Chapter 1,2,3 Quiz
Sociology quiz over chapter one. Need to pass this in order to pass exam
- 1.What might a sociologist say about why an individual choooses a particular person to marry?
- A.
This shows that the social world guides human behavior
- B.
This shows that people's actions reflect human free will
- 2.Which woman made a mark as an early sociologist by studying the evils of slavery and also translating the writings of Auguste Comte?
- A.
Jane Addams
- B.
Harriet Martineau
- 3.The early US sociologist who earned the first doctorated ever awarded by Harvard Uni to a person of color was:
- A.
Herbert Spencer
- B.
W.E.B Du Bois
- 4.The pioneering sociologist who founded Chicago's hull house to assist immigrants and who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was:
- A.
Jane Addams
- B.
Harriet Martineau
- 5.The theoretical approach in sociology that assumes society is a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability is the:
- A.
Structional-Functional Approach
- B.
Social-Conflict Approach
- 6.Robert Merton explained that what is funtional for one catergory of a society's population:
- A.
May not be funtional for another category
- B.
Is unlikely to change over time
- 7.The social-conflict theory draws attention to:
- A.
How people construct meaning through interaction
- B.
Patterns of social inequality
- 8.Durkheim documented that categories of people with weaker social ties have lower suicide rates
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.The term "sociology" was coined from Emile Durkheim
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Historically, hte sociological perspective was most likely to develop in:
- A.
Countries experiencing rapid social changes
- B.
Nations with little social change
- C.
Isolated villages
- D.
Countries where feudalism was strong
- 11.The term "sociology" was coined in 1838 by:
- A.
Adam Smith
- B.
Karl Marx
- C.
Herbert Spencer
- D.
Auguste Comte
- 12.
- A.
Guides patterns of consumption of goods and services
- B.
Operates in a relatively predictable manner
- C.
Promotes a "pure" form of capitalism
- D.
Organizes the production and distribution of goods and services
- 13.Education is the social institution by which society provides people with important knowledge, including:
- A.
Cultural norms and values
- B.
Job skills
- C.
Basic facts and information
- D.
All of the above are correct
- 14.Jeffrey Dahmer...act of murder could be desribed as violation of a _______ while cannibalism could be described as a violation of a _________.
- 15.The concept "ethnocentrism" refers to:
- A.
Taking pride in one's ethnicity
- B.
Judging another culture by it's own standards
- C.
Judging another culture by the standards of one's own culture
- 16.The theoretical approach that highlights the link between culture and social inequality is the:
- A.
Symbolic-interaction approach
- B.
Sociobiology approach
- C.
Social-conflict approach
- 17.The concept "counterculture" refers to:
- A.
Popular culture
- B.
Cultural patterns that oppose those that are widely held
- C.
High culture
- 18.The theoretical approach that highlights the way any cultural pattern helps meet human needs is the:
- A.
Social-conflict approach
- B.
Structional-functional approach
- C.
Symbolic-interaction approach
- 19.Which of the following does NOT characterize changes brought on by industrialization?
- A.
The economy becomes more productive
- B.
Tradition becomes a more powerful part of culture
- C.
New forms of transportation and communication make the world seem smaller
- 20.Compared w/hunting and gathering societies, horticultural and pastoral societies display more job specializatoin and social inequality
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.Cultural lag refers to the fact that some cultural elements change more quickly than others do
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.Folkways are norms that are taken very seriously as they are essential to a group's core values
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 23.Which of the following statements comes closest to describing Erik H. Erikson's view of socialization?
- A.
Personality involves tensions between the forces of biology and forces of culture
- B.
Personality develops mostly in childhood
- C.
Personality develops over the entire life course in patterned ways
- D.
We come to see ourselves as we think others see us
- 24.Jean Piaget's focus was on:
- A.
How children are stimulated by thier environment
- B.
Cognition- how people think and understand
- C.
How children develop their motor skills
- D.
The role of heredity in shaping human behavior
- 25.When Charles Horton Cooley used the term "looking-glass self," he was referring to the fact that:
- A.
People see things only from thier own point of view
- B.
People are self-absorbed
- C.
Our actions are a reflection of our values
- D.
People see themsleves as they think others see them
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