SOCY 1000 1 (MCCONNELL)
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QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ What changes when a third person joins a group to form a Triad?.
Answer: New group structures become possible (mediation, alliances, power
shifts)
◍ Generalizability.
Answer: What will research findings have when we are sure that most
people in the greater society will be doing the same things we saw those in
our sample doing?
◍ What is role definition like in a near-group?.
Answer: Roles are vague, individualized, and shift based on emotional needs
◍ What is network density?.
Answer: The degree to which members are directly connected to one another
◍ What is a Dyad?.
Answer: A group of two people
◍ What does Bourdieu mean by "Through taste, an agent has what he likes
because he likes what he has"?.
Answer: Preferences are shaped by social position; people internalize their
class-based tastes
◍ Embedded.
Answer: Bill / \ / \Pat --------- Jim \ / \ / Sue The relationship between Pat
and Jim, in the network shown above, is what, because of their ties to Bill
and Sue?
,◍ FALSE: Globalization is the highest level of analysis in sociology..
Answer: T/FSociety is the highest level of analysis in sociology.
◍ 1. White Coat Effect: people act differently when they are being observed 2.
Social Desirability Response: people answer in a way that they think the
researcher will approve of, or is socially desirable, but is not necessarily
true.
Answer: What are two reasons why research observations may not be valid?
◍ What characterizes second-level members?.
Answer: Participate based on temporary emotional needs
◍ Meaning.
Answer: What connects nonmaterial culture with material culture?
◍ FALSETylor wrote a book about primitive culture.
Answer: T/FMatthew Arnold had a higher regard for "primitive" cultures
than did Tylor.
◍ Who was Georg Simmel?.
Answer: A sociologist who studied how group size (number of people)
shapes social interaction.
◍ How does violence function in gangs?.
Answer: It creates reputation ("rep") and allows quick status mobility
◍ What is a tie?.
Answer: A connection between people defined by the reason for their
relationship within a network
◍ What do institutions provide to organizations?.
Answer: Objectives, tasks, boundaries, interconnections, and normative
meaning
◍ TRUE.
Answer: T/FPeople set up their lives in much the same way because of
institutions.
, ◍ Uniplex Tie.
Answer: When there is only one reason why two people have a relationship
within a social network, they have a what?
◍ Who argued that taste reflects social position?.
Answer: Pierre Bourdieu
◍ What is the "network theory of conversion"?.
Answer: The theory that conversion occurs through social relationships
rather than sudden personal revelation
◍ What is centrality in network analysis?.
Answer: A measure of how important or influential a person is within a
network
◍ What does a low density coefficient (e.g., < .1) indicate?.
Answer: Few direct ties; a sparse network
◍ How does Stark compare religious conversion to epidemics?.
Answer: Conversion spreads through person-to-person contact within social
networks, similar to disease transmission
◍ Why are social networks important in studying disease spread?.
Answer: Network structure affects how quickly and widely diseases (e.g.,
STDs) spread
◍ Who emphasized culture's role in global conflict and identity?.
Answer: David Inglis and John Hughson
◍ Why are central actors important in gang networks?.
Answer: They may influence behavior, facilitate information flow, or
connect subgroups
◍ How does McGloin's work relate to Lewis Yablonsky?.
Answer: Both challenge the idea of gangs as tightly organized groups and
emphasize fluid structure
◍ FALSE: An institution is abstract, organizations are concrete..
Answer: T/FAn institution and an organization are the same thing.
CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ What changes when a third person joins a group to form a Triad?.
Answer: New group structures become possible (mediation, alliances, power
shifts)
◍ Generalizability.
Answer: What will research findings have when we are sure that most
people in the greater society will be doing the same things we saw those in
our sample doing?
◍ What is role definition like in a near-group?.
Answer: Roles are vague, individualized, and shift based on emotional needs
◍ What is network density?.
Answer: The degree to which members are directly connected to one another
◍ What is a Dyad?.
Answer: A group of two people
◍ What does Bourdieu mean by "Through taste, an agent has what he likes
because he likes what he has"?.
Answer: Preferences are shaped by social position; people internalize their
class-based tastes
◍ Embedded.
Answer: Bill / \ / \Pat --------- Jim \ / \ / Sue The relationship between Pat
and Jim, in the network shown above, is what, because of their ties to Bill
and Sue?
,◍ FALSE: Globalization is the highest level of analysis in sociology..
Answer: T/FSociety is the highest level of analysis in sociology.
◍ 1. White Coat Effect: people act differently when they are being observed 2.
Social Desirability Response: people answer in a way that they think the
researcher will approve of, or is socially desirable, but is not necessarily
true.
Answer: What are two reasons why research observations may not be valid?
◍ What characterizes second-level members?.
Answer: Participate based on temporary emotional needs
◍ Meaning.
Answer: What connects nonmaterial culture with material culture?
◍ FALSETylor wrote a book about primitive culture.
Answer: T/FMatthew Arnold had a higher regard for "primitive" cultures
than did Tylor.
◍ Who was Georg Simmel?.
Answer: A sociologist who studied how group size (number of people)
shapes social interaction.
◍ How does violence function in gangs?.
Answer: It creates reputation ("rep") and allows quick status mobility
◍ What is a tie?.
Answer: A connection between people defined by the reason for their
relationship within a network
◍ What do institutions provide to organizations?.
Answer: Objectives, tasks, boundaries, interconnections, and normative
meaning
◍ TRUE.
Answer: T/FPeople set up their lives in much the same way because of
institutions.
, ◍ Uniplex Tie.
Answer: When there is only one reason why two people have a relationship
within a social network, they have a what?
◍ Who argued that taste reflects social position?.
Answer: Pierre Bourdieu
◍ What is the "network theory of conversion"?.
Answer: The theory that conversion occurs through social relationships
rather than sudden personal revelation
◍ What is centrality in network analysis?.
Answer: A measure of how important or influential a person is within a
network
◍ What does a low density coefficient (e.g., < .1) indicate?.
Answer: Few direct ties; a sparse network
◍ How does Stark compare religious conversion to epidemics?.
Answer: Conversion spreads through person-to-person contact within social
networks, similar to disease transmission
◍ Why are social networks important in studying disease spread?.
Answer: Network structure affects how quickly and widely diseases (e.g.,
STDs) spread
◍ Who emphasized culture's role in global conflict and identity?.
Answer: David Inglis and John Hughson
◍ Why are central actors important in gang networks?.
Answer: They may influence behavior, facilitate information flow, or
connect subgroups
◍ How does McGloin's work relate to Lewis Yablonsky?.
Answer: Both challenge the idea of gangs as tightly organized groups and
emphasize fluid structure
◍ FALSE: An institution is abstract, organizations are concrete..
Answer: T/FAn institution and an organization are the same thing.
