2025 SOC 100 Multiple Choice Review 150+ Verified Questions & Answers
McGinn – University of Michigan Intro to Sociology Graded A+
Stanley |Milgram |teaches |us |which |of |the |following? |
a. |we |are |free |to |walk |away |from |an |authority |structure |with |no |penalty
b. |we |are |incline |to |obey |those |in |power
c. |we |will |remain |in |the |grip |of |an |authority |structure |for |the |rest |of |our |lives
d. |authority |structures |have |little |to |no |effect |on |our |choices |- |answersb. |we |are |inclined |to |obey |
those |in |power
Jolene |loves |spending |hours |with |her |grandma, |listening |to |her |talk |about |her |life |experiences |and |
family |traditions. |From |a |sociological |perspective, |what |is |grandma |transmitting |to |Jolene?
a. |symbols
b. |language
c. |folkways
d. |culture |- |answersd. |culture
How |would |social-science |researchers |most |likely |control |bias |and |personal |influence |when |
performing |an |analysis |of |society?
a. |by |conducting |preliminary |reviews |of |other |studies |before |beginning |their |own
b. |by |using |scientific |research |methods
c. |by |analyzing |data |with |a |computer
d. |by |submitting |their |work |to |peer |review |- |answersb. |by |using |scientific |research |methods
What |term |is |used |to |denote |a |group |of |people |that |an |individual |uses |for |evaluating |his |or |her |
situation |or |conduct?
a. |a |primary |group
b. |a |secondary |group
c. |a |reference |group
d. |an |ideal |group |- |answersc. |a |reference |group
Cody's |seven-year-old |son |Jeremy |is |ill |and |home |from |school, |and |Cody |plans |to |use |the |time |at |
home |with |him |to |work |on |the |sociology |essay |that |is |due |in |two |weeks. |However, |just |as |he |is |
,about |to |begin, |his |boss |from |his |part-time |job |calls |and |demands |that |he |come |in |to |work. |What |is |
Cody |likely |to |experience |in |this |situation?
a. |role |strain
b. |role |distancing
c. |role |conflict
d. |role |performance |- |answersc. |role |conflict
The |federal |government |passes |several |laws |getting |tough |on |crime |in |order |to |protect |the |public |and
|make |citizens |feel |safe. |This |leads |to |overcrowding |in |prisons |and |several |costly |riots. |According |to |
sociologists, |which |term |refers |to |the |unforeseen |results |of |the |government's |actions?
a. |punitive |measures
b. |latent |functions
c. |manifest |causes
d. |punitive |consequences |- |answersb. |latent |functions
Which |of |the |following |is |the |best |example |of |a |violation |of |a |folkway?
a. |a |person |having |sexual |relations |with |a |sibling
b. |cheating |on |a |sociology |test
c. |texting |during |a |sociology |class
d. |a |police |officer |taking |a |bribe |- |answersc. |texting |during |a |sociology |class
Maddy |is |at |the |park |and |looking |for |someone |interesting |to |talk |with. |She |sees |a |number |of |women |
with |strollers |but |dismisses |them |as |uninteresting. |What |behaviour |is |Maddy |engaging |in?
a. |profiling
b. |stereotyping
c. |social |awareness
d. |ideal-typing |- |answersb. |stereotyping
According |to |the |text, |which |of |the |following |is |considered |a |total |institution?
a. |a |shopping |mall
b. |the |family
c. |a |university
d. |the |army |- |answersd. |the |army
,Which |of |the |following |is |the |term |sociologists |use |for |impersonal |organizations |composed |of |a |great |
many |people |occupying |hierarchically |arranged |precisely |defined |positions?
a. |a |social |group
b. |a |collective
c. |a |social |arrangement |
d. |a |bureaucracy |- |answersd. |a |bureaucracy
According |to |the |text, |which |of |the |following |best |defines |rationalization?
a. |the |logical |attempt |to |understand |the |viewpoints |of |others |in |the |context |of |multiculturalism |and |
plurality |
b. |a |justification |offered |in |response |to |an |individual's |actions |and |behaviours
c. |the |effort |to |explain |the |rationale |underlying |cultural |diversity
d. |the |calculation |of |the |most |efficient |means |to |an |end |despite |potential |negative |consequences |- |
answersd. |the |calculation |of |the |most |efficient |means |to |an |end |despite |potential |negative |
consequences
According |to |the |Sapir-Whorf |thesis, |our |concepts |about |our |environment |and |experiences |are |
expressed |in |language. |Which |of |the |following |results |from |this |process?
a. |Language |influences |how |we |see |the |world. |
b. |Language |affects |our |emotional |connection |to |the |environment.
c. |Our |concepts |are |only |valid |in |our |own |environments.
d. |Our |concepts |have |little |to |do |with |power |or |equality. |- |answersa. |Language |influences |how |we |
see |the |world.
Which |of |the |following |is |considered |by |sociologists |to |be |the |most |important |agent |of |primary |
socialization?
a. |schools
b. |the |family |
c. |the |mass |media
d. |peer |groups |- |answersb. |the |family
Which |of |the |following |best |describes |how |Robert |Merton |would |characterize |the |issue |of |bullying |in |
schools?
a. |an |intentional |function
b. |a |manifest |function
c. |a |latent |function
, d. |dysfunctional |- |answersd. |dysfunctional
What |do |sociologists |call |the |norms |that |people |feel |are |essential |for |the |survival |of |their |group |or |
society?
a. |mores |
b. |foundationals
c. |folkways
d. |laws |- |answersa. |mores
What |relationship |does |the |sociological |imagination |allow |people |to |understand?
a. |the |relationship |between |social |structures |and |private |troubles
b. |the |relationship |between |self-development |and |society
c. |the |relationship |between |politics |and |religion
d. |the |relationship |between |drive |and |instinct |- |answersa. |the |relationship |between |social |structures |
and |private |troubles
Some |public |religious |rituals |involve |elaborate |body |decoration, |carefully |orchestrated |chants, |and |
precise |movements. |What |are |these |rituals |examples |of?
a. |rites |of |passage
b. |multiculturalism
c. |ethnocentrism
d. |cultural |reproduction |- |answersa. |rites |of |passage
Which |of |the |following |best |describes |a |social |category?
a. |a |group |of |people |against |which |we |compare |ourselves
b. |a |social |group |in |which |norms |are |agreed |upon |and |put |into |writing
c. |a |bounded |set |of |individuals |who |exchange |material |or |emotional |resources
d. |a |group |of |people |who |share |similar |status |but |do |not |identify |with |each |other |- |answersd. |a |
group |of |people |who |share |similar |status |but |do |not |identify |with |each |other
What |is |one |of |the |most |important |roots |of |globalization?
a. |expansion |of |ethnocentrism
b. |expansion |of |trade |and |investment
c. |limitations |to |rationalization
d. |diversification |of |rites |of |passage |- |answersb. |expansion |of |trade |and |investment
McGinn – University of Michigan Intro to Sociology Graded A+
Stanley |Milgram |teaches |us |which |of |the |following? |
a. |we |are |free |to |walk |away |from |an |authority |structure |with |no |penalty
b. |we |are |incline |to |obey |those |in |power
c. |we |will |remain |in |the |grip |of |an |authority |structure |for |the |rest |of |our |lives
d. |authority |structures |have |little |to |no |effect |on |our |choices |- |answersb. |we |are |inclined |to |obey |
those |in |power
Jolene |loves |spending |hours |with |her |grandma, |listening |to |her |talk |about |her |life |experiences |and |
family |traditions. |From |a |sociological |perspective, |what |is |grandma |transmitting |to |Jolene?
a. |symbols
b. |language
c. |folkways
d. |culture |- |answersd. |culture
How |would |social-science |researchers |most |likely |control |bias |and |personal |influence |when |
performing |an |analysis |of |society?
a. |by |conducting |preliminary |reviews |of |other |studies |before |beginning |their |own
b. |by |using |scientific |research |methods
c. |by |analyzing |data |with |a |computer
d. |by |submitting |their |work |to |peer |review |- |answersb. |by |using |scientific |research |methods
What |term |is |used |to |denote |a |group |of |people |that |an |individual |uses |for |evaluating |his |or |her |
situation |or |conduct?
a. |a |primary |group
b. |a |secondary |group
c. |a |reference |group
d. |an |ideal |group |- |answersc. |a |reference |group
Cody's |seven-year-old |son |Jeremy |is |ill |and |home |from |school, |and |Cody |plans |to |use |the |time |at |
home |with |him |to |work |on |the |sociology |essay |that |is |due |in |two |weeks. |However, |just |as |he |is |
,about |to |begin, |his |boss |from |his |part-time |job |calls |and |demands |that |he |come |in |to |work. |What |is |
Cody |likely |to |experience |in |this |situation?
a. |role |strain
b. |role |distancing
c. |role |conflict
d. |role |performance |- |answersc. |role |conflict
The |federal |government |passes |several |laws |getting |tough |on |crime |in |order |to |protect |the |public |and
|make |citizens |feel |safe. |This |leads |to |overcrowding |in |prisons |and |several |costly |riots. |According |to |
sociologists, |which |term |refers |to |the |unforeseen |results |of |the |government's |actions?
a. |punitive |measures
b. |latent |functions
c. |manifest |causes
d. |punitive |consequences |- |answersb. |latent |functions
Which |of |the |following |is |the |best |example |of |a |violation |of |a |folkway?
a. |a |person |having |sexual |relations |with |a |sibling
b. |cheating |on |a |sociology |test
c. |texting |during |a |sociology |class
d. |a |police |officer |taking |a |bribe |- |answersc. |texting |during |a |sociology |class
Maddy |is |at |the |park |and |looking |for |someone |interesting |to |talk |with. |She |sees |a |number |of |women |
with |strollers |but |dismisses |them |as |uninteresting. |What |behaviour |is |Maddy |engaging |in?
a. |profiling
b. |stereotyping
c. |social |awareness
d. |ideal-typing |- |answersb. |stereotyping
According |to |the |text, |which |of |the |following |is |considered |a |total |institution?
a. |a |shopping |mall
b. |the |family
c. |a |university
d. |the |army |- |answersd. |the |army
,Which |of |the |following |is |the |term |sociologists |use |for |impersonal |organizations |composed |of |a |great |
many |people |occupying |hierarchically |arranged |precisely |defined |positions?
a. |a |social |group
b. |a |collective
c. |a |social |arrangement |
d. |a |bureaucracy |- |answersd. |a |bureaucracy
According |to |the |text, |which |of |the |following |best |defines |rationalization?
a. |the |logical |attempt |to |understand |the |viewpoints |of |others |in |the |context |of |multiculturalism |and |
plurality |
b. |a |justification |offered |in |response |to |an |individual's |actions |and |behaviours
c. |the |effort |to |explain |the |rationale |underlying |cultural |diversity
d. |the |calculation |of |the |most |efficient |means |to |an |end |despite |potential |negative |consequences |- |
answersd. |the |calculation |of |the |most |efficient |means |to |an |end |despite |potential |negative |
consequences
According |to |the |Sapir-Whorf |thesis, |our |concepts |about |our |environment |and |experiences |are |
expressed |in |language. |Which |of |the |following |results |from |this |process?
a. |Language |influences |how |we |see |the |world. |
b. |Language |affects |our |emotional |connection |to |the |environment.
c. |Our |concepts |are |only |valid |in |our |own |environments.
d. |Our |concepts |have |little |to |do |with |power |or |equality. |- |answersa. |Language |influences |how |we |
see |the |world.
Which |of |the |following |is |considered |by |sociologists |to |be |the |most |important |agent |of |primary |
socialization?
a. |schools
b. |the |family |
c. |the |mass |media
d. |peer |groups |- |answersb. |the |family
Which |of |the |following |best |describes |how |Robert |Merton |would |characterize |the |issue |of |bullying |in |
schools?
a. |an |intentional |function
b. |a |manifest |function
c. |a |latent |function
, d. |dysfunctional |- |answersd. |dysfunctional
What |do |sociologists |call |the |norms |that |people |feel |are |essential |for |the |survival |of |their |group |or |
society?
a. |mores |
b. |foundationals
c. |folkways
d. |laws |- |answersa. |mores
What |relationship |does |the |sociological |imagination |allow |people |to |understand?
a. |the |relationship |between |social |structures |and |private |troubles
b. |the |relationship |between |self-development |and |society
c. |the |relationship |between |politics |and |religion
d. |the |relationship |between |drive |and |instinct |- |answersa. |the |relationship |between |social |structures |
and |private |troubles
Some |public |religious |rituals |involve |elaborate |body |decoration, |carefully |orchestrated |chants, |and |
precise |movements. |What |are |these |rituals |examples |of?
a. |rites |of |passage
b. |multiculturalism
c. |ethnocentrism
d. |cultural |reproduction |- |answersa. |rites |of |passage
Which |of |the |following |best |describes |a |social |category?
a. |a |group |of |people |against |which |we |compare |ourselves
b. |a |social |group |in |which |norms |are |agreed |upon |and |put |into |writing
c. |a |bounded |set |of |individuals |who |exchange |material |or |emotional |resources
d. |a |group |of |people |who |share |similar |status |but |do |not |identify |with |each |other |- |answersd. |a |
group |of |people |who |share |similar |status |but |do |not |identify |with |each |other
What |is |one |of |the |most |important |roots |of |globalization?
a. |expansion |of |ethnocentrism
b. |expansion |of |trade |and |investment
c. |limitations |to |rationalization
d. |diversification |of |rites |of |passage |- |answersb. |expansion |of |trade |and |investment
