INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY MIDTERM STUDY
GUIDE LATEST ACTUAL EXAM WITH
VERIFIED QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS
Question 1.
A set of processes leading to the development of patterns of economic, cultural, and social
relationships that transcend geographical boundaries; a widening, deepening, and speeding up of
worldwide interconnectedness in all aspects of contemporary life. (p. 24)
ANSWER
globalization
Question 2.
A deviant act that lawmakers consider bad enough to warrant formal laws and sanctions. (p. 162)
ANSWER
crime
Question 3.
Inductive and inferential means to drawing sociological understanding, usually about less tangible
aspects of social life, such as the actual felt experience of social interaction. Examples include
ethnographies, interviews, focus groups, and historical research. (p.
97)
ANSWER
qualititative methods of collecting data
Question 4.
Systematic differences in wealth and power among countries, often involving exploitation of the less
powerful by the more powerful countries. (p. 208)
ANSWER
global inequality
,Question 5.
Oscar Lewis's theory that poverty is not a result of individual inadequacies but larger social and
cultural factors. Poor children are socialized into believing that they have nothing to strive for, that
there is no point in working to improve their conditions. As adults, they are resigned to a life of
poverty, and they socialize their children the same way. Therefore poverty is transmitted from one
generation to another. (p. 202)
ANSWER
culture of poverty
Question 6.
Theory of poverty that focuses on the unequal relationship between wealthy countries and poor
countries, arguing that poverty is caused by policies and practices by the rich that block economic
growth of poor countries and exploit workers. (p. 211)
ANSWER
Dependency theory
Question 7.
A testing process that is performed under controlled conditions to examine the validity of a
hypothesis. (p.
100)
ANSWER
experiment
Question 8.
A global problem that afflicts half the world's population, the term for people who are so poor they do
not have the ability to sustain their lives and lack the most basic necessities like food and shelter. (p.
198)
ANSWER
absolute poverty
, Question 9.
Causal relationships are understood, and they understand common concepts, but they can't reach
conclusions through general principles. 7-12 years. (p. 132)
ANSWER
concrete operational stage
Question 10.
The doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can coexist peacefully
and equitably in a single country. (p. 24)
ANSWER
multiculturalism
Question 11.
the variable whose change depends on the introduction of the independent variable. (p. 98)
ANSWER
dependent variable
Question 12.
The process of learning and adopting the beliefs, values, and behaviors of groups that one anticipates
joining in the future. (p. 134)
ANSWER
anticipatory socialization
Question 13.
Your social connections, your taste in art, your ascribed and attained statuses, and more. Because
there are so many components, sociologists today tend to prefer the concept of socioeconomic status
to that of social class, to emphasize that people are ranked through the intermingling of many factors,
economic, social, political, cultural, and community.
(p. 191)
ANSWER
socioeconomic status
GUIDE LATEST ACTUAL EXAM WITH
VERIFIED QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS
Question 1.
A set of processes leading to the development of patterns of economic, cultural, and social
relationships that transcend geographical boundaries; a widening, deepening, and speeding up of
worldwide interconnectedness in all aspects of contemporary life. (p. 24)
ANSWER
globalization
Question 2.
A deviant act that lawmakers consider bad enough to warrant formal laws and sanctions. (p. 162)
ANSWER
crime
Question 3.
Inductive and inferential means to drawing sociological understanding, usually about less tangible
aspects of social life, such as the actual felt experience of social interaction. Examples include
ethnographies, interviews, focus groups, and historical research. (p.
97)
ANSWER
qualititative methods of collecting data
Question 4.
Systematic differences in wealth and power among countries, often involving exploitation of the less
powerful by the more powerful countries. (p. 208)
ANSWER
global inequality
,Question 5.
Oscar Lewis's theory that poverty is not a result of individual inadequacies but larger social and
cultural factors. Poor children are socialized into believing that they have nothing to strive for, that
there is no point in working to improve their conditions. As adults, they are resigned to a life of
poverty, and they socialize their children the same way. Therefore poverty is transmitted from one
generation to another. (p. 202)
ANSWER
culture of poverty
Question 6.
Theory of poverty that focuses on the unequal relationship between wealthy countries and poor
countries, arguing that poverty is caused by policies and practices by the rich that block economic
growth of poor countries and exploit workers. (p. 211)
ANSWER
Dependency theory
Question 7.
A testing process that is performed under controlled conditions to examine the validity of a
hypothesis. (p.
100)
ANSWER
experiment
Question 8.
A global problem that afflicts half the world's population, the term for people who are so poor they do
not have the ability to sustain their lives and lack the most basic necessities like food and shelter. (p.
198)
ANSWER
absolute poverty
, Question 9.
Causal relationships are understood, and they understand common concepts, but they can't reach
conclusions through general principles. 7-12 years. (p. 132)
ANSWER
concrete operational stage
Question 10.
The doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can coexist peacefully
and equitably in a single country. (p. 24)
ANSWER
multiculturalism
Question 11.
the variable whose change depends on the introduction of the independent variable. (p. 98)
ANSWER
dependent variable
Question 12.
The process of learning and adopting the beliefs, values, and behaviors of groups that one anticipates
joining in the future. (p. 134)
ANSWER
anticipatory socialization
Question 13.
Your social connections, your taste in art, your ascribed and attained statuses, and more. Because
there are so many components, sociologists today tend to prefer the concept of socioeconomic status
to that of social class, to emphasize that people are ranked through the intermingling of many factors,
economic, social, political, cultural, and community.
(p. 191)
ANSWER
socioeconomic status
