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| A Society made up of many differnt religious, racial, and ethical groups would be best described as? |
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| A tendency to use our own groups way of doing things as a yardstick for judging othier is called? |
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| The notion that only the fittest members of society deserve to survive and that social programs to help the poor will ultimately weaken the social order is a doctrine know as? |
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| The expectations, or rules of behavior, that develop out of values are referred to by sociologists as? |
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| When a group has a distinctive way of looking at life, but at teh same time their values and norms reflect that dominant culture of their society, the group would be considered a? |
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| Another term for Freud's concept of the superego is? |
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| Gestures, language, values and social norms are examples of? |
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| According to Robert Merton, the intended beneficial consequences of peoples actions that hep a social system to be more efficient are? |
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| Which of the following qualities least qualifies as a part of ones social environment? |
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their intellectual capability (school they attend/neighborhood live/their family) |
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| The first African American to earn a doctoral degree form Harvard University was? |
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| Which of the following media least qualifies as being a form of mass media? |
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academic jounals (box-office Hollywood films/television/video games) |
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The process of learning new norms, values, attituedes, and behaviors is called? |
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| Which of the following descriptions is least applicable to material culture? |
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Religious doctrine that permits a man to have several wives. (lead pencil/advertisment for victoria secret/space shuttle) |
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Together, the stages were pass through from birth to death, including chiildhood, adolescence, transitional adulthood, the middle years, and the older years, are called? |
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Wayne always wears a lapel pin on his suit signifying that he was the recipient of the Medal of Honor when he was in the service. Usually, only veterans recognize what the pin actually means. In view of this, which of the following terms best describes |
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| It is a symbol to which people attach meaning. |
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| After having a successfully negotiated an improtant business contract with a major client, Phil's boss congratulated him and promised him a significant pay rise. In this situation, Phil has recieved what sociologist call a? |
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| Viewing society as composed of groups that engage in fierce competition for scarce resources is the underlying premise in? |
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| Herbert Spencer believed that societies evolved from lower to higher forms because as gnerations pass, the most capable and intelligent members of societ prosper while the less capable die out. Spencer referred to this process as? |
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The survival of the fittest |
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| When American servicemen occupied Japan following World War II, the japanese watched the Americans playing baseball, appreciated the sport, and adopted it themselves. Today, baseball is one of the most popular sports in Japan. This adoption of baseball by |
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| The stage in the life course where an individual begins to reorient his/her thinking from the time since birth to the time left to live is? |
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| In 1965, sociologist Robin Williams identified 12 core values held by Americans. Later, three additional values (educaiton, religiosity, and romantic love) were added to this list by sociologist? |
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| Jimmy and Alex are doing a survey on the opinion undergraduate student have regarding academic services at their university. There are 12,000 undergraduate students at their university, but they plan to only survey 2,000 of them. In view of this, the 12,0 |
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| Fred has just joined a fraternity. As part of his initiation, he has been forced to strip naked and roll in a tub of mud. This is an example of what Harold Garfinkel termed? |
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| Leo, Matthew, Ryan, Meg, Isabelle, and Francis have progressed through elementary school together, are all in the middle school orchestra, and belong to many of the same after school activites. Together, theya re constitute a.... |
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| Which of the followin would be the best example of a total institution? |
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| Although personal computers have become efficient, cost effective, and user friendly, amny people refuse to learn how to use them or to adapt to the emerging technology. This is an example of what William Ogburn would refer to as? |
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| The textbook credits sociology as first taking root in North America in 1890 at which of the following universities? |
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| Which of the following phrases best describes a random sample? |
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| Everyone in the population has the same chance of being included in the study. |
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| Which of the following is not one of the three stages in George Herbert Mead's model on the development of the self? |
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| What is the underlying principle of symbolic interactionism? |
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| It explains how one's behaviordepends on the way they define themselves and others. |
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| Margie is on an educational trip to a village in Africa. One evening her African hosts served a stew containing giant red ants and other insects. After dinner, Margie asked what was in the delicious stew she just enjoyed. When her host told her, Margie be |
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As we proceed on our life course, the events we expreience are largely influenced by |
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| our social location and the time period in which we were born. |
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| the basic premise of Piaget's model of development, which has remained underchanged, is that: |
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| children begin with the concrete and move to the abstract. |
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| How did Karl Marx and Max Weber differ in their theoretical assumptions? |
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| Marx believed economics was the central force of social change and Weber claimed it was religion |
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| What are sociologist referring to when they address the culture within us? |
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| The learned and shared ways of believing and doing that are a part of our behavior |
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T or F Although sociologists share some disagreement among what constitutes unethical behavior, research ethics clearly forbids the falsification of results |
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T or F Theorists using the symbolic interactionist perspective usually focus on social interaction as a macro-level of analysis |
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T or F Studies on the effects of daycare show the more time a child spends in daycare the weaker the bond is with their mothers |
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T or F Karl marx believed that the bitter struggle between capitalists and workers would only end when the workers united in revolution to form a classless society |
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