SOCIOLOGY 101 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
Abbey studies how people negotiate personal space when they speak to each other in
person by closely observing their behaviors. Her study is an example of
a) macrosociology
b) survey research
c) microsociology
d) quantitative research - Answer- c) microsociology
Identify which of the following is an example of random sampling method.
a) A health insurer uses a computer-generated random list of plan members to conduct
a quality-control review.
b) A focus group, made up of volunteers, is asked what they think of three videos
promoting water conservation.
c) A journalist approaches a table at a political event and asks everyone at the table
their opinion of the host organization.
d) An administrative assistant sends a survey about her company's new product -
Answer- a) A health insurer uses a computer-generated random list of plan members to
conduct a quality-control review.
Harriet wants to understand why the gender gap in wages in Sweden differs from the
gender gap in wages in the United States. What kind of research question will she be
formulating?
a) developmental
b) factual
c) dialectical
d) theoretical - Answer- d) theoretical
When Jane arrived at the party, her friend Alyssa came over immediately to say hello.
According to Erving Goffman, this is an example of
a) focused interaction
b) unfocused interaction
c) controlled alertness
d) interactional vandalism - Answer- a) focused interaction
The scientific method requires that researchers gather evidence that can be observed
through sensory experience. What is this called?
a) deduction
b) ontology
c) empiricism
, d) induction - Answer- c) empiricism
When social researchers refer to the validity of a research method, they mean:
a) the ability to produce similar measurements over repeated trials
b) the ability to clearly define a research problem
c) the strength of the link between theory and hypothesis
d) the ability to measure the concept they intend to measure - Answer- d) the ability to
measure the concept they intend to measure
In periods of rapid social change, the norms and values that guide people's behavior
become murky, making social disorder increasingly likely. What do sociologists call it
when norms lose their ability to control social behavior?
a) structuration
b) anomie
c) alienation
d) atomization - Answer- b) anomie
Erving Goffman argued that we can learn a lot about society through the study of micro-
sociology. What did he mean by micro sociology?
a) the study of formal organizational behavior
b) the study of how societies change (or stay the same) over time
c) the study of face-to-face and small group interaction
d) the study of social structures and institutions - Answer- c) the study of face-to-face
and small group interaction
According to conflict theorists, what is the basis of society?
a) Internal conflict within the minds of society's members
b) Competition among social groups
c) Shared meaning among individuals who interact with one another
d) Interdependence among social structures, like the economy and the government -
Answer- b) Competition among social groups
Secularization refers to:
a) the increasing number of rights and liberties assigned to individuals in modern
societies
b) the growing tendency of people to move from rural to urban areas
c) the declining influence of religion in society as other forms of cultural authority
appeared
d) the separation of individuals from their productive and creative abilities - Answer- c)
the declining influence of religion in society as other forms of cultural authority appeared
__________ refers to how human societies are reconstructed through a two-way
process of social structures guiding individual behavior and individual behavior
simultaneously either reinforcing or changing social structures.
a) symbolic interactionism
b) structuration
AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
Abbey studies how people negotiate personal space when they speak to each other in
person by closely observing their behaviors. Her study is an example of
a) macrosociology
b) survey research
c) microsociology
d) quantitative research - Answer- c) microsociology
Identify which of the following is an example of random sampling method.
a) A health insurer uses a computer-generated random list of plan members to conduct
a quality-control review.
b) A focus group, made up of volunteers, is asked what they think of three videos
promoting water conservation.
c) A journalist approaches a table at a political event and asks everyone at the table
their opinion of the host organization.
d) An administrative assistant sends a survey about her company's new product -
Answer- a) A health insurer uses a computer-generated random list of plan members to
conduct a quality-control review.
Harriet wants to understand why the gender gap in wages in Sweden differs from the
gender gap in wages in the United States. What kind of research question will she be
formulating?
a) developmental
b) factual
c) dialectical
d) theoretical - Answer- d) theoretical
When Jane arrived at the party, her friend Alyssa came over immediately to say hello.
According to Erving Goffman, this is an example of
a) focused interaction
b) unfocused interaction
c) controlled alertness
d) interactional vandalism - Answer- a) focused interaction
The scientific method requires that researchers gather evidence that can be observed
through sensory experience. What is this called?
a) deduction
b) ontology
c) empiricism
, d) induction - Answer- c) empiricism
When social researchers refer to the validity of a research method, they mean:
a) the ability to produce similar measurements over repeated trials
b) the ability to clearly define a research problem
c) the strength of the link between theory and hypothesis
d) the ability to measure the concept they intend to measure - Answer- d) the ability to
measure the concept they intend to measure
In periods of rapid social change, the norms and values that guide people's behavior
become murky, making social disorder increasingly likely. What do sociologists call it
when norms lose their ability to control social behavior?
a) structuration
b) anomie
c) alienation
d) atomization - Answer- b) anomie
Erving Goffman argued that we can learn a lot about society through the study of micro-
sociology. What did he mean by micro sociology?
a) the study of formal organizational behavior
b) the study of how societies change (or stay the same) over time
c) the study of face-to-face and small group interaction
d) the study of social structures and institutions - Answer- c) the study of face-to-face
and small group interaction
According to conflict theorists, what is the basis of society?
a) Internal conflict within the minds of society's members
b) Competition among social groups
c) Shared meaning among individuals who interact with one another
d) Interdependence among social structures, like the economy and the government -
Answer- b) Competition among social groups
Secularization refers to:
a) the increasing number of rights and liberties assigned to individuals in modern
societies
b) the growing tendency of people to move from rural to urban areas
c) the declining influence of religion in society as other forms of cultural authority
appeared
d) the separation of individuals from their productive and creative abilities - Answer- c)
the declining influence of religion in society as other forms of cultural authority appeared
__________ refers to how human societies are reconstructed through a two-way
process of social structures guiding individual behavior and individual behavior
simultaneously either reinforcing or changing social structures.
a) symbolic interactionism
b) structuration
