What does the sociological perspective show us about whom any individual chooses to marry? -
CORRECT ANSWER The operation of society guides many of our
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What does the symbolic interaction approach see society as? - CORRECT ANSWER A product
of the everyday interactions between individuals
What does the structural functional approach compare society to? - CORRECT ANSWER An
organism
What are three personal values of studying sociology? - CORRECT ANSWER Seeing the
opportunities and constraints in our lives. The fact that it is good preparation for a number of
careers. Becoming more active participants in society.
What does the social conflict approach draw attention to? - CORRECT ANSWER Patterns of
social inequality
Kingsley Davis's Study of Anna, the girl isolated for five years, shows what? - CORRECT
ANSWER Without social experience a child never develops personality.
Why is the family so important to the socialization process? - CORRECT ANSWER Family
members provide necessary care for infants and children. Families give children social identity in
terms of class, ethnicity, and religion. Parents greatly affect a child's self-concept.
The self, according to Sigmund Freud, is comprised of what? - CORRECT ANSWER The id, the
ego, and the super ego
Most sociologists believe that - CORRECT ANSWER It is human nature for us to need
nurturance experience.
What is an example of a total institution? - CORRECT ANSWER Prison
Ideas created by members of a society are part of what? - CORRECT ANSWER Nonmaterial
culture
Which theoretical approach focuses on the link between culture and social inequality? -
CORRECT ANSWER Social conflict theory
The human species has been successful on earth due to culture. Culture is made possible because
of our - CORRECT ANSWER Large brains
When Napoleon Chagnon went to live with the Yanomamo tribe in Venezuela what did he
experience - CORRECT ANSWER Culture shock
Ethel can't believe that the people of India will not eat hamburgers. This is what she says, "No
wonder they are starving. What is wrong with them!" What kind of attitude is Ethel displaying? -
CORRECT ANSWER Ethnocentrism
What concept defines who we are in relation to others? - CORRECT ANSWER Status
What is the meaning of "presentation of self"? - CORRECT ANSWER Efforts to create
impressions in the minds of others
What does the Thomas theorem state? - CORRECT ANSWER Situations defined as real are real
in their consequences.
Frank is attending the University of smarty-pants on a full football scholarship. However he does
not have enough time to study because he is spending so much time practicing with the team.
What type of dilemma is this? - CORRECT ANSWER Role conflict
What is a status that you receive at birth or take on involuntarily later in life? - CORRECT
ANSWER Ascribed status
What is the name of a small social group whose members share personal and lasting
relationships? - CORRECT ANSWER Primary group
What is the name of a social group that someone uses as a point of reference in making an
evaluation or decision? - CORRECT ANSWER Reference group
What did the research of Solomon Asch illustrate? - CORRECT ANSWER Group conformity
What did the research of Stanley Milgram illustrate? - CORRECT ANSWER Obedience to
authority
What is the largest group of people that can carry on a single conversation? - CORRECT
ANSWER 6
What does a global perspective on human sexuality show us? - CORRECT ANSWER Although
sex involves our biology it is also a cultural trait that varies from place to place.
What is the term for humans who have some combination of female and male genitalia? -
CORRECT ANSWER Intersexual people
Looking back in history what do we see once a society develops birth-control technology? -
CORRECT ANSWER Attitudes about sexuality become more permissive.
What are three reasons why the incest taboo is found in every society. - CORRECT ANSWER It
limits sexual competition between members of families. It helps define peoples rights and
obligations towards one another. It helps connect members of a family to others in the larger
society.
Which sociological theory would see traditional gender roles as oppressive to women? -
CORRECT ANSWER Social conflict theory
What is the oldest justification for punishing an offender? - CORRECT ANSWER Retribution
Labeling theory states that deviance - CORRECT ANSWER Arises not from what people do as
much as from how others respond to the action.
Using Robert Merton's strain theory, a person selling illegal drugs for a living would fall into
what category? - CORRECT ANSWER Innovator
Emile Durkheim explains that deviance is - CORRECT ANSWER Found in every society
because it has useful consequences.
When Bart's friends begin calling him an airhead he left the group and spent more time smoking
marijuana. He also began hanging out with others who used drugs and by the end of the term he
had dropped out of college. What concept best illustrates Bart's situation? - CORRECT
ANSWER Secondary deviance
The wealthiest 20% of people in the United States own about how much of the country's
privately owned wealth? - CORRECT ANSWER 85%
What did Karl Marx mean when he claimed that society "reproduces the class structure"? -
CORRECT ANSWER Class differences are passed on from one generation to the next.
What does the Davis Moore thesis state? - CORRECT ANSWER To get people to work at
important jobs society must reward them more.
According to Max Weber what is social stratification based on? - CORRECT ANSWER
Economic class, social status, and power.
What income level had the greatest rise in income over the last 20 years? - CORRECT
ANSWER Upper income families
In America,which ethnic category has the most people in it? - CORRECT ANSWER Hispanic
descent
When the first Europeans came to the Americas in the late 1400s Native Americans - CORRECT
ANSWER Had inhabited this land for 30,000 years [Show Less]