Sociology Week 1 Test Questions and Answers
• Question 1
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Brian encounters a male patient and notices that he is wearing a
... [Show More] yarmulke. While the patient is in another room undressing, Brian comments to the office manager, “I heard they don’t eat pork. What kind of a religion doesn’t let you eat barbeque ribs?” This is an example of
.
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Answer: ethnocentr ism
• Question 2
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If a minority completely abandons their previous culture in favor of a new one, the group will most likely experience .
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Answer: assimilati on
• Question 3
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Norms are in that they can vary from place to place. Selected
Answer: conditio nal
• Question 4
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Humans learn about culture primarily through .
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Answer: langua ge
• Question 5
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When consider the salient aspects of culture, they consider how culture works to hold society together.
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Answer: Functionali sts
• Question 6
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Which of the following phrases best relates to cultural transmission? Selected
Answer: Through language, culture is passed through generations.
• Question 7
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According to Sociologist George Ritzer, McDonaldized societies measure success by the .
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Answer: number of tasks completed
on time.
• Question 8
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The work of suggests that solidarity is a vital component that holds society together.
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Answer: Emile Durkheim
• Question 9
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Critics of suggest that this perspective ignores the coercive effects of social structure.
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Answer: Symbolic interactionism
• Question 10
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suggest that a society’s values and norms provide the foundation for the rules and laws that it creates.
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Answer: Funtionali sts
• Question 11
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Using sociological imagination gives us more than a(n)
interpretation of the world.
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Answer: individualis tic
• Question 12
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According to Emile Durkheim, when people lack solidarity, what occurs? Selected
Answer: Egoistic suicides
• Question 13
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George Mead suggests that the roots of society are the
teach us to understand the world.
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Answer: symbo ls
• Question 14
that
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constantly seek to understand how small interactions influence the larger society.
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Answer: Interaction ists
• Question 15
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William is a college student. As the amount of time William studies increases, so do his grades. This is an example of .
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Answer: positive correlation
• Question 16
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The foundation for all sociological research is .
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Answer: objectivi ty
• Question 17
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The relates to occurrences in which people behave differently because they know they are part of an experiment.
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Answer: Hawthorne effect
• Question 18
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A system of values or principles that guide behavior is . Selected
Answer: ethi cs
• Question 19
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One common type of qualitative data is . Selected
Answer: content analysis
• Question 20
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In order to produce a reliable result, samples should . Selected
Answer: represent an accurate
picture of the population.
• Question 21
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A is a suggestion about how variables relate.
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Answer: hypothe sis
Question 22
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A type of research method that aims to understand the social perspective and cultural values of a particular group is called .
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Answer: ethnogra phy
Question 23
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There are three types of correlations .
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Answer: positive, negative, and spurious
Question 24
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Functionalism is a(n) approach to sociology as it focuses on larger social structures rather than on individuals.
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Answer: mac ro
• Question 25
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State government provides education for families. Families pay taxes which the state government depends on to manage itself. This is an example of .
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Answer: Conflict Theory
Question 26
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Which of the following is NOT a component of non-material culture? Selected
Answer: craf ts
Question 27
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Global village refers to the of the world through immediate electronic communications.
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Answer: shrinki ng
Question 28
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Noam Chomsky’s assertion regarding the common origins of language is regarded as .
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Answer: universal grammar
• Question 29
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When two or more values are at odds, what occurs? Selected
Answer: Value Conflict
Question 30
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examined the inequalities in the economic system, as well as inequalities between the sexes.
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Answer: Harriet Martineau [Show Less]