that have culture or better off than those who do not have culture

All human groups have a culture

Norms: A. are shared rules of conduct B. Prescribe limits of acceptable behavior C. Provide predictability in social life D. are shaped by shared social expectations E. All of the above

All of the above

A variable is: A. Anything that can change B. A testable statement about the relationship between two or more hypotheses C. A factor that always remains constant D. A statement of association E. A fact given a definition in a research process

Anything that can change

Who gave sociology its name? A. Auguste Comte B. Emile Durkheim C. Karl Marx D. Henri Saint-Simon E. Herbert J Simpson

Auguste Comte

The sociological imagination ask us to: A. Broaden our perspective beyond individual expenses B. Narrow our perspective by looking only at particular events C. Theorize before we have evidence D. Improve our society E. Suspend judgment until all of the facts have been gathered

Broaden our perspective beyond individual experiences

According to ____________, the task of the sociological imagination is to seethe relationship between individual experiences and larger social forces A. Harriet Martineau B. Karl Marx C. C. Wright Mills D. Emile Durkheim E. Auguste Comte

C. Wright Mills

In a recent national survey, it was learned that the grade point average of college seniors was correlated with their class attendance. In that study, the independent variable was: A. Class attendance B. Class rank, e.g. senior status C. Grade point average D. The national survey

Class attendance

A ______________ occurs when people at together to promote common interest or achieve shared goals: A. Exchange interaction B. Cooperative interaction C. Conflict interaction D. Competitive interaction E. Hostile interaction

Cooperative interaction

_____________Is defined as all that human beings learn to do, to use, to produce, and to know, and to believe as they grow to maturity and live out their lives in the social groups to which they belong A. Culture B. Society C. Culture shock D. Ethnocentrism E. Cultural relativity

Culture

Which of the following sociological perspectives views society as a system of highly interrelated structures or parts that operate together? A. Conflict B. interactionism C. societalism D. functionalism E. none of the above

Functionalism

Egoistic suicide comes from: A. Over involvement with others B. A general uncertainty from norm confusion C. Overall feelings of depression resulting from economic setbacks D. Low group of solidarity and under involvement with others E. Feelings of confusion due to rapid social change

Low group solidarity and under involvement with others

It is clear that a large survey is an appropriate method for a study of marriage patterns among college students.What will the researcher need to do to ensure that the research sample is random? A. Ask as many people as possible B. Ask more than one group of people; Try to get all of the groups in C. Set up the experiment to include a controlled sample to test the research sample D. Distribute the surveys in a non-biased manner E. Make sure that everyone eligible to participate has an equal chance of being selected

Make sure that everyone eligible to participate has an equal chance of being selected

The intended and recognized consequences of social processes are called: A. Manafest functions B. Latent functions C. Distinctions D. Dysfunctions E. Malfunctions

Manifest functions

Men who live in cities are more likely to marry young than men who live in the country. In this hypothesis, the the dependent variable is the: A. A place of residence city or country B. Marital status Single or married C. Age at marriage D. Sex E. There is no dependent variable in this example

Marital status single or married

This measure of central tendency is commonly referred to as the average: A. Median B. Mode C. Mean D. Mentor E. Merit

Mean

Which measure of central tendency is most useful when there is a relatively narrow range of figures? A. Median B. Mode C. Mean D. Mentor E. Merit

Mean

Which of the following is an example of a primary group? A. Members of a local historical society B. All the passengers on a given train C. College students D. Members of the family E. Members of a national honor Society

Members of the family

Objectivity requires a social researcher to: A. Assume a completely neutral stance toward the issue under investigation B. Recognize and attempt to control for bias C. Manipulate the research subjects as if they were inanimate objects D. Disguise any personal bias that they might have E. Sign statements agreeing to remove all personal bias from their research

Recognize and attempt to control for bias

Which theory claims that language shapes what its speaker can perceive or understand? A. Functional values theory B. Material culture C. Cultural diffusion D. Cultural relativism E. Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

Loss of status as an elderly person shows us how society: A. Shapes social identity outside the choices or control of individuals B. Values authority and experience in the community C. Increasingly takes a hard sociobiological position on social roles D. Protects itself against degenerative cognition and brain function

Shapes social identity outside the choices or control of individuals

Culture is transmitted through: A. Social isolation B. Social interaction C. DNA D. Dietary habits E. Sociological experiments

Social interaction

Both sociologists and psychologists are interested in prescription drug abuse and addiction.However, in investigating abuse and addiction, a ___________ would be most interested in organization and patterns of consumption among individuals and social groups. A. Psychologist B. Sociologist C. Both of these D. Economist

Sociologist

Ethical considerations that must be part of a sociologist"s research included: A. Striving to protect the rights and privacy of participants B. Promising anonymity to investigators C. Ensuring that participants accept all findings D. Ensuring that results will support the hypothesis E. Promising to present all theoretical ideas on a subject

Striving to protect the rights and privacy of participants

In Durkheim's Perspective,If you saw that one religious group had higher suicide rates than another, and that single people had higher suicide rates than married people, which statement would you make? A. Protestants have high suicide rates similar to Catholics B. Single people have lower suicide rates than married people C. People without children have equal suicide rates to people with children D. Suicide rates are related to how closely tied people are to one another in groups E. Suicide rates may be related to individual income and ascribed characteristics

Suicide rates are related to how closely tied people are to one another in groups

A good conversation can change your life. Which perspective would you be interested in studying this statement? A. Functionalism B. Social Darwinism C. Symbolic interaction D. Conflict theory E. Developmental social work

Symbolic interaction

When someone checks his or her Facebook page, a post maybe sent to let friends in different groups know what is going. How each group experiences the post would be a subject for which perspective? A. Symbolic Interaction B. Conflict theory C. Functionalism D. Differentiation of class interests E. Developmental psychology

Symbolic interaction

Which of the following perspectives is concerned primarily with the meaning that people place on their own and one another's behavior? A. Functionalism B. Symbolic interactionism C. Conflict theory D. Middle-range theory E. Ethnomethodology

Symbolic interactionism

A reference group is a group or social category that an individual uses to help define beliefs, attitudes, and values and to guide behavior TRUE FALSE

TRUE

Both sociologists and historians are interested in the past. Using a recent military war as a case for investigation, a sociologist would be most interested in: A. Particular battles and how they won or lost B. Individual military and political leaders and the strategies they developed C. Whether American involvement in the war was moral or immoral D. The impact of the war on political altitudes and events in the US E. How various smaller battles affected the outcome of the larger war

The impact of the war on political altitudes and events in US

In research, a sample is defined as: A. All the people who share a particular characteristic of research interest B. Two or more people who share the same values C. The portion of the total population chosen for study D. The one case or person that best represents a particular social category E. A small group of volunteers for the study

The portion of the total population chosen for study

Social solidarity emerges from peoples commitment and conformity to the society's collective conscience True false

True

The main goal of sociology is to: A. Accurately predict the future B. Make social problems C. Understand the forces that mold individuals and shape their behavior D. Help government agencies to explain the events that affect us E. Prepare the individual for becoming a member of society

Understand the forces that mold individuals and shape their behavior

A symbolic interactionist would be most likely to ask which of the following questions? A. What function does the education system serve for the larger society? B. Why is education a useful service? C. How is the educational system used to benefit those in power? D. What messages are communicated to students by the structure in which education takes place? E. How does the economics system determine the welfare system?

What messages are communicated to students by the structure in which education takes place

Marx predicted that eventually: A. Workers and owners would work things out through better labor laws B. Workers would organize and take control of the economy C. Owners would redistribute wealth more equitably to workers D. The most powerful would prevail and control everyone else E. Owner-sponsored unions we develop and intervene on behalf of the worker

Workers would organize and take control of the economy

Members of the cult in Jonestown committed suicide by drinking Kool-Aid laced with cyanide at the request of their leader Jim Jones. This type of suicide will be characterized by Durkheim as: A. altruistic B. anomic C. egoistic D. integrated E. unintegrated

altruistic

During periods of rapid social change, the suicide rate often increases. Durkheim would term such suicides: A. Particularistic B. Anomic C. Egoistic D. Altruistic E. Fatalistic

anomic

A social status that is conferred on us by virtue of birth or other significant factors not controlled by our own actions or decisions is known as: A. achieved status B. roles C. ascribed status D. master status E. status offense

ascribed status

Ana traveled to another country to visit relatives, who offered her live sea urchin at their first meal together.Watching the urchin moving across her plate made her feel anxious and queasy.She didn't want to eat it,But felt rude refusing. Anna's experience is an example of: A. ethnocentrism B. Culture shock C. Cultural relativism D. ethnomethodology E. cultural newness

culture shock

Generalizations are valid only if they rely on evidence that can be observed directly or verified through our senses, according to: A. Psychology B. Organic science C. Sociological imagination D. empiricism E. ontology

empiricism

Psychology and sociology share the common element of having the individual as the primary focus of analysis: True False

false

The main focus or unit of analysis for sociologists is: A. groups B. strange people C. individuals D. unusual occurrences E. events which other sciences cannot explain

groups

The midway point in a series of scores or figures resulting in half of the scores being above and half being below is called the: A. mean B. median C. mode D. meridian E. moderate

median

People are selected from a group in such a way that every person has the same chance of being selected. The people who are selected make up what type of sample? A. representative B. random C. stratified D. cross-sectional E. unintentional

random

Culturally defined rules for proper behavior that are associated with various statuses are called: A. Achieved status B. Roles C. An ascribed status D. A master status E. A status offense

roles

A bureaucracy is a formal, rationally organized social structure with clearly defined patterns of activity that are functionally related to the purposes of the organization: TRUE FALSE

true