Sociology Final UPDATED Actual
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Informal sanctions can either be positive or negative, but formal sanctions are always
negative. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- False
Culture has both material and non-material sides. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
True
The members of a particular society can be spread throughout the world but share certain
specific values and customs. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- False
The strongest type of norm is called a taboo. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
True
Etiquette is especially important in those cultures where people must live and work in close
quarters, such as in Japan. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- True
In many parts of the world, people squat on the floor rather than sit in chairs. This is an
example of a(n)? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Folkway
Which of the following is not a basic value that is commonly held in the United States? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Placing little importance on material possessions
At West Highs, if you skip school four times in one semester, you will fail your classes. This
is an example of a(n) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Formal sanction
Humans are born with what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- With instincts
A(n)_____is a subgroup that deliberately opposes certain major beliefs or attitudes of the
dominant culture. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Counterculture
, What do you think would happen if a society did not have norms? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- There would be little order and people would be unaware how to act in
different situations
List 3 examples of cultural universals - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Marriage, sports,
goverment
Socialization begins at birth and ends at about age 12. True or false? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- False
When a child watches how her parents are evaluating her behavior during her first visit to a
nice restaurant, and she then adjust her behavior accordingly, she is using the looking-glass
self. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- True
Conflict perspective theory says that socialization of children is useful in maintaining the
status quo. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- True
If a math teacher's opinion of a student is important to that student, the teacher is a significant
other. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- True
Peer groups are usually a bad influence on children, leading them to engage in antisocial
behavior. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- False
Which of the following stages is a two-year-old exhibiting when he mimics his mother's
behavior by lecturing the dog for tracking mud into the house? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Imitation stage
When a preschooler plays "going camping" with a group of three other children, each child
taking a designated role, she is in the ___ stage. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Game
The first step when a convict enters most prisons in the United States is ____. in which the
person is issued standard clothing, given a haircut, and deprived of privacy - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- De-socialization
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Informal sanctions can either be positive or negative, but formal sanctions are always
negative. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- False
Culture has both material and non-material sides. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
True
The members of a particular society can be spread throughout the world but share certain
specific values and customs. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- False
The strongest type of norm is called a taboo. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
True
Etiquette is especially important in those cultures where people must live and work in close
quarters, such as in Japan. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- True
In many parts of the world, people squat on the floor rather than sit in chairs. This is an
example of a(n)? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Folkway
Which of the following is not a basic value that is commonly held in the United States? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Placing little importance on material possessions
At West Highs, if you skip school four times in one semester, you will fail your classes. This
is an example of a(n) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Formal sanction
Humans are born with what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- With instincts
A(n)_____is a subgroup that deliberately opposes certain major beliefs or attitudes of the
dominant culture. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Counterculture
, What do you think would happen if a society did not have norms? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- There would be little order and people would be unaware how to act in
different situations
List 3 examples of cultural universals - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Marriage, sports,
goverment
Socialization begins at birth and ends at about age 12. True or false? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- False
When a child watches how her parents are evaluating her behavior during her first visit to a
nice restaurant, and she then adjust her behavior accordingly, she is using the looking-glass
self. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- True
Conflict perspective theory says that socialization of children is useful in maintaining the
status quo. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- True
If a math teacher's opinion of a student is important to that student, the teacher is a significant
other. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- True
Peer groups are usually a bad influence on children, leading them to engage in antisocial
behavior. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- False
Which of the following stages is a two-year-old exhibiting when he mimics his mother's
behavior by lecturing the dog for tracking mud into the house? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Imitation stage
When a preschooler plays "going camping" with a group of three other children, each child
taking a designated role, she is in the ___ stage. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Game
The first step when a convict enters most prisons in the United States is ____. in which the
person is issued standard clothing, given a haircut, and deprived of privacy - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- De-socialization
