SOCY 1000: EXAM 1 (MCCONNELL) QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
Yablonsky described the street gang as a what? - answer -near group
There are diffuse relationships in what kind of group? - answer -primary group
Who first described the primary group and secondary group ideal types? - answer -
charles horton cooley
The size and scope of the things that are studied in a science is its what? - answer -
level of analysis
Relationships which involve a lot of emotion are described as being what? - answer -
expressive
A perfect description which lists all of the characteristics of a social phenomenon is a
what? - answer -ideal type
What term indicates that the purpose of the secondary group is practical and goal-
oriented? - answer -instrumental
That which guides people as to what goals they are to pursue and how they are to
pursue them is a what? - answer -institution
An individual in a secondary group and in an institution will know how to act because he
or she is filling a what? - answer -role
When relationships in a primary group involve many aspects of a person's life, they are
described as being what? - answer -diffuse
What kind of sociology has the highest levels of analysis? - answer -macrosociology
What involves the increasing liquidity of things, people, and information around the
world? - answer -globalization
A study of a small group of teenage boys who hang out on the street corner every
evening would be considered what kind of sociology? - answer -microsociology
(t/f) complete examples of ideal types are rarely found in the real world - answer -t
(t/f) a role gives a person a social identity - answer -t
(t/f) a society is the same thing as a nation-state - answer -f
, (t/f) lewis yablonsky observed that the street gang is an ideal-typical group - answer -f
(t/f) people set up their lives in much the same way because of institutions - answer -t
(t/f) an institution and an organization are the same thing - answer -f
(t/f) society is the highest level of analysis in sociology - answer -f
(t/f) the study of separate societies has become more important because of
globalization - answer -f
(t/f) yablonsky found that the street gang member knows exactly who are the other
members - answer -f
(t/f) the members of a secondary group are performing roles and can be replaced by
other people - answer -t
Essay: what makes sociology distinctive? - answer -bigger things on higher levels of
analysis
Awareness of the big picture
What makes you similar to other people
Societies/cultures are always changing
Essay: how did yablonsky use "the group" as an ideal type, to study the street gang? -
answer -many others who studied gangs saw them as a group
Gangs aren't a group, they're a "near-group"
Only saw gangs from media
Helped reveal that many of the people fighting the gang wars had different perceptions
Essay: what are the five major institutions? - answer -economy, family, education,
politics, religion
Who coined the paradoxical term "the strength of weak ties"? - answer -mark
granovetter
In what kind of social network would norms of reciprocity develop? - answer -dense
social network
When there is only one reason why two people have a relationship within a social
network, they have a what? - answer -uniplex tie
A network in which most people do not know one another personally and where ties are
mainly indirect is a what? - answer -sparse social network
ANSWERS
Yablonsky described the street gang as a what? - answer -near group
There are diffuse relationships in what kind of group? - answer -primary group
Who first described the primary group and secondary group ideal types? - answer -
charles horton cooley
The size and scope of the things that are studied in a science is its what? - answer -
level of analysis
Relationships which involve a lot of emotion are described as being what? - answer -
expressive
A perfect description which lists all of the characteristics of a social phenomenon is a
what? - answer -ideal type
What term indicates that the purpose of the secondary group is practical and goal-
oriented? - answer -instrumental
That which guides people as to what goals they are to pursue and how they are to
pursue them is a what? - answer -institution
An individual in a secondary group and in an institution will know how to act because he
or she is filling a what? - answer -role
When relationships in a primary group involve many aspects of a person's life, they are
described as being what? - answer -diffuse
What kind of sociology has the highest levels of analysis? - answer -macrosociology
What involves the increasing liquidity of things, people, and information around the
world? - answer -globalization
A study of a small group of teenage boys who hang out on the street corner every
evening would be considered what kind of sociology? - answer -microsociology
(t/f) complete examples of ideal types are rarely found in the real world - answer -t
(t/f) a role gives a person a social identity - answer -t
(t/f) a society is the same thing as a nation-state - answer -f
, (t/f) lewis yablonsky observed that the street gang is an ideal-typical group - answer -f
(t/f) people set up their lives in much the same way because of institutions - answer -t
(t/f) an institution and an organization are the same thing - answer -f
(t/f) society is the highest level of analysis in sociology - answer -f
(t/f) the study of separate societies has become more important because of
globalization - answer -f
(t/f) yablonsky found that the street gang member knows exactly who are the other
members - answer -f
(t/f) the members of a secondary group are performing roles and can be replaced by
other people - answer -t
Essay: what makes sociology distinctive? - answer -bigger things on higher levels of
analysis
Awareness of the big picture
What makes you similar to other people
Societies/cultures are always changing
Essay: how did yablonsky use "the group" as an ideal type, to study the street gang? -
answer -many others who studied gangs saw them as a group
Gangs aren't a group, they're a "near-group"
Only saw gangs from media
Helped reveal that many of the people fighting the gang wars had different perceptions
Essay: what are the five major institutions? - answer -economy, family, education,
politics, religion
Who coined the paradoxical term "the strength of weak ties"? - answer -mark
granovetter
In what kind of social network would norms of reciprocity develop? - answer -dense
social network
When there is only one reason why two people have a relationship within a social
network, they have a what? - answer -uniplex tie
A network in which most people do not know one another personally and where ties are
mainly indirect is a what? - answer -sparse social network
