Soc 101 Exam #2 Questions With Correct
Answers
The term "collective learning" describes ____.
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(A) the ability of a species to accumulate information across generations
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(B) the ability of a species to teach their young important skills
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(C) the ability of a species of use abstract reasoning
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(D) the ability of a species to work together to accomplish tasks as as
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group
A
Which of the following are likely reasons why humans developed
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collective learning, but others animals do not?
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(A) The need to process 3D visual information
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(B) The need to navigate complex primate social hierarchies
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(C) Because we are able to teach our young important skills
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(D) A and B
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(E) B and C
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D
Natural selection is a process that requires all of the following EXCEPT
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____ over a long period of time
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,(A) death |
(B) extinction
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(C) random variation
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(D) non-random variation
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(E) God or some other "intelligent designer"
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E
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis ____.
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(A) argues that a person’s language is shaped by their environment
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(B) argues that a person’s thoughts and actions are shaped by the
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language they |
speak
(C) argues that a person’s linguistic ability determines their social status
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in society
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(D) is an old debate about continuity problems between Star Trek fans
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B
If you engaged in cannibalism, you have violated one of our cultures
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____.
(A) folkways|
(B) mores |
(C) values |
(D) taboos |
D
A culture's norms are ____.
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(A) the standards people use to decide what's good or bad, right or
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, wrong
(B) specific ideas about what people think is true about the world
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(C) rules and expectations that guide behavior in society
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(D) the amount of money required to demonstrate class
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C
Sociologists who use the ____ theoretical paradigm focus on how
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cultural norms and values tend to give preference to some groups over
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others, reinforcing social inequalities.
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(A) conflict theory
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(B) structural-functionalism
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(C) symbolic interactionism
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(D) multiculturalism
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A
Sociologists define "popular culture" as ____.
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(A) cultural patterns that distinguish a society's elite
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(B) cultural patterns that are broadly in line with a society's cultural
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ideas and values
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(C) behaviors and ideas that are popular with most people in a society
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(D) cultural patterns that set apart young people in a society
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C
As societies become larger and more complex, families become
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increasingly important as sources of social stability.
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Answers
The term "collective learning" describes ____.
| | | | |
(A) the ability of a species to accumulate information across generations
| | | | | | | | | |
(B) the ability of a species to teach their young important skills
| | | | | | | | | | |
(C) the ability of a species of use abstract reasoning
| | | | | | | | |
(D) the ability of a species to work together to accomplish tasks as as
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
group
A
Which of the following are likely reasons why humans developed
| | | | | | | | | |
collective learning, but others animals do not?
| | | | | |
(A) The need to process 3D visual information
| | | | | | |
(B) The need to navigate complex primate social hierarchies
| | | | | | | |
(C) Because we are able to teach our young important skills
| | | | | | | | | |
(D) A and B
| | |
(E) B and C
| | |
D
Natural selection is a process that requires all of the following EXCEPT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
____ over a long period of time
| | | | | |
,(A) death |
(B) extinction
|
(C) random variation
| |
(D) non-random variation
| |
(E) God or some other "intelligent designer"
| | | | | |
E
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis ____.
| | |
(A) argues that a person’s language is shaped by their environment
| | | | | | | | | |
(B) argues that a person’s thoughts and actions are shaped by the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
language they |
speak
(C) argues that a person’s linguistic ability determines their social status
| | | | | | | | | | |
in society
|
(D) is an old debate about continuity problems between Star Trek fans
| | | | | | | | | | |
B
If you engaged in cannibalism, you have violated one of our cultures
| | | | | | | | | | | |
____.
(A) folkways|
(B) mores |
(C) values |
(D) taboos |
D
A culture's norms are ____.
| | | |
(A) the standards people use to decide what's good or bad, right or
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
, wrong
(B) specific ideas about what people think is true about the world
| | | | | | | | | | |
(C) rules and expectations that guide behavior in society
| | | | | | | |
(D) the amount of money required to demonstrate class
| | | | | | | |
C
Sociologists who use the ____ theoretical paradigm focus on how
| | | | | | | | | |
cultural norms and values tend to give preference to some groups over
| | | | | | | | | | | |
others, reinforcing social inequalities.
| | |
(A) conflict theory
| |
(B) structural-functionalism
|
(C) symbolic interactionism
| |
(D) multiculturalism
|
A
Sociologists define "popular culture" as ____.
| | | | |
(A) cultural patterns that distinguish a society's elite
| | | | | | |
(B) cultural patterns that are broadly in line with a society's cultural
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ideas and values
| |
(C) behaviors and ideas that are popular with most people in a society
| | | | | | | | | | | |
(D) cultural patterns that set apart young people in a society
| | | | | | | | | |
C
As societies become larger and more complex, families become
| | | | | | | | |
increasingly important as sources of social stability.
| | | | | |
