Straighterline Sociology Final Exam 2023
Sociology- Correct Answer – scientific study of patterns and
processes of social life in all its major areas
Theoretical Frameworks of Sociology- Correct Answer –
Functionalist
Conflict
Interactionist
Sociological Imagination- Correct Answer – awareness of the
relationship between an individual and the wider society
Socialization- Correct Answer – process of social interaction by
which people acquire knowledge, attitudes, values and behaviors
agents of socialization- Correct Answer – family, peers, school,
mass media
Sociological Theory- Correct Answer – a set of ideas that
explains a range of human behavior and a variety of social and
societal events
Culture- Correct Answer – social heritage of a people – learned
patterns of thinking, feeling and acting passed on to generations
(customs)
society- Correct Answer – A community of people who share a
common culture
Culture in Flux- Correct Answer –
Subculture- Correct Answer – A group whose members
participate in the main culture of a society while simultaneously
sharing a number of unique values, norms, traditions, and
lifestyles.
Counterculture- Correct Answer – A sub- culture whose norms
and values are substantially at odds with those of the larger
society.
Ethnocentrism- Correct Answer – Belief in the superiority of one’s
nation or ethnic group.
role- Correct Answer – a set of expectations (norms) about a
social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave
Statuses- Correct Answer – positions in society that are used to
classify individuals
Straighterline Sociology Exam 1
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Trying to understand why your roommate prefers a certain genre
of music, over others, is an example of using one’s- Correct
Answer – .sociological imagination.
According to the functionalist perspective, an aspect of social life
would be passed on from one generation to the next if it- Correct
Answer – c. promotes value consensus among members of a
society.
Which of the following academic disciplines emphasizes the
influence that society has on people’s attitudes and behavior and
the ways in which people shape society?- Correct Answer – c.
Sociology
Which early sociologist applied the concept of evolution to
societies in order to explain how they change or evolve over
time?- Correct Answer – d. Herbert Spencer
In an experiment, the group that is not exposed to the
independent variable is called the- Correct Answer – d. control
group.
Value neutrality focuses on which of the following challenges
associated with sociological research and ethics?- Correct
Answer – a. the influence of a person’s personal values and
biases on the interpretation of data
Which of the following statements regarding Ogas and Gaddam’s
2011 study on human sexual behaviour is true?- Correct Answer
- Ogas and Gaddam could not distinguish between online
fantasies and rational desires.
Objectivity in the interpretation of data is referred to as- Correct
Answer – c. value neutrality.
A variable is- Correct Answer – a. a measurable trait or
characteristic that is subject to change under different conditions.
Straighterline Sociology 101
Questions and Answers
Postmodernism – Correct Answer – is an intellectual view that
suggests deep distrust of science and the research principle of
objectivity
_ is a general framework or perspective that provides
an explanation for a specific social phenomenon. – Correct
Answer – Theory
The ways we think, feel, and act are – Correct Answer – shaped
by our interaction with others
A simple, small tribal society would coincide with Durkheim’s
concept of , whereas a modern, complex society would
coincide with his concept of _. – Correct Answer –
mechanical solidarity; organic solidarity
Max Weber emphasized the importance of a – Correct Answer –
value-free sociology
Correlation – Correct Answer – is not necessarily the same as
causation
Studies of people’s values, beliefs, attitudes, and perceptions
most frequently use – Correct Answer – the survey method
Observation becomes a scientific technique when it – Correct
Answer – All of the choices are correct
The origins of sociology are linked to – Correct Answer – the
French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution are correct.
A researcher must take abstract concepts and translate them into
a form that allows them to be measured. This is the development
of a(n) – Correct Answer – operational definition
Durkheim found in his study of suicide that – Correct Answer –
Protestants, people who were unmarried, and soldiers had higher
suicide rates than did Catholics, people who were married, and
civilians.
The “sociological perspective” points out that – Correct Answer –
as we look beyond outer appearances at what lies beneath, we
encounter new levels of social reality.
Harriet Martineau was – Correct Answer – All of the choices are
correct.
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Sara takes her four-year-old brother Matt to a carnival for the first time.
They decide to ride the merry-go-round. Matt runs to the front of the line.
His sister pulls him back and explains they have to stand in line. This is an
example of – Correct Answer – socialization
Bob is on his first date with Mary, whom he really likes. He tries to act in a
manner that will cause her to like him, too, and to want to go out with him
again. This is an example of – Correct Answer – impression management
Jane has two young, active children. She is also the primary caregiver of
her aging father, who still lives alone but needs help around the house and
assistance in getting to doctors appointments. Which of the following best
describes Jane’s situation? – Correct Answer – Jane is a member of the
sandwich generation
A retirement party, a high-school graduation party, and a confirmation party
are all examples of – Correct Answer – rites of passage
what is the term used for the set of culture beliefs and practices that helps
to maintain powerful social, economic, and political interests? – Correct
Answer – dominant ideology
a group to which people feel they do not belong is called an – Correct
Answer – out-group
Ascribed statuses may be based on an individual’s – Correct Answer –
race, gender, and age
Which of the sociological prespectives would express concern about those
with power, whether media companies or governments, exercising control
over what people can see and read? – Correct Answer – conflict
perspective
Life course theorist suggest – Correct Answer – socialization continues
through all stages of the cycle of life
William I Thomas wrote from which prespective when observing that people
respond not only to the objective features of a person or situation, but also
to the meaning that person or situation has for them? – Correct Answer –
interactionist prospective
which sociological perspective would be most likely to focus on the
functions of the mass media in conferring status on people, organizations,
and public issues? – Correct Answer – functionalist prospective
a master status is a – Correct Answer – A status that dominates others and
thereby determines a person’s general position within society.
which term is used by sociologists to refer to a set of expectations for
people who occupy a given social position or status? – Correct Answer –
social role
The U.s government was heavenly criticized for which of the following
media monitoring behaviors after 9/11? – Correct Answer – authorizing
wiretaps of U.S citizens telephone conversation
Dave, the president of a small corporation, has a wild weekend. He spends
a night with a prostitute, gambles illegally, drinks excessively, and uses
drugs. Some would suggest he has committed various – Correct Answer –
victimless crimes
The social constructionist perspective is most closely affiliated with which
other sociological explanation of deviance? – Correct Answer – labeling
theory
Crime is a violation of – Correct Answer – criminal law for which formal
penalties are applied by some governmental authority.
a person convicted of a crime- even when prior arrest record and severity
of the crime are taken into account – is more likely to receive a shorter
prison sentence if he or she is – Correct Answer – white and non-hispanic
In Robert merton’s terms, people who overzealously and cruelly enforce
bureaucratic regulations can be classified as – Correct Answer – rituals
which sociological perspective would most likely be concerned with the
stigmatizing nature of formal social controls that require convicted sex
offenders to register with police agencies and have their pictures published
in newspapers to make their identities publicly known? – Correct Answer –
interactionlist perspective
The term social control refers to – Correct Answer – techniques and
strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society
which theory attributes increases in crime and deviance to the absence or
breakdown of communal relationships and social institutions? – Correct
Answer – social disorganization theory
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Beyond the small work groups approach is the “__–
collar” approach, in which informally dressed employees manage
themselves, use the office as a “funhouse” and are expected to
work 70-hour weeks.
a. green
b. red
c. no Correct
d. black
In Piaget’s theory, the concrete operational stage
a. involves children’s gradual realization that they exist
independently of the people and things around them.
b. includes the development of language.
c. is where children begin to think more abstractly by being able to
separate symbols from the things they represent
d. focuses on the development of logic.
c. is where children begin to think more abstractly by being able to
separate symbols from the things they represent. Correct
Edwin Sutherland’s theory of differential association illustrates the
__ sociological perspective on deviance.
a. structural strain
b. cultural transmission Correct
c. conflict
d. labeling
From Merton’s perspective, those who reject both culturally
approved goals and means and substitute new norms are
a. innovators.
b. ritualists.
c. rebels. Correct
d. retreatists.
When individuals incorporate within their personalities the
standards of behavior prevalent within the larger society, the
process is called
a. internalization. Correct
b. socialization.
c. conformity.
d. normative intervention.
Internalization occurs when
a. norms are “intuited” from the behavior of others.
b. the individual questions the legitimacy of the norms.
c. normative expectations are sharpened.
d. we understand and believe in the norms. correct
William Chambliss’ study of two teenage gangs – the Saints and
the Roughnecks – illustrates
a. the labeling perspective. Correct
b. differential association theory.
c. the functionalist perspective.
d. the cultural transmission perspective.
A violation of a social relationship of trust lies at the heart of much
a. organized crime.
b. white-collar crime and corporate crime. Correct
c. violent crime.
d. victimless crime.
__ has the highest incarceration rate in the world?
a. Iraq
b. Pakistan
c. The United States Correct
d. France
Regarding murder,
a. most were committed through the use of a “sharp instrument.”
b. a majority was precipitated by arguments.
Straighterline Religion 101
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Religions manifest eight possible elements: belief system,
community, central myths, ritual, ethics, characteristic emotional
experiences, material expression, and- Correct Answer –
Sacredness
The belief that all is divine is called- Correct Answer – pantheism
______ argues that the existence of God cannot
be proven.- Correct Answer – Agnosticism
Anthropologist believed that religion was rooted in
spirit worship.- Correct Answer – E. B. Tylor
theorized that belief in a God or gods arises from
the long-lasting impressions made on adults by their childhood
experiences.- Correct Answer – Sigmund Freud
Rudolf Otto argued that religions emerge when people experience
that aspect of reality which is essentially mysterious; while
_ believed that religion was a noble human response
to the complexity and depth of reality.- Correct Answer – Carl
Gustav Jung
Religions express truth . For example, water can
represent spiritual cleansing; the sun, health; a mountain,
strength; and a circle, eternity.- Correct Answer – symbolically
In early religions, the most significant female deity was particularly
associated with and motherhood and has been
known by many names, such as Asherah, Aphrodite, and Freia.-
Correct Answer – fertility
When we look at the world’s dominant religions, we see three
basic orientations in their conceptions and location of the sacred:
sacramental, prophetic, and .- Correct Answer –
mystical
As an academic discipline, the field of religious studies is now
more than years old.- Correct Answer – 200
Although there is no agreement on how to speak of ancient
religious ways, they are often inadequately referred to as
traditional, aboriginal, indigenous, tribal, _, primal,
native, oral, and basic.- Correct Answer – nonliterate
Indigenous religions exist generally within cultures,
in which every object and act may have religious meaning.-
Correct Answer – holistic
In many Native American religious traditions, there is little
distinction between the human and animal worlds. These native
religions see everything in the universe as being alive, a concept
known as .- Correct Answer – animism
Sacred time is “the time of .” Among the Koyukon
people of the Arctic, it is called “distant time,” and it is the holy
ancient past in which gods lived and worked. Among Australian
Aborigines it is often called Dreamtime, and it is the subject of
much of their highly esteemed art.- Correct Answer – eternity
is the doorway through which the “other world” of
gods and ancestors can contact us and we can contact them. It is
associated with the center of the universe and can be
constructed, often in a symbolic shape such as a circle or
square.- Correct Answer – Sacred space
Most indigenous religions have cosmic tales of their
_. They frequently speak of a High God and make
little distinction between a god and an ancestor.- Correct Answer
- origins
In native societies, everyday religious activity and practice are
significant, because their primary purpose is often to place
individuals, families, and groups in “right ” with
gods, ancestors, other human beings, and nature.- Correct
Answer – relationships
Special rituals mark a person’s entry into adulthood. In Native
American religions, a common ritual of early maturity is the “vision
quest,” or “.”- Correct Answer – dream quest
A is a rule that forbids specific behavior with regard
to certain objects, people, animals, days, or phases of life.-
Correct Answer – taboo
A(n) acts as an intermediary between the visible,
ordinary world and the spirit world.- Correct Answer – shaman
The culture that flourished in the Indus River valley before 2000
bce is named the culture.- Correct Answer –
Harappa
The ancient scriptures of India are called the . There
are four basic text collections: the Rig, the Yajur, the Sama, and
the Atharva.- Correct Answer – Vedas
Straighterline Introduction to Sociology
| Questions (Correctly Answered)
In 2004, there were _ million non-Hispanic whites
living in poverty, compared to 9 million African Americans and the
same number of Hispanics. – Correct Answer – 16.8
The Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore view of social stratification
supports the idea that – Correct Answer – the most highly
rewarded positions are those most critical to the welfare of
society.
Sociologists define as the ranking or grading of
individuals and groups into hierarchical layers. – Correct Answer
- social stratification
In discussing inequality on campus, the text points out that –
Correct Answer – social stratification is a pervasive component of
campus life.
Gambling, drug use, and prostitution are considered – Correct
Answer – victimless crimes
Individuals learn deviance primarily in intimate groups of deviant
others, such as small groups of friends. This view typifies –
Correct Answer – differential association theory
Labeling theory does not explain – Correct Answer – what initially
contributed to the occurrence of the deviant behavior.
Juvenile involvement in violent crime – Correct Answer –
increased over the past several decades.
In modern societies, the _ is the mechanism by which
a good many norms – laws – are enforced. – Correct Answer –
state
Regarding women and crime, – Correct Answer – a growing
percentage of the criminal population is female.
According to Merton, anomie represents society’s struggle
between its – Correct Answer – goals and means.
Deviance depends to some extent on – Correct Answer – who
does the defining, who has the power to make the definitions
stick, the time and place in which the deviance occurs
In 2001, the largest category of all arrests was – Correct Answer
- drug abuse violations
The dysfunctions of deviance – Correct Answer – include the
undermining of our willingness to play our roles and contribute to
the larger social scene.
__ American children take prescription psychiatric
drugs, despite the fact that most such drugs have never been
tested for use in children. – Correct Answer – 3-4 million
Merton described five responses to anomie. An embezzler
stealing money from his company to fund his high mortgage
payments is an example of a(n) – Correct Answer – innovator
According to labeling theorists, deviance that individuals may
adopt in response to negative labels is – Correct Answer –
secondary deviance
Regarding the “American Dream,” – Correct Answer – growing
numbers of Americans are not achieving prosperity and the
middle class appears to be shrinking are correct.
The __ thesis contends that an unequal distribution of
social rewards is a necessary instrument for getting the essential
tasks of society performed. – Correct Answer – conservative
Which of the following is TRUE? – Correct Answer – Social
stratification depends upon but is not the same as social
differentiation.
Straighterline Final Sociology
Exam Study guide 2023
What is sociology? – Correct Answer – the systematic study of
human society
Anthropology (physical) – Correct Answer – Human
origins/revolution
How does anthropology (physical) differ from sociology? –
Correct Answer – Stresses biological characteristics and
behaviors rather than contemporary human life.
Anthropology (cultural) – Correct Answer – Cultural variations in
time and space
How does anthropology (cultural) differ from sociology? – Correct
Answer – Closest to sociology
Stresses on simple, non-literate cultures rather than
contemporary industrialized societies.
Psychology – Correct Answer – Individual human behavior
How does psychology differ from sociology? – Correct Answer –
Studies individuals rather than groups.
Economics – Correct Answer – Production, distributions and
consumption of wealth.
How does economics differ from sociology? – Correct Answer –
Wealth and resources
Only one aspect of sociology
Political science – Correct Answer – Government and politics
How does political science differ from sociology? – Correct
Answer – Stresses political behavior
Only one aspect of sociology
Functionalist Perspective – Correct Answer – Society as a system
A system is to survive where certain essential tasks are
performed.
If it fails to maintain it will perish
Benefits society in general by rewarding occupations vital to
group welfare. The system of rewards motivates competent
people to sacrifice to become doctors and lawyers.