SOCS185 Week 2 quiz 2018 (Culture and Society)

Question 1 2 / 2 pts (TCO 1) The sociological perspective _____. helps us assess the truth of “common sense” helps us see the opportunities and constraints in our lives empowers us to be active participants in our society helps us live in a diverse world All of the above Chapter 1 Question 2 0 / 2 pts (TCO 1) Social science includes _____. biology, astronomy, chemistry, and physics anthropology, sociology, astronomy, and psychology sociology, anthropology, economics, and political science history, psychology, geology, and political science sociology, entomology, botany, and psychology Lecture Question 3 2 / 2 pts (TCO 1) When Peter Berger characterized the sociological perspective as “seeing the general in the particular,” he meant that sociology allows us to _____. recognize that society has the same effect on all categories of people see that people in general are rather particular about their behaviors make generalizations about individuals’ particular habits see McArthur in his Jeep, Patton in his tank, or Bradley in his personnel carrier look for general patterns in the behavior of particular people Chapter 1 Question 4 2 / 2 pts (TCO 3) Of the major theoretical theories in sociology, which one views society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability? Social-solidarity theory Social-conflict theory Symbolic-interaction paradigm Structural-functional theory Fournickles-equalsa paradigm Chapter 1 Question 5 2 / 2 pts (TCO 3) Social _____ refers to any social pattern that may disrupt the operation of society. Dysfunctions Datfunctions Defunctions Unfunctions Conjunction Junction Chapter 1 Question 6 0 / 2 pts (TCO 2) Which is the term for the quality of measuring exactly what one intends to measure? Congruence Reliability Repeatability Precision Validity Chapter 1 Question 7 2 / 2 pts (TCO 2) Cause is to effect, as _____. independent variable is to dependent variable dependent variable is to independent variable clause is to affect variable is to constant fish is to bicycle Chapter 1 Question 8 2 / 2 pts (TCO 2) A statement of a possible relationship between two (or more) variables is called _____. a theory operationalization a conclusion a paradigm a hypothesis Chapter 1 Question 9 2 / 2 pts (TCO 2) All of the following are strategies for doing research EXCEPT _____. experiment the hellgrammite method survey participant observation existing sources Lecture Question 10 0 / 2 pts (TCO 2) A criticism of the symbolic-interaction approach is that it says little about how individuals actually experience society. wanted to colorize Casablanca. ignores the influence of factors such as culture, class, gender, and race. focuses too much on class. paints a very positive picture of society. Chapter 1 Question 11 (TCO 4) Which of the following is TRUE about humor? Humor cannot deal with topics that lend themselves to double meanings, as the joke becomes unclear. Humor is understood in the same fashion across cultures. Humor never challenges established social conventions. Humor is unrelated to human health. Humor is derived from the Latin humidus meaning moist or humid. Chapter 4 Question 12 (TCO 4) Learning that helps a person achieve a desired position is called _____. anticipatory socialization rehearsal socialization practice socialization training socialization prophylactic socialization Chapter 3 Question 13 (TCO 4) Claude Badly is an excellent lion tamer, but finds he cannot devote enough time to his family. Claude is experiencing _____. role conflict role strain role ambiguity role exit role in the hay Chapter 4 Question 14 (TCO 4) Pavlovian researcher Isabel Ringing is a daughter, mother, sister, friend, and tennis team member. Each of those represent Isabel’s _____. identity statuses role status structure role set Chapter 4 Question 15 (TCO 4) Shrimp merchant Sheldon Devane is the son of immigrants, and lives with his aunt and uncle while enrolled at a four-year university where he is studying to be a graphic artist. Which of the following is his achieved status? Graphic artist Male Son University student Nephew Chapter 4 Question 16 (TCO 3) Taxi cab driver Peacup Andropov maintains that human behavior results from learning and has no gentic component. His position is the fundamental opposite of _____. sociobiologists G. H. Mead interactionists social paychologists structural functionalists Chapter 2 Question 17 (TCO 3) The appearance of Harley-Davidson dealerships in China, or KFC franchises in Japan, is a sign of what aspect of culture? Innovation Diffusion Infusion Cultural relativism Cultural contamination Chapter 2 Question 18 (TCO 3) Norms for routine or casual interaction are called _____. folkways mores proscriptive norms prescriptive norms etiquette Lecture Question 19 (TCO 3) In sociology, a symbol is _____. an important part of any complete drum kit; best made by Zildjian. any word or phrase that carries meaning to a “receiver.” any gesture that carries meaning to a “receiver.” a verbal representation of the material or non-material culture anything that carries a particular meaning which is recognized by people who share a culture. Chapter 2 Question 20 (TCO 3) _____ is/are the ways of thinking, the ways of acting and the material objects that together form a people’s way of life. Society Ethnicity Artifacts Norms Culture