SOC 1010 Practice Test Questions and Correct Answers

Functional Theory Which theory most closely describes: Education, religion, political, family and economic. Conflict Theory Which theory most closely describes: Power, property and prestige are scarce resources. Rational choice Which theory most closely describes: Rewards minus costs = net rewards. Symbolic interaction Which theory most closely describes: A situation defined as real is real in its consequences. Functional theory Which theory most closely describes: Dynamic equilibrium. Conflict theory Which theory most closely describes: This perspective assumes that social inequality is inevitable and undesirable. Conflict theory Which theory most closely describes: This perspective distinguishes between false and class consciousness. Symbolic interaction Which theory most closely describes: "Significant gestures" are necessary for effective communication to occur. Conflict theory Which theory most closely describes: Proletariats do not own the means of production. B In the social sciences we use a probabilistic model. This means, that if people were rocks, and we dropped a rock, we could predict that A. The rock will almost certainly fall B. This particular rock may or may not fall, but rocks tend to fall C. Certain types of rocks will fall, but other types will not fall D. We can't predict behavior. It's too complex. We can only attempt to explain WHY it fell. A Researcher Ralph and Researcher Renae developed a scale to measure marital happiness. If this scale measures our concept then we can say the scale is A. valid C. reliable B. operational D. true C A proposition claims that "as education increases, prejudice decreases." in this statement, prejudice is A. the independent Y variable B. the independent X variable C. the dependent Y variable D. the dependent X variable