Sociology Trivia Questions Test! Quiz

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1.

The corners of life that people occupy, such as jobs, income, education, gender, age, and race, are referred to as the social imperative.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
2.

Sociologists often use "common sense" to understand the way the world "is".
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
3.

Herbert Spencer believed the most capable and intelligent members of a society would survive while the weak and less capable would die, thus improving society, in a master plan he called "the survival of the fittest"
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
4.

Emile Durkheim identified the degree of social integration as the primary variable to explain different rates of suicide within different European nations.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
5.

According to Max Weber, the "sign" Calvinists looked for as an indication they were saved was their successful investment in capital.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
6.

Sociology places no importance on ethics and values during research.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
7.

Ethnocentrism is purely a negative trait with no redeeming qualities.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
8.

A person who professes a belief in freedom and equality but also demonstrates behavior that is sexist and racist is involved in value contradiction.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
9.

Ascribed status is involuntary and achieved status is voluntary.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
10.

All master statuses are achieved statuses.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
11.

Some people have a contradiction or a mismatch between their statuses.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
12.

The difference between role and status is that we occupy a status and play a role.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
13.

Stereotypes deeply influence how we react to one another.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
14.

When experiencing groupthink, people take on a collective tunnel vision and are convinced there is only one right viewpoint with a single course of action.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
15.

Sociologist Ervin Goffman (1963) used the term stigma to refer to characteristics that discredit people, including violations of norms of ability and violations of norms of appearance.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
16.

Human sexuality illustrates how a group's definitions of an act, not the act itself, determines whether or not it is considered deviant.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
17.

By employing techniques of neutralization, even the most dedicated deviants can view themselves as conformists, or non-deviants.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
18.

Functionalists believe deviance has no useful purpose in society and only contributes to social chaos.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
19.

In a caste system, social stratification is based on ascribed status.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
20.

In a class system, there is little opportunity for movement between classes.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
21.

In contrast to most other stratification systems, Karl Marx's system had only two classes, each depending on the individual's relationship to the means of production.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
22.

Wealth and income are interchangeable terms, each meaning the same in reference to social class.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
23.

Lower-class parents encourage their children to be creative as they grow up, while middle class parents focus on having their children defer to authority.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
24.

The higher a person's position on the social class ladder, the more likely they will become a victim of crime.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
25.

In exchange mobility, about the same number of people move up and down the social class ladder, which results in the overall social-class system showing little change.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False