Sociology
65 Questions
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Sociology Practice Quiz
Questions and Answers
- 1.
People tend to recognize and criticize their own narrative, since they live them out
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 2.
Human behavior is relatively easy to predict, but difficult to explain.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 3.
Social structures don't have an existance apart from human activity
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 4.
Culture is much more infrastructure as it is ideas
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 5.
We can't improvise or alter most sociological script
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 6.
Most organizations continue to survive after their goals are reached
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 7.
In modern america, working men and women now report little differences in how they experience the "second shift" of home life
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 8.
"feral" children are still discovered each year
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 9.
Social norms about sex natrually evolve over time away from more restrictive ones toward more permissive one
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 10.
The concept of the "looking glass self" suggests that our self-concept is primarily based on how we think other people see us
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 11.
Human decision-making is commonly based on reasons
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 12.
Hypotheses are questions we have about relationships among concepts
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 13.
Ethnography is a type of data collection method in which the ethnographer purposefully interacts with the research subject, has a general plan of inquiry and intends to discuss topics in depth with the subject
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 14.
In the Time Bind, most of the employees at Amerco are evaluated by their quality of work instead of the amount of the time they spend on the job
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 15.
The most universal ideas-like freedom or love-do not require institutions to sustain and promote them
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 16.
From childhood through adulthood, social stratification is nearly inherent to our interactions with our peers
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 17.
Rules and laws that formal organiations create tend to be based on science
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 18.
Policies offering shorter hours that allowed workers more free or family time were largely ignored
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 19.
Because many more women are working than in previous generations, the share of small children being cared for by extend family is increasing
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 20.
Amerco found that personal recognition is a more effective motivational tool than financial reward
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 21.
When amerco instituted its paternal leave policy, few men took advantage of it
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 22.
Female managers tend to measure their parenting quality in terms of time spent with their children not child outcomes or success
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 23.
Unlike narratives, metanarratives only exist in the mind; they aren't written down
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 24.
With intellectual efforts, some of us areable to be true relativists-suspending our beliefs in all stories
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 25.
Well educated, modern people tolderate all stories and beliefs
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 26.
We all proceed with whatever assumed basic beliefs we trust in and build our lives on, even though we cannot finally know empirically that they are right
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 27.
Any attempt at rationalizing our behavior points out the existence of competing moral claims
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 28.
The most educated young adults report the smallest decline in how important religion is in their lives
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 29.
Entering a committed relationship-either marriage or cohabitation-typically contribues to less religious decline among young adults
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 30.
Some religious groups reported increased religiosity in young adulthood, when compared with their teenage years
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 31.
Self reported declining religious service attendance was more common than were declines in how important young adults claim that religion is in their lives
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 32.
As title suggest, about half of young adults tend to altogether disaffiliate from (or lose) their religion during the young adult years
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 33.
The authors' research methodology is best described as survey analysis
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 34.
Respondents who went to college reported greater decline in their religiosity than respondent who didn't go to college
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 35.
On average, at least 80% of college students retain their religious affiliations and report no change in how important religion is to them
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 36.
Young adults who are parents were much less apt to report declining religiosity than were those who aren't parents
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 37.
The authors claim that, in reality, the religious belief system of most college students isn't intellectually contested during the college years
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 38.
There is increasing evidence in nonmonogamy-that is, multiple concurrent partners-among young adults
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 39.
Red and blues (young conservatives and liberals) typically want similar things from their relationships
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 40.
The frequency of sexual intercourse and the number of sexual partners appears to affect women's emotional well being similarly
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 41.
Attractive, married young adults are more likely to divorce early (before age 25) than less attractive ones
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 42.
Where there are more men on campus than women, relationship commitments are less likely
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 43.
Young adults who don't attend collage typically have more partners and more sex than those who do attend college
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 44.
Red young adults appear to have less sex than blue young adults
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 45.
One reason discussed for the failure of many sexual relationships is not simply the presence of sex in the relationship, but its centrality
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 46.
Marrying before 20 can cause a divorce
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 47.
Contemporary relationships appear female centered, meaning taht the terms of sexual contracts favor women and what they want, since the relationship resources they offer is increasing
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 48.
Cognitive Structuring
- A.
Occurs when we fit new experiences into our existing cognitive structures
- B.
Occurs when our cognitive organizing principles cannot handle the presenting problem
- C.
Occurs every time we begin a new position or role
Correct Answer
B. Occurs when our cognitive organizing principles cannot handle the presenting problem -
- 49.
According to course lecture, the expansion of the state is most significant due:
- A.
To its growing role in the production of knowledge and information
- B.
To Democratic Party victories in election
- C.
A narrative about optimal role of government in daily life
- D.
To the institutionalization of surveillance in American life
Correct Answer
A. To its growing role in the production of knowledge and information -
- 50.
To say that a segment of human activity has been institutionalized is to say that
- A.
It's firm and will not change
- B.
It's under social control
- C.
It's subject to the domination of one narrative
- D.
It's subject to law
Correct Answer
B. It's under social control -
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