Sociology Final Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Examining social life and emphasizing the interplay between societal forces and personal
characteristics in influencing peoples thought, actions, feelings, judgements, and interactions
is known as: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the sociological perspective
When interacting with a new contact person, Chris, Newman's job as an expediter was
frustrated because: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔all of the above
Minner is a Black women who is working class and a lesbian; her experiences can best be
represented if she is understood primarily as representing: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔none
of the above
Newman's students did not understand the within-group diversity in the category "white"
because they: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔equated Whiteness with normality
Researchers do not devote time to ask why people become heterosexual because: -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔heterosexuality is normative
In a stratified society, human difference is arranged: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔vertically
Educational attainment is usually described as: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔an achieved
status
Access to education is often derived from one's: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔ascribed status
Emily is a black woman with a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering with a high income but little
personal or familial wealth; her social status is: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔based on both
achieved and ascribed criteria
According to structural-functionalism, a Starbucks barista would not need to be heavily
rewarded, because even though there seems to be a high demand for take-out coffee: -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the position of barista is easily filled
, According to the conflict perspective, people become doctors primarily because: -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔they have access to training
According to the conflict perspective, stratification is best described as: - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔vertical differences arranged for the benefit of those already in power
Assimilation into American culture has been equally easy for all groups - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔False
Only young children and adolescents engage in rigid differentiation and categorization -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔False
According to the text, people not easily categorized often make us uncomfortable -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
The meanings of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality have always remained the same
through time. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔False
We all possess multiple identities - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
Sickle-cell anemia is found exclusively in one racial group - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔False
The poverty line is determined by what a family of four needs to feed, house, and clothe all
its members adequately - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔False
Determining an individual's sex is always a strictly natural and straightforward process -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔False
The example of Gregory Williams's movement through racial categories as he moved from
one state another is a reflection of the concept of: - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔constructionism
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Examining social life and emphasizing the interplay between societal forces and personal
characteristics in influencing peoples thought, actions, feelings, judgements, and interactions
is known as: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the sociological perspective
When interacting with a new contact person, Chris, Newman's job as an expediter was
frustrated because: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔all of the above
Minner is a Black women who is working class and a lesbian; her experiences can best be
represented if she is understood primarily as representing: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔none
of the above
Newman's students did not understand the within-group diversity in the category "white"
because they: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔equated Whiteness with normality
Researchers do not devote time to ask why people become heterosexual because: -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔heterosexuality is normative
In a stratified society, human difference is arranged: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔vertically
Educational attainment is usually described as: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔an achieved
status
Access to education is often derived from one's: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔ascribed status
Emily is a black woman with a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering with a high income but little
personal or familial wealth; her social status is: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔based on both
achieved and ascribed criteria
According to structural-functionalism, a Starbucks barista would not need to be heavily
rewarded, because even though there seems to be a high demand for take-out coffee: -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the position of barista is easily filled
, According to the conflict perspective, people become doctors primarily because: -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔they have access to training
According to the conflict perspective, stratification is best described as: - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔vertical differences arranged for the benefit of those already in power
Assimilation into American culture has been equally easy for all groups - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔False
Only young children and adolescents engage in rigid differentiation and categorization -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔False
According to the text, people not easily categorized often make us uncomfortable -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
The meanings of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality have always remained the same
through time. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔False
We all possess multiple identities - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
Sickle-cell anemia is found exclusively in one racial group - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔False
The poverty line is determined by what a family of four needs to feed, house, and clothe all
its members adequately - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔False
Determining an individual's sex is always a strictly natural and straightforward process -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔False
The example of Gregory Williams's movement through racial categories as he moved from
one state another is a reflection of the concept of: - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔constructionism
