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Answer each of the following questions. Be sure to darken the appropriate answer
on the answer form and circle the appropriate answer on the hard copy of the test.
Also, be sure to put your name on both the answer form and the test, and turn
both in when you are finished. Good luck!
**1.From Conley, which definition best describes the practice of sociology?
a. the study of human society
b. a liberal manner of determining social status
c. the effect of globalization on capitalism
d. the study of the psychological effects of societal relationships
**2. As defined by C. Wright Mills, which of the following “enables us to grasp
history and biography and the relations between the two within society”?
a. formal sociology
b. sociological imagination
c. Microsociology
d. Macrosociology
**3. Charles H. Cooley argued that the “self” emerges from how an individual
interacts with others and then interprets those interactions. He calls this:
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a. the looking-glass self
b. the social self
c. the generalized other
d. the significant other
**4. Which of the following modern sociological theories grew from Durkheim’s
and others’ ideas that the best way to analyze society was to identify the roles
that different aspects or phenomena play in the overall structure of society?
a. Postmodernism
b. Feminism
c. conflict theory
d. Functionalism
**5. Which modern sociological theory examines how power relationships are
defined, shaped, and reproduced on the basis of gender differences?
a. Feminism
b. Functionalism
c. human sexuality
d. midrange theory
**6. In contrast to functionalism, which modern sociological theory borrows from
Marx’s belief that competition, not consensus, is the essential cause of social
change?
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a. conflict theory
b. Feminism
c. Postmodernism
d. midrange theory
**7 . Conflict theory holds that;
a. human social life is shaped by struggles among individuals and social groups.
b. orderly social life is extremely difficult to achieve.
c. social interaction inevitably leads to violence.
d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.
**8. Which of the following are prominent features of the last several million
years of hominid evolution (the evolution of human-like beings)?
a. the development of erect posture and bipedal locomotion
b. the increased development and reliance on tools
c. major increases in brain size, complexity and
capacity. d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.
**9. The symbols that humans use are distinct from the signs used by other
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species in that: a. symbols are productive and can take on a variety of
meanings.
b. the meaning of symbols are genetically fixed, while the meaning of signs is
learned
c. symbolic communication is always verbal and communication through
signs is always nonverbal.
d. b and c of the above
e. none of the above
SOCIOLOGY 34.001BBB INTRODUCTION TO
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SOCIOLOGY PRINCIPLES Exam 1 Questions And
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Answer each of the following questions. Be sure to darken the appropriate answer
on the answer form and circle the appropriate answer on the hard copy of the test.
Also, be sure to put your name on both the answer form and the test, and turn
both in when you are finished. Good luck!
**1.From Conley, which definition best describes the practice of sociology?
a. the study of human society
b. a liberal manner of determining social status
c. the effect of globalization on capitalism
d. the study of the psychological effects of societal relationships
**2. As defined by C. Wright Mills, which of the following “enables us to grasp
history and biography and the relations between the two within society”?
a. formal sociology
b. sociological imagination
c. Microsociology
d. Macrosociology
**3. Charles H. Cooley argued that the “self” emerges from how an individual
interacts with others and then interprets those interactions. He calls this:
SOCIOLOGY 34.001BBB INTRODUCTION TO
SOCIOLOGY PRINCIPLES Exam 1 Questions And
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,SOCIOLOGY 34.001BBB INTRODUCTION TO
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a. the looking-glass self
b. the social self
c. the generalized other
d. the significant other
**4. Which of the following modern sociological theories grew from Durkheim’s
and others’ ideas that the best way to analyze society was to identify the roles
that different aspects or phenomena play in the overall structure of society?
a. Postmodernism
b. Feminism
c. conflict theory
d. Functionalism
**5. Which modern sociological theory examines how power relationships are
defined, shaped, and reproduced on the basis of gender differences?
a. Feminism
b. Functionalism
c. human sexuality
d. midrange theory
**6. In contrast to functionalism, which modern sociological theory borrows from
Marx’s belief that competition, not consensus, is the essential cause of social
change?
SOCIOLOGY 34.001BBB INTRODUCTION TO
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,SOCIOLOGY 34.001BBB INTRODUCTION TO
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a. conflict theory
b. Feminism
c. Postmodernism
d. midrange theory
**7 . Conflict theory holds that;
a. human social life is shaped by struggles among individuals and social groups.
b. orderly social life is extremely difficult to achieve.
c. social interaction inevitably leads to violence.
d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.
**8. Which of the following are prominent features of the last several million
years of hominid evolution (the evolution of human-like beings)?
a. the development of erect posture and bipedal locomotion
b. the increased development and reliance on tools
c. major increases in brain size, complexity and
capacity. d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.
**9. The symbols that humans use are distinct from the signs used by other
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, SOCIOLOGY 34.001BBB INTRODUCTION TO
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species in that: a. symbols are productive and can take on a variety of
meanings.
b. the meaning of symbols are genetically fixed, while the meaning of signs is
learned
c. symbolic communication is always verbal and communication through
signs is always nonverbal.
d. b and c of the above
e. none of the above
SOCIOLOGY 34.001BBB INTRODUCTION TO
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