SOCIOLOGY 1000 - TEST 1: CHAPTER 1-
3 CORRECT 100%
beliefs - ANSWER The ideas, viewpoints, and attitudes of the particular group of society
bureaucracy - ANSWER An organization based on rationality, having a clear division of
labor, written rules and regulations, impersonality, hierarchical lines of authority, and
selection and promotion based on competence
chance - ANSWER Tests of significance are used to determine whether or not a result
could have occurred by this
conflict theory - ANSWER Social structures persist in society because they serve the
interests of those who have wealth and power
control variable - ANSWER A variable kept constant to remove its effects in a study
counterculture - ANSWER A subculture that challenges important elements of the
dominant culture such as beliefs, attitudes, or values and seeks to create an alternative
lifestyle
cultural lag - ANSWER A theory that argues technological change is the driving force for
much change and that changes in other elements of culture often lag behind technology
cultural leveling - ANSWER The reduction of differences (both good and bad) between
cultures resulting in a loss of cultural uniqueness and the lose of cultural heritage
cultural universals - ANSWER Cultural elements found in all cultures
definition of the situation - ANSWER A statement or action that explicitly or implicitly
suggests the meaning the actor would like others to attribute to their actions
dependent variable - ANSWER A variable in a causal relationship whose value tends to
change as a consequence of some change in the value of one or more independent
variables
descriptive statistics - ANSWER Summarize/describe the distribution of a variable
dominant culture - ANSWER The culture that takes precedence over other cultures in
activities or events involving people from many categories of the population
DuBois - ANSWER An African American sociologist who applied the conflict theory to
understanding race relations
3 CORRECT 100%
beliefs - ANSWER The ideas, viewpoints, and attitudes of the particular group of society
bureaucracy - ANSWER An organization based on rationality, having a clear division of
labor, written rules and regulations, impersonality, hierarchical lines of authority, and
selection and promotion based on competence
chance - ANSWER Tests of significance are used to determine whether or not a result
could have occurred by this
conflict theory - ANSWER Social structures persist in society because they serve the
interests of those who have wealth and power
control variable - ANSWER A variable kept constant to remove its effects in a study
counterculture - ANSWER A subculture that challenges important elements of the
dominant culture such as beliefs, attitudes, or values and seeks to create an alternative
lifestyle
cultural lag - ANSWER A theory that argues technological change is the driving force for
much change and that changes in other elements of culture often lag behind technology
cultural leveling - ANSWER The reduction of differences (both good and bad) between
cultures resulting in a loss of cultural uniqueness and the lose of cultural heritage
cultural universals - ANSWER Cultural elements found in all cultures
definition of the situation - ANSWER A statement or action that explicitly or implicitly
suggests the meaning the actor would like others to attribute to their actions
dependent variable - ANSWER A variable in a causal relationship whose value tends to
change as a consequence of some change in the value of one or more independent
variables
descriptive statistics - ANSWER Summarize/describe the distribution of a variable
dominant culture - ANSWER The culture that takes precedence over other cultures in
activities or events involving people from many categories of the population
DuBois - ANSWER An African American sociologist who applied the conflict theory to
understanding race relations
