WCC Sociology Final Test 100 Questions with Verified
Answers
The invention of the microchip was key to the _________ revolution - CORRECT
ANSWER Fourth
A(n) _________society is based on the harnessing of machines powered by fuels -
CORRECT ANSWER Industrial
A small group characterized by intimate, long-term, face-to-face association and
cooperation in a(n) __________ - CORRECT ANSWER Primary group
When we evaluate ourselves, we use_________ - CORRECT ANSWER Reference
groups
A(n) _______ leader tries to gain consensus among group members - CORRECT
ANSWER Democratic
When society began to be rationalized, production of items became ______ -
CORRECT ANSWER Broken down into components, with individuals assigned only
specific tasks
Market competition characterizes ________ - CORRECT ANSWER Capitalism
Communications in a bureaucracy are _____ - CORRECT ANSWER Written down
and retained
Workers feel alienation because they are ______ - CORRECT ANSWER Cut off from
the finished product of their labor
With _______, preconceived ideas of what someone is like lead to the person's
behaving in ways that match those ideas - CORRECT ANSWER A self-fulfilling
stereotype
, In families living in dangerous neighborhoods, parents want to move because
they feel that if their kids have delinquent friends, they are likely to become
delinquent, too. Sociological research _______ this belief - CORRECT ANSWER
Supports
_______ states that the labels people are given affect their own and others'
perceptions of them, thus channeling their behavior into either deviance or
conformity. - CORRECT ANSWER Labeling theory
______ may force a group to rethink its moral boundaries, helping the group
adapt to chant circumstances - CORRECT ANSWER Deviance
strain theory ______ the sociological view that deviance are the product of
society. - CORRECT ANSWER Supports
______, the decision to arrest someone or even to ignore a matter, is a routine
part of police work. - CORRECT ANSWER Police discretion
In a class system, what is the main basis for stratification? - CORRECT ANSWER
Money
________ Weber ________ Marx viewed property in determining a person's
standing in society - CORRECT ANSWER Both; and
Over a century ago, Mosca said that _____ - CORRECT ANSWER Leadership
requires inequalities of power
The oil-rich, nonindustrialized nations, like Kuwait, ______________ - CORRECT
ANSWER ?
______ assumes that the values and behavior of the poor make them
fundamentally different from people - CORRECT ANSWER The cultural of poverty
_______ is the ability to carry out your will, even over the resistance of others -
CORRECT ANSWER Power
Answers
The invention of the microchip was key to the _________ revolution - CORRECT
ANSWER Fourth
A(n) _________society is based on the harnessing of machines powered by fuels -
CORRECT ANSWER Industrial
A small group characterized by intimate, long-term, face-to-face association and
cooperation in a(n) __________ - CORRECT ANSWER Primary group
When we evaluate ourselves, we use_________ - CORRECT ANSWER Reference
groups
A(n) _______ leader tries to gain consensus among group members - CORRECT
ANSWER Democratic
When society began to be rationalized, production of items became ______ -
CORRECT ANSWER Broken down into components, with individuals assigned only
specific tasks
Market competition characterizes ________ - CORRECT ANSWER Capitalism
Communications in a bureaucracy are _____ - CORRECT ANSWER Written down
and retained
Workers feel alienation because they are ______ - CORRECT ANSWER Cut off from
the finished product of their labor
With _______, preconceived ideas of what someone is like lead to the person's
behaving in ways that match those ideas - CORRECT ANSWER A self-fulfilling
stereotype
, In families living in dangerous neighborhoods, parents want to move because
they feel that if their kids have delinquent friends, they are likely to become
delinquent, too. Sociological research _______ this belief - CORRECT ANSWER
Supports
_______ states that the labels people are given affect their own and others'
perceptions of them, thus channeling their behavior into either deviance or
conformity. - CORRECT ANSWER Labeling theory
______ may force a group to rethink its moral boundaries, helping the group
adapt to chant circumstances - CORRECT ANSWER Deviance
strain theory ______ the sociological view that deviance are the product of
society. - CORRECT ANSWER Supports
______, the decision to arrest someone or even to ignore a matter, is a routine
part of police work. - CORRECT ANSWER Police discretion
In a class system, what is the main basis for stratification? - CORRECT ANSWER
Money
________ Weber ________ Marx viewed property in determining a person's
standing in society - CORRECT ANSWER Both; and
Over a century ago, Mosca said that _____ - CORRECT ANSWER Leadership
requires inequalities of power
The oil-rich, nonindustrialized nations, like Kuwait, ______________ - CORRECT
ANSWER ?
______ assumes that the values and behavior of the poor make them
fundamentally different from people - CORRECT ANSWER The cultural of poverty
_______ is the ability to carry out your will, even over the resistance of others -
CORRECT ANSWER Power
