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SOCI1301 Introduction to Sociology

EXAM 1

Question 1Sociology is considered a science because sociologists

  teach at respected universities.

  receive government funding for research projects.

  engage in organized and systematic study of phenomena to enhance understanding.

  construct middle-range theories to explain social behavior.

 Question 2Émile Durkheim is known for his classic sociological study of

  crowd control.

  suicide.

  soccer.

  abortion.

 Question 3Pure sociology is also known as

  applied sociology.

  macrosociology.

  basic sociology.

  microsociology.

 Question 4Having a grandmother who sits on the board of trustees for your college and helps you gain entrance is an example of social capital.

  True

  False

 Question 5An element or a process of society that may actually disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability is known as a

  manifest function.

  conflict function.

  dysfunction.

  latent function.

 Question 6A condition in which members of society have differing amounts of wealth, prestige, or power is referred to as

  social psychology.

  applied sociology.

  social inequality.

  pure sociology.

 Question 7Which of the following statements is true?

  There are no established methods for educating clinical sociologists.

  Clinical sociology has existed for only the last twenty years.

  Applied and clinical sociology are the same.

  Clinical sociologists take direct responsibility for implementing their ideas.

 Question 8In the middle of the twentieth century, the focus of sociology shifted from theorizing and information gathering to a more active interest in transforming society.

  True

  False

 Question 9Which sociological perspective would suggest that if an aspect of social life does not contribute to a society’s stability, then it does not serve a useful function?

  conflict perspective

  functionalist perspective

  interactionist perspective

  All of these answers are correct.

 Question 10The most effective sociological theories tend to have both explanatory and predictive power.

  True

  False

 Question 11A natural scientist would be likely to study

  the interaction between men and women on a college campus.

  food preparation among a tribal group in New Guinea.

  rock formations and composition in the Grand Canyon.

  the clothing patterns of a group of people during a hundred-year period.

 Question 12A sociology instructor asks students to make lists of the characteristics of the best and worst possible instructors. These lists, which would be used to evaluate all instructors, would form an example of a(n)

  ideal type.

  typology.

  verstehen.

  hypothesis.

 Question 13The conflict perspective considers how laws reinforce the position of those in power.

  True

  False

 Question 14Applied sociology is dedicated to facilitating change by altering social relationships or restructuring social institutions.

  True

  False

 Question 15DuBois developed the concept of ________ to describe the experience of being Black in White America—a division of an individual’s identity into two or more social realities.

  bipolar racism

  double consciousness

  racial fetishism

  double rejection

 Question 16Which sociological perspective holds the view that people create their social worlds through interaction and manipulation of symbols?

  functionalist

  interactionist

  global

  conflict

 Question 17In his study of society, Charles Horton Cooley focused on

  intimate face-to-face groups.

  divorce.

  suicide.

  class issues.

 Question 18Sociology is the systematic study of social behavior and the study of individual personality differences.

  True

  False

 Question 19The discipline of sociology was given its name by the French theorist

  Émile Durkheim.

  Marcel Marceau.

  Harriet Martineau.

  Auguste Comte.

 Question 20Which of the following subject areas is an example of a natural science?

  philosophy

  astronomy

  psychology

  anthropology

 Question 21Which of the following would be an example of cultural capital?

  a close network of extended relatives

  the reciprocal trust inherent in social networks

  knowledge of Laotian cuisine

  knowledge of great American authors

 Question 22Which sociological perspective would view society as a living organism in which each part of the organism contributes to its survival and stability?

  interactionist perspective

  functionalist perspective

  conflict perspective

  All of these answers are correct.

 Question 23Which of the following was the main concern of Kelsey Timmerman in his book Where Am I Wearing?

  differences in fashion across cultures

  why people wear different styles in different locales

  the living conditions of the people who make our clothing

  pirating in the fashion industry

 Question 24Inequality, capitalism, and stratification are key concepts of which theoretical perspective?

  conflict perspective

  functionalist perspective

  interactionist perspective

  All of these answers are correct.

 Question 25The view that sports serve as an “opiate” for social injustices and distract people from focusing on the reality of personal problems and social issues would most likely be held by

  global sociologists.

  functionalists.

  interactionists.

  conflict theorists.

 Question 26Which of the following is characteristic of many feminist researchers?

  generally wanting to raise public consciousness

  tendency to involve and consult subjects more

  more oriented toward seeking change

  All of these answers are correct.

 Question 27A research measure that provides consistent results is considered

  a scale.

  valid.

  an index.

  reliable.

 Question 28When conducting ethnographic research as a participant observer, the investigator must

  maintain some degree of detachment.

  use the same persona in the control group as he or she did with the study group.

  develop friendships with key members of the study group.

  not be concerned about gaining acceptance by the study group.

 Question 29In which type of sample does each member of the entire population being studied have the same chance of being selected?

  index sample

  random sample

  quota sample

  Roper sample

 Question 30In an experiment, the group that is not exposed to the independent variable is called the

  experimental group.

  control group.

  representative group.

  study group.

 Question 31The statement “Women who receive welfare are less likely than other women to have babies” is an example of

 

  a hypothesis.

  an independent variable.

  a research design.

  an operational definition.

 Question 32A researcher finds that those who have children at a young age are significantly more likely to have lower levels of education as a result of early childbearing. This would be an example of

  a hypothesis.

  causal logic.

  an effect.

  a correlation.

 Question 33Sociologists consider secondary analysis to be

  an outdated mode of research.

  more valid than other forms of research.

  a nonreactive form of research.

  more reliable than other forms of research.

 Question 34A study, generally in the form of an interview or a questionnaire, that provides sociologists with information concerning how people think or act is known as

  a survey.

  an experiment.

  secondary analysis.

  observation research.

 Question 35″Value neutrality” in social science research was initially called for by

  Émile Durkheim.

  Max Weber.

  W. E. B. DuBois.

  William Zellner.

 Question 36Researchers found which of the following to be true of cell phone users compared to landline users?

  a higher proportion of non-adults on cell phones

  more likely to screen incoming calls

  more likely to break off a call mid-survey

 

  All of these answers are correct.

 Question 37Which of the following is included in the code of ethics for sociology?

  maintaining confidentiality

  protection of research subjects from personal harm

  objectivity and integrity in research

  All of these answers are correct.

 Question 38To conduct a cross-cultural study of job discrimination against women, a sociologist interviews 75 women between the ages of 20 and 40 in an American city, and 75 women in the same age group in a Canadian city. This study would be classified as

  participant observation.

  a content analysis.

  a secondary analysis.

  a survey.

 Question 39A sociologist sets up an experiment on the effects of television violence on children. She shows one set of children (group A) violent cartoons and then observes their play. She shows a second set of children (group B) nonviolent cartoons and then observes their play. Which of these groups would be considered the experimental group?

  group A

  group B

  neither group

  both groups

 Question 40Why was Rik Scarce, a doctoral student at Washington State University, placed in jail in 1993?

  for “snitching” on university administrators

  for preserving the confidentiality of his research

  for forging transcripts

  for raiding a university laboratory

 Question 41The single most common value in a series of scores is referred to as the

  mean.

  percentage.

  median.

  mode.

 Question 42The relationship between two variables whereby a change in one coincides with a change in the other is known as a(n)

  scale.

  correlation.

  index.

  operational definition.

 Question 43The Death of White Sociology, which called attention to the tendency of mainstream sociology to treat the lives of African Americans as a social problem, was written by

  Alvin Gouldner.

  Shulamit Reinharz.

  Erving Goffman.

  Joyce Ladner.

 Question 44What type of sample is specifically used for gathering information about clandestine or difficult-to-identify groups?

  snowball sample

  valid sample

  random sample

  blind survey

 Question 45A hypothesis is a speculative statement about the relationship between two or more variables.

  True

  False

 Question 46The race of a criminal offender is found to determine the frequency with which capital punishment is administered. In this example, the frequency with which capital punishment is administered would be considered the

  index.

  dependent variable.

  hypothesis.

  independent variable.

 Question 47Validity refers to

  the accurate measurement of the phenomenon under study.

  the ethical standards that are followed by sociologists.

  the provision of consistent results.

  independent, rather than dependent, variables.

 

Question 48An operational definition is

  an explanation of an abstract concept that is specific enough to allow a researcher to measure the concept.

  a relationship between two variables whereby a change in one coincides with a change in the other.

  the extent to which a measure provides consistent results.

  a speculative statement about the relationship between two variables.

 Question 49The code of ethics for the discipline of sociology was developed by

  the U.S. Department of Education.

  Max Weber.

  the American Sociological Association.

  the American Association of University Professors.

 Question 50Which sociologist argued that sociological research should be open to bringing about social change and to drawing on relevant research by nonsociologists?

  Shulamit Reinharz

  Karen Barkey

  Joyce Ladner

  Jane Poulson