STRAIGHTERLINE INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY SOC 101 GRADED EXAM 2 - MARCH 2022

• SOC101_MH_V5 • Topic 7: Social Stratification Started on Saturday, March 5, 2022, 8:57 PM State Finished Completed on Saturday, March 5, 2022, 9:35 PM Time taken 37 mins 44 secs Points 116.68/125.01 Grade 116.67 out of 125.00 (93%) Question 1 Correct 4.18 points out of 4.18 Flag question Question text The relative importance of cultural and biological factors in the socialization process is referred to as the debate over Select one: a. nature versus nurture. b. role versus status. c. manifest versus latent functions. d. sociobiology versus biosociology. Question 2 Correct 4.18 points out of 4.18 Flag question Question text Organized religion and government have impacted the life course by reinstituting some of the ______ once observed in agricultural communities and early industrial societies. Select one: a. beliefs b. folkways c. informal norms d. rites of passage Question 3 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text The analysis of Isabelle is important because it emphasizes the relevance of Select one: a. twin studies in sociology and psychology. b. the consistency of the developmental processes. c. the sensorimotor stage of development. d. social interaction in human development. Question 4 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Studies of identical twins have Select one: a. proved conclusively the importance of biological factors in human development. b. proved conclusively the importance of environmental factors in human development. c. proved conclusively that human development is a result of the interaction between environmental and biological factors. d. been based on extremely small samples and should be viewed as preliminary analyses at best. Question 5 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text An inmate enters prison and is stripped of her clothing and advised that from this point on she will be referred to only by number. This is an example of Select one: a. anticipatory socialization. b. a rite of passage. c. a degradation ceremony. d. ascription. Question 6 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Areas where older Americans congregate and that gradually become informal centers for senior citizens are known as Select one: a. retirement communities. b. naturally occurring retirement communities. c. nursing homes. d. assisted living communities. Question 7 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Which of the following is an example of a formal organization? Select one: a. a community college basketball team b. the people in a New York City subway car c. the General Motors Corporation d. the local kids' swim team Question 8 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text A(n) ________ is any number of people with similar norms, values, and expectations who regularly and consciously interact. Select one: a. group b. negotiation team c. organic solidarity d. aggregate Question 9 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text A bureaucracy is a(n) Select one: a. two-member group. b. small group in which there is little intimacy or mutual understanding and in which relationships are impersonal. c. organization established on the basis of common interest whose members volunteer or even pay to participate. d. component of a formal organization that uses rules and hierarchical ranking to achieve efficiency. Question 10 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Which type of group is most important for socialization? Select one: a. primary groups b. coalitions c. out-groups d. secondary groups Question 11 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Which of the following is a characteristic of a secondary group? Select one: a. They are generally small. b. Relationships are generally superficial. c. The dynamic is cooperative and friendly. d. The interaction is intimate and usually a face-to-face association. Question 12 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text A master status is a Select one: a. category used by sociologists for any of the full range of socially defined positions within a large group or society. b. social position attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts. c. status that dominates others and thereby determines a person's general position within society. d. series of social relationships linking a person directly to others and therefore indirectly to still more people. Question 13 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Which medium experiences the least amount of gatekeeping? Select one: a. television b. radio c. the Internet d. publishing Question 14 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text The complex issues of censorship can be considered to be an illustration of Select one: a. social capital. b. material culture. c. culture lag. d. nonmaterial culture. Question 15 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Media advertising contributes to a Select one: a. consumer culture. b. counter culture. c. nonmaterial culture. d. hierarchy culture. Question 16 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Which of the following statements is true? Select one: a. The narcotizing dysfunction of the media was identified in the 1980s after the deluge of cable news programming. b. Massive amounts of information tend to excite audiences. c. The numbing effect of the narcotizing dysfunction may prevent people from taking action in response to compelling issues. d. The term narcotizing dysfunction was created by feminist scholars. Question 17 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Who predicted nearly 60 years ago that the rise of electronic media would create a "global village," thereby reducing the barriers created by physical distance? Select one: a. Erving Goffman b. Vivian Gornick c. Darnell Hunt d. Marshall McLuhan Question 18 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text A new sort of ________ is emerging online: communities developing around common interests or shared identities. Select one: a. interactive niche b. tribalism c. online nest d. identity cell Question 19 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Crime is a violation of Select one: a. criminal law for which formal penalties are applied by some governmental authority. b. societal standards and is punished with informal sanctions. c. informal norms that are sanctioned with stigmas. d. normative behaviors that are considered by society to be proper conduct. Question 20 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Which of the following terms refers to going along with one's peers, with peers defined as individuals of a person's own status who have no special right to direct that person's behavior? Select one: a. labeling b. conformity c. deviance d. obedience Question 21 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Social control carried out by authorized agents—such as police officers, judges, school administrators, and employers—is called Select one: a. neutralization. b. conformity. c. informal social control. d. formal social control. Question 22 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text The term social control refers to Select one: a. justifications for deviant behavior. b. penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm. c. techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society. d. behavior that violates the norms of a group. Question 23 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Jennifer is attending a business luncheon with several corporate executives. At one point during the meal, she reaches in front of another executive for a saltshaker and hits the executive's arm as he is about to put a spoonful of soup in his mouth. The soup spills on his shirt, and he glares at Jennifer. The glare is an example of a(n) Select one: a. norm. b. folkway. c. formal sanction. d. informal sanction. Question 24 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text The societal-reaction approach is also known as Select one: a. the human relations approach. b. the anomie theory of deviance. c. labeling theory. d. the dramaturgical approach. Question 25 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Which sociological perspective argues that competition for scarce resources results in significant political, economic, and social inequality? Select one: a. functionalist perspective b. conflict perspective c. interactionist perspective d. feminist perspective Question 26 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Max Weber referred to people's opportunities to provide themselves with material goods, positive living conditions, and favorable experiences as Select one: a. power. b. wealth. c. life chances. d. status. Question 27 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Which sociological perspective suggests that the higher rates of poverty among single mothers are due to the difficulty women have finding affordable child care, to sexual harassment, and to sex discrimination in the labor market? Select one: a. functionalist perspective b. conflict perspective c. interactionist perspective d. global perspective Question 28 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text A stratification system that implies that the position of each individual is influenced by the person's achieved status is referred to as a(n) Select one: a. open stratification system. b. closed stratification system. c. egalitarian class system. d. fractured class system. Question 29 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text In sociologist Daniel Rossides's model of the class system of the U.S., which social class contains the smallest portion of the population? Select one: a. lower class b. lower-middle class c. working class d. upper class Question 30 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text An 83-year-old woman is placed at a small table in a dark corner of a trendy nightclub and is ignored by the staff. Her shoddy treatment is probably due to her age, which is a(n) ________ status. Select one: a. ascribed b. achieved c. horizontal d. structural