SOC 1502 Review TEST BANK UPDATED 2023

SOC 1502 Review TEST BANK ( UPDATED 2023 )

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• What is a difference between a more and a folkway?

• Mores encourage social rebellion; folkways do not.
• Mores are legally acceptable to violate; folkways are not.
• Mores are constructed based on norms; folkways are not.
• Mores may carry serious consequences if violated; folkways do not.

Answer: d. Mores may carry serious consequences if violated; folkways do

not.

2. Sociology is defined as the:

• Qualitative analysis of human phenomenon.
• Systematic study of society and social interaction.
• Quantitative analysis of social transgressions.
• Theoretical examination of life's origins.

Answer: b. Systematic study of society and social interaction.

• As industrialization began to boom, Durkheim believed people were more

susceptible to anomie because:

• Collective norms are weakened.
• Society no longer has the support of the collective consciousness.
• Specialization of labor lead to alienation.
• All of the above

Answer: d. All of the above

• Which of the following is an example of a learned custom?

• Marrying for love
• Shoving and pushing on the metro
• Greeting an acquaintance with a handshake 1 / 4

• All of the above

Answer: d. All of the above

• Which historical event was greatly responsible for global stratification as we

see it today?

• World War I
• The Fall of the British Empire
• The French Revolution
• The Industrial Revolution

Answer: d. The Industrial Revolution

• In the early 2000's, The L Word and Queer as Folk debuted on Showtime.

Both shows depicted the lives of members of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexu- al, transgender) community, thus giving viewers a glimpse into a .

• More
• Formal Sanction
• Subculture
• Social relativism

Answer: c. Subculture

7. The McDonalidization of Society refers to:

• The increasing presence of the fast-food business model in common

social institutions.

• The obesity epidemic that's rapidly sweeping the United States.
• The country's increasing dependence on fast food as a daily meal.
• The increasing popularity of McDonalds as a hang-out for youths.

Answer: a. The increasing presence of the fast-food business model in common

social institutions

• Please define C. Wright Mill's sociological imagination.

• The theory that man evolved slowly over time.
• The process of analyzing human behavior based solely on statistics. 2 / 4

• A series of interviews asking subjects about their sleep habits and dreams.
• How individuals understand their own and others' pasts in relation to his- tory

and social structure.

Answer: d. How individuals understand their own and others' pasts in relation

to history and social structure.

• Until 10,000 years ago, the basic structure of human society was based on

.

• Capitalism
• Tribes
• Industrialization
• Feudalism

Answer: b. Tribes

• Miguel is doing a research paper on New York City's Stone Wall riots of
• He visits the scene of the riots, interviews people who were there, reads

the police reports of the event, and watches video footage. Miguel is conducting a(n) .

• Overview
• Case study
• Experiment
• Data analysis

Answer: b. Case study

• According to Kohlberg's theory of moral development, when do humans

begin to think about the feelings of other people and begin to see the world through other people's eyes?

• When they are born.
• When they first go to school.
• In their teenage years
• After they graduate from college.

Answer: c. In their teenage years

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12. Education is important to society because:

• It teaches children facts about the world in which they live.
• It teaches children how to interact with their peers and helps them to gain

social graces.

• It teaches children how to react to authority and how to behave in group and

one-on-one situations.

• All of the above

Answer: d. All of the above

• GNI PPP, or gross national income divided by purchasing power parity,

helps measure:

• The standard of living in a country.
• The average level of education per person in a country.
• The amount of inflation affecting a country's currency.
• The average global interest rates for loans.

Answer: a. The standard of living in a country.

14. Please place the following societies in chronological order:

• Pastoral; Hunter-gatherer; Horticultural; Agricultural
• Hunter-gatherer; Pastoral; Agricultural; Horticultural
• Pastoral; Agricultural, Hunter-gatherer; Horticultural
• Hunter-gatherer; Pastoral; Horticultural; Agricultural

Answer: d. Hunter-gatherer; Pastoral; Horticultural; Agricultural

15. The term "interpretive framework" can be defined as:

• A basis for which sociologists determine whether their independent and

dependent variables reflect the results.

• A sociological research approach that seeks in-depth understanding of a

topic or subject through observation or interaction; this approach is not based on hypothesis testing.

• An established scholarly research method that involves asking a question,
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