SOCIOLOGY 201 TRUE-FALSE FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
The concept of life chances was coined by Durkheim - Answers - False
There is only one type of social mobility - Answers - False
Sociology is the scientific study of human social life, groups, and societies, focusing on
the modern world - Answers - True
The term sociological imagination, coined by C. Wright Mills in 1959, refers to our ability
to break ourselves free from our particular circumstances and see our social world in a
new, broader light - Answers - True
Absolute poverty is the same as the relative poverty - Answers - False
Income is wealth - Answers - False
Prejudice is racism - Answers - False
Gender refers to physical differences between men and women - Answers - False
Glass ceiling is a functionalist theory on gender - Answers - False
Functionalist theory placed particular importance on the study of language in analyzing
the social world - Answers - False
Sociologists investigate social life by asking factual, comparative, developmental, and
theoretical questions and trying to find the answers to these by systematic research -
Answers - True
Karl Marx said, "The term class refers to any group of people ....[who have the
same] typical chance for a supply of goods, external living conditions, and personal
experiences, and this chance is determined by the ... power ... to dispose of goods or
skills for the sake of income in a given economic order. Class situation is, in this sense,
ultimately market situation." - Answers - False
Social stratification refers to the division of people socioeconomically into layers -
Answers - True
Class systems differ from slavery and castes in four main aspects: class systems are
fluid, class positions are in some part achieved, class is economically based, class
systems are large scale and impersonal - Answers - True
, Socialization is the process by which, through contact with other human beings, one
becomes a self-aware, knowledgeable human being, skilled in the ways of a given
culture and environment - Answers - True
In Karl Marx's analysis, society was fundamentally divided between men and women
who clash in pursuit of their own interests - Answers - False
Social scientists call the variable that is hypothesized to cause or influence another
variable an independent variable - Answers - True
The race of a criminal offender is associated with the frequency with which capital
punishment is administered. In this example, capital punishment would be considered
the dependent variable - Answers - True
According to Charles Horton Cooley's concept of the looking-glass self, development of
one's self-identity based on misperceptions may lead to an increase in self-esteem -
Answers - True
To say that something is socially constructed is to say that it is made by people in
society. A norm is a social construction - Answers - True
A master status is a term used by sociologists to refer to any of the full range of socially
defined positions within a large group or society - Answers - False
Any group or category to which people feel they belong is called a dyad - Answers -
False
The "iron law of oligarchy" is a principle of organizational life according to which even
democratic organizations will become bureaucracies ruled by a few individuals -
Answers - True
Émile Durkheim suggested that as a society becomes more complex, the nature of
solidarity becomes more mechanical - Answers - True
According to a study by Stanley Milgram, individuals will obey the commands of people
viewed as legitimate authority figures, even if the behavior may harm another individual
- Answers - True
Crime is a violation of criminal law for which formal penalties are applied by some
governmental authority - Answers - True
Prejudice equals prejudgment - Answers - True
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
The concept of life chances was coined by Durkheim - Answers - False
There is only one type of social mobility - Answers - False
Sociology is the scientific study of human social life, groups, and societies, focusing on
the modern world - Answers - True
The term sociological imagination, coined by C. Wright Mills in 1959, refers to our ability
to break ourselves free from our particular circumstances and see our social world in a
new, broader light - Answers - True
Absolute poverty is the same as the relative poverty - Answers - False
Income is wealth - Answers - False
Prejudice is racism - Answers - False
Gender refers to physical differences between men and women - Answers - False
Glass ceiling is a functionalist theory on gender - Answers - False
Functionalist theory placed particular importance on the study of language in analyzing
the social world - Answers - False
Sociologists investigate social life by asking factual, comparative, developmental, and
theoretical questions and trying to find the answers to these by systematic research -
Answers - True
Karl Marx said, "The term class refers to any group of people ....[who have the
same] typical chance for a supply of goods, external living conditions, and personal
experiences, and this chance is determined by the ... power ... to dispose of goods or
skills for the sake of income in a given economic order. Class situation is, in this sense,
ultimately market situation." - Answers - False
Social stratification refers to the division of people socioeconomically into layers -
Answers - True
Class systems differ from slavery and castes in four main aspects: class systems are
fluid, class positions are in some part achieved, class is economically based, class
systems are large scale and impersonal - Answers - True
, Socialization is the process by which, through contact with other human beings, one
becomes a self-aware, knowledgeable human being, skilled in the ways of a given
culture and environment - Answers - True
In Karl Marx's analysis, society was fundamentally divided between men and women
who clash in pursuit of their own interests - Answers - False
Social scientists call the variable that is hypothesized to cause or influence another
variable an independent variable - Answers - True
The race of a criminal offender is associated with the frequency with which capital
punishment is administered. In this example, capital punishment would be considered
the dependent variable - Answers - True
According to Charles Horton Cooley's concept of the looking-glass self, development of
one's self-identity based on misperceptions may lead to an increase in self-esteem -
Answers - True
To say that something is socially constructed is to say that it is made by people in
society. A norm is a social construction - Answers - True
A master status is a term used by sociologists to refer to any of the full range of socially
defined positions within a large group or society - Answers - False
Any group or category to which people feel they belong is called a dyad - Answers -
False
The "iron law of oligarchy" is a principle of organizational life according to which even
democratic organizations will become bureaucracies ruled by a few individuals -
Answers - True
Émile Durkheim suggested that as a society becomes more complex, the nature of
solidarity becomes more mechanical - Answers - True
According to a study by Stanley Milgram, individuals will obey the commands of people
viewed as legitimate authority figures, even if the behavior may harm another individual
- Answers - True
Crime is a violation of criminal law for which formal penalties are applied by some
governmental authority - Answers - True
Prejudice equals prejudgment - Answers - True
