Intro to Sociology 100 Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
An important feature of the sociological perspective is that it stresses
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the impact of ____ in people's lives. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-social
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context
The ____ is the central question asked by sociologists when they
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attempt to explain human behavior. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Influence
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of society on people
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Sociologists emphasize the notion that our thinking and motivation are
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largely determined by: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-influences drawn from
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our life experiences
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The success of the natural sciences, the rise of imperialism, the decline
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of traditional monarchy and ______ all contributed to the emergence of
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sociology. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The Industrial Revolution
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Karl Marx suggested that the force which drives human history and is at
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the core of human progress is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Class conflict
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,Tom works on the assembly line at the local automobile factory. Karl
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Marx would consider Tom to be a ____ because he does not own the
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factory. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Proletariat
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Durkheim introduces the concept ___ to express the degree to which
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people feel part of a social group. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Social
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integration
A note left at the scene of a suicide expressed the victims concern that
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he felt little sense of moral guidance. He indicated that he was uncertain
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about what was right or or wrong in todays world. Using Durkheim's
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theory, sociologists might conclude that the suicide victim was feeling
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_____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-anomie
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According to Max Weber, the Protestant ethic was a central factor in the
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birth of ___. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-capitalism
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Andy views society as a system of interrelated parts, while john views
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society as composed of groups competing for scarce resources, Andy
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would be considered a ____ theorist and John would be seen as a ____
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theorist. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-functionalist, conflict
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____ is composed of language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and
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material objects. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-culture
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, Jewelry, art, hairstyles and clothing each represent examples of: -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-material culture | |
When people visit another country they sometimes feel disoriented and
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are unable to depend on their taken-for-granted assumptions about life.
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This sense of disorientation is an example of ____. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-cultural shock |
When Jane visited Morocco, she found it difficult to buy bus tickets as
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everyone pushed ahead of her. When she went home to the United
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States, she told her friends that the Moroccans were the rudest people
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she had ever encountered. Her judgment the Moroccans' behavior is an
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example of: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ethnocentrism
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Sociologist are encouraged to practice ____ to understand a people
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from the frame-work of their own culture. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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cultural relativism |
To understand the Spanish practice of bullfighting, it is necessary to use
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the perspectives of ____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cultural relativism
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Gestures, language, values and social norms are examples of: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-non-material culture
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With Correct Answers
An important feature of the sociological perspective is that it stresses
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the impact of ____ in people's lives. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-social
| | | | | | | | | |
context
The ____ is the central question asked by sociologists when they
| | | | | | | | | | |
attempt to explain human behavior. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Influence
| | | | | | | |
of society on people
| | |
Sociologists emphasize the notion that our thinking and motivation are
| | | | | | | | | |
largely determined by: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-influences drawn from
| | | | | | | |
our life experiences
| |
The success of the natural sciences, the rise of imperialism, the decline
| | | | | | | | | | | |
of traditional monarchy and ______ all contributed to the emergence of
| | | | | | | | | |
sociology. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The Industrial Revolution
| | | | | |
Karl Marx suggested that the force which drives human history and is at
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
the core of human progress is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Class conflict
| | | | | | | | |
,Tom works on the assembly line at the local automobile factory. Karl
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Marx would consider Tom to be a ____ because he does not own the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
factory. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Proletariat
| | |
Durkheim introduces the concept ___ to express the degree to which
| | | | | | | | | | |
people feel part of a social group. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Social
| | | | | | | | | |
integration
A note left at the scene of a suicide expressed the victims concern that
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
he felt little sense of moral guidance. He indicated that he was uncertain
| | | | | | | | | | | |
about what was right or or wrong in todays world. Using Durkheim's
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
theory, sociologists might conclude that the suicide victim was feeling
| | | | | | | | | |
_____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-anomie
| | |
According to Max Weber, the Protestant ethic was a central factor in the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
birth of ___. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-capitalism
| | | | | |
Andy views society as a system of interrelated parts, while john views
| | | | | | | | | | | |
society as composed of groups competing for scarce resources, Andy
| | | | | | | | | |
would be considered a ____ theorist and John would be seen as a ____
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theorist. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-functionalist, conflict
| | | |
____ is composed of language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and
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material objects. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-culture
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, Jewelry, art, hairstyles and clothing each represent examples of: -
| | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-material culture | |
When people visit another country they sometimes feel disoriented and
| | | | | | | | |
are unable to depend on their taken-for-granted assumptions about life.
| | | | | | | | | |
This sense of disorientation is an example of ____. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-cultural shock |
When Jane visited Morocco, she found it difficult to buy bus tickets as
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
everyone pushed ahead of her. When she went home to the United
| | | | | | | | | | | |
States, she told her friends that the Moroccans were the rudest people
| | | | | | | | | | | |
she had ever encountered. Her judgment the Moroccans' behavior is an
| | | | | | | | | | |
example of: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ethnocentrism
| | | |
Sociologist are encouraged to practice ____ to understand a people
| | | | | | | | | |
from the frame-work of their own culture. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | |
cultural relativism |
To understand the Spanish practice of bullfighting, it is necessary to use
| | | | | | | | | | | |
the perspectives of ____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cultural relativism
| | | | | | |
Gestures, language, values and social norms are examples of: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-non-material culture
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