NEMCC Intro to Sociology Final Griffin questions
with verified answers
_______ believed that societies grew and changed as a result of the
struggles of different social classes over the means of production and
greatly favored ____. Ans✓✓✓Karl Marx; Communism
A criminal act motivated by extreme prejudice and discrimination
Ans✓✓✓hate crimes
A cultural universal is: Ans✓✓✓a pattern or trait common to all
societies
A definable region, which could mean a neighborhood or country:
Ans✓✓✓community
A dominant group forces the subordinate group to leave a certain area or
country Ans✓✓✓expulsion
A form of racism in which someone believes one type of skin tone is
superior or inferior to another within a racial group Ans✓✓✓colorism
A hypothesis can be defined as: Ans✓✓✓A testable proposition
A label that describes the chief characteristic of an individual:
Ans✓✓✓master status
,A majority group is also referred to as: Ans✓✓✓a dominant group
A mixture of different cultures in which each culture retains its own
identity yet adds to the flavor of the whole Ans✓✓✓pluralism
A paradigm can be defined as: Ans✓✓✓philosophical and theoretical
frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories,
generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them.
A parent who is worried about her daughter's dangerous, self-destructive
behavior and low self-esteem may wish to talk with those in her
daughter's _____ group. Ans✓✓✓in-group
A race-based wealth gap Ans✓✓✓de facto segregation
A set of practices used by a racial dominant group to maximize
advantages for itself by disadvantaging racial minority groups
Ans✓✓✓racism
A sociological process that occurs through socializing:
Ans✓✓✓socialization
A symbolic system through which people communicate and through
which culture is transmitted: Ans✓✓✓language
, According the Kohlberg's theory of moral development, when do
humans begin to think about the feelings of other people and begin to
see the world through other people's eyes? Ans✓✓✓In their teenage
years
According to Durkheim, social facts include: Ans✓✓✓all of the above
According to the control theory, the stronger a person's social bonds, the
more likely he/she is to commit deviant acts. Ans✓✓✓false
According to your text, why do some people avoid acknowledging their
privilege to themselves or others? Ans✓✓✓they think acknowledging it
will lessen their accomplishments
Actions against a group of people Ans✓✓✓discrimination
Actively makes remarks that perpetuates the cycle Ans✓✓✓prejudiced
discriminators
Ally's father was sent to prison when she was 12 for the trafficking of
narcotics and her brother was arrested when she was 13 for possession
of methamphetamines. By the age of 18, Ally had been arrested three
times for possession of cocaine. Which theory best describes Ally's
experiences? Ans✓✓✓differential association theory
an agreement on common values in society Ans✓✓✓belief
with verified answers
_______ believed that societies grew and changed as a result of the
struggles of different social classes over the means of production and
greatly favored ____. Ans✓✓✓Karl Marx; Communism
A criminal act motivated by extreme prejudice and discrimination
Ans✓✓✓hate crimes
A cultural universal is: Ans✓✓✓a pattern or trait common to all
societies
A definable region, which could mean a neighborhood or country:
Ans✓✓✓community
A dominant group forces the subordinate group to leave a certain area or
country Ans✓✓✓expulsion
A form of racism in which someone believes one type of skin tone is
superior or inferior to another within a racial group Ans✓✓✓colorism
A hypothesis can be defined as: Ans✓✓✓A testable proposition
A label that describes the chief characteristic of an individual:
Ans✓✓✓master status
,A majority group is also referred to as: Ans✓✓✓a dominant group
A mixture of different cultures in which each culture retains its own
identity yet adds to the flavor of the whole Ans✓✓✓pluralism
A paradigm can be defined as: Ans✓✓✓philosophical and theoretical
frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories,
generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them.
A parent who is worried about her daughter's dangerous, self-destructive
behavior and low self-esteem may wish to talk with those in her
daughter's _____ group. Ans✓✓✓in-group
A race-based wealth gap Ans✓✓✓de facto segregation
A set of practices used by a racial dominant group to maximize
advantages for itself by disadvantaging racial minority groups
Ans✓✓✓racism
A sociological process that occurs through socializing:
Ans✓✓✓socialization
A symbolic system through which people communicate and through
which culture is transmitted: Ans✓✓✓language
, According the Kohlberg's theory of moral development, when do
humans begin to think about the feelings of other people and begin to
see the world through other people's eyes? Ans✓✓✓In their teenage
years
According to Durkheim, social facts include: Ans✓✓✓all of the above
According to the control theory, the stronger a person's social bonds, the
more likely he/she is to commit deviant acts. Ans✓✓✓false
According to your text, why do some people avoid acknowledging their
privilege to themselves or others? Ans✓✓✓they think acknowledging it
will lessen their accomplishments
Actions against a group of people Ans✓✓✓discrimination
Actively makes remarks that perpetuates the cycle Ans✓✓✓prejudiced
discriminators
Ally's father was sent to prison when she was 12 for the trafficking of
narcotics and her brother was arrested when she was 13 for possession
of methamphetamines. By the age of 18, Ally had been arrested three
times for possession of cocaine. Which theory best describes Ally's
experiences? Ans✓✓✓differential association theory
an agreement on common values in society Ans✓✓✓belief
