Sociology Exam (all tests)/180 Exam Q;s and
A;s
Thomas Theorem - -The ____________states that if people perceive something
is real then it is real in its consequences.
-Program Evaluation - -This is the systematic application of scientific
methods to assess the design, implementation, improvement or outcomes of
a program.
-Sociology - -___________________ is the study of the social world around us,
the social causes, and consequences of human behavior.
-Social Sciences - -_________________ are fields of academic scholarship
which explore various aspects of human society and social life.
-culture - -What term refers to the norms, values, beliefs, behaviors and
meanings given to symbols in a society?
-Ethnocentrism - -________________ is the tendency to judge others based on
own experiences and not look for the cultural context in which differences in
cultures occur.
-Subculture - -A culture in which the groups have different folkways, mores,
and norms that exists within but is not at odds with the mainstream culture
is ___________________.
-Auguste Comte - -Who is considered to be the founder of sociology and is
credited with coining the term?
-Society - -A group of people who share a defined territory is a
______________.
-Statistics - -These are measures calculated from a sample of data:
-Values - -Defined standards of what is good, bad, desirable, or undesirable
for ourselves and others are _____________.
-Counterculture - -A culture in which the values, norms, and beliefs are in
conflict with the main stream culture is _________________.
-Geology - -Which of the following is NOT a social science?
-Power - -The ability to get what one wants even in the presence of
opposition is ___________.
, -Cultural Universals - -Certain aspects of all cultures which are found among
people of all cultures throughout the world are _____________________.
-Theory - -A set of interrelated concepts used to describe, explain, and
predict how society and its parts are related to each other.
-demographic - -Researchers like to collect general information about the
study subjects (like gender, age, income, race, education level and other
factors) in order to make sure they have a representative sample. What type
of information is this?
-culture lag - -When medicine, technology or the government changes
faster than or slower than another part of our society to which it is related,
this can cause ethical and cultural dilemmas. This issue is called:
-Karl Marx - -Whose writings reflected the conflict in society wherein the
poor masses are exploited by the wealthy elite?
-Norms - -Shared Expectations or rules of behavior are
_____________________.
-Functionalist theory - -Which theoretical perspective claims that society is
in a state of balance and kept that way through the function of society's
component parts?
-Symbols - -__________________are anything that meaningfully represents
something else.
-Acculturation - -The process by which immigrants adjust and adapt their
way of life to the host culture.
-Case studies - -___________ are research methods that rely on a single case
rather than a population or sample
-Assimilation - -The process by which people from different cultures are
acculturated and ultimately absorbed into main stream culture.
-Symbolic Interactionist - -Charles H. Cooley's and George Herbert Mead's
work gave tremendous support to the _______________ Theory, which
originally focused on how we form our sense of the "I" and the "me", the
looking-glass self and the self-concept.
-Participant observation - -If a sociologist goes and lives undercover for a
long period of time with a subculture in order to study that subculture, what
type of research is he doing?
A;s
Thomas Theorem - -The ____________states that if people perceive something
is real then it is real in its consequences.
-Program Evaluation - -This is the systematic application of scientific
methods to assess the design, implementation, improvement or outcomes of
a program.
-Sociology - -___________________ is the study of the social world around us,
the social causes, and consequences of human behavior.
-Social Sciences - -_________________ are fields of academic scholarship
which explore various aspects of human society and social life.
-culture - -What term refers to the norms, values, beliefs, behaviors and
meanings given to symbols in a society?
-Ethnocentrism - -________________ is the tendency to judge others based on
own experiences and not look for the cultural context in which differences in
cultures occur.
-Subculture - -A culture in which the groups have different folkways, mores,
and norms that exists within but is not at odds with the mainstream culture
is ___________________.
-Auguste Comte - -Who is considered to be the founder of sociology and is
credited with coining the term?
-Society - -A group of people who share a defined territory is a
______________.
-Statistics - -These are measures calculated from a sample of data:
-Values - -Defined standards of what is good, bad, desirable, or undesirable
for ourselves and others are _____________.
-Counterculture - -A culture in which the values, norms, and beliefs are in
conflict with the main stream culture is _________________.
-Geology - -Which of the following is NOT a social science?
-Power - -The ability to get what one wants even in the presence of
opposition is ___________.
, -Cultural Universals - -Certain aspects of all cultures which are found among
people of all cultures throughout the world are _____________________.
-Theory - -A set of interrelated concepts used to describe, explain, and
predict how society and its parts are related to each other.
-demographic - -Researchers like to collect general information about the
study subjects (like gender, age, income, race, education level and other
factors) in order to make sure they have a representative sample. What type
of information is this?
-culture lag - -When medicine, technology or the government changes
faster than or slower than another part of our society to which it is related,
this can cause ethical and cultural dilemmas. This issue is called:
-Karl Marx - -Whose writings reflected the conflict in society wherein the
poor masses are exploited by the wealthy elite?
-Norms - -Shared Expectations or rules of behavior are
_____________________.
-Functionalist theory - -Which theoretical perspective claims that society is
in a state of balance and kept that way through the function of society's
component parts?
-Symbols - -__________________are anything that meaningfully represents
something else.
-Acculturation - -The process by which immigrants adjust and adapt their
way of life to the host culture.
-Case studies - -___________ are research methods that rely on a single case
rather than a population or sample
-Assimilation - -The process by which people from different cultures are
acculturated and ultimately absorbed into main stream culture.
-Symbolic Interactionist - -Charles H. Cooley's and George Herbert Mead's
work gave tremendous support to the _______________ Theory, which
originally focused on how we form our sense of the "I" and the "me", the
looking-glass self and the self-concept.
-Participant observation - -If a sociologist goes and lives undercover for a
long period of time with a subculture in order to study that subculture, what
type of research is he doing?
