Sociology

1. "feral" children are still discovered each year

True

False

2. The concept of the "looking glass self" suggests that our self-concept is primarily based on how we think other people see us

True

False

3. From childhood through adulthood, social stratification is nearly inherent to our interactions with our peers

True

False

4. 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

True

False

5. Most organizations continue to survive after their goals are reached

True

False

6. The authors' research methodology is best described as survey analysis

True

False

7. Amerco found that personal recognition is a more effective motivational tool than financial reward

True

False

8. Any attempt at rationalizing our behavior points out the existence of competing moral claims

True

False

9. One reason discussed for the failure of many sexual relationships is not simply the presence of sex in the relationship, but its centrality

True

False

10. Rules and laws that formal organiations create tend to be based on science

True

False

11. Policies offering shorter hours that allowed workers more free or family time were largely ignored

True

False

12. When amerco instituted its paternal leave policy, few men took advantage of it

True

False

13. Self reported declining religious service attendance was more common than were declines in how important young adults claim that religion is in their lives

True

False

14. The most educated young adults report the smallest decline in how important religion is in their lives

True

False

15. Attractive, married young adults are more likely to divorce early (before age 25) than less attractive ones

True

False

16. Entering a committed relationship-either marriage or cohabitation-typically contribues to less religious decline among young adults

True

False

17. Red and blues (young conservatives and liberals) typically want similar things from their relationships

True

False

18. Where there are more men on campus than women, relationship commitments are less likely

True

False

19. Red young adults appear to have less sex than blue young adults

True

False

20. According to course lecture, the expansion of the state is most significant due:

To its growing role in the production of knowledge and information

To Democratic Party victories in election

A narrative about optimal role of government in daily life

To the institutionalization of surveillance in American life

21. The iron law of oligarchy states that

Organization come to be dominated by a self perpetuating elite

Membership in all organization will shrink over time

Political and cultural elites tend to be the same people

Communist government will eventually unravel and self-destruct

22. On average, at least 80% of college students retain their religious affiliations and report no change in how important religion is to them

True

False

23. Social desirability bias

The tendency to want to make oneself appear better than one actually is

Involves deliberately lying to survey researchers

Is the product of the looking glass self

Both b and c are true

24. The authors claim that, in reality, the religious belief system of most college students isn't intellectually contested during the college years

True

False

25. Culture is much more infrastructure as it is ideas

True

False

26. In modern america, working men and women now report little differences in how they experience the "second shift" of home life

True

False

27. The most universal ideas-like freedom or love-do not require institutions to sustain and promote them

True

False

28. Young adults who are parents were much less apt to report declining religiosity than were those who aren't parents

True

False

29. Young adults who don't attend collage typically have more partners and more sex than those who do attend college

True

False

30. Empirical refers to

Seeking power through culture

Observable through the senses

Exponentially complex

Logical

31. Social structures don't have an existance apart from human activity

True

False

32. Some religious groups reported increased religiosity in young adulthood, when compared with their teenage years

True

False

33. 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

True

False

34. People tend to recognize and criticize their own narrative, since they live them out

True

False

35. We can't improvise or alter most sociological script

True

False

36. Well educated, modern people tolderate all stories and beliefs

True

False

37. Human behavior is relatively easy to predict, but difficult to explain.

True

False

38. Respondents who went to college reported greater decline in their religiosity than respondent who didn't go to college

True

False

39. 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

True

False

40. Hypotheses are questions we have about relationships among concepts

True

False

41. Female managers tend to measure their parenting quality in terms of time spent with their children not child outcomes or success

True

False

42. To say that a segment of human activity has been institutionalized is to say that

It's firm and will not change

It's under social control

It's subject to the domination of one narrative

It's subject to law

43. As title suggest, about half of young adults tend to altogether disaffiliate from (or lose) their religion during the young adult years

True

False

44. There is increasing evidence in nonmonogamy-that is, multiple concurrent partners-among young adults

True

False

45. are not as compelling as _in forming our convicitons and actions

Arugments,imagination

Instituions,freedom

Arguments,social control

Narratives,science

46. 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

True

False

47. Unlike narratives, metanarratives only exist in the mind; they aren't written down

True

False

48. The frequency of sexual intercourse and the number of sexual partners appears to affect women's emotional well being similarly

True

False

49. Social norms about sex natrually evolve over time away from more restrictive ones toward more permissive one

True

False

50. The bureacratized family discussed in the Time Bind features all except

Efficiency of household activities

Contention between parents and children about the quantity of time spent together

Outsourcing of family responsibilites

Limiting amount of time parents spend at work

51. Which of the following are characteristics of work life in modern america?

Close personal friendships seldom develop within the workplace

It is increasingly where both mean and women feel most rewarded and valued

It is more than simple economic activity

A and c are true

B and c are true

52. Human narratives

Are basically historical chronicles

Bestow meaning on actions and events

Do not affect the practice and science

All are true

53. The solution to the research problem of "selective observation" is to:

Make one's observaitons more deliberate

Genralize one's findings to a wider population

Collect info from a wider, random sample

All of the above

54. The process by which actions are repeated and given similar meaning by self and others is defined as

Cognitive restructuring

Impression management

Homophile

Institutionalization

55. Which of the following is NOT accurate?

We tend to follow one overarching narrative

Narratives are stories about others and ourselves

Narratives give us a sense of meaning for our actions and experiences

Written narratives are more effective than unwritten narratives

56. Because many more women are working than in previous generations, the share of small children being cared for by extend family is increasing

True

False

57. Marrying before 20 can cause a divorce

True

False

58. With intellectual efforts, some of us areable to be true relativists-suspending our beliefs in all stories

True

False

59. Cognitive Structuring

Occurs when we fit new experiences into our existing cognitive structures

Occurs when our cognitive organizing principles cannot handle the presenting problem

Occurs every time we begin a new position or role

60. According to smith and class discussions, a key motivator of human action

Is to bring about change in the institutions around us

Is to avoid pain and seek pleasures

Is the desire to transmit our "big stories" to others

Is to act out and sustain moral order

61. Social structures are all of these EXCEPT

Controlled and reinforced by negative sanctions

Expressed through lived bodily practices

Generated and reporduced by resistance and opposition

Accumulated and transformed historically over time

62. Most american adults...

Live their lives negotiating the competing demands of multiple moral orders

Take a neutral perspective on the moral orders taht characterize American life

Understand the sources of the moral orders they occupy

A and c are both true

63. Human decision-making is commonly based on reasons

True

False

64. Evidence:

Is only applicable if it is empirical

Only makes sense from within perspectives rooted in normative belief commitments

Can be used to verify the truth of one narrative over another

65. As a coping strategy, employees

Challenged the company's claims upon their time

Worked hard to retain a life wholly aprt from the workplace

Stole time from their children

Often retreated to drinking or drug use

Sociology

1. "feral" children are still discovered each year

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. The concept of the "looking glass self" suggests that our self-concept is primarily based on how we think other people see us

3. From childhood through adulthood, social stratification is nearly inherent to our interactions with our peers

4. 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

5. Most organizations continue to survive after their goals are reached

6. The authors' research methodology is best described as survey analysis

7. Amerco found that personal recognition is a more effective motivational tool than financial reward

8. Any attempt at rationalizing our behavior points out the existence of competing moral claims

9. One reason discussed for the failure of many sexual relationships is not simply the presence of sex in the relationship, but its centrality

10. Rules and laws that formal organiations create tend to be based on science

11. Policies offering shorter hours that allowed workers more free or family time were largely ignored

12. When amerco instituted its paternal leave policy, few men took advantage of it

13. Self reported declining religious service attendance was more common than were declines in how important young adults claim that religion is in their lives

14. The most educated young adults report the smallest decline in how important religion is in their lives

15. Attractive, married young adults are more likely to divorce early (before age 25) than less attractive ones

16. Entering a committed relationship-either marriage or cohabitation-typically contribues to less religious decline among young adults

17. Red and blues (young conservatives and liberals) typically want similar things from their relationships

18. Where there are more men on campus than women, relationship commitments are less likely

19. Red young adults appear to have less sex than blue young adults

20. According to course lecture, the expansion of the state is most significant due:

21. The iron law of oligarchy states that

22. On average, at least 80% of college students retain their religious affiliations and report no change in how important religion is to them

23. Social desirability bias

24. The authors claim that, in reality, the religious belief system of most college students isn't intellectually contested during the college years

25. Culture is much more infrastructure as it is ideas

26. In modern america, working men and women now report little differences in how they experience the "second shift" of home life

27. The most universal ideas-like freedom or love-do not require institutions to sustain and promote them

28. Young adults who are parents were much less apt to report declining religiosity than were those who aren't parents

29. Young adults who don't attend collage typically have more partners and more sex than those who do attend college

30. Empirical refers to

31. Social structures don't have an existance apart from human activity

32. Some religious groups reported increased religiosity in young adulthood, when compared with their teenage years

33. 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

34. People tend to recognize and criticize their own narrative, since they live them out

35. We can't improvise or alter most sociological script

36. Well educated, modern people tolderate all stories and beliefs

37. Human behavior is relatively easy to predict, but difficult to explain.

38. Respondents who went to college reported greater decline in their religiosity than respondent who didn't go to college

39. 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

40. Hypotheses are questions we have about relationships among concepts

41. Female managers tend to measure their parenting quality in terms of time spent with their children not child outcomes or success

42. To say that a segment of human activity has been institutionalized is to say that

43. As title suggest, about half of young adults tend to altogether disaffiliate from (or lose) their religion during the young adult years

44. There is increasing evidence in nonmonogamy-that is, multiple concurrent partners-among young adults

45. ____are not as compelling as _____in forming our convicitons and actions

46. 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

47. Unlike narratives, metanarratives only exist in the mind; they aren't written down

48. The frequency of sexual intercourse and the number of sexual partners appears to affect women's emotional well being similarly

49. Social norms about sex natrually evolve over time away from more restrictive ones toward more permissive one

50. The bureacratized family discussed in the Time Bind features all except

51. Which of the following are characteristics of work life in modern america?

52. Human narratives

53. The solution to the research problem of "selective observation" is to:

54. The process by which actions are repeated and given similar meaning by self and others is defined as

55. Which of the following is NOT accurate?

56. Because many more women are working than in previous generations, the share of small children being cared for by extend family is increasing

57. Marrying before 20 can cause a divorce

58. With intellectual efforts, some of us areable to be true relativists-suspending our beliefs in all stories

59. Cognitive Structuring

60. According to smith and class discussions, a key motivator of human action

61. Social structures are all of these EXCEPT

62. Most american adults...

63. Human decision-making is commonly based on reasons

64. Evidence:

65. As a coping strategy, employees

45. are not as compelling as _in forming our convicitons and actions