Sociology exam 1 Questions
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What does it mean to think like a sociologist? - -b. To think of the world in
such a way as to make the familiar strange
-2. A man looking for a job and struggling to find one. He feels depressed
and worried that he not a desirable employee. He then reads an article about
how his town's recent economic downturn limits the number of available
jobs. This leads him to expand his job search to other towns and to think
about ways to help encourage economic development in his town. Seeing
the connection between his personal trouble and a public issue is an
example of: - -. sociological imagination.
-3. An example used in your book from the movie Pulp Fiction talks about
how "mayo on fries" is a Dutch habit that seems odd to many Americans.
What does this example illustrate for us? - -What seems obvious in one
context can seem odd in another context.
-4. A social institution is a/an: - -network of structures in society that
socialize and organize the people within them.
-5. Positivism is best defined as the: - -idea that we can scientifically and
logically study social institutions and individuals within them.
-6. Karl Marx was a social theorist who focused primarily on - -class conflict
-7. Max Weber was a social theorist who focused primarily on - -interpretive
sociology and verstehen
-8. The Chicago School was unique in its focus on - -how human behavior
and personality are shaped by social and physical environments.
-9. Conflict theory focuses on - -the role of conflict in social change
-10. Which of the following is a good example of macrosociology? - -
Studying how shifts in the U.S. economy change rates of depression.
-11. When we say that something is a social construction, we mean that it -
-exists because some group of people have agreed to it and behave
according the rules and norms associated with it
, -12. Functionalism sees society through a lens that focuses on the function
fulfilled by each part of society. Your textbook and Dr. Feldhaus said that this
perspective sees society as much like - -a living organism such as a body
-13. Applied Sociologists at Bloomsburg University have been studying - -all
of the above
-14. Dr. Feldhaus argued that careful methodology is particularly important
in the social sciences because - -all of the above
-15. Which of the following focuses its analyses on face-to-face encounters
and interactions? - -Microsociology
-16. Norm is interested in whether pet owners are more likely than those
who do not own pets to have healthier lifestyles (e.g., exercise regularly,
drink moderately, and refrain from nicotine use). By comparing the numbers
he gathers on both groups, Norm will most likely be using what particular
research method? - -. quantitative or. deductive
-17. Paula begins to notice that there are patterns to where people sit on the
bus, and these patterns differ depending on whether the rider is male or
female. Based on these observations, she generates larger ideas (theories)
about the behaviors of men and women. This is an example of which kind of
research approach? - -inductive
-18. Andy hypothesizes that the stress of economic downturns increases the
probability of spousal abuse. Stress would be considered the ____________
variable, and spousal abuse would be considered the - -independent;
dependent
-19. A moderating variable is a factor that: - -affects the relationship
between the independent and dependent variables.
-20. When a researcher is successful at measuring what he or she intends to
measure, this is called: - -validity.
-21. The likelihood that a researcher will obtain the same result using the
same measures the next time he or she tests a hypothesis is: - -reliability.
-22. The extent to which a researcher can claim that his or her findings
explain a larger population than was studied is known as: - -generalizability.
-23. Sandra is doing research on cheating among students at Duke
University. The student body at Duke will serve as her: - -Sampling frame.
and answers
What does it mean to think like a sociologist? - -b. To think of the world in
such a way as to make the familiar strange
-2. A man looking for a job and struggling to find one. He feels depressed
and worried that he not a desirable employee. He then reads an article about
how his town's recent economic downturn limits the number of available
jobs. This leads him to expand his job search to other towns and to think
about ways to help encourage economic development in his town. Seeing
the connection between his personal trouble and a public issue is an
example of: - -. sociological imagination.
-3. An example used in your book from the movie Pulp Fiction talks about
how "mayo on fries" is a Dutch habit that seems odd to many Americans.
What does this example illustrate for us? - -What seems obvious in one
context can seem odd in another context.
-4. A social institution is a/an: - -network of structures in society that
socialize and organize the people within them.
-5. Positivism is best defined as the: - -idea that we can scientifically and
logically study social institutions and individuals within them.
-6. Karl Marx was a social theorist who focused primarily on - -class conflict
-7. Max Weber was a social theorist who focused primarily on - -interpretive
sociology and verstehen
-8. The Chicago School was unique in its focus on - -how human behavior
and personality are shaped by social and physical environments.
-9. Conflict theory focuses on - -the role of conflict in social change
-10. Which of the following is a good example of macrosociology? - -
Studying how shifts in the U.S. economy change rates of depression.
-11. When we say that something is a social construction, we mean that it -
-exists because some group of people have agreed to it and behave
according the rules and norms associated with it
, -12. Functionalism sees society through a lens that focuses on the function
fulfilled by each part of society. Your textbook and Dr. Feldhaus said that this
perspective sees society as much like - -a living organism such as a body
-13. Applied Sociologists at Bloomsburg University have been studying - -all
of the above
-14. Dr. Feldhaus argued that careful methodology is particularly important
in the social sciences because - -all of the above
-15. Which of the following focuses its analyses on face-to-face encounters
and interactions? - -Microsociology
-16. Norm is interested in whether pet owners are more likely than those
who do not own pets to have healthier lifestyles (e.g., exercise regularly,
drink moderately, and refrain from nicotine use). By comparing the numbers
he gathers on both groups, Norm will most likely be using what particular
research method? - -. quantitative or. deductive
-17. Paula begins to notice that there are patterns to where people sit on the
bus, and these patterns differ depending on whether the rider is male or
female. Based on these observations, she generates larger ideas (theories)
about the behaviors of men and women. This is an example of which kind of
research approach? - -inductive
-18. Andy hypothesizes that the stress of economic downturns increases the
probability of spousal abuse. Stress would be considered the ____________
variable, and spousal abuse would be considered the - -independent;
dependent
-19. A moderating variable is a factor that: - -affects the relationship
between the independent and dependent variables.
-20. When a researcher is successful at measuring what he or she intends to
measure, this is called: - -validity.
-21. The likelihood that a researcher will obtain the same result using the
same measures the next time he or she tests a hypothesis is: - -reliability.
-22. The extent to which a researcher can claim that his or her findings
explain a larger population than was studied is known as: - -generalizability.
-23. Sandra is doing research on cheating among students at Duke
University. The student body at Duke will serve as her: - -Sampling frame.
