Sociology Test 1

the significance of a sociological imagination is that

People who are shaped by social structure are constantly reconstructing those same social structures. What word does the text use to refer to this
process?

which early theorist saw class conflict as the main source of social change?

IN the classical period of sociology, ______ were rarely allowed to hold academic positions or to do sociological research, so their contributions have been neglected.

Which of the following are more narrowly focused efforts to explain particular social conditions or types of events?

Analysis of large sclae systems and long term processes is known as

Which of the following is a practical benefit of the study of sociology?

The economic system that is directed at earning a profit for a few people, selling products to many people, and keeping
workers’wages low is called:

A variety of interpretations can be made of a scene at a restaurant where two men are having lunch together, laughing, and being playful with each other. Who among the following would most likely interpret their behavior by watching for subtle signs of affection and eye contact?

Early sociologists stressed the importance of science and value neutrality as a focus of sociology. More recently, theoretical frameworks have emerged that are directed at political action and not just explanation. Who among the following would most likely support the belief that sociology needs to be proactive?

How would rational choice theorists define the behavior of corporate executives who outsource many jobs to countries where the cost of labor is substantially less than in the United States?

Which of the following accurately describes the relationship between sociology and science?

Max Weber contended that a bureaucratic structure is the most efficient organizational type. Which of the following exemplifies a bureaucratic organization?

What is one theoretical explanation for the explosion in autism and related disorders?

Which statement related to the origins of romantic love is true?

Romantic love:

Human societies are always in the process of:

Which early sociologist focused on the role of religion in social life and how it maintained moral order in society?

Marx differs from Weber in that

According to Max Weber, economic factors are very important to social change in society. What other variable is involved in social change?

Which activist sociologist connected social analysis to social reform?

Robert Merton advocated that sociologists should develop more modest theories that would not attempt to encompass all of society. He termed these types of theories

Which step in the research process may involve formulation of a definite hypothesis?

“The better the grades Sheri gets in school, the better paying job she is likely to get.” In this example, grades are the _________ variable and occupational income is the ________ variable.

Variables that are held constant in order to test the effects of other variables are known as:

Which of the following statements best reflects an advantage of fieldwork as a research method?

Which research method would be best to use if one wanted a large, representative sample of people’s attitudes toward an issue?

A ________ is a smaller proportion of a larger group selected for study

What research method tests hypotheses under highly controlled conditions?

Sociologists engage in historical analysis because:

The use of two or more methods of research to verify results is called:

The results of sociological research often become widely known in society, thus affecting the social life sociologists study. This interaction between sociological research and human behavior is known as a ________ relation

If you add all the numbers in a series of data, then divide by the number of cases, you have calculated the:

What does “activities in a public bathroom are socially constructed” mean?

Which of the following is an example of the social construction of bathroom behavior?

Before researchers publish their findings, they need to:

The 55-mph speed limit was introduced in the United States in 1973. Shortly thereafter the number of auto accidents declined. We can conclude that:

What kind of research method would be best suited if you were hired by a real estate company to learn how the residents in a gated community feel about racial desegregation?

Which of the following methods could be used by sociologists to study homeless people?

Who said “men make their own history . . . but they do not make it under conditions of their own choice”?

How did C. Wright Mills bring the sociological imagination to the American public?

Factual investigations are based on the premise that:

The strongest sociological research begins with problems that:

Puzzle-solving research attempts to:

The stage at which sociological researchers may formulate hypotheses is when they are:

Recently social scientists using participant observation have written about how their race, class, gender, and sexual orientation:

Using participant observation in the sociological research process involves:

All sociological research imposes some sort of:

American universities require a review of all research that involves human subjects. This has had an effect on sociological research in what way?

The scientific study of culture in sociology began with ________ in the nineteenth century

Early sociology and anthropology were:

A helpful image describing culture is that of:

Society is:

Sociobiologists believe:

When it comes to the relationship between nature and nurture in human behavior, sociologists believe that:

The Nacirema, subjects of Horace Miner’s famous essay on body rituals, are:

Judging other cultures by the standards of one’s own is known as:

Assessing a society by its own cultural standards is known as:

Features that are found in virtually all societies are called

Which of the following is a signifier?

________ societies relied mainly on domesticated animals, while ________ societies grew crops for their livelihood.

Which type of society is more settled and tends to have more material possessions?

Most of the traditional civilizations were ________, developed through conquest and incorporation of other societies.

The central process shaping the social geography of the modern world was:

Why are industrialized countries often referred to as the North, and the developing countries referred to as the South?

Smaller segments of a society with their own unique patterns of behavior are called:

Which of the following best explains why different groups of people created different cultures?

From a comfortable chair in a sociology class, it may be easy to ignore the world’s impoverished people. Why should global poverty be a concern of a typical American student?

According to your text, the practice of horticulture

Select which answer is NOT associated with industrialization.

Select the attribute that is NOT considered part of developing countries

Select the attribute that is NOT associated with a global culture.

According to your text, the world has become a single social system reinforced by continually growing economic and social ties. Because of this, sociologists understand globalization to:

When parents remind their children they should not chew with their mouths open, the parents are engaging in the process of:

Which of the following best describes such cases as the “wild boy of Aveyron” and Genie?____ the tendency of adults to ignore their ongoing socialization