Introduction to Sociology (Final Exam)
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Norms are ✔✔Social rules that specify appropriate behavior in a given situation
Achieved status is a social position ✔✔That individuals secure on the basis of choice and
competition
A subculture is ✔✔A group whose members participate in the main culture of a society, while
simultaneously sharing a number of unique values, norms, traditions, and lifestyles
Any violation of norms, whether good or bad is called ✔✔Deviance
A condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth, prestige, or power
is called ✔✔Social inequality
Some elements of our society are socially constructed such as the social institutions, formal
organizations, and bureaucracies. Which of the following is not a social construction? ✔✔Ethnic
groups
,Gender groups
Racial groups
All of the above are social constructions
A society is ✔✔A group of people who live within the same territory and share a common
culture
Sociologists such as George Herbert Mead, Erving Goffman, and Charles Horton Cooley
believed that the development of the self - what makes us unique - is a result of ✔✔Our
interaction with others
If a person refuses to hire members of a particular ethnic group not because of a personal dislike
of that ethnic group, but because he or she fear business clients will go elsewhere, this is
✔✔Discrimination without prejudice
Mores are ✔✔Norms to which people attach a good deal of importance and expect strict
conformity
, Which of the following is NOT, by sociologists, regarded as a characteristic of a minority group?
✔✔There are fewer of them than there are members of the dominant group
Ethnocentrism refers to ✔✔Belief that one's culture is "the best"; therefore, will tend to judge the
behaviors of other groups by the standards of one's own culture
Socialization is the process ✔✔Of social interaction by which people acquire the knowledge,
values, and behaviors essential for effective participation in society.
A key element in sociological imagination is the ability to view one's society ✔✔As an outsider
Which term is used to refer to the principle instruments/means whereby the essential tasks
(functional prerequisites) of living are organized, directed, and executed? ✔✔Social institutions
A proposition that can be tested to determine its validity is known as a ✔✔Hypothesis
Social constructs and social definitions ✔✔Imply that meanings are produced in social
interactions
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Norms are ✔✔Social rules that specify appropriate behavior in a given situation
Achieved status is a social position ✔✔That individuals secure on the basis of choice and
competition
A subculture is ✔✔A group whose members participate in the main culture of a society, while
simultaneously sharing a number of unique values, norms, traditions, and lifestyles
Any violation of norms, whether good or bad is called ✔✔Deviance
A condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth, prestige, or power
is called ✔✔Social inequality
Some elements of our society are socially constructed such as the social institutions, formal
organizations, and bureaucracies. Which of the following is not a social construction? ✔✔Ethnic
groups
,Gender groups
Racial groups
All of the above are social constructions
A society is ✔✔A group of people who live within the same territory and share a common
culture
Sociologists such as George Herbert Mead, Erving Goffman, and Charles Horton Cooley
believed that the development of the self - what makes us unique - is a result of ✔✔Our
interaction with others
If a person refuses to hire members of a particular ethnic group not because of a personal dislike
of that ethnic group, but because he or she fear business clients will go elsewhere, this is
✔✔Discrimination without prejudice
Mores are ✔✔Norms to which people attach a good deal of importance and expect strict
conformity
, Which of the following is NOT, by sociologists, regarded as a characteristic of a minority group?
✔✔There are fewer of them than there are members of the dominant group
Ethnocentrism refers to ✔✔Belief that one's culture is "the best"; therefore, will tend to judge the
behaviors of other groups by the standards of one's own culture
Socialization is the process ✔✔Of social interaction by which people acquire the knowledge,
values, and behaviors essential for effective participation in society.
A key element in sociological imagination is the ability to view one's society ✔✔As an outsider
Which term is used to refer to the principle instruments/means whereby the essential tasks
(functional prerequisites) of living are organized, directed, and executed? ✔✔Social institutions
A proposition that can be tested to determine its validity is known as a ✔✔Hypothesis
Social constructs and social definitions ✔✔Imply that meanings are produced in social
interactions
