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Which of the following is true about sociology?
Sociologists are interested in how humans affect society.
Sociologists are interested in how society affects animals.
Sociologists look at how society affects individuals, as well as how individuals influence society.
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| Sociologists look at how society affects individuals, as well as how individuals influence society. |
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| A group of people who share their lives in aggregated and patterned ways that distinguish them from other groups is a |
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Which of the following is an example of a social science?
biology
political science
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| The glass ceiling effect refers to the: |
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| limits on the advancement of women in the workplace. |
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| Which of the following is true concerning microsociology and macrosociology? |
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| The macro perspective assumes that society’s larger structures shape individuals’ interactions. |
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| Quantitative research is: |
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| research that translates the social world into numbers and often tries to find cause and effect relationships. |
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| Which of the following researchers is using a sociological imagination? |
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| the researcher trying to understand why different religious groups have differing rates of suicide |
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| A sense of disorientation that occurs when you enter a radically new social or cultural environment is called: |
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| Approaching the world without any preconceptions in order to see things in a new way is called: |
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Question 10: 1 pts What factor primarily differentiates the everyday actor from the social analyst?
What factor primarily differentiates the everyday actor from the social analyst? |
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| The social analyst would investigate everyday assumptions to gain a more complete understanding of them. |
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| An abstract proposition that both explains the social world and makes predictions about future events is a: |
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| Why do social theories change? |
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| because society changes over time |
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| According to Karl Marx, _______ is the source of all social change. |
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| According to the text, Max Weber's most overriding concern was with the process of: |
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Which of the following is a paradigm that begins with the assumption that society is a unified whole that functions because of the contributions of its separate structures?
Symbolic Interactionism
Conflict Theory
Labeling Theory
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Question 7: 1 pts Teaching students to read and write would be an example of a __________ function of education.
Teaching students to read and write would be an example of a __________ function of education. |
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| A symbolic interactionist analysis of education might focus on: |
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| the meanings that a teacher attaches to the various behaviors of students |
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| Which of the following is true about the origins of feminism? |
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| Feminism began as a movement dedicated to securing the same rights for both women and men. |
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| According to Postmodern Theory, society is: |
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| diverse, pluralistic, and constantly in flux |
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| The specific approval rating of the U.S. president would be an example of: |
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| The following statement, “Studying affects one’s grades,” would be an example of a: |
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| The entire group about which a researcher would like to be able to generalize is a: |
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| The following question, “What do you think about capital punishment?” would be an example of a/an: |
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| The consistency of a question or measurement tool is called: |
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| Which of the following is true about survey research? |
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| Survey research is one of the best methods for gathering a vast amount of original data on a large population. |
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| What would the independent variable be in an experiment where a sociologist is testing whether or not watching television impacts a student’s grade on an exam? |
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| A method in which researchers identify and analyze specific texts, images, or media messages is called: |
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| Value-free sociology attempts to eliminate ______ from research. |
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| personal beliefs and biases. |
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| Most universities have __________, which monitors the ethics of research projects conducted by its members. |
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| an institutional review board |
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Which of the following statements about culture is true?
All of these statements about culture are true.
Culture includes both symbolic and material elements.
Culture is the entire way of life of a group of people.
Culture acts as a lens through which one views the world and is passed on from one generation to the next. |
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| A student who claims that another culture is really weird because of the food that the people of that culture eat is using: |
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| Which of the following would be considered a part of symbolic culture? |
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| The idea that language structures thought, and that ways of looking at the world are embedded in language is called: |
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| the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. |
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| Which of the following is the correct order of norms in terms of their ingrained significance (with the most significant starting on the left)? |
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| The formal and informal mechanisms used to increase conformity to values and norms and thus increase social cohesion are referred to as: |
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| Which of the following would be considered a counterculture? |
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| Which of the following is true concerning ideal culture and real culture? |
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| Real culture and ideal culture do clash with each other at times. |
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| The spread of McDonald’s restaurants throughout Asia is an example of: |
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| The imposition of one culture’s beliefs, practices, and artifacts on another culture through mass media and consumer products is called: |
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| The process of learning and internalizing the values, beliefs, and norms of a social group is called: |
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| According to Freud, one’s conscience would be a part of the: |
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| Which of the following is a component of Cooley’s looking-glass self? |
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| We experience some kind of feeling about ourselves based on our perception of other people’s judgments. |
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| Which of the following is a component of Cooley’s looking-glass self? |
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| We experience some kind of feeling about ourselves based on our perception of other people’s judgments. |
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| The statement, “If people define situations as real, they are real in their consequences,” is called: |
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| According to the text, which of the following is one of the predominant agents of socialization in American society? |
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| The increase in eating disorders among Fiji girls was attributed to the socialization influence of the |
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| Which of the following is an example of a total institution? |
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| A person could conceivably alter |
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| A student who is asked to come in to work overtime at her part-time job on the same night that she has to study for a sociology exam is experiencing: |
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| “Boys don’t cry” and “Don’t laugh during a funeral” would be examples of: |
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