Sociology 111 Final

Discipline: Sociology

Type of Paper: Question-Answer

Academic Level: Undergrad. (yrs 3-4)

Paper Format: APA

Pages: 1 Words: 275

Question

Max Weber, Georg Simmel, and Karl Marx were all advocates of:
Conflict theory

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

A hypothesis can be defined as:
A testable proposition

Which of the following men coined the term positivism, and is widely considered the father of sociology?
Auguste Comte

Verstehen is defined by the text as:
To understand in a deep way.

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.
Symbolic interactionist

Qualitative sociology can be defined as:
In-depth interviews, focus groups, and/or analysis of content sources as the source of its data.

Please define C. Wright Mill’s sociological imagination.
How individuals understand their own and others’ pasts in relation to history and social structure.

What approach is often used to understand what’s defined as deviant within a society?
Constructivism

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 _____.
Macro-level; micro-level

What is the importance of interpretive framework?
It leads to in-depth knowledge of a participant’s social world.

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) ______.
Case study

Which of the following is an example of nonreactive research?
Gathering data from government studies

Thomas wants to better understand the trends in literacy rates in Baltimore city over the past 50 years using Baltimore city data. What type of research should Thomas conduct?
Secondary data analysis

The term interpretive framework can be defined as:
A sociological research approach that seeks in-depth understanding of a topic or subject through observation or interaction; this approach is not based on hypothesis testing.

The term value neutrality is defined by the text as:
A practice of remaining impartial, without bias or judgment during the course of a study and in publishing results.

Reliability is defined by the text as:
A measure of a study’s consistency that considers how likely results are to be replicated if a study is reproduced.

Which of the following is an example of an unethical sociological research practice?
Observing study participants without their consent

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?
Secondary data analysis

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

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 _______.
Cultural imperialism

Xenocentrism is:
The opposite of ethnocentrism

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

Which of the following is an example of cultural relativism?
Helena putting aside her vegetarianism to eat meals with the local tribe she is studying.

What is one difference between a more and a folkway?
Mores may carry serious consequences if violated; folkways do not.

Society and culture _____.
Could not exist without each other

The term values can be defined as:
A culture’s standard for discerning what’s good and just in society.
MTV’s widely-watched TV series The Jersey Shore is an example of _____, while the obscure works of playwright Sam Shepard are an example of ______.
Popular culture; high culture

A cultural universal is:
A pattern or trait common to all societies.

In the early 2000’s, The L Word and Queer as Folk debuted on Showtime. Both shows depicted the lives of members of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community, thus giving viewers a glimpse into a ______.
Subculture

Ivanka Trump is the daughter of business mogul Donald Trump. Her role as heiress to the Trump fortune is an example of ______.
Ascribed status

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.
Symbolic interactionist

The Agricultural Revolution is often referred to as “dawn of civilization” because:
Cities and towns were established, and humans had more time for leisure activities.

The concept anomie can be defined as:
A situation in which society no longer has the support of a firm collective consciousness.

Functionalist Émile Durkheim viewed society as:
An organism in which each portion plays a vital role in keeping the organism stable and healthy

Which of the following is NOT an example of self-fulfilling prophecy?
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 one of Marx’s four types of alienation?
Alienation from one’s religion

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

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 ______.
Role performance

Charles Cooley’s concept of the looking-glass self hypothesizes that:
People base their images on how they think other people see them.

Mark, whose parents are wealthy, has been socialized to believe that he can be whoever he wants to be. His best friend Matt, whose parents are blue-collar workers, has been socialized to believe that hard work and following instructions is all he needs to support himself. Which sociological paradigm does this story fit?
Conflict

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?
Structural Functionalism

Sumaira is scared that she will not find a job in the current economy. She decides to be a business major and attend one of the top business schools in the country. Upon graduation, she is hired by a major investment banking firm in New York. Sumaira has completed:
Anticipatory socialization.

Education is important to society because:
It teaches children how to react to authority and how to behave in group and one-on-one situations, interact with their peers and helps them to gain social graces, and facts about the world in which they live.

Peer groups are important to adolescents because:
They help to develop a sense of identity separate from adolescents’ parents.

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?
Finding a job, renting an apartment, and being independent is a daunting task that seems insurmountable. The status quo has been maintained for a substantial period of time, and now the economy and government are undergoing significant changes. Many young people are in the same situation, so drawing expertise or knowledge from their experiences from peers is difficult.

George Herbert Mead’s specific path of development for individuals is as follows:
Preparatory stage, play stage, game stage, generalized other stage

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

According to Kohlberg’s theory of moral development, when do humans begin to think about the feelings of other people and begin to see the world through other people’s eyes?
In their teenage years

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 _____.
Socialization

Sandy is standing in line for Kanye West tickets. The line wraps around the block, spilling into the streets and crowding store windows. Sandy is part of a(n):
Aggregate

Grace works in at an advertising agency. Grace’s coworkers help her complete presentations, contact clients, and assist her with research. Her coworkers are serving a(n):
Instrumental function

Solomon Asch concluded that one reason people conform to a group is because they believe:
The group is better informed than they are.

What is the difference between a primary group and a secondary group?
A primary group is small, consisting of emotional face-to-face relationships; a secondary group is larger and impersonal.

Which of the following is an example of an in-group/out-group dynamic:
Members of sorority Delta Delta Delta advise their pledges not to socialize with members of pledges of rival sorority Sigma Delta Theta.

A famous socialite is court-ordered to enter a rehabilitation center to eliminate her drug addiction. The socialite is about to become a member of a:
Coercive organization

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a bureaucracy:
Personality-based promotion

The term meritocracy is defined by the text as:
A bureaucracy where membership and advancement is based on proven and documented skills.

An instrumental leader:
Is goal-oriented and largely concerned with accomplishing set tasks.

The concept “reference groups” can be defined as:
Groups to which an individual compares himself or herself.

The term institutionalization can be defined as:
The act of implanting a convention or norm into society.

_____ describes how any action that is repeated frequently becomes cast into a pattern.
Habitualization

Which of the following is an example of role strain?
Becca returns to work after giving birth to her daughter, finding it difficult to act as mother, wife, and executive.

The Agricultural Revolution is often referred to as “dawn of civilization” because:
Cities and towns were established, and humans had more time for leisure activities.

Please place the following societies in chronological order:
Hunter-gatherer; Pastoral; Horticultural; Agricultural

Alienation is defined by the text as:
The condition in which the individual is isolated and divorced from his or her society, work, or sense of self.

Charles Cooley’s concept of the looking-glass self hypothesizes that:
People base their images on how they think other people see them.

Which of the following is NOT an example of self-fulfilling prophecy?
Kevin sprained his ankle a month before a marathon. Though his trainer advises him not to participate, Kevin runs the marathon and places third.

Functionalist Émile Durkheim viewed society as:
An organism in which each portion plays a vital role in keeping the organism stable and healthy

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?
Resocialization.

Sumaira is scared that she will not find a job in the current economy. She decides to be a business major and attend one of the top business schools in the country. Upon graduation, she is hired by a major investment banking firm in New York. Sumaira has completed:
Anticipatory socialization.

Parents often socialize their children to:
Understand and follow the same norms that they themselves follow

Émile Durkheim’s much lauded study of suicide is important to the field of sociology in many ways. One of the most influential impacts was:
It defined the differences between sociology and psychology

Peer groups are important to adolescents because:
They help to develop a sense of identity separate from adolescents’ parents.

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?
Structural Functionalism

A paradigm can be defined as:
Philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them.

Verstehen is defined by the text as:
To understand in a deep way.

Which of the following men coined the term positivism, and is widely considered the father of sociology?
Auguste Comte

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

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.
Symbolic interactionist

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 _____.
Macro-level; micro-level

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

Alona is examining the impact of the 2011 Penn State scandal on student morale and school spirit by distributing number-scaled surveys in her Introduction to Sociology class. Alona is employing a _____ research method.
Quantitative

Max Weber, Georg Simmel, and Karl Marx were all advocates of:
Conflict theory

Which of the following is NOT an example of a sociological hypothesis?
The more CDs Jamilla buys, the less money she has in her bank account

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) ______.
Case study

The term value neutrality is defined by the text as:
A practice of remaining impartial, without bias or judgment during the course of a study and in publishing results.

Which of the following is an example of nonreactive research?
Gathering data from government studies

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

The term interpretive framework can be defined as:
A sociological research approach that seeks in-depth understanding of a topic or subject through observation or interaction; this approach is not based on hypothesis testing.

In order to better understand the sorority pledging process at her university for her sociology thesis, Carmen pledges with a popular sorority. This is an example of _____.
Participant observation

Which of the following is an example of an unethical sociological research practice?
Observing study participants without their consent

Which of the following is an example of a counterculture?
The hippie movement of the 1960’s
What group defines themselves through a rejection of the mainstream:
Hipsters

What is one difference between a more and a folkway?
Mores may carry serious consequences if violated; folkways do not.

A cultural universal is:
A pattern or trait common to all societies.

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 _______.
Cultural imperialism

MTV’s widely-watched TV series The Jersey Shore is an example of _____, while the obscure works of playwright Sam Shepard are an example of ______.
Popular culture; high culture

Which of the following is an example of cultural relativism?
Helena putting aside her vegetarianism to eat meals with the local tribe she is studying.

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

When Kevin backpacks across Europe after his high school graduation, he is surprised to find Burger Kings, H&Ms, and even Wal-Mart stores in the foreign cities. This is an example of:
The McDonaldization of Society

The term meritocracy is defined by the text as:
A bureaucracy where membership and advancement is based on proven and documented skills.

Grace works in at an advertising agency. Grace’s coworkers help her complete presentations, contact clients, and assist her with research. Her coworkers are serving a(n):
Instrumental function

Christine is president of her Improvisation Comedy Troupe. When making decisions about booking gigs, rehearsal spaces, and call-times, Christine leaves the troupe to decide for themselves. Christine is a(n) _____ leader.
Laissez-faire

Solomon Asch concluded that one reason people conform to a group is because they believe:
The group is better informed than they are.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a bureaucracy:
Personality-based promotion

The United States Government is a form of:
A bureaucracy

When Michael starts high school, he joins the basketball team. He begins to look to his teammate friends for cues on how to behave at dances, in the hallways, and even in the classroom. Michael’s basketball team is serving as Michael’s _____.
Reference group

After the floppy disk was introduced, zip drives were invented shortly after, followed quickly by flash drives. This is an example of:
Evolutionary model of technological change

Which sociological perspective sees technology and media as a tool individuals use to express how much wealth they have?
Symbolic Interactionist

Which of the following is an example of planned obsolescence?
Sarah’s iPod breaks just as the newest iPod Nano is being introduced.

The term cyberfeminism is defined by the text as:
The application to and promotion of feminism online.

Before the dawn of social media, powerful TV networks and widely circulated newspapers had great influence over the news stories that were reported to the public. This is referred to as:
Gatekeeping

Which theorist would be most interested in who controls the media, and the ways in which the dominant race and class minimizes the media presence of the lower classes and other races?
A conflict theorist

Which of the following is NOT an example of new media?
Barnes and Noble

Last week, a major politician was caught in a political scandal. The story was featured on the front page of the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, CNN.com, and was the lead story on NBC, ABC, and CBS nightly news. This is referred to as:
Homogenization

Tyson visits China over spring break, and after getting online to write home to her parents, she realizes some of her favorite social media sites are blocked by the Chinese government. She becomes concerned with how technology reinforces inequalities among communities, both within and among countries. What sociological perspective best fits Tyson’s concerns?
Conflict

One main issue in studying global social inequality is:
Social inequality is relative and therefore, difficult to compare across cultures.

Since the social classes in the United States do not have any clear boundaries, how is a sociologist supposed to determine whether their subjects are in the upper class or the upper-middle class?
Upper class is often defined as having control over one’s life and the lives of people around you, while the upper-middle class is often defined as having control only over one’s own life.

What is the most significant threat to the relatively high standard of living people are accustomed to in the United States?
The decline of the middle class

The Davis-Moore Thesis states:
That the more society values a particular profession, the more the people in that profession will make.

A person’s position in a country’s social stratification is determined by:
Wealth, power, income, race, education

Hope is desperate for the new designer purse that she saw while window shopping at her local mall. She knew every girl in school would covet her bag and wish to be like her. When she walked in, she whipped out her credit card, and purchased the $5,000 bag. This kind of purchasing is called:
Conspicuous consumption

GNI PPP, or gross national income divided by purchasing power parity, helps measure:
The standard of living in a country.

What seems to be the key (although not the rule) to upward social mobility?
How much education you have.

What is particularly unique about the United States middle class?
It is broken into two subcategories: upper and lower middle class.

Which number does the World Bank use to determine the status and classification of each nation?
Gross National Income per Capita
In the United States, where outsourcing is almost always addressed negatively, companies still get away with outsourcing. How do they do this?
Americans want lower prices for their consumable products, and the only way for companies to deliver those low prices is to outsource the work to cheaper laborers.

Maria babysits as a form of income while she is in college. Because the amounts she gets per job are not huge, Maria never bothers to report her earnings to the IRS. Maria is a part of the
Underground economy

Which social class is quickly disappearing from modern economies?
Middle Class

In recent times, scholars have been trying to sort out why the countries on the continent of Africa, as a whole, have trouble competing to today’s global, capitalist economy. While an answer to this question is complex and carries with it many ambiguities, most scholars point to European colonialism as a key to understanding the current state of Africa. A sociologist studying this topic, would ascribe to which theoretical paradigm?
Conflict theory

Which statement explains why Immanuel Wallerstein’s classification is preferred by sociologist?
Uses neutral terms that allow his classification of nations to be less biased and appear less ethnocentric.

Which statement would you find in the analysis of poverty by Neckerman and Torche?
Once poverty has entered a geographic location, it is very difficult to get rid of.

Which continent has the greatest number of impoverished nations in the world?
Africa

An example of slavery, according to Anti-Slavery International, is:
Factories using child labor

88 million people live on less than $1.00 a day. These people are said to be living in _____________.
Absolute poverty

When Jeanette’s parents find out her twin brother, Rex, has been sexually active, they tell him to use protection. When they found out Jeanette has been sexually active, they ground her for a month. This is an example of:
A double standard

Gender Dysphoria is:
A condition of people whose gender at birth is contrary to the one they identify with

What is the purpose of queer theory?
To question the ways society perceives and experiences sex, gender, and sexuality.

Which of the following is NOT a product of gender stereotyping?
A father buying a basketball hoop for his daughter’s eighth birthday.

What is the Kinsey Scale?
A six-point rating system that ranges from exclusively heterosexual to exclusively homosexual orientation.

What is the first agent of socialization?
Family

Jenny is given a doll for 2nd birthday, while her brother, Tyrone, is given a fire truck. This is an example of gender:
Socialization

When thinking about gender, Jeff sees men as the dominant social group and women the subordinate group. This exploitation of the subordinate group has created social problems, such as high rates of poverty among single mothers. Which sociological perspective best fit Jeff’s views?
Conflict Theory

When Wendy’s sorority sisters discover that Wendy is a lesbian, they hold a secret meeting to decide if Wendy should still be allowed to pledge. A handful of the sisters vote “no.” This is an example of:
Homophobia

The term doing gender can be defined as:
When people perform tasks based upon the gender assigned to them by society and, in turn, themselves.