Newly Acquired Knowledge Of Sociology Final Exam
If you’ve been studying sociology for a while and need to practice your newly acquired knowledge on society and the sciences behind it, then this quiz may help yu do just that. Have you been paying attention? Let’s find out!
- 1.Chapter One Questions follow: This sociologist focused on the problems caused by the enormous gaps between the wealthy and the poor. He was an economist and the founder of socialism.
- A.
Max Weber
- B.
Auguste Comte
- C.
Karl Marx
- D.
Jane Addams
- 2.This concept refers to social dependency based on a widespread consensus of values and beliefs, enforced conformity, and dependence on tradition and family.
- A.
Verstehen
- B.
Mechanical solidarity
- C.
Organic solidarity
- D.
Rationalization
- 3.This sociological perspective focuses on the contributions of each part of society and sees those parts as an integrated whole.
- A.
Conflict Perspective
- B.
Functionalist Perspective
- C.
Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
- 4.The ____________ is the ability to see the link between society and self.
- A.
Sociological perspective
- B.
Verstehen
- C.
Sociological imagination
- D.
Social structure
- 5.Sociologists do not focus on the behavior of individuals but on the patterns of behavior shared by members of a group or society. This is referred to as _______________
- A.
Sociological perspective
- B.
Social structure
- C.
Social statics
- D.
Social dynamics
- 6.This sociologist wrote that the poor deserve to be poor and the rich deserved to be rich. He opposed social reform because it interferred with the selection process. Society benefits by allowing individuals to find their own social class without any interference from the outside.
- A.
Auguste Compte
- B.
Emile Durkheim
- C.
Herbert Spencer
- D.
WEB DuBois
- 7.This sociologist wrote extensively about social dynamics, how societies change, and social statics, how societies tend to remain the same. He is also credited with coining the term "sociology".
- A.
Auguste Comte
- B.
Herbert Spencer
- C.
Karl Marx
- D.
Emile Durkheim
- 8.Specialized roles make members of a society dependent on one another for goods and services. For example, banks needs customers and those customers in turn need their banks. This is an example of ___________
- A.
Mechanical solidarity
- B.
Verstehen
- C.
Rationalization
- D.
Organic solidarity
- 9.Women gaining the right to vote, African Americans achieving equality in our society, children gaining civil rights protection. These topics would all interest sociologists who adhere to the _____________ perspective of sociology.
- A.
Conflict
- B.
Functionalist
- C.
Symbolic Interactionist
- 10.Chapter Three Questions follow: _________ are simply rules that define appropriate and inappropriate behavior in our society. Let's say you're eating at a restaraunt and decide to eat your steak with your bare hands, you tear the meat apart and use no utensils. You are obviously violating social _____________ but no one is going to have you thrown out of the restaraunt. However, your waiter comes back with ranch dressing instead of french dressing and you stab him. Now you have violated a __________ and a _____________ and you will definitely be leaving soon.
- A.
Law / folkway / more / norms
- B.
Norms / folkway / more / law
- C.
Folkway / more / law / norms
- D.
More / law / folkway / norms
- 11.My father gave me a 1972 Eisenhower silver dollar when I graduated from high school in 1983. I have kept it with me ever since. I keep it with me for a number of reasons: it reminds me of my father, it is my lucky coin, and I will at least have a dollar to my name when I die. All these things are part of our __________
- A.
Heritage
- B.
Society
- C.
Sanctions
- D.
Culture
- 12.My lucky coin is part of my ____________ whereas my belief in hard work and perseverance are part of my _____________
- A.
Society / non-material culture
- B.
Non-material culture / material culture
- C.
Ideal culture / real culture
- D.
Real culture / ideal culture
- 13._________ are pretty simple to follow. They are rewards or punishments used to encourage conformity to norms. They can _______, which means that they are used in the form of a punishment, or they can be ____________, which means that they can be used in the form of a reward.
- A.
Norms / negative / formal
- B.
Formal / sanctions / norms
- C.
Sanctions / negative / positive
- D.
Laws / negative / positive
- 14.______ are used to enforce folkways, ________ , and laws which are types of _________ that are based on __________.
- A.
Sanctions / mores / norms / values
- B.
Values / mores / sanctions / norms
- C.
Norms / sanctions / values / mores
- D.
Mores / values / sanctions / norms
- 15.Jill was driving down highway at a very high rate of speed and consequently, was pulled over by a police officer, who issued her a ticket. This ticket serves as a sanction, a punishment for violating the norms of driving. What kind of sanction was Jill issued is the question?
- A.
Positive / informal
- B.
Informal / negative
- C.
Formal / positive
- D.
Formal / negative
- 16.Osvaldo scored 28 goals this year for the Perry Bluejay soccer team. He was awarded for his efforts by being selected as a unanimous selection on this year's conference All - Star team by conference coaches. What kind of sanction was Osvaldo issued is the question?
- A.
Formal / negative
- B.
Formal / positive
- C.
Informal / negative
- D.
Informal / positive
- 17.Little Elizabeth is only three years old. She eats with her hands and is quite messy. Her mother scolds her and tells Elizabeth that this manner of dining is unacceptable. What kind of sanction was Lizzy issued is the question?
- A.
Informal / positive
- B.
Informal / negative
- C.
Formal / positive
- D.
Formal / negative
- 18.The Constitution discusses our rights and such. It claims that everyone has certain rights like voting, speech, etc. This would be our ________ culture. However, reality shows that not everyone in the United States is treated equally. We do discriminate against others. This is our ___________ culture.
- A.
Society / ideal
- B.
Symbols / real
- C.
Real / ideal
- D.
Ideal / real
- 19.____________ are broad, general ideas about what most people in society consider to be desirable.
- A.
Culture
- B.
Symbols
- C.
Values
- D.
Norms
- 20.Many people in the United States practice some sort of religion or another. These beliefs help make up our _____________.
- A.
Material culture
- B.
Non-material culture
- C.
Symbols
- D.
Sanctions
- 21.Take a group of people who work in the technological field, say computer programmers. Sounds pretty normal. BUT, this same group of people base jump off of cliffs, high buildings, bridges, etc. Very NOT normal. This group of people would be referred to by sociologists as being ____________
- A.
Ethnocentric
- B.
Counter cultural
- C.
A subculture
- D.
Strange
- 22.Chapter Four Questions follow: _____________ is the cultural process of learning to participate in group life. It begins at birth and continues throughout one's lifetime.
- A.
Socialization
- B.
Re-socialization
- C.
De-socialization
- D.
Status
- 23.This sociological perspective would view socialization as a way for the powerful to keep things the same way, never change and always let the wealthy get away with things while the poor are kept at the bottom of society.
- A.
Functionalist
- B.
Conflict Theory
- C.
Symbolic Interactionist
- 24.Symbolic Interactionists views the influence of the media on socialization in the following way:
- A.
Network television programs encourage social integration by exposing the entire society to shared beliefs, values, and norms
- B.
Newspaper owners and editors exercise power by setting the political agenda for a community
- C.
Through words and pictures, childrens books expose the young to the meaning love, manners, and motherhood
- 25.The military recruits young men and women and then isolate them for a certain amount of time. While in isolation from the rest of society, the military makes these young people re-learn everything that they have ever done. You don't walk to lunch, you run, you don't say "yeah", you say "Yes Sir!", you don't question your superiors, you simply do what you are told. This is an example of
- A.
Socialization
- B.
De-socialization
- C.
Re-socialization
- D.
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