What is true about quarantine?
It is a new approach to dealing with environmental hazards.
Wealthy people used to quarantine themselves to avoid plagues.
People quarantine themselves from hazards by purchasing organic food.
All of the above
Professor Peter has been teaching English to first year college students for about 25 years. He started out
his career full of idealism—he was going to really inspire his students and teach them how to express their
most creative ideas in writing. About twenty years ago, however, Peters decided that there was no way
that his students would ever learn to write well. He still “teaches,” but now he mostly checks for spelling
and punctuation; he cares little about the improvement in the quality of students’ writing or of their
ideas. Merton would say that Professor Peters has adapted to his frustration by becoming
a conformist.
an innovator.
a ritualist.
a retreatist.
The average annual incidence was 364 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis per 100,000 population in the
north, compared with national average of 134 cases per 100,000 population. This is an example of a(n)
_____
Sporadic disease Endemic disease
Hyperendemic disease
Pandemic disease Critics of tracking argue that
the brightest and most motivated students will succeed more often than less intelligent and less motivated
students.
tracking reflects social background so that it transforms the social advantage of well-off children into an
educational advantage.
because all students in a school or district take the same standardized tests, tracking has no bias.
violates the Constitutional requirement of equal protection under the law. Which of the following is NOT a latent function of education?
Political and social integration
Courtship
Working in groups
Transmission of culture How does Betsy Lucal choose to participate in gender?
She chooses not to participate at all in gender performances.
She participates in hegemonic masculinity.
She embraces her roles as a woman.
She chooses not to participate in femininity, at least when it comes to physical appearance.
In what ways are African American women “Othered” in contemporary society?
They are made to clean houses without pay
They are not allowed to vote
They are stereotyped by elites
All of the above Resocialization is
when a person does NOT fit into his or her society and must learn the social norms and vwhen a person
does NOT fit into his or her society and must learn the social norms and values again, later in life.
the process activists go through to try to change a society that does NOT accept a certain type of person.
when an individual gives up one way of life and set of values for another.
the process of making new friends and acquaintances. What is true about the creation of cultural practices?
It is formed through group consensus It is created in response to unfamiliar situations
It is always changing
All of the above
The Protestant Ethic takes a _________ perspective
macro
micro
negative
unrealistic
According to Weber, Capitalism encourages all of the following EXCEPT:
Efficiency
Pleasure
Delayed gratification
Profit
How have fair-trade movements affected farmers?
They have helped, but organic farming has been more profitable.
They have only helped large-scale farming communities.
They have helped producers in African countries but not farmers in Asia or Latin America.
None of the above Why have coffee farming communities in Mexico fared better than those in other Latin American
countries?
They were more willing to diversify their crops.
They benefitted from subsidies from the U.S. and Canada.
They formed strong unions.
All of the above Which refers to the process by which individuals may be cut off from full involvement with wider
society?
Class exclusion
Prejudice
Social exclusion
Urban poverty
Why do workers fear Communism?
They fear living in an individualistic society
They hold onto the promise of someday owning land
They do not want to work long hours
None of the above
Which of the following is consistent with a Marxist analysis of race?
Members of almost all societies consider their own ways of life as superior to those of “others.”
The rate of interracial marriage is rising due to the declining importance of race.
African Americans students take pride in their achievement after winning a prize in a science fair that is
open to young people in categories underrepresented in science.
Black and white workers at a factory fall into conflict, which weakens the power of workers to negotiate a
new contract with the factory owners.
Why are interview methods useful for assessing racist attitudes?
People under report their racist beliefs on surveys
People over report their racist beliefs on survey
In the process of discussing their beliefs, interviewees become more tolerant
In the process of discussing their beliefs, interviewees lose faith in affirmative action
When did WEB DuBois FIRST become aware of the degree to which he was stigmatized as a black man?
He was always aware of the stigma In early childhood, he was not allowed to share food with white children
As a youth, a female peer would not accept his visiting card
As a young adult, he was barred from career advancement The major weakness of the survey technique is that
it can’t be used to obtain reliable data from large numbers of people.
it can’t be used to obtain reliable demographic information.
it can’t be used to obtain reliable information about people’s true behaviors.
it can’t be used to obtain reliable information about people’s attitudes.
Janki used the hospital records of babies born with heroin addictions to gather information for her
research project. Janki used:
Observation
Structured Observation
Passive Method
Unobtrusive Methods The term, _____________ variable is used to indicate a cause.
dependent
independent
control
spurious According to Joel Best, what is NOT true of social problems?
It takes many years for a “social issue” to become a “social problem”
Statistics are used to demonstrate the extent of a social problem
Only some social issues are brought to public attention All social problems are socially constructed The premise that best sums up Karl Marx’s materialist view of history is______.
the connectedness between power and knowledge.
the subjective symbols that connect social life.
the social inter-connections between race, gender, and class.
the most important determinant of social life is the work of people Which of the following ideas is NOT a characteristic of symbolic interactionism?
How people act depends on how they see reality.
People work in isolation and arrive at their own peculiar understanding of social
reality.
Humans work to interpret the meaning of their own behavior.
Humans work to interpret the meaning of other people’s behavior.
The most historically dominant theoretical perspective in sociology is __________.
functionalism
conflict theory
symbolic interactionism
feminism Which statement below best adheres to the theoretical perspective of symbolic interactionism?
Society consists of a social system with manifest and latent functions.
Society consists of conflicts between the bourgeoisie and proletariats.
Society consists of organized and patterned connections among individuals.
Society consists of the intersections between race, class, and gender inequalities.
The sociological theory that emphasizes the organic unity of society with needs within the social system to
exist and survive is ________. symbolic interactionism
functionalism
conflict theory
rational choice theory The premise that best sums up Karl Marx’s materialist view of history is______.
the connectedness between power and knowledge.
the subjective symbols that connect social life.
the social inter-connections between race, gender, and class.
the most important determinant of social life is the work of people.
Unlike a psychologist, a sociologist is more likely to:
Help people
Have a recognizable career
Research crime
None of the above Peter Berger says a sociologist should
Reduce bias when possible
Ignore how the products of his/her research will be used
Collaborate with psychologists
All of the above
Social patterns that have undesirable consequences for the operation of
A paradigm can be defined as: society Philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to
formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support
of them.
The social ties that bind a group of people together such as kinship, According to Durkheim, mechanical solidarity predominates in
modern societies.
postmodern societies. shared location, and religion
The consequences of a social process that are sought or anticipated premodern societies.
highly individualistic societies. By which phrase did Karl Marx refer to the people who own the means of
production?
social cultural elite
managers and owners
bourgeoisie
socioeconomic tycoons Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a situation or condition that
has been exacerbated with the rise of industrial societies?
Feelings of apathy
Feelings of panic
Natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes The crumbling of dictatorships

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