Straighterline Sociology 101 Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

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Straighterline Sociology 101 Questions
with Detailed Verified Answers

Question:Life course theorist suggest

Ans: socialization continues through all stages of the cycle of life

Question: Sara takes her four-year-old brother Matt to a carnival for the first
time. They decide to ride the merry-go-round. Matt runs to the front of the
line. His sister pulls him back and explains they have to stand in line. This is an
example of

Ans: socialization

Question: Bob is on his first date with Mary, whom he really likes. He tries to
act in a manner that will cause her to like him, too, and to want to go out with
him again. This is an example of

Ans: impression management

Question: Jane has two young, active children. She is also the primary
caregiver of her aging father, who still lives alone but needs help around the
house and assistance in getting to doctors appointments. Which of the
following best describes Jane's situation?

Ans: Jane is a member of the sandwich generation

Question: A retirement party, a high-school graduation party, and a
confirmation party are all examples of

Ans: rites of passage

Question: what is the term used for the set of culture beliefs and practices
that helps to maintain powerful social, economic, and political interests?

Ans: dominant ideology

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Question: a group to which people feel they do not belong is called an

Ans: out-group

Question: Ascribed statuses may be based on an individual's

Ans: race, gender, and age

Question: Which of the sociological prespectives would express concern
about those with power, whether media companies or governments,
exercising control over what people can see and read?

Ans: conflict perspective

Question: William I Thomas wrote from which prespective when observing
that people respond not only to the objective features of a person or situation,
but also to the meaning that person or situation has for them?

Ans: interactionist prospective

Question: which sociological perspective would be most likely to focus on the
functions of the mass media in conferring status on people, organizations, and
public issues?

Ans: functionalist prospective

Question: a master status is a

Ans: A status that dominates others and thereby determines a person's
general position within society.

Question: which term is used by sociologists to refer to a set of expectations
for people who occupy a given social position or status?

Ans: social role

Question: The U.s government was heavenly criticized for which of the
following media monitoring behaviors after 9/11?

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Ans: authorizing wiretaps of U.S citizens telephone conversation

Question: Dave, the president of a small corporation, has a wild weekend. He
spends a night with a prostitute, gambles illegally, drinks excessively, and uses
drugs. Some would suggest he has committed various

Ans: victimless crimes

Question: The social constructionist perspective is most closely affiliated with
which other sociological explanation of deviance?

Ans: labeling theory

Question: Crime is a violation of

Ans: criminal law for which formal penalties are applied by some
governmental authority.

Question: a person convicted of a crime- even when prior arrest record and
severity of the crime are taken into account - is more likely to receive a shorter
prison sentence if he or she is

Ans: white and non-hispanic

Question: In Robert merton's terms, people who overzealously and cruelly
enforce bureaucratic regulations can be classified as

Ans: rituals

Question: which sociological perspective would most likely be concerned with
the stigmatizing nature of formal social controls that require convicted sex
offenders to register with police agencies and have their pictures published in
newspapers to make their identities publicly known?

Ans: interactionlist perspective

Question: The term social control refers to