SOCIOLOGY 111 UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔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 _____ - ✔✔Double-Conciousness
✔✔12. In relation to the study of education in America, _____ would emphasize the
daily activities within the schools and the various forms of communication between
teachers and students. They would also examine the influence of peer groups and look
at the reaction when school rules are broken or followed. - ✔✔Symbolic Interactionists
✔✔13. _____ is a term used by many people to specify groups of people distinguished
by physical characteristics such as skin color. - ✔✔Race
✔✔14. From the Marxian viewpoint, the _____ is composed of those who must sell their
labor because they have no other means to earn a livelihood. - ✔✔Proletariat Class
✔✔15. _____ problems that affect large numbers of people and often requires solutions
at the societal level. - ✔✔Public Issues
✔✔16. According to French sociologist Emile Durkheim, _____ are patterned ways of
acting, thinking, and feeling that exist outside any one individual but that exert social
control over each person. - ✔✔Social Facts
✔✔17. French sociologist Emile Durkheim observed that rapid social change and a
more specialized division of labor product strain in society; these strains lead to a
breakdown in traditional organization, values, and authority and to a dramatic increase
in _____. - ✔✔Anomie
✔✔18. _____ perspectives are based on the assumption that society is a stable, orderly
system. - ✔✔Functionalist
✔✔19. _____ are private problems that affect individuals and the networks of people
with which they associate regularly; these problems must be solved by individuals within
their immediate social setting. - ✔✔Personal Troubles
✔✔20. British sociologists _____ translated and condensed Comte's work and was
noted for her study of social customs in Great Britain and the United States. - ✔✔Harriet
Martineau
✔✔21. According to the _____ perspective, groups in society are engaged in a
continuous power struggle for control of scarce resources. - ✔✔Conflict
,✔✔22. In the Marxian framework, the _____ comprises those who own and control the
means of production. - ✔✔Upper Tier Class
✔✔23. A _____ is a large social grouping that shares the same geographical territory
and is subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. -
✔✔Nation
✔✔24. A _____ is anything that meaningfully represents something else and includes
signs, gestures, written language, and shared values. - ✔✔Symbol
✔✔1. A _____ is defined as a set of logically interrelated statements that attempts to
describe, explain, and (occasionally) predict social events. - ✔✔Theory
✔✔2. A(n) _____ is carefully designed situation in which the researcher studies the
impact of certain variables on subjects' attitudes or behavior - ✔✔Experiment
✔✔3. With _____ research, interpretative description (words) rather than statistics
(numbers) are used to analyzed underlying meanings and patterns of social
relationships - ✔✔Qualitative
✔✔4. In an experiment, the _____ contains the subjects who are exposed to an
independent variable to study its effect on them - ✔✔Experimental Group
✔✔5. A(n) _____ is a detailed study of the life and activities of a group of people by
researchers who may live with that group over a period of years. - ✔✔Ethnography
✔✔6. In an experiment, the _____ contains the subjects who are not exposed to the
independent variable. - ✔✔Control Group
✔✔7. With _____ research, the goal is scientific objectivity, and the focus is on data that
can be measured numerically. - ✔✔Quantatative
✔✔8. _____ were two women that filed suit against North-South University. These
women were penalized and demoted because of their knowledge of "ghost students." -
✔✔The Whistle Blowers
✔✔9. Christopher Jackson, a former Student Governor President", filed a lawsuit
against North-South University after what event? - ✔✔a. All of answers choices are
correct. He was beaten by campus police officers, he was sent to jail, he was called
slurs by campus police officers
, ✔✔1. Spiders do not learn to build webs. They build webs because of _____ that are
triggered by basic biological needs such as protection and reproduction. - ✔✔Instincts
✔✔2. According to sociologists, _____ is the practice of judging all other cultures by
one's own culture. It is based on the assumption that one's own way of life is superior to
all others. - ✔✔Ethnocentrism
✔✔3. Jeffery Dahmer was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison for this
offense. He also practiced cannibalism on his victims. In this situation, the act of murder
could be described as the violation of a _____, while cannibalism could be described as
the violation of a _____. - ✔✔Mores;TAboo
✔✔4. A _____ is a category of people who share distinguishing attributes, beliefs,
values, and/or norms that set them apart in some significant manner from the dominant
culture. - ✔✔Subculture
✔✔5. Values provide ideals of beliefs about behavior but do not state explicitly how we
should behave. _____ are established rules of behavior or standards of conduct. -
✔✔Norms
✔✔6. A _____ is a group that strongly rejects dominant societal values and norms and
seeks alternative lifestyles. - ✔✔Counterculture
✔✔7. _____ state what behavior is inappropriate or unacceptable. Laws that prohibit us
from driving over the speed limit and "good manners" that preclude you from reading a
newspaper during class are examples. - ✔✔Proscriptive norms
✔✔8. Not all norms are of equal importance; _____ are written down and involve
specific punishments for violators. Laws are the most common type; they have been
codified and may be enforced by sanctions. - ✔✔Formal Norms
✔✔9. After having successfully negotiated an important business contract with a major
client, Joyce's boss congratulated her and promised her a significant pay raise. In this
situation, Joyce has received what sociologists refer to as a _____ - ✔✔Positive
Sanction
✔✔10. _____ consists of the abstract or intangible human creations of society that
influence people's behavior. - ✔✔Nonmaterial culture
✔✔11. _____ is the knowledge, language, values, customs, and material objects that
are passed from person to person and from one generation to the next in a human
group or society. - ✔✔Culture
AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔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 _____ - ✔✔Double-Conciousness
✔✔12. In relation to the study of education in America, _____ would emphasize the
daily activities within the schools and the various forms of communication between
teachers and students. They would also examine the influence of peer groups and look
at the reaction when school rules are broken or followed. - ✔✔Symbolic Interactionists
✔✔13. _____ is a term used by many people to specify groups of people distinguished
by physical characteristics such as skin color. - ✔✔Race
✔✔14. From the Marxian viewpoint, the _____ is composed of those who must sell their
labor because they have no other means to earn a livelihood. - ✔✔Proletariat Class
✔✔15. _____ problems that affect large numbers of people and often requires solutions
at the societal level. - ✔✔Public Issues
✔✔16. According to French sociologist Emile Durkheim, _____ are patterned ways of
acting, thinking, and feeling that exist outside any one individual but that exert social
control over each person. - ✔✔Social Facts
✔✔17. French sociologist Emile Durkheim observed that rapid social change and a
more specialized division of labor product strain in society; these strains lead to a
breakdown in traditional organization, values, and authority and to a dramatic increase
in _____. - ✔✔Anomie
✔✔18. _____ perspectives are based on the assumption that society is a stable, orderly
system. - ✔✔Functionalist
✔✔19. _____ are private problems that affect individuals and the networks of people
with which they associate regularly; these problems must be solved by individuals within
their immediate social setting. - ✔✔Personal Troubles
✔✔20. British sociologists _____ translated and condensed Comte's work and was
noted for her study of social customs in Great Britain and the United States. - ✔✔Harriet
Martineau
✔✔21. According to the _____ perspective, groups in society are engaged in a
continuous power struggle for control of scarce resources. - ✔✔Conflict
,✔✔22. In the Marxian framework, the _____ comprises those who own and control the
means of production. - ✔✔Upper Tier Class
✔✔23. A _____ is a large social grouping that shares the same geographical territory
and is subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. -
✔✔Nation
✔✔24. A _____ is anything that meaningfully represents something else and includes
signs, gestures, written language, and shared values. - ✔✔Symbol
✔✔1. A _____ is defined as a set of logically interrelated statements that attempts to
describe, explain, and (occasionally) predict social events. - ✔✔Theory
✔✔2. A(n) _____ is carefully designed situation in which the researcher studies the
impact of certain variables on subjects' attitudes or behavior - ✔✔Experiment
✔✔3. With _____ research, interpretative description (words) rather than statistics
(numbers) are used to analyzed underlying meanings and patterns of social
relationships - ✔✔Qualitative
✔✔4. In an experiment, the _____ contains the subjects who are exposed to an
independent variable to study its effect on them - ✔✔Experimental Group
✔✔5. A(n) _____ is a detailed study of the life and activities of a group of people by
researchers who may live with that group over a period of years. - ✔✔Ethnography
✔✔6. In an experiment, the _____ contains the subjects who are not exposed to the
independent variable. - ✔✔Control Group
✔✔7. With _____ research, the goal is scientific objectivity, and the focus is on data that
can be measured numerically. - ✔✔Quantatative
✔✔8. _____ were two women that filed suit against North-South University. These
women were penalized and demoted because of their knowledge of "ghost students." -
✔✔The Whistle Blowers
✔✔9. Christopher Jackson, a former Student Governor President", filed a lawsuit
against North-South University after what event? - ✔✔a. All of answers choices are
correct. He was beaten by campus police officers, he was sent to jail, he was called
slurs by campus police officers
, ✔✔1. Spiders do not learn to build webs. They build webs because of _____ that are
triggered by basic biological needs such as protection and reproduction. - ✔✔Instincts
✔✔2. According to sociologists, _____ is the practice of judging all other cultures by
one's own culture. It is based on the assumption that one's own way of life is superior to
all others. - ✔✔Ethnocentrism
✔✔3. Jeffery Dahmer was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison for this
offense. He also practiced cannibalism on his victims. In this situation, the act of murder
could be described as the violation of a _____, while cannibalism could be described as
the violation of a _____. - ✔✔Mores;TAboo
✔✔4. A _____ is a category of people who share distinguishing attributes, beliefs,
values, and/or norms that set them apart in some significant manner from the dominant
culture. - ✔✔Subculture
✔✔5. Values provide ideals of beliefs about behavior but do not state explicitly how we
should behave. _____ are established rules of behavior or standards of conduct. -
✔✔Norms
✔✔6. A _____ is a group that strongly rejects dominant societal values and norms and
seeks alternative lifestyles. - ✔✔Counterculture
✔✔7. _____ state what behavior is inappropriate or unacceptable. Laws that prohibit us
from driving over the speed limit and "good manners" that preclude you from reading a
newspaper during class are examples. - ✔✔Proscriptive norms
✔✔8. Not all norms are of equal importance; _____ are written down and involve
specific punishments for violators. Laws are the most common type; they have been
codified and may be enforced by sanctions. - ✔✔Formal Norms
✔✔9. After having successfully negotiated an important business contract with a major
client, Joyce's boss congratulated her and promised her a significant pay raise. In this
situation, Joyce has received what sociologists refer to as a _____ - ✔✔Positive
Sanction
✔✔10. _____ consists of the abstract or intangible human creations of society that
influence people's behavior. - ✔✔Nonmaterial culture
✔✔11. _____ is the knowledge, language, values, customs, and material objects that
are passed from person to person and from one generation to the next in a human
group or society. - ✔✔Culture
