Sociology Final Review
This includes I believe all of the chapters except 11, 12, 13 and 15. Hope it helps!
- 1.
The text explains that slavery
- A.
No longer exists in today's world
- B.
Is found today in a mumber of low income nations in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa
- C.
Is found in every country of the world
- D.
None of the above is correct
Correct Answer
B. Is found today in a mumber of low income nations in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa -
- 2.
In poor countries, the disadvantages women face relative to men are
- A.
About the same as in rich nations
- B.
Not as great as in rich nations
- C.
Greater than in rich nations
- D.
Just about nonexistent
Correct Answer
C. Greater than in rich nations -
- 3.
The concept "absolute poverty" refers to
- A.
A lack of resources that is life threatening
- B.
The absolute number of poor people in any country
- C.
The real poverty rates as opposed to what governements claim to be the case
- D.
The poverty rate in low income countries
Correct Answer
A. A lack of resources that is life threatening -
- 4.
Compared to poverty in the United States, poverty in low income nations is
- A.
More likely to involve men
- B.
More widespread and severe
- C.
Less likely to involve children
- D.
A less serious problem
Correct Answer
B. More widespread and severe -
- 5.
Where on the planet would you find most high income nations?
- A.
Spread evenly throughout all world regions
- B.
Mostly in the Northern Hemisphere
- C.
All within North America
- D.
Mostly in the Southern Hemisphere
Correct Answer
B. Mostly in the Northern Hemisphere -
- 6.
Which of the following statements about high income nations is correct?
- A.
They are at the forefront of the Information Revolution
- B.
They make use of large factories and advanced energy sources
- C.
They contain almost all of the world's financial markets
- D.
All of the above are correct
Correct Answer
D. All of the above are correct -
- 7.
Which type of slevery refers to one person owning another?
- A.
Chattel slavery
- B.
Child slavery
- C.
Debt bondage
- D.
Servile forms of marriage
Correct Answer
A. Chattel slavery -
- 8.
Which type of slavery consists of employers holding workers by paying them too little to covert their debts?
- A.
Chattel slavery
- B.
Child slavery
- C.
Debt bondage
- D.
Servile forms of marriage
Correct Answer
C. Debt bondage -
- 9.
Dependency theory claims that poor nations
- A.
Are responsible for their own poverty
- B.
Were "underdeveloped" by colonialism
- C.
Suffer from traditional culture
- D.
Suffer from a "technology gap"
Correct Answer
B. Were "underdeveloped" by colonialism -
- 10.
While modernization theory focuses on _________, dependency theory focuses on __________
- A.
Rich nations; poor nations
- B.
The future; the past
- C.
The production of wealth; the distribution of wealth
- D.
All of the above are correct
Correct Answer
C. The production of wealth; the distribution of wealth -
- 11.
Talcott Parsons described gender in terms of
- A.
Power differences
- B.
Complementarity
- C.
Biological differences
- D.
The sexual objectification of women
Correct Answer
B. Complementarity -
- 12.
Structural-functional analysis points out that industrialization encourages
- A.
Men to take control of the workplace
- B.
The lessening of gender differences and a trend towards gender equality
- C.
Women to have more children
- D.
All of the above are correct
Correct Answer
B. The lessening of gender differences and a trend towards gender equality -
- 13.
Feminists claim that rape is mostly about
- A.
Power
- B.
Sex
- C.
Money
- D.
Moral weakness
Correct Answer
A. Power -
- 14.
Female genital mutilation is most common in
- A.
North America
- B.
Africa
- C.
Latin America
- D.
Asia
Correct Answer
B. Africa -
- 15.
Talcott Parsons explained that males tend toward ______ behavior, and females tend to be more ______
- A.
Instrumental; expressive
- B.
Sympathetic; empathic
- C.
Egalitarian; hierarchical
- D.
Rational; traditional
Correct Answer
A. Instrumental; expressive -
- 16.
All of the following except for one are goals of feminism. Which is NOT a goal of feminism?
- A.
Eliminating gender stratification
- B.
Ending sexual violence
- C.
Expanding human choice
- D.
Opposing the Equal Rights Amendment
Correct Answer
D. Opposing the Equal Rights Amendment -
- 17.
Which type of feminism accepts the basic organization of US society, but seeks to expand the rights and opportunities of women?
- A.
Liberal feminism
- B.
Socialist feminism
- C.
Radical feminism
- D.
All of the above are correct
Correct Answer
A. Liberal feminism -
- 18.
Young men show greater ________ ability than young women; young women show greater ____________ ability than young men.
- A.
Intellectual; sensory
- B.
Mathematical; verbal
- C.
Verbal; mathematical
- D.
Sensory; intellectual
Correct Answer
B. Mathematical; verbal -
- 19.
The point of describing gender in the Israeli kibbutzim is
- A.
To show that gender is basically biological
- B.
To show that women can dominate men
- C.
To show that cultures define gender in different ways
- D.
To show that boys and girls should not be raised by biological parents
Correct Answer
C. To show that cultures define gender in different ways -
- 20.
The chapter argues that gender is not a matter just of difference, but also a matter of difrences in
- A.
Power
- B.
Wealth
- C.
Privileges
- D.
All of the above are correct
Correct Answer
D. All of the above are correct -
- 21.
All of the following are elements of George Herbert Mead's theory of the social self except
- A.
To understand intention, you must imagine a situation from the point of view of the other
- B.
The self develops mainly through the normal evolution of an individual from one stage of development to another
- C.
It is by taking the role of another that we become self aware
- D.
In the end, social experience is the exchange of symbols
Correct Answer
B. The self develops mainly through the normal evolution of an individual from one stage of development to another -
- 22.
According to Carol Gilligan, males use a ___________ perspective for moral reasoning
- A.
Care and responsibility
- B.
Justice
- C.
Mechanical
- D.
Indpendent
Correct Answer
B. Justice -
- 23.
Most children's exposure to people from different backrounds occurs from
- A.
School
- B.
The peer group
- C.
The mass media
- D.
The total institution
Correct Answer
A. School -
- 24.
Studies of childhood isolation consistently conclude that
- A.
There is not enough data to show what happens when children are isolated
- B.
Everyone goes through socialization differently
- C.
Social isolation in infancy causes permanent development damage
- D.
What happens in infancy is not important to the socialization process
Correct Answer
C. Social isolation in infancy causes permanent development damage -
- 25.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross described death as an orderly transition involving five specific stages. All of the following are her stages except
- A.
Resignation
- B.
Envy
- C.
Negotiation
- D.
Acceptance
Correct Answer
B. Envy -
- 26.
Ageism refers to
- A.
The form of sical organization in which the elderly have the most wealth, power and prestige
- B.
Prejudice and discrimination against older people
- C.
The study of aging and the elderly
- D.
The process where, among the elderly, bones become more brittle and injuries take longer to heal
Correct Answer
B. Prejudice and discrimination against older people -
- 27.
Our basic drives or needs as humans are reflected in the Freuds concept of
- A.
Superego
- B.
Ego
- C.
Id
- D.
Generalized other
Correct Answer
C. Id -
- 28.
The concept of the "looking glass self" refers to
- A.
Watsons behaviorist notion that enviornment alone shapes peoples behavior
- B.
Cooleys idea that a persons self-conception is based on the responses of others
- C.
Piagets view that cognitive development takes place through a combination of biological maturation and social experience
- D.
Freuds argument that through psychoanalysis we can uncover our unconscious thoughts and feelings
Correct Answer
B. Cooleys idea that a persons self-conception is based on the responses of others -
- 29.
According to Jean Piaget, it is during the preoperational stage of cognitive development that a child begins to use language and other symbols
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 30.
The level of human development at which individuals first see casual connections in their surroundings is
- A.
The preoperational stage
- B.
The formal operational stage
- C.
The concrete operational stage
- D.
The sensorimotor stage
Correct Answer
C. The concrete operational stage -
- 31.
Any social position that an individual occupies is called a(n)
- A.
Role
- B.
Ascribed status
- C.
Status
- D.
Master status
Correct Answer
C. Status -
- 32.
An example of an achieved status is
- A.
Being a daughter
- B.
Being a life-long New Yorker
- C.
Being a member of a minority racial group
- D.
Being a member of chess club
Correct Answer
D. Being a member of chess club -
- 33.
As a worker you are torn between the demands of your boss and your coworkers. This experience is an example of
- A.
Role conflict
- B.
Role exit
- C.
Role strain
- D.
Role set
Correct Answer
A. Role conflict -
- 34.
The social construction of reality idea is most closely related to the ____ theoretical approach
- A.
Symbolic-interaction
- B.
Social conflict
- C.
Structural functional
- D.
Social exchange
Correct Answer
A. Symbolic-interaction -
- 35.
People "construct" reality from
- A.
Unfamiliar elements of their enviornment
- B.
Their genetic heritage
- C.
Their surrounding culture
- D.
None of the above
Correct Answer
C. Their surrounding culture -
- 36.
"The presentation of self" involves
- A.
The study of social interaction in terms of theatrical performance
- B.
A persons efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of others
- C.
The way people make sense of their everyday surroundings
- D.
The process by which people creatively shape reality through social interaction
Correct Answer
B. A persons efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of others -
- 37.
Humor is created when which of the following occurs?
- A.
Some conventional and unconventional realities are placed in contrast
- B.
The topic is sex
- C.
People hear a taboo discussed
- D.
Someone constructs reality well
Correct Answer
A. Some conventional and unconventional realities are placed in contrast -
- 38.
The greater social power of men is evident in which trait of womens behavior?
- A.
Women craft their personal performances with greater formality
- B.
Women intrude into mens personal space
- C.
Women take up more space than men do
- D.
Women asser themselves in social interaction
Correct Answer
A. Women craft their personal performances with greater formality -
- 39.
When a male attaches a female pronoun to an object, he does so to
- A.
Reflect respect or affection
- B.
Reflect ownership or control
- C.
Reflect favoritism
- D.
None of the above are true
Correct Answer
B. Reflect ownership or control -
- 40.
Although the same basic emotions appear to be biologically programmed into all human beings, our culture guides all of the following except
- A.
What triggers our emotions
- B.
How we display our emotions
- C.
The facial expressions we use to show our basic emotions
- D.
What value we attach to emotions
Correct Answer
C. The facial expressions we use to show our basic emotions -
- 41.
All of the following are benefits of the sociological perspective except
- A.
It helps educate us about the moral positions to take on current issues
- B.
It helps us critically assess "commonsense" ideas
- C.
It helps us see the opportunities and constraints in our lives
- D.
It empowers us to be active participants in our society
Correct Answer
A. It helps educate us about the moral positions to take on current issues -
- 42.
Emile Dirkheims study on suicide concluded that cateregories of people with strong group ties tend to have lower suicide rates while more individualistic people had high suicide rates
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 43.
_______ is a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability
- A.
The socio-biological approach
- B.
The social-conflict approach
- C.
The structural-functional approach
- D.
The symbolic-interaction approach
Correct Answer
C. The structural-functional approach -
- 44.
_________ is any relatively stable pattern of social behavior
- A.
Sociological perspective
- B.
Research methadology
- C.
Theoretical approach
- D.
Social structure
Correct Answer
D. Social structure -
- 45.
___________ refers to consistency in measurement and ________ refers to the extent to which you actually measuring what it is you intended to measure
- A.
Variability;replication
- B.
Reliability; validity
- C.
Replication; validity
- D.
Validity; reliability
Correct Answer
B. Reliability; validity -
- 46.
A concept refers to a value that changes from case to case
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 47.
The _______ methadology is used by sociologists to investigate under controlled labratory conditions the cause and effect relationships between two (or more) variables
- A.
Interview
- B.
Survey
- C.
Experiment
- D.
Manifest data
Correct Answer
C. Experiment -
- 48.
The methodological orientation in sociology in which the researcher focuses on needed social change is referred to as ____________ sociology
- A.
Critical
- B.
Research
- C.
Interpretive
- D.
Scientific
Correct Answer
A. Critical -
- 49.
Which of the following methodological orientations in sociology views society as being organized so that some categories of people dominate others?
- A.
Interpretive Sociology
- B.
Scientific Sociology
- C.
Research Sociology
- D.
Critical Sociology
Correct Answer
D. Critical Sociology -
- 50.
All of the following are reasons to investigate social life beyond our own borders except
- A.
That societies through the world are increasingly interconnected
- B.
Where we live makes a great deal of difference in shaping our lives
- C.
Thinking globally is a good way to learn more about ourselves
- D.
We face much more serious social problems in the US than in other countries and need to look elsewhere for solutions to problems like ourse
Correct Answer
D. We face much more serious social problems in the US than in other countries and need to look elsewhere for solutions to problems like ourse -
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