SOCY 100 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
From Conley, which best describes the practice of sociology? - Answers -The study of
human society
As defined by C. Wright Mills, which of the following "enables us to grasp the history
and biography and the relations between the two within society?" - Answers -
Sociological imagination
Charles H Cooley agues the "self" emerges from how an individual interacts with others
and then interprets those interactions. he calls this: - Answers -The looking-glass self
Which of the following modern sociological theories grew from Durkheim's and others'
ideas that the best way to analyze society was to identify the roles that different aspects
or phenomena play in the overall structure of society? - Answers -Functionalism
Which modern sociological theory examines how power relationships are defined,
shaped and reproduced on the basis of gender differences? - Answers -Feminism
In contrast to functionalism, which modern sociological theory borrows from Marx's
belief that competition, not consensus, is the essential cause of social change? -
Answers -Conflict theory
Conflict theory holds that: - Answers -human social life is shaped by struggle among
individuals and social groups
In the functionalist perspective, social institutions are: - Answers -understood in terms
of the benefits they provide for society as a whole.
In the conflict perspective, the things people want are: - Answers -scarce and a primary
source of conflict between individuals and groups
Harvard university admits 3000 freshman selected from 20,000 applications for
admission each fall. Among those admitted are children of prominent alumni who
contribute large sums of money to the university. This process assures that new
generations of Harvard graduates will come from the same families as old Harvard
graduates. This description of her education works is most consistent with the: -
Answers -Conflict perspective
The University of Iowa admits 5000 freshman selected from 10,000 applications for
admission each fall. Extensive financial aid packages are offered so that all who meet
the basic academic qualifications are admitted to the university. The state of Iowa hopes
that most qualified graduates from the University of Iowa will graduate intake jobs in the
state, becoming productive citizens and taxpayers. This description of how education
works is most consistent with the: - Answers -Functionalist theory
, The interactional perspective focuses on: - Answers -Everyday life
The variable or outcome that a sociologist explains in known as the: - Answers -
Dependent variable
The measured factors that sociologist believes have a casual impact on another
variable are known as the: - Answers -Independent variable
The subset of a population from which a searcher collects data is known as a: -
Answers -Sample
While almost all forms of music talk about gender relationships and sex, warning labels
are attached only to certain types of music. Which explanation of culture accounts for
this practice? - Answers -Conflict explanations of culture
The experience of learning a culture's norms, values. and so on is known as: - Answers
-Socialization
Gramsci's concept for historical process in which a dominant group exercises moral and
intellectual leadership by voluntarily receiving the approval and consent of the masses
is known as: - Answers -Hegemony
Concepts such as I, me and generalized other are part of which theorist's work? -
Answers -Mead's
Which theory uses game playing to understand the development of self? - Answers -
Mead's role-playing theory
Which theorist extends his theory of socialization to span an entire lifetime, rather than
just limiting it to explanations of childhood or adolescence? - Answers -Erickson
Involuntary statuses that we are born into are called: - Answers -Ascribed statuses
Voluntary statuses that we become over time are called: - Answers -Achieved statuses
Rosseau believed that the source of all social ills was: - Answers -Private property
From Malthus's perspectives, ______ keeps the population in check - Answers -
Inequality
Which social stratification system was favored in feudal Europe and the antebellum
American South? - Answers -Estate system
From Conley, which best describes the practice of sociology? - Answers -The study of
human society
As defined by C. Wright Mills, which of the following "enables us to grasp the history
and biography and the relations between the two within society?" - Answers -
Sociological imagination
Charles H Cooley agues the "self" emerges from how an individual interacts with others
and then interprets those interactions. he calls this: - Answers -The looking-glass self
Which of the following modern sociological theories grew from Durkheim's and others'
ideas that the best way to analyze society was to identify the roles that different aspects
or phenomena play in the overall structure of society? - Answers -Functionalism
Which modern sociological theory examines how power relationships are defined,
shaped and reproduced on the basis of gender differences? - Answers -Feminism
In contrast to functionalism, which modern sociological theory borrows from Marx's
belief that competition, not consensus, is the essential cause of social change? -
Answers -Conflict theory
Conflict theory holds that: - Answers -human social life is shaped by struggle among
individuals and social groups
In the functionalist perspective, social institutions are: - Answers -understood in terms
of the benefits they provide for society as a whole.
In the conflict perspective, the things people want are: - Answers -scarce and a primary
source of conflict between individuals and groups
Harvard university admits 3000 freshman selected from 20,000 applications for
admission each fall. Among those admitted are children of prominent alumni who
contribute large sums of money to the university. This process assures that new
generations of Harvard graduates will come from the same families as old Harvard
graduates. This description of her education works is most consistent with the: -
Answers -Conflict perspective
The University of Iowa admits 5000 freshman selected from 10,000 applications for
admission each fall. Extensive financial aid packages are offered so that all who meet
the basic academic qualifications are admitted to the university. The state of Iowa hopes
that most qualified graduates from the University of Iowa will graduate intake jobs in the
state, becoming productive citizens and taxpayers. This description of how education
works is most consistent with the: - Answers -Functionalist theory
, The interactional perspective focuses on: - Answers -Everyday life
The variable or outcome that a sociologist explains in known as the: - Answers -
Dependent variable
The measured factors that sociologist believes have a casual impact on another
variable are known as the: - Answers -Independent variable
The subset of a population from which a searcher collects data is known as a: -
Answers -Sample
While almost all forms of music talk about gender relationships and sex, warning labels
are attached only to certain types of music. Which explanation of culture accounts for
this practice? - Answers -Conflict explanations of culture
The experience of learning a culture's norms, values. and so on is known as: - Answers
-Socialization
Gramsci's concept for historical process in which a dominant group exercises moral and
intellectual leadership by voluntarily receiving the approval and consent of the masses
is known as: - Answers -Hegemony
Concepts such as I, me and generalized other are part of which theorist's work? -
Answers -Mead's
Which theory uses game playing to understand the development of self? - Answers -
Mead's role-playing theory
Which theorist extends his theory of socialization to span an entire lifetime, rather than
just limiting it to explanations of childhood or adolescence? - Answers -Erickson
Involuntary statuses that we are born into are called: - Answers -Ascribed statuses
Voluntary statuses that we become over time are called: - Answers -Achieved statuses
Rosseau believed that the source of all social ills was: - Answers -Private property
From Malthus's perspectives, ______ keeps the population in check - Answers -
Inequality
Which social stratification system was favored in feudal Europe and the antebellum
American South? - Answers -Estate system
