SOCS 185 TEST BANK FINAL 2026
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
◉ The process of simultaneously analyzing the behavior of individuals
and the society that shapes that behavior (or, the concept that the
individual and society are inseparable) is referred to as:
Select one:
a. Dynamic equilibrium
b. Latent functions
c. Dramaturgical analysis
d. Figuration. Answer: d. Figuration
◉ A cultural universal is _____.
Select one:
a. A pattern or trait common to all cultures
b. a pattern or trait common to all societies
c. The ideas, attitudes and beliefs of a particular society.
d. The ideas, attitudes and beliefs of a particular culture.. Answer: b. a
pattern or trait common to all societies
◉ Which of the following is an example of a cultural universal
,Select one:
a. Putting your cell phone on silent during a Broadway production
b. incest taboo
c. Marrying for love
d. Channel surfing. Answer: b. incest taboo
◉ Alienation is defined by the text as:
Select one:
a. The condition in which the individual is isolated and divorced from
his or her society, work, or sense of self.
b. Social forces considered real which exist outside the individual.
c. The act of defying social norms in favor of group unity
d. The strength of ties that people have to their social groups, was a key
factor in social life. Answer: a. The condition in which the individual is
isolated and divorced from his or her society, work, or sense of self.
◉ Which of the following is NOT an example of organic solidarity?
Select one:
a. A Ford Motors employee assembling taillights on an assembly line
b. A freelance artist creating a sculpture of Barack Obama
c. A fast-food employee putting burgers into their buns
,d. A toll-booth employee collecting toll change. Answer: b. A freelance
artist creating a sculpture of Barack Obama
◉ Society and culture _____.
Select one:
a. are one and the same
b. could not exist without each other
c. cannot exist together
d. are sometimes the same. Answer: b. could not exist without each other
◉ What group defines themselves through a rejection of the mainstream:
Select one:
a. Beatnicks
b. Hepcats
c. Hipsters
d. Hippies. Answer: c. Hipsters
◉ Political science teacher Mr. Jones asks his students to study how
social media can influence public opinion by "following" famous
activists, academics, and politicians on Twitter. While reading and
exchanging each other's Tweets, some classmates became close friends.
The first is an example of the project's ____ function, the second is an
example of the project's _____ function.
, Select one:
a. latent; manifest
b. manifest; manifest
c. manifest; latent
d. latent; latent. Answer: c. manifest; latent
◉ ____ societies relied on permanent tools for survival, and expanded
due to innovations such as crop rotation and fertilizer.
Select one:
a. Industrial
b. Feudal
c. Agricultural
d. Hunter-gatherer. Answer: c. Agricultural
◉ In 1999, Sean Fanning, John Fanning, and Sean Parker invented
Napster, a global, free-of-charge, peer-to-peer music sharing program.
Prior to Napster, no such program existed. The three men created _____.
Select one:
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
◉ The process of simultaneously analyzing the behavior of individuals
and the society that shapes that behavior (or, the concept that the
individual and society are inseparable) is referred to as:
Select one:
a. Dynamic equilibrium
b. Latent functions
c. Dramaturgical analysis
d. Figuration. Answer: d. Figuration
◉ A cultural universal is _____.
Select one:
a. A pattern or trait common to all cultures
b. a pattern or trait common to all societies
c. The ideas, attitudes and beliefs of a particular society.
d. The ideas, attitudes and beliefs of a particular culture.. Answer: b. a
pattern or trait common to all societies
◉ Which of the following is an example of a cultural universal
,Select one:
a. Putting your cell phone on silent during a Broadway production
b. incest taboo
c. Marrying for love
d. Channel surfing. Answer: b. incest taboo
◉ Alienation is defined by the text as:
Select one:
a. The condition in which the individual is isolated and divorced from
his or her society, work, or sense of self.
b. Social forces considered real which exist outside the individual.
c. The act of defying social norms in favor of group unity
d. The strength of ties that people have to their social groups, was a key
factor in social life. Answer: a. The condition in which the individual is
isolated and divorced from his or her society, work, or sense of self.
◉ Which of the following is NOT an example of organic solidarity?
Select one:
a. A Ford Motors employee assembling taillights on an assembly line
b. A freelance artist creating a sculpture of Barack Obama
c. A fast-food employee putting burgers into their buns
,d. A toll-booth employee collecting toll change. Answer: b. A freelance
artist creating a sculpture of Barack Obama
◉ Society and culture _____.
Select one:
a. are one and the same
b. could not exist without each other
c. cannot exist together
d. are sometimes the same. Answer: b. could not exist without each other
◉ What group defines themselves through a rejection of the mainstream:
Select one:
a. Beatnicks
b. Hepcats
c. Hipsters
d. Hippies. Answer: c. Hipsters
◉ Political science teacher Mr. Jones asks his students to study how
social media can influence public opinion by "following" famous
activists, academics, and politicians on Twitter. While reading and
exchanging each other's Tweets, some classmates became close friends.
The first is an example of the project's ____ function, the second is an
example of the project's _____ function.
, Select one:
a. latent; manifest
b. manifest; manifest
c. manifest; latent
d. latent; latent. Answer: c. manifest; latent
◉ ____ societies relied on permanent tools for survival, and expanded
due to innovations such as crop rotation and fertilizer.
Select one:
a. Industrial
b. Feudal
c. Agricultural
d. Hunter-gatherer. Answer: c. Agricultural
◉ In 1999, Sean Fanning, John Fanning, and Sean Parker invented
Napster, a global, free-of-charge, peer-to-peer music sharing program.
Prior to Napster, no such program existed. The three men created _____.
Select one:
