Question 1

C. Wright Mills used the term __________in referring to a small clique composed of the top corporate, political, and military officials who hold the most power in society.

Accepted Answer

A)   oligarchy
B)   bureaucracy
C)   autocrats
D)   power eliteE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

In regard to negative consequences of industrial society, sociologist Max Weber was more concerned about the impact of rational bureaucracy than of class struggle.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

When students go away to college they often make lifelong friends and may even find their spouse. According to Robert Merton, this would be a(n)  __________function of education.

Accepted Answer

A)   manifest
B)   latent
C)   dysfunction
D)   affectiveE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 4

According to feminist theorists, we live in a(n)  __________, a system in which men dominate women and in which things that are considered to be "male" or "masculine" are more highly valued than those considered to be "female" or "feminine."

Accepted Answer

A)   patriarchy
B)   autocracy
C)   matriarchy
D)   oligarchyE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

A central tenet of Karl Marx's view was his __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   belief that society must be changed
B)   idea that sociology must be value free
C)   emphasis on race and gender
D)   strong advocacy of stability and orderE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 6

Sociological studies on suicide that analyze the contents of suicide notes to look for recurring patterns and themes are examples of qualitative research.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

A(n)  __________is a carefully designed situation in which the researcher studies the impact of certain variables on subjects' attitudes or behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)   case study
B)   correlational study
C)   experiment
D)   participant observationE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 8

Many of the nations of Africa and Asia are considered examples of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   middle-income countries
B)   periphery countries
C)   high-income countries
D)   low-income countriesE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

According to the__________ perspective, the classical theories have been unsuccessful in explaining social life in contemporary societies that are characterized by postindustrialization, consumerism, and global communications.

Accepted Answer

A)   functionalist
B)   conflict
C)   symbolic interactionist
D)   postmodernE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 10

Sociologist Talcott Parsons suggested that the division of household labor between husband and wife is one of the fundamental sources of conflict in industrialized societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois observed that a dual heritage creates conflict for people of color: an identity conflict of being black and American. Du Bois referred to this duality as__________ .

Accepted Answer

A)   double-consciousness
B)   the dual-labor market
C)   the double bind
D)   functional conflictE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 12

A __________analysis examines whole societies, large-scale social structures, and social systems.

Accepted Answer

A)   macrolevel
B)   metalevel
C)   microlevel
D)   mesolevelE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 13

State the major assumptions of the symbolic interactionist perspectives.

Accepted Answer

According to symbolic interactionist perspectives, society is the sum of the interactions of individuals and groups. Symbolic interactionists focus on the process of interaction- defined as immediate, reciprocally oriented communication between two or more people-and the part that symbols play in giving meaning to human communication.
Symbolic communication occurs in a variety of forms, including facial gestures, posture, tone of voice, and other symbolic gestures (such as a handshake or a clenched fist). In social encounters, each person's interpretation or definition of a given situation becomes a subjective reality from that person's viewpoint. Symbolic interactionists attempt to study how people make sense of their life situations and the way they go about their activities, in conjunction with others, on a day-to-day basis.

Question 14

Which of these concepts is most comparable to the contemporary concept of the sociological imagination?

Accepted Answer

A)   verstehen
B)   positivism
C)   social Darwinism
D)   anomieE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 15

Soledad develops a scale to assess job satisfaction among temporary workers. She is afraid that workers in her study will each interpret the scale items in a different way. Soledad is concerned about the __________of her scale.

Accepted Answer

A)   representativeness
B)   accuracy
C)   validity
D)   reliabilityE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 16

A major criticism of Spencer's theory of social Darwinism is that __________ .

Accepted Answer

A)   other biological organizations exercise more control over their environments than do humans
B)   it may be used to justify racial/ethnic, gender, and class inequalities in society
C)   it explains society in an era that is less tumultuous than that of the Industrial Revolution
D)   he plagiarized the work of Charles DarwinE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

A__________ is anything that meaningfully represents something else and includes signs, gestures, written language, and shared values.

Accepted Answer

A)   symbol
B)   sociological construct
C)   theory
D)   mythE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 18

In __________, researchers use existing material and analyze data that were originally collected by others.

Accepted Answer

A)   primary analysis
B)   tertiary analysis
C)   secondary analysis
D)   manifest analysisE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 19

When designing a study, the researcher considers the__________to be the cause of the relationship or outcome.

Accepted Answer

A)   independent variable
B)   dependent variable
C)   universal variable
D)   control variableE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 20

The first step in the "conventional" research model is to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   review previous research
B)   select and define the problem
C)   formulate the hypothesis
D)   control the variablesE) None of the above
F) B) and C) B

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In regard to negative consequences of industrial society, sociologist Max Weber was more concerned about the impact of rational bureaucracy than of class struggle.

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When students go away to college they often make lifelong friends and may even find their spouse. According to Robert Merton, this would be a(n) __________function of education.

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According to feminist theorists, we live in a(n) __________, a system in which men dominate women and in which things that are considered to be "male" or "masculine" are more highly valued than those considered to be "female" or "feminine."

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A central tenet of Karl Marx's view was his __________.

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Sociological studies on suicide that analyze the contents of suicide notes to look for recurring patterns and themes are examples of qualitative research.

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A(n) __________is a carefully designed situation in which the researcher studies the impact of certain variables on subjects' attitudes or behavior.

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Many of the nations of Africa and Asia are considered examples of __________.

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According to the__________ perspective, the classical theories have been unsuccessful in explaining social life in contemporary societies that are characterized by postindustrialization, consumerism, and global communications.

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Sociologist Talcott Parsons suggested that the division of household labor between husband and wife is one of the fundamental sources of conflict in industrialized societies.

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Sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois observed that a dual heritage creates conflict for people of color: an identity conflict of being black and American. Du Bois referred to this duality as__________ .

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A __________analysis examines whole societies, large-scale social structures, and social systems.

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Soledad develops a scale to assess job satisfaction among temporary workers. She is afraid that workers in her study will each interpret the scale items in a different way. Soledad is concerned about the __________of her scale.

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According to the__________ perspective, the classical theories have been unsuccessful in explaining social life in contemporary societies that are characterized by postindustrialization, consumerism, and global communications.

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Sociologist Talcott Parsons suggested that the division of household labor between husband and wife is one of the fundamental sources of conflict in industrialized societies.

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