SOCIOLOGY EXAM 1 | PART I
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
Sociology is _____________.
A. an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society
B. the scientific study of social behavior and human groups
C. concerned with what one individual does or does not do
D. Very narrow in scope - ANSWER-B. the scientific study of social behavior and
human groups
Which of the following about the sociological imagination is true? ________
A. the term was coined by the American sociologist C. Wright Mills in 1959
B. it describes the process of linking individual experience with social institutions and
one's place in history
C. it emphasis the link between micro and macro social phenomena
D. all of the above - ANSWER-D. All of the above.
Which of the following is true about social facts?_________
A. the term was first used by Emile Durkheim
B. social facts are social patterns external to individuals
C. social facts are sui generis, "of its own particular kind"
D. all of the above - ANSWER-D. all of the above.
The term anomie refers to __________.
A. a construct, or a made-up model, that serves as a measuring rod against which
actual cases can be evaluated
B. the study of small groups
C. the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has
become ineffective
D. a set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behavior -
ANSWER-C. the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual
behavior has become ineffective
Which sociological perspective emphasizes the way in which the parts of a society
are structured to maintain its stability? ____________ Perspective.
A. conflict
B. interactionist
C. microsociological
D. functionalist - ANSWER-D. functionalist
, Which sociological perspective assumes that social behavior is best understood in
terms of tension between competing groups? ___________ perspective.
A. conflict
B. interactionist
C. microsociological
D. functionalist - ANSWER-A. conflict
When sociologists want to study a possible cause-and-effect relationship, they may
use what kind of research technique?____________
A. an ethnography
B. a survey
C. a secondary analysis
D. an experiment - ANSWER-D. an experiment
A (an) ____________ is a testable statement about the relationship between two or
more factors known as variables.
A. operational definition
B. theory
C. hypothesis
D. correlation - ANSWER-C. hypothesis
___________ refers to the degree to which a study accurately reflects or assesses
the specific concept that the researcher is attempting to measure.
A. reliability
B. validity
C. sampling representativeness
D. predictability - ANSWER-B. validity
Which theoretical perspective would examine sports on the micro-level by focusing
on how day-to-day social behavior is shaped by the distinctive norms, values, and
demands of the world of sports? __________ perspective.
A. conflict
B. interactionist
C. microsociological
D. functionalist - ANSWER-B. interactionist
Unrecognized and uniintended consequences of the social structure are called
__________.
A. latent functions
B. manifest functions
C. malfunctions
D. dysfunctions - ANSWER-A. latent functions
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
Sociology is _____________.
A. an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society
B. the scientific study of social behavior and human groups
C. concerned with what one individual does or does not do
D. Very narrow in scope - ANSWER-B. the scientific study of social behavior and
human groups
Which of the following about the sociological imagination is true? ________
A. the term was coined by the American sociologist C. Wright Mills in 1959
B. it describes the process of linking individual experience with social institutions and
one's place in history
C. it emphasis the link between micro and macro social phenomena
D. all of the above - ANSWER-D. All of the above.
Which of the following is true about social facts?_________
A. the term was first used by Emile Durkheim
B. social facts are social patterns external to individuals
C. social facts are sui generis, "of its own particular kind"
D. all of the above - ANSWER-D. all of the above.
The term anomie refers to __________.
A. a construct, or a made-up model, that serves as a measuring rod against which
actual cases can be evaluated
B. the study of small groups
C. the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has
become ineffective
D. a set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behavior -
ANSWER-C. the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual
behavior has become ineffective
Which sociological perspective emphasizes the way in which the parts of a society
are structured to maintain its stability? ____________ Perspective.
A. conflict
B. interactionist
C. microsociological
D. functionalist - ANSWER-D. functionalist
, Which sociological perspective assumes that social behavior is best understood in
terms of tension between competing groups? ___________ perspective.
A. conflict
B. interactionist
C. microsociological
D. functionalist - ANSWER-A. conflict
When sociologists want to study a possible cause-and-effect relationship, they may
use what kind of research technique?____________
A. an ethnography
B. a survey
C. a secondary analysis
D. an experiment - ANSWER-D. an experiment
A (an) ____________ is a testable statement about the relationship between two or
more factors known as variables.
A. operational definition
B. theory
C. hypothesis
D. correlation - ANSWER-C. hypothesis
___________ refers to the degree to which a study accurately reflects or assesses
the specific concept that the researcher is attempting to measure.
A. reliability
B. validity
C. sampling representativeness
D. predictability - ANSWER-B. validity
Which theoretical perspective would examine sports on the micro-level by focusing
on how day-to-day social behavior is shaped by the distinctive norms, values, and
demands of the world of sports? __________ perspective.
A. conflict
B. interactionist
C. microsociological
D. functionalist - ANSWER-B. interactionist
Unrecognized and uniintended consequences of the social structure are called
__________.
A. latent functions
B. manifest functions
C. malfunctions
D. dysfunctions - ANSWER-A. latent functions
