Sociology Final Exam (NEMCC) questions with
verified answers
_______ refers to unequal treatment of individuals based on their
membership in some minority group. Ans✓✓✓Discrimination
________ can be applied by most members of a group and can be
positive or negative. Ans✓✓✓Informal sanctions
________ refers to behavior that violates significant social norms.
Ans✓✓✓Deviance
_________ are group that we use to evaluate ourselves and to acquire
attitudes, values, beliefs, and norms. Ans✓✓✓Reference groups
__________ is a biological term; _______ is a psychological and
cultural term. Ans✓✓✓Sex; gender
__________ is the lifelong process of social interaction in which an
individual acquires a social identify. Ans✓✓✓Socialization
__________ refers to opinions that are widely held because they seem so
obviously correct. Ans✓✓✓Common sense
_________, who coined the term "sociology," is also known as the
"father of sociology." Ans✓✓✓Auguste Comte
, A category of people who possess distinctive physical or cultural
characteristics, are dominated by those with higher social status, and are
denied equal treatment would be called a(n) ________.
Ans✓✓✓minority
A distinct category of people who share, or are alleged to share,
biologically inherited physical characteristics is known as a(n)
__________. Ans✓✓✓race
A football team that receives a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct is
receiving a(n) Ans✓✓✓formal sanction
A person's own awareness of being masculine or feminine is known as
_______ Ans✓✓✓gender identity
A sense of confusion, uncertainty, disorientation, or anxiety that
accompanies exposure to an unfamiliar way of life or environment is (a)
Ans✓✓✓culture shock
A teacher is more concerned with the classroom rules than whether or
not students are learning new material. This would be an example of
_______. Ans✓✓✓goal displacement
According to Alexander, in her book The New Jim Crow, legal racial
segregation has been replaced by ______ as a means of controlling and
dominating the black population. Ans✓✓✓mass imprisonment
verified answers
_______ refers to unequal treatment of individuals based on their
membership in some minority group. Ans✓✓✓Discrimination
________ can be applied by most members of a group and can be
positive or negative. Ans✓✓✓Informal sanctions
________ refers to behavior that violates significant social norms.
Ans✓✓✓Deviance
_________ are group that we use to evaluate ourselves and to acquire
attitudes, values, beliefs, and norms. Ans✓✓✓Reference groups
__________ is a biological term; _______ is a psychological and
cultural term. Ans✓✓✓Sex; gender
__________ is the lifelong process of social interaction in which an
individual acquires a social identify. Ans✓✓✓Socialization
__________ refers to opinions that are widely held because they seem so
obviously correct. Ans✓✓✓Common sense
_________, who coined the term "sociology," is also known as the
"father of sociology." Ans✓✓✓Auguste Comte
, A category of people who possess distinctive physical or cultural
characteristics, are dominated by those with higher social status, and are
denied equal treatment would be called a(n) ________.
Ans✓✓✓minority
A distinct category of people who share, or are alleged to share,
biologically inherited physical characteristics is known as a(n)
__________. Ans✓✓✓race
A football team that receives a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct is
receiving a(n) Ans✓✓✓formal sanction
A person's own awareness of being masculine or feminine is known as
_______ Ans✓✓✓gender identity
A sense of confusion, uncertainty, disorientation, or anxiety that
accompanies exposure to an unfamiliar way of life or environment is (a)
Ans✓✓✓culture shock
A teacher is more concerned with the classroom rules than whether or
not students are learning new material. This would be an example of
_______. Ans✓✓✓goal displacement
According to Alexander, in her book The New Jim Crow, legal racial
segregation has been replaced by ______ as a means of controlling and
dominating the black population. Ans✓✓✓mass imprisonment
