Sophia Intro to Sociology Milestone 1 2022 EXAM PACK

Sophia Intro to Sociology Milestone 1 Which of the following theoretical approaches analyzes how racial conflicts affect society? Gender conflict theory Race conflict theory Social conflict theory Symbolic interaction theory CONCEPT Race Conflict Theory __________ research emphasizes the need for the researcher to be as objective as possible. Gynocentric Value-free research Verstehen Value-relevant research CONCEPT Conducting Sociological Research Jackie uses graphs and charts to present data on obesity in the United States. She creates a chart showing the increasing number of children who are obese, as well as the mean, median, and mode weights. The type of data Jackie presents on the chart is called __________ statistics. spurious qualitative descriptive inferential CONCEPT Statistics Which of the following statements best describes symbolic interaction theory? The meanings of situations, of people, and of society, are created through social interaction. Symbolic meanings are shared when we talk to each other. Patterns of interaction, when repeated, develop into social institutions. All of the answer choices are correct. CONCEPT Symbolic Interaction Theory Research that is focused on quantitative data is often referred to as __________ sociology. theoretical positivist philosophical metaphysical CONCEPT Auguste Comte and Positivism Which of the following sociologists argued that sociological research should examine the subjective or interpretive meaning of human behavior? Max Weber Karl Marx Robert Merton Emile Durkheim CONCEPT Qualitative Research Shopping and consumer spending are an important part of the U.S. economy. A sociologist who takes the functional approach would note that shopping and consumer spending serve important functions in American society. When considering shopping malls, the functional approach would indicate that a manifest function of malls is to enable purchases of necessary goods (e.g., clothing and household items). Which of the following is an example of a social dysfunction of shopping malls? Purchasing clothing and household items Serving as a place for teens to get together Purchasing entertainment The development of "shopaholics" — people who go into debt due to over-spending. CONCEPT Structural Functionalism: Manifest and Latent Functions A __________ orientation is adopted to study large-scale social patterns. value-free micro-level macro-level value-relevant CONCEPT Sociological Theory Which of the following approaches emphasizes issues that arise due to differences between races? Symbolic interaction theory Social conflict theory Power elite theory Structural functional theory CONCEPT Social Conflict Theory 10 Which of the following describes gender conflict theory? Society places men in positions of power over women. Society places men and women in positions of equal power. Society places women in positions of power over men. CONCEPT Gender Conflict Theory 11 What is the difference between a social structure and a social function? A social structure is a stable, routine pattern of interaction. A social function is any act or process that contributes to the maintenance of a social system. A social structure is a complex and interconnected machine. A social function is any act that contributes to the maintenance of a social system. A social function is a stable, routine pattern of interaction. A social structure is any act or process that contributes to the maintenance of a social system. A social function is a complex and interconnected machine. A social structure is any act that contributes to the maintenance of a social system. CONCEPT Structural Functional Theory Your friend, Fred, asserts that to ensure peace in the United States, we must establish peace in other nations. This is an example of which of the following? Global perspective Micro-level orientation Sociological perspective Sociological imagination CONCEPT Sociology and Sociological and Global Perspectives Defined Steven is researching the effects of text messaging, Facebook, and the Internet on dating on college campuses. He interviews 20 college men and three college women, and writes a report. Steven's findings could be critiqued because of which of the following? Interference Androcentricity Gynocentricity Gender blindness CONCEPT Gender and Research When evaluating sources, it is important to look for evidence of __________, such as expertise and advanced degrees. authority skills information biases CONCEPT Evaluating Sources Measuring the same concept in different ways is unlikely to produce __________. validity data reliability results CONCEPT Measurement A(n) __________ is a research method that assesses whether there is a cause-and-effect relationship. survey experiment interview secondary source CONCEPT Research Methods Which of the following sociologists used open-ended questions to research participants' experiences of racism in modern American society? W.E.B. Du Bois William Foot Whyte Lois Benjamin Max Weber CONCEPT Research Methods: Examples The concept known as the sociological imagination was developed by which of the following sociologists? Karl Marx C. Wright Mills Emile Durkheim Herbert Spencer CONCEPT The Sociological Imagination Which of the following was one of researcher Philip Zimbardo's key findings in the Stanford Prison Experiment? The social conditions and structures in the prison led to violence. The personalities of individual guards and prisoners led to violence. Research does not have the potential to harm the physical and mental well-being of participants. Violence was inevitable, and the prison institution had nothing to do with it.