Sociology Final Review

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    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

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This includes I believe all of the chapters except 11, 12, 13 and 15. Hope it helps!

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  • 2. 

    Compared to poverty in the United States, poverty in low income nations is

    • More likely to involve men

    • More widespread and severe

    • Less likely to involve children

    • A less serious problem

    Correct Answer
    A. More widespread and severe
  • 3. 

    According to Jean Piaget, it is during the preoperational stage of cognitive development that a child begins to use language and other symbols

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 4. 

    Humor is created when which of the following occurs?

    • Some conventional and unconventional realities are placed in contrast

    • The topic is sex

    • People hear a taboo discussed

    • Someone constructs reality well

    Correct Answer
    A. Some conventional and unconventional realities are placed in contrast
  • 5. 

    Sociologists describe group leadership in terms of its decision making style

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 6. 

    In his subcultural theory of deviance, Walter Miller claimed that street criminality is most common among

    • High income males

    • Middle class men and women

    • Low income youths

    • Women at all class levels

    Correct Answer
    A. Low income youths
  • 7. 

    Which of the following statements about high income nations is correct?

    • They are at the forefront of the Information Revolution

    • They make use of large factories and advanced energy sources

    • They contain almost all of the world's financial markets

    • All of the above are correct

    Correct Answer
    A. All of the above are correct
  • 8. 

    Instrumental leadership is group leadership that focuses on the completion of tasks

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 9. 

    The chapter argues that gender is not a matter just of difference, but also a matter of difrences in

    • Power

    • Wealth

    • Privileges

    • All of the above are correct

    Correct Answer
    A. All of the above are correct
  • 10. 

    Studies of childhood isolation consistently conclude that

    • There is not enough data to show what happens when children are isolated

    • Everyone goes through socialization differently

    • Social isolation in infancy causes permanent development damage

    • What happens in infancy is not important to the socialization process

    Correct Answer
    A. Social isolation in infancy causes permanent development damage
  • 11. 

    A criticism of the global culture thesis is that it assumes that people everywhere are able to afford the new goods and services brought about by elements of the global culture

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 12. 

    Female genital mutilation is most common in

    • North America

    • Africa

    • Latin America

    • Asia

    Correct Answer
    A. Africa
  • 13. 

    Which type of slavery consists of employers holding workers by paying them too little to covert their debts?

    • Chattel slavery

    • Child slavery

    • Debt bondage

    • Servile forms of marriage

    Correct Answer
    A. Debt bondage
  • 14. 

    People "construct" reality from

    • Unfamiliar elements of their enviornment

    • Their genetic heritage

    • Their surrounding culture

    • None of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. Their surrounding culture
  • 15. 

    Feminists claim that rape is mostly about

    • Power

    • Sex

    • Money

    • Moral weakness

    Correct Answer
    A. Power
  • 16. 

    Every society regulates the thoughts and behavior or individuals. This process of regulation is called

    • Neighborhood watch

    • Childhood socialization

    • Social control

    • The legal system

    Correct Answer
    A. Social control
  • 17. 

    In the hierarchy of prostitutes, the lowest status is held by

    • Escort service workers

    • Call girls

    • Brothel workers

    • Street walkers

    Correct Answer
    A. Street walkers
  • 18. 

    Ageism refers to

    • The form of sical organization in which the elderly have the most wealth, power and prestige

    • Prejudice and discrimination against older people

    • The study of aging and the elderly

    • The process where, among the elderly, bones become more brittle and injuries take longer to heal

    Correct Answer
    A. Prejudice and discrimination against older people
  • 19. 

    This sociological approach to culture draws attention to the link between culture and inequality

    • The structural-functional approach

    • The social-conflict approach

    • The symbolic interaction approach

    • The sociobiological approach

    Correct Answer
    A. The social-conflict approach
  • 20. 

    Read the following statements about jobs. Which statement is not true?

    • Most of the highest-ranked occupations in the US are dominated by women.

    • Occupational rankings are much the same in all high income nations

    • Most high-prestige jobs require extensive education and training

    • Occupations are a source of both prestige and income

    Correct Answer
    A. Most of the highest-ranked occupations in the US are dominated by women.
  • 21. 

    Most children's exposure to people from different backrounds occurs from

    • School

    • The peer group

    • The mass media

    • The total institution

    Correct Answer
    A. School
  • 22. 

    _______ is a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability

    • The socio-biological approach

    • The social-conflict approach

    • The structural-functional approach

    • The symbolic-interaction approach

    Correct Answer
    A. The structural-functional approach
  • 23. 

    A concept refers to a value that changes from case to case

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
  • 24. 

    The _______ methadology is used by sociologists to investigate under controlled labratory conditions the cause and effect relationships between two (or more) variables

    • Interview

    • Survey

    • Experiment

    • Manifest data

    Correct Answer
    A. Experiment
  • 25. 

    The text explains that slavery

    • No longer exists in today's world

    • Is found today in a mumber of low income nations in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa

    • Is found in every country of the world

    • None of the above is correct

    Correct Answer
    A. Is found today in a mumber of low income nations in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa
  • 26. 

    In poor countries, the disadvantages women face relative to men are

    • About the same as in rich nations

    • Not as great as in rich nations

    • Greater than in rich nations

    • Just about nonexistent

    Correct Answer
    A. Greater than in rich nations
  • 27. 

    A person's reproductive organs are

    • Primary sex characteristics

    • Heterosexuality

    • Secondary sex characteristics

    • Asexuality

    Correct Answer
    A. Primary sex characteristics
  • 28. 

    Which type of slevery refers to one person owning another?

    • Chattel slavery

    • Child slavery

    • Debt bondage

    • Servile forms of marriage

    Correct Answer
    A. Chattel slavery
  • 29. 

    Our basic drives or needs as humans are reflected in the Freuds concept of

    • Superego

    • Ego

    • Id

    • Generalized other

    Correct Answer
    A. Id
  • 30. 

    Any social position that an individual occupies is called a(n)

    • Role

    • Ascribed status

    • Status

    • Master status

    Correct Answer
    A. Status
  • 31. 

    Married people have more sex with partners than do singles.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 32. 

    Using a Marxist approach, Steven Spitzer claims that a capitalist society is likely to label which of the following categories of people as deviant?

    • Someone who threatens to take the property of others

    • People who are not very productive

    • Radicals who call for basic change in society itself

    • All of the above are correct

    Correct Answer
    A. All of the above are correct
  • 33. 

    The concept  "absolute poverty" refers to

    • A lack of resources that is life threatening

    • The absolute number of poor people in any country

    • The real poverty rates as opposed to what governements claim to be the case

    • The poverty rate in low income countries

    Correct Answer
    A. A lack of resources that is life threatening
  • 34. 

    The point of describing gender in the Israeli kibbutzim is

    • To show that gender is basically biological

    • To show that women can dominate men

    • To show that cultures define gender in different ways

    • To show that boys and girls should not be raised by biological parents

    Correct Answer
    A. To show that cultures define gender in different ways
  • 35. 

    The concept of the "looking glass self" refers to

    • Watsons behaviorist notion that enviornment alone shapes peoples behavior

    • Cooleys idea that a persons self-conception is based on the responses of others

    • Piagets view that cognitive development takes place through a combination of biological maturation and social experience

    • Freuds argument that through psychoanalysis we can uncover our unconscious thoughts and feelings

    Correct Answer
    A. Cooleys idea that a persons self-conception is based on the responses of others
  • 36. 

    What is the term that describes the biological distinction between females and males?

    • Sexual orientation

    • Bisexuality

    • Transsexuals

    • Sex

    Correct Answer
    A. Sex
  • 37. 

    Pornography has generated criticism and controversy from a number of groups

    • On moral grounds

    • As a power issue

    • As a free speech issue

    • All of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. All of the above
  • 38. 

    All of the following except for one are goals of feminism. Which is NOT a goal of feminism?

    • Eliminating gender stratification

    • Ending sexual violence

    • Expanding human choice

    • Opposing the Equal Rights Amendment

    Correct Answer
    A. Opposing the Equal Rights Amendment
  • 39. 

    Elisabeth Kubler-Ross described death as an orderly transition involving five specific stages. All of the following are her stages except

    • Resignation

    • Envy

    • Negotiation

    • Acceptance

    Correct Answer
    A. Envy
  • 40. 

    "The presentation of self" involves

    • The study of social interaction in terms of theatrical performance

    • A persons efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of others

    • The way people make sense of their everyday surroundings

    • The process by which people creatively shape reality through social interaction

    Correct Answer
    A. A persons efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of others
  • 41. 

    The sexual counterrevolution occured

    • As a reaction to the sexual freedom that marked that late 1960s and 1970s

    • As a response to WWII affluence

    • As a reaction to the "Roaring Twenties"

    • Because of fear of AIDS

    Correct Answer
    A. As a reaction to the sexual freedom that marked that late 1960s and 1970s
  • 42. 

    Where on the planet would you find most high income nations?

    • Spread evenly throughout all world regions

    • Mostly in the Northern Hemisphere

    • All within North America

    • Mostly in the Southern Hemisphere

    Correct Answer
    A. Mostly in the Northern Hemisphere
  • 43. 

    An example of an achieved status is

    • Being a daughter

    • Being a life-long New Yorker

    • Being a member of a minority racial group

    • Being a member of chess club

    Correct Answer
    A. Being a member of chess club
  • 44. 

    The greater social power of men is evident in which trait of womens behavior?

    • Women craft their personal performances with greater formality

    • Women intrude into mens personal space

    • Women take up more space than men do

    • Women asser themselves in social interaction

    Correct Answer
    A. Women craft their personal performances with greater formality
  • 45. 

    When a male attaches a female pronoun to an object, he does so to

    • Reflect respect or affection

    • Reflect ownership or control

    • Reflect favoritism

    • None of the above are true

    Correct Answer
    A. Reflect ownership or control
  • 46. 

    Institutions of higher learning, the military, and governmental agencies are all examples of

    • Secondary groups

    • Aggregates

    • Formal organizations

    • Primary groups

    Correct Answer
    A. Formal organizations
  • 47. 

    Talcott Parsons explained that males tend toward ______ behavior, and females tend to be more ______

    • Instrumental; expressive

    • Sympathetic; empathic

    • Egalitarian; hierarchical

    • Rational; traditional

    Correct Answer
    A. Instrumental; expressive
  • 48. 

    As a worker you are torn between the demands of your boss and your coworkers. This experience is an example of

    • Role conflict

    • Role exit

    • Role strain

    • Role set

    Correct Answer
    A. Role conflict
  • 49. 

    The fact that some cultural elements change more quickly than others, disrupting a cultural system is referred to as

    • Cultural lag

    • Cultural universals

    • Cultural relativism

    • Cultural integration

    Correct Answer
    A. Cultural lag

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