Sociology 210 Final Exam Practice
Questions With Complete Solutions
/Patriarchy - Answer-The system that maintains male privilege in society is known as:
/.Conflict Theory - Answer-___ highlights tension in the social structure that may
fracture and lead to social change.
/.August Comte - Answer-The social thinker who coined the term "sociology" in 1838
was ___.
/.Karl Marx - Answer-Conflict theory originated in the work of ____.
/.Altruistic Suicide - Answer-According to Durkheim's typology, "suicide bombers" would
be an example of _____.
/.Co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -
Answer-W.E.B Du Bois believed that the elimination of white prejudice would reduce
racial conflict and create more equality between blacks and whits. In order to advance
his interest in creating racial equality, Du Bois
/.Participant Observation - Answer-To achieve the deepest and most through
understanding of the rationalizations and motives that criminals use, and the meaning
and consequences of their actions, which method would you use
/.that societal meanings never change - Answer-Which off the following is not a feature
of symbolic interactionism?
/.Social Causes - Answer-Sociologists say we must look beyond individual states of
mind to explain human behavior. What do sociologists focus on in their explanations of
human behavior?
/.Symbolic Interactionist - Answer-Which theoretical perspective is most likely to focus
the meanings behind fashion choices made by the consumers?
/.Social Structure - Answer-Stable patterns of social relations are called:
/.Understand the relationship between social issues and private troubles - Answer-The
sociological imagination allows people to:
, /.Microstructures - Answer-One aspect of social organization is the patters of intimate
social relations that are formed during face-to-face interpersonal interactions.
Sociologists call these patterns:
/.Patterns of social relations that are intimate and personal. - Answer-Sociologists use
the term microstructures to refer to
/.Macro-Structure - Answer-The social class system in the United States would be an
example of what kind of social structure?
/.Global Structures - Answer-The entire social world has become more interconnected
economically and politically. This is creates which type of social organization?
/.Competing Interests - Answer-Which of these is not considered one of the key features
of functionalism?
/.Talcott Parsons - Answer-The sociologist best known for emphasizing that various
institutions must work to ensure the smooth operation of society as a whole is ______.
/.Max Weber - Answer-An early critic of Karl Marx, and the person who noted the rapid
growth of the service sector within the industrial economy, was _____.
/.Validity - Answer-Experiments to measure the impact of media violence on children
are most like to lack ____ because of the artificial setting in which experiments are
conducted.
/.Values - Answer-Ideas or standards for what is right or wrong, good or bad, and other
types of judgements are called _____.
/.A computer - Answer-Which of these is the best example of material culture?
/.Production - Answer-When humans make and use tools and techniques that improce
their ability to take what they want from nature, they are engaged in ____.
/.Ethnocentrism - Answer-Jim traveled to Thailand for a vacation and became shocked
and judgmental toward "foreign" practices. Which term best describes Jim's reaction?
/.Cultural Relativism - Answer-The necessity to understand that other people have
values that differ from ours and that we should not see these values as inferior but
merely different is known as _____.
/.Cultural Relativism - Answer-The opposite of ethnocentrism is _____.
/.Cultural Relativism - Answer-The belief that all cultures and all cultural practices have
equal value is known as _____.
Questions With Complete Solutions
/Patriarchy - Answer-The system that maintains male privilege in society is known as:
/.Conflict Theory - Answer-___ highlights tension in the social structure that may
fracture and lead to social change.
/.August Comte - Answer-The social thinker who coined the term "sociology" in 1838
was ___.
/.Karl Marx - Answer-Conflict theory originated in the work of ____.
/.Altruistic Suicide - Answer-According to Durkheim's typology, "suicide bombers" would
be an example of _____.
/.Co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -
Answer-W.E.B Du Bois believed that the elimination of white prejudice would reduce
racial conflict and create more equality between blacks and whits. In order to advance
his interest in creating racial equality, Du Bois
/.Participant Observation - Answer-To achieve the deepest and most through
understanding of the rationalizations and motives that criminals use, and the meaning
and consequences of their actions, which method would you use
/.that societal meanings never change - Answer-Which off the following is not a feature
of symbolic interactionism?
/.Social Causes - Answer-Sociologists say we must look beyond individual states of
mind to explain human behavior. What do sociologists focus on in their explanations of
human behavior?
/.Symbolic Interactionist - Answer-Which theoretical perspective is most likely to focus
the meanings behind fashion choices made by the consumers?
/.Social Structure - Answer-Stable patterns of social relations are called:
/.Understand the relationship between social issues and private troubles - Answer-The
sociological imagination allows people to:
, /.Microstructures - Answer-One aspect of social organization is the patters of intimate
social relations that are formed during face-to-face interpersonal interactions.
Sociologists call these patterns:
/.Patterns of social relations that are intimate and personal. - Answer-Sociologists use
the term microstructures to refer to
/.Macro-Structure - Answer-The social class system in the United States would be an
example of what kind of social structure?
/.Global Structures - Answer-The entire social world has become more interconnected
economically and politically. This is creates which type of social organization?
/.Competing Interests - Answer-Which of these is not considered one of the key features
of functionalism?
/.Talcott Parsons - Answer-The sociologist best known for emphasizing that various
institutions must work to ensure the smooth operation of society as a whole is ______.
/.Max Weber - Answer-An early critic of Karl Marx, and the person who noted the rapid
growth of the service sector within the industrial economy, was _____.
/.Validity - Answer-Experiments to measure the impact of media violence on children
are most like to lack ____ because of the artificial setting in which experiments are
conducted.
/.Values - Answer-Ideas or standards for what is right or wrong, good or bad, and other
types of judgements are called _____.
/.A computer - Answer-Which of these is the best example of material culture?
/.Production - Answer-When humans make and use tools and techniques that improce
their ability to take what they want from nature, they are engaged in ____.
/.Ethnocentrism - Answer-Jim traveled to Thailand for a vacation and became shocked
and judgmental toward "foreign" practices. Which term best describes Jim's reaction?
/.Cultural Relativism - Answer-The necessity to understand that other people have
values that differ from ours and that we should not see these values as inferior but
merely different is known as _____.
/.Cultural Relativism - Answer-The opposite of ethnocentrism is _____.
/.Cultural Relativism - Answer-The belief that all cultures and all cultural practices have
equal value is known as _____.
