SOCIOLOGY 1000 FINAL EXAM MIZZOU
COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE TEST & STUDY GUIDE
(2026)
"Stand and Deliver" in relation with "Savage Inequalities," and "Education as the
Great Equalizer"?
- answer-Education is not the great equalizer, but it can be if
resources/opportunities are the same and expectations are high. Everyone does not
get where they are based on merit alone. In the movie, most math teachers weren't
trained for math, accused of cheating, and students weren't provided with
computers, but they were eventually given books and a high expectation to meet.
According to "Gender, Class and Terrorism," how are domestic and foreign
terrorists similar?
- answer-Younger, lower class, educated at some level, masculinity, entitlement,
economic uncertainty and downward mobility
Personal self-help=shooters
Group self-help=rampage
Davis-Moore Critiques?
- answer-1. Just because something is high paid doesn't always mean it's a benefit
to the community (self-interests such as drugs, prostitution, etc.)
2. Some jobs require credentials (doctors and lawyers vs. soldiers and police)
Davis-Moore Theory?
- answer-The theory that how much an individual is paid is based on their benefit
in the community.
Examples of lifestyles, commuters, and integrators?
- answer-Lifestylers= Certain role in every part of their life (high intensity- all gay
all the time)
Commuters= Travel to be a certain identity (high mobility- cram studying)
Integrators= Certain role all the time but not at high intensity (high
balance/multidimensional- study a little every day)
False portrayal between egg and sperm?
- answer-Egg perceived as- passive, wasteful, and dependent,
, Sperm- active, independent, productive
Both are actually wasteful, sperm moves slow and sideways
Egg is key (ligand), sperm is lock (pocket)
Gan's Function of Poverty?
- answer-Poverty is bad for the poor but beneficial for the middle/high class. It
provides dirty jobs at low costs, creates jobs for the middle class to take care of the
poor, provides profit for pawn shops, institutional scapegoating, spatial
purification, and helps with jobless rate.
Good vs. bad statistics
- answer-Bad= bad guesses/estimates, deceptive definitions, mutant statistics, non-
random samples, and faulty causation
Good= more than a guess, clear definition, not transformed, random samples, and
control for variables
How do news media shape perception about fear?
- answer-They use dramatic anecdotes instead of facts, isolate incidents, rare
events/dangers, individualization of social problems (bad people vs. bad social
system)
House break ins and terrorism are more feared than common problems such as seat
belts and car crashes
How do white and minority views on racism differ?
- answer-Whites- Focus on the motive behind racist actions
Minorities- Focus on the effects behind actions
How does Chambliss explain success?
- answer-Mundanity of Excellence
Practicing the little things over and over again (how to hit a baseball). Many people
overplay talent.
How does Gladwell explain success?
- answer-Success is determined by the amount of opportunities we are presented
with, the amount of time (10,000 hours), and many people overplay talent.
-Hockey players (cut off age)
-Red shirted kindergarteners
How is race fiction? How is it a reality?
- answer-Fiction- All our biological makeup is the same
COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE TEST & STUDY GUIDE
(2026)
"Stand and Deliver" in relation with "Savage Inequalities," and "Education as the
Great Equalizer"?
- answer-Education is not the great equalizer, but it can be if
resources/opportunities are the same and expectations are high. Everyone does not
get where they are based on merit alone. In the movie, most math teachers weren't
trained for math, accused of cheating, and students weren't provided with
computers, but they were eventually given books and a high expectation to meet.
According to "Gender, Class and Terrorism," how are domestic and foreign
terrorists similar?
- answer-Younger, lower class, educated at some level, masculinity, entitlement,
economic uncertainty and downward mobility
Personal self-help=shooters
Group self-help=rampage
Davis-Moore Critiques?
- answer-1. Just because something is high paid doesn't always mean it's a benefit
to the community (self-interests such as drugs, prostitution, etc.)
2. Some jobs require credentials (doctors and lawyers vs. soldiers and police)
Davis-Moore Theory?
- answer-The theory that how much an individual is paid is based on their benefit
in the community.
Examples of lifestyles, commuters, and integrators?
- answer-Lifestylers= Certain role in every part of their life (high intensity- all gay
all the time)
Commuters= Travel to be a certain identity (high mobility- cram studying)
Integrators= Certain role all the time but not at high intensity (high
balance/multidimensional- study a little every day)
False portrayal between egg and sperm?
- answer-Egg perceived as- passive, wasteful, and dependent,
, Sperm- active, independent, productive
Both are actually wasteful, sperm moves slow and sideways
Egg is key (ligand), sperm is lock (pocket)
Gan's Function of Poverty?
- answer-Poverty is bad for the poor but beneficial for the middle/high class. It
provides dirty jobs at low costs, creates jobs for the middle class to take care of the
poor, provides profit for pawn shops, institutional scapegoating, spatial
purification, and helps with jobless rate.
Good vs. bad statistics
- answer-Bad= bad guesses/estimates, deceptive definitions, mutant statistics, non-
random samples, and faulty causation
Good= more than a guess, clear definition, not transformed, random samples, and
control for variables
How do news media shape perception about fear?
- answer-They use dramatic anecdotes instead of facts, isolate incidents, rare
events/dangers, individualization of social problems (bad people vs. bad social
system)
House break ins and terrorism are more feared than common problems such as seat
belts and car crashes
How do white and minority views on racism differ?
- answer-Whites- Focus on the motive behind racist actions
Minorities- Focus on the effects behind actions
How does Chambliss explain success?
- answer-Mundanity of Excellence
Practicing the little things over and over again (how to hit a baseball). Many people
overplay talent.
How does Gladwell explain success?
- answer-Success is determined by the amount of opportunities we are presented
with, the amount of time (10,000 hours), and many people overplay talent.
-Hockey players (cut off age)
-Red shirted kindergarteners
How is race fiction? How is it a reality?
- answer-Fiction- All our biological makeup is the same
