IVY TECH SOCIOLOGY 111 CORE 2026 MAIN EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Generalizability - ✔✔The extent to which a researcher can claim that his or her
findings are applicable to a larger population than was studied is known as
✔✔The researcher can uncover what people do rather than simply what they say they
do. - ✔✔Which of the following might be an advantage of participant observation
research?
✔✔work; home - ✔✔Elijah Anderson observed that many African Americans engage in
code switching. This involves adjusting words, tone, and body language between
settings that are predominately White, perhaps at __________, and settings that are
predominantly Black, such as __________.
✔✔powerful boards of directors who regulate various media - ✔✔According to Herbert
Gans, what determines the content of news stories?
✔✔nonmaterial culture. - ✔✔We can divide culture into two main categories. Of these,
the one that includes values, beliefs, norms, and behaviors is known as
✔✔Glassner's argument about the culture of fear. - ✔✔A graduate student is studying a
community with high rates of unemployment and a long history of racial tension. She
collects, counts, and analyzes news stories in the area that focus on rarely occurring
events, such as school shootings, and compares these to the prevalence of stories
concerning the economic and cultural issues of the community. The researcher is
conducting a study that is most centrally drawing on
✔✔book. - ✔✔The first form of mass media was the
✔✔is a reflection of the means of production at a particular time. - ✔✔Karl Marx
asserted that culture
✔✔alternative ways of living existed. - ✔✔Colonialism increased encounters between
Europeans and non-Westerners, which exposed Europeans to living arrangements,
marriage rules, styles of dress, and other practices they had not seen before. This gave
rise to the reality that
✔✔Values - ✔✔Which of the following is an example of nonmaterial culture?
✔✔symbolic indulgence. - ✔✔According to research, because low-income parents
cannot give their children every toy and gadget they want, the parents engage in
, ✔✔buying material things in the belief that they will bring happiness - ✔✔Which of the
following examples is part of the definition of consumerism?
✔✔civil inattention. - ✔✔Two men are in an otherwise empty train car together. After
briefly acknowledging each other's presence with a slight head nod, they ignore each
other for the rest of the trip. Erving Goffman would say this is an example of
✔✔moving to a new country to live - ✔✔An adult would most likely need to be
resocialized in which of the following situations?
✔✔there are socially constructed rules and norms that dictate expectations about
personal space. - ✔✔Jonathan goes to see a movie in a nearly empty theater. As a
breaching experiment, he decides to sit next to the only other person who is there, a
person he does not know. The person awkwardly moves to another row shortly after.
This scenario tells us that
✔✔Our interpretations of how others see us are more important than the reality of how
others see us. - ✔✔In line with the "looking-glass" theory developed by Charles Horton
Cooley, which of the following statements is true?
✔✔impression management. - ✔✔According to Erving Goffman, we all try to make good
impressions on others and we actively work to ensure that others believe they are doing
the same. He calls this
✔✔status set. - ✔✔Most people occupy many statuses at a particular point in time (e.g.,
student, son or daughter, employee, citizen). This list of statuses is known as the
✔✔internalized the generalized other. - ✔✔Matthew and Marissa's three-year-old
daughter picks her nose and climbs on the chair and the table while they are dining at a
fancy restaurant. According to the theories developed by George Herbert Mead, this is
most likely because she has NOT
✔✔socialization - ✔✔The lifelong process of learning and internalizing the norms of
society, including how to behave and interact with others in various social settings, is
called
✔✔role conflict - ✔✔Phil's boss asked him to work this weekend, but he feels obligated
to attend a family reunion and has to study for an exam. He is having trouble deciding
which activity to let go. Phil is experiencing
✔✔work hard to repair the mistake so everyone can move forward. - ✔✔According to
Erving Goffman, when there is a breach in an established script, people generally
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Generalizability - ✔✔The extent to which a researcher can claim that his or her
findings are applicable to a larger population than was studied is known as
✔✔The researcher can uncover what people do rather than simply what they say they
do. - ✔✔Which of the following might be an advantage of participant observation
research?
✔✔work; home - ✔✔Elijah Anderson observed that many African Americans engage in
code switching. This involves adjusting words, tone, and body language between
settings that are predominately White, perhaps at __________, and settings that are
predominantly Black, such as __________.
✔✔powerful boards of directors who regulate various media - ✔✔According to Herbert
Gans, what determines the content of news stories?
✔✔nonmaterial culture. - ✔✔We can divide culture into two main categories. Of these,
the one that includes values, beliefs, norms, and behaviors is known as
✔✔Glassner's argument about the culture of fear. - ✔✔A graduate student is studying a
community with high rates of unemployment and a long history of racial tension. She
collects, counts, and analyzes news stories in the area that focus on rarely occurring
events, such as school shootings, and compares these to the prevalence of stories
concerning the economic and cultural issues of the community. The researcher is
conducting a study that is most centrally drawing on
✔✔book. - ✔✔The first form of mass media was the
✔✔is a reflection of the means of production at a particular time. - ✔✔Karl Marx
asserted that culture
✔✔alternative ways of living existed. - ✔✔Colonialism increased encounters between
Europeans and non-Westerners, which exposed Europeans to living arrangements,
marriage rules, styles of dress, and other practices they had not seen before. This gave
rise to the reality that
✔✔Values - ✔✔Which of the following is an example of nonmaterial culture?
✔✔symbolic indulgence. - ✔✔According to research, because low-income parents
cannot give their children every toy and gadget they want, the parents engage in
, ✔✔buying material things in the belief that they will bring happiness - ✔✔Which of the
following examples is part of the definition of consumerism?
✔✔civil inattention. - ✔✔Two men are in an otherwise empty train car together. After
briefly acknowledging each other's presence with a slight head nod, they ignore each
other for the rest of the trip. Erving Goffman would say this is an example of
✔✔moving to a new country to live - ✔✔An adult would most likely need to be
resocialized in which of the following situations?
✔✔there are socially constructed rules and norms that dictate expectations about
personal space. - ✔✔Jonathan goes to see a movie in a nearly empty theater. As a
breaching experiment, he decides to sit next to the only other person who is there, a
person he does not know. The person awkwardly moves to another row shortly after.
This scenario tells us that
✔✔Our interpretations of how others see us are more important than the reality of how
others see us. - ✔✔In line with the "looking-glass" theory developed by Charles Horton
Cooley, which of the following statements is true?
✔✔impression management. - ✔✔According to Erving Goffman, we all try to make good
impressions on others and we actively work to ensure that others believe they are doing
the same. He calls this
✔✔status set. - ✔✔Most people occupy many statuses at a particular point in time (e.g.,
student, son or daughter, employee, citizen). This list of statuses is known as the
✔✔internalized the generalized other. - ✔✔Matthew and Marissa's three-year-old
daughter picks her nose and climbs on the chair and the table while they are dining at a
fancy restaurant. According to the theories developed by George Herbert Mead, this is
most likely because she has NOT
✔✔socialization - ✔✔The lifelong process of learning and internalizing the norms of
society, including how to behave and interact with others in various social settings, is
called
✔✔role conflict - ✔✔Phil's boss asked him to work this weekend, but he feels obligated
to attend a family reunion and has to study for an exam. He is having trouble deciding
which activity to let go. Phil is experiencing
✔✔work hard to repair the mistake so everyone can move forward. - ✔✔According to
Erving Goffman, when there is a breach in an established script, people generally
