Sociology 101 Straighterline Final Exam
(Complete)
1. Émile Durkheim's explanation of suicide was scientific
because he
Select one:
a. developed conclusions based on a systematic examination
of data. b. carefully studied the personalities of hundreds of
suicide victims.
c. worked in a university setting.
d. divided suicide into four distinctive categories.: A;
developed conclusions based on a systematic examination of
data
2. Which of the following academic disciplines emphasizes the
influence that society has on people's attitudes and behavior
and the ways in which people shape society?
Select one:
a. Anthropology b. Economics
c. Sociology
d. Physics: C: Sociology
,3. The word(s) that Max Weber used to stress the need for
sociologists to take into account people's emotions,
thoughts, beliefs, understandings, and attitudes was
Select one:
a. verstehen.
b. cultural capital. c. anomie.
d. social capital.:
4. Which sociological approach focuses on the macro level
and would tend to view inequality in gender as central to
behavior and organization?
Select one:
a. functionalist perspective b. conflict perspective
c. interactionist perspective
d. feminist perspective: D: Feminist Perspective
5. Trying to understand why your roommate prefers a certain
genre of music, over others, is an example of using one's
Select one:
a. cultural capital.
b. conflict perspective.
c. double consciousness.
d. sociological imagination.: D: sociological Imagination
,6. How institutions, such as the government, may help to
maintain the privi- leges of some groups is a topic of interest
for
Select one:
a. globalization theorists. b. conflict theorists.
c. interactionist theorists.
d. functionalist theorists.: B: conflict theorists
7. Which sociologist saw society as a vast network of
connected parts, each of which helps to maintain the system
as a whole?
Select one:
a. Karl Marx
b. Erving Goffman c. Max Weber
d. Talcott Parsons:
8. stresses the study of small groups and often
uses experimental study in laboratories.
Select one:
a. Microsociology b. Macrosociology
c. Middle-range sociology
d. Conflict theory: A: Microsociology
9. The division of an individual's identity into two or more
social realities is referred to as
, Select one:
a. racial fetishism. b. double rejection. c. bipolar racism.
d. double consciousness.: D. double consciousness
10. Which social science would be interested in studying
individual cases of emotional stress among workers,
investors, and business owners?
Select one:
a. History
b. Economics c. Sociology
d. Psychology:
11. A study, generally in the form of an interview or a
questionnaire, that provides sociologists with information
concerning how people think or act is known as
Select one:
a. observation research. b. a survey.
c. secondary analysis.
d. an experiment.: B: survey
12. Secondary analysis includes a variety of research
techniques that use
Select one:
a. questionnaires and interviews. b. participant observation.
(Complete)
1. Émile Durkheim's explanation of suicide was scientific
because he
Select one:
a. developed conclusions based on a systematic examination
of data. b. carefully studied the personalities of hundreds of
suicide victims.
c. worked in a university setting.
d. divided suicide into four distinctive categories.: A;
developed conclusions based on a systematic examination of
data
2. Which of the following academic disciplines emphasizes the
influence that society has on people's attitudes and behavior
and the ways in which people shape society?
Select one:
a. Anthropology b. Economics
c. Sociology
d. Physics: C: Sociology
,3. The word(s) that Max Weber used to stress the need for
sociologists to take into account people's emotions,
thoughts, beliefs, understandings, and attitudes was
Select one:
a. verstehen.
b. cultural capital. c. anomie.
d. social capital.:
4. Which sociological approach focuses on the macro level
and would tend to view inequality in gender as central to
behavior and organization?
Select one:
a. functionalist perspective b. conflict perspective
c. interactionist perspective
d. feminist perspective: D: Feminist Perspective
5. Trying to understand why your roommate prefers a certain
genre of music, over others, is an example of using one's
Select one:
a. cultural capital.
b. conflict perspective.
c. double consciousness.
d. sociological imagination.: D: sociological Imagination
,6. How institutions, such as the government, may help to
maintain the privi- leges of some groups is a topic of interest
for
Select one:
a. globalization theorists. b. conflict theorists.
c. interactionist theorists.
d. functionalist theorists.: B: conflict theorists
7. Which sociologist saw society as a vast network of
connected parts, each of which helps to maintain the system
as a whole?
Select one:
a. Karl Marx
b. Erving Goffman c. Max Weber
d. Talcott Parsons:
8. stresses the study of small groups and often
uses experimental study in laboratories.
Select one:
a. Microsociology b. Macrosociology
c. Middle-range sociology
d. Conflict theory: A: Microsociology
9. The division of an individual's identity into two or more
social realities is referred to as
, Select one:
a. racial fetishism. b. double rejection. c. bipolar racism.
d. double consciousness.: D. double consciousness
10. Which social science would be interested in studying
individual cases of emotional stress among workers,
investors, and business owners?
Select one:
a. History
b. Economics c. Sociology
d. Psychology:
11. A study, generally in the form of an interview or a
questionnaire, that provides sociologists with information
concerning how people think or act is known as
Select one:
a. observation research. b. a survey.
c. secondary analysis.
d. an experiment.: B: survey
12. Secondary analysis includes a variety of research
techniques that use
Select one:
a. questionnaires and interviews. b. participant observation.
