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1. conflict perspective: Which sociological perspective suggests that the term
medicalization of society refers to the growing role of medicine as a major institution
of social control?
Select one:
a. functionalist perspective
b. conflict perspective
c. interactionist perspective
d. labeling perspective
2. Health care is profit-driven: Which of the following factors has contributed to the
rise in the cost of healthcare in the United States?
Select one:
a. The system is highly efficient.
b. Health care is profit-driven.
c. The young population is consuming less health care that previously thought.
d. Pharmaceutical companies are developing generic, low-cost prescription drugs
3. the incest taboo: In most states in the U.S., an individual is not permitted to marry
a parent, a sibling, an aunt or an uncle, a grandparent, or a first or second cousin.
These rules reflect our societal emphasis on
Select one:
a. the incest taboo.
b. endogamy.
c. exogamy.
d. homogamy.
4. polygamy: What is the general term for a marriage in which an individual can
have several husbands or wives at the same time?
Select one:
a. monogamy
b. polygamy
c. polygyny
d. polyandry
5. organizing a birthday lunch at work: Which of the following would be an
example of a man "redoing" traditional gender?
Select one: a. fist fighting in public
b. organizing a birthday lunch at work
c. not crying when hurt
d. carrying lots of heavy items
6. world systems analysis: In Immanuel Wallerstein's view, the global economic
system is divided between nations that control wealth and nations from which
resources are taken. This view is referred to as
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Select one:
a. neocolonialism.
b. colonialism.
c. world systems analysis.
d. the world exploitation model
7. division of labor: The failure of various government intelligence-gathering or-
ganizations to detect the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, illustrates which
poorly functioning aspect of government bureaucracy?
Select one:
a. division of labor
b. hierarchy of authority
c. impersonality
d. employment based on technical qualifications
8. combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously
exist: Invention is the
Select one:
a. combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist.
b. process of introducing new elements into a culture.
c. process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality.
d. process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society to society.
9. sociological imagination: 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
10. macrosociology: A study of divorce rates among the populations of Canada,
England, the U.S., and France, is an example of
Select one:
a. alienation.
b. anomie.
c. microsociology.
d. macrosociology
11. proletarians: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels said, "The history of all hitherto
existing society is the history of class struggles.... The ________ have nothing to lose
but their chains. They have a world to win. WORKING MEN OF ALL COUNTRIES,
UNITE!"
Select one:
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a. bourgeoisie
b. proletarians
c. Vulcans
d. middle classes
12. developed conclusions based on a systematic examination of data.: 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.
13. economic classes that clash in pursuit of their own class interests: In Karl
Marx's analysis, society was fundamentally divided between
Select one:
a. separate genders that clash in pursuit of their own interests.
b. economic classes that clash in pursuit of their own class interests. c. different races
that clash in pursuit of their own interests.
d. the religious and the nonreligious who clash in pursuit of their own interests
14. Clinical sociologists take direct responsibility for implementing their
ideas.: Which of the following statements is true?
Select one:
a. Clinical sociologists take direct responsibility for implementing their ideas.
b. There are no established methods for educating clinical sociologists.
c. Applied and clinical sociology are the same.
d. Clinical sociology has existed for only the last 20 years
15. The time spent reviewing for a test may be directly related to, or produce
a greater likelihood of getting a high score.: Which of the following relationships
best shows causal logic?
Select one:
a. The time spent reviewing for a test may be directly related to, or produce a greater
likelihood of getting a high score.
b. Being less integrated into society may be directly related to, or produce a lower
likelihood of, suicide.
c. The time spent tending to one's vegetable garden may be directly related to, or
produce a greater likelihood of overgrowth.
d. Being more involved in extracurricular activities may be directly related to, or
produce a lower likelihood of, college admission.
16. Shulamit Reinharz: Which sociologist argued that sociological research should
be open to bringing about social change and to drawing on relevant research by
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1. conflict perspective: Which sociological perspective suggests that the term
medicalization of society refers to the growing role of medicine as a major institution
of social control?
Select one:
a. functionalist perspective
b. conflict perspective
c. interactionist perspective
d. labeling perspective
2. Health care is profit-driven: Which of the following factors has contributed to the
rise in the cost of healthcare in the United States?
Select one:
a. The system is highly efficient.
b. Health care is profit-driven.
c. The young population is consuming less health care that previously thought.
d. Pharmaceutical companies are developing generic, low-cost prescription drugs
3. the incest taboo: In most states in the U.S., an individual is not permitted to marry
a parent, a sibling, an aunt or an uncle, a grandparent, or a first or second cousin.
These rules reflect our societal emphasis on
Select one:
a. the incest taboo.
b. endogamy.
c. exogamy.
d. homogamy.
4. polygamy: What is the general term for a marriage in which an individual can
have several husbands or wives at the same time?
Select one:
a. monogamy
b. polygamy
c. polygyny
d. polyandry
5. organizing a birthday lunch at work: Which of the following would be an
example of a man "redoing" traditional gender?
Select one: a. fist fighting in public
b. organizing a birthday lunch at work
c. not crying when hurt
d. carrying lots of heavy items
6. world systems analysis: In Immanuel Wallerstein's view, the global economic
system is divided between nations that control wealth and nations from which
resources are taken. This view is referred to as
, WGU Academy - Intro to Sociology - Final Exam
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_8fcfiu
Select one:
a. neocolonialism.
b. colonialism.
c. world systems analysis.
d. the world exploitation model
7. division of labor: The failure of various government intelligence-gathering or-
ganizations to detect the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, illustrates which
poorly functioning aspect of government bureaucracy?
Select one:
a. division of labor
b. hierarchy of authority
c. impersonality
d. employment based on technical qualifications
8. combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously
exist: Invention is the
Select one:
a. combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist.
b. process of introducing new elements into a culture.
c. process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality.
d. process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society to society.
9. sociological imagination: 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
10. macrosociology: A study of divorce rates among the populations of Canada,
England, the U.S., and France, is an example of
Select one:
a. alienation.
b. anomie.
c. microsociology.
d. macrosociology
11. proletarians: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels said, "The history of all hitherto
existing society is the history of class struggles.... The ________ have nothing to lose
but their chains. They have a world to win. WORKING MEN OF ALL COUNTRIES,
UNITE!"
Select one:
, WGU Academy - Intro to Sociology - Final Exam
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a. bourgeoisie
b. proletarians
c. Vulcans
d. middle classes
12. developed conclusions based on a systematic examination of data.: 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.
13. economic classes that clash in pursuit of their own class interests: In Karl
Marx's analysis, society was fundamentally divided between
Select one:
a. separate genders that clash in pursuit of their own interests.
b. economic classes that clash in pursuit of their own class interests. c. different races
that clash in pursuit of their own interests.
d. the religious and the nonreligious who clash in pursuit of their own interests
14. Clinical sociologists take direct responsibility for implementing their
ideas.: Which of the following statements is true?
Select one:
a. Clinical sociologists take direct responsibility for implementing their ideas.
b. There are no established methods for educating clinical sociologists.
c. Applied and clinical sociology are the same.
d. Clinical sociology has existed for only the last 20 years
15. The time spent reviewing for a test may be directly related to, or produce
a greater likelihood of getting a high score.: Which of the following relationships
best shows causal logic?
Select one:
a. The time spent reviewing for a test may be directly related to, or produce a greater
likelihood of getting a high score.
b. Being less integrated into society may be directly related to, or produce a lower
likelihood of, suicide.
c. The time spent tending to one's vegetable garden may be directly related to, or
produce a greater likelihood of overgrowth.
d. Being more involved in extracurricular activities may be directly related to, or
produce a lower likelihood of, college admission.
16. Shulamit Reinharz: Which sociologist argued that sociological research should
be open to bringing about social change and to drawing on relevant research by
