Introduction to Sociology
Midterm Exam spring 2023
Student name:
Student ID:
Multiple choice questions (1 mark each, total 30 marks):
1. A researcher decides to study depression and believes Durkheim's theory of integration and
anomie will help explain who is at risk of depression. Using Durkheim's theories, which of the
following would we expect the researcher to find?
a) People who don't have many close friends will be more depressed than people who have
several close friends
b) People living in small towns will suffer more depression than people living in large cities
c) First-year college students will be less likely to be depressed than second-year college students
d) All of the above
2. A researcher seeks to study changes in the class structure of Pakistan. How can
they distinguish between petite bourgeois and working class in the urban services
sector?
a) The employees whose workplace skills are valued higher can be categorized as petite
bourgeois and the employees whose workplace skills are valued lower can be categorized
as working class.
b) The employees who re tasked controlling and managing labor can be categorized as petite
bourgeois and the employees who are subject to control and management can be categorized
as the working class
c) The employees who get higher remuneration for their work can be categorized as petite
bourgeois and the employees get lower remuneration can be categorized as working
class.
d) A and B
e) B and C
e) All of the above
3. The development of the internet has led to the rapid rise of online communities and digital
forms of interaction. We are currently seeing many arguments about how people should
interact online; some people want more social rules about how we treat others online. This
period of rapid development of a new area of social life without defined rules for moral
behavior is best described as an example of:
a) Organic solidarity
b) Individualism
c) Anomie
d) The loss of psychological wages
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, 4. Which of the following is an advantage of audit studies?
a) They allow you to look at multiple characteristics and how they all interact to affect people
b) They allow you to focus on one characteristic and how it affects people
c) They take place in a lab environment
d) Both A and B
5. Why do scientists try to find evidence that our conclusions are wrong?
a) Because we can never be certain our claims are correct
b) Because it helps us have more confidence that our conclusions must be correct
c) To help us identify other possible causes for what we observed
d) All of the above
6) Which of the following factors is not an issue to consider when choosing a research design?
a) Quantitative research is usually preferable to qualitative research
b) Whether you can gain entry to a particular community
c) Your research skills
d) How much money you have to support the project
7) Which method involves carefully controlling the environment in order to study a
characteristic?
a) Qualitative research
b) Experiment
c) Quantitative research
d) Survey
8) You are studying the relationship between playing video games and how much children
enjoy reading books. Which research method would be most effective at helping you identify
whether there is a causal relationship between these two variables?
a) Content analysis
b) Participant observation
c) Experiment
d) Survey
9. Social structure influences an individual's access to valuable social resources. True or False?
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
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Midterm Exam spring 2023
Student name:
Student ID:
Multiple choice questions (1 mark each, total 30 marks):
1. A researcher decides to study depression and believes Durkheim's theory of integration and
anomie will help explain who is at risk of depression. Using Durkheim's theories, which of the
following would we expect the researcher to find?
a) People who don't have many close friends will be more depressed than people who have
several close friends
b) People living in small towns will suffer more depression than people living in large cities
c) First-year college students will be less likely to be depressed than second-year college students
d) All of the above
2. A researcher seeks to study changes in the class structure of Pakistan. How can
they distinguish between petite bourgeois and working class in the urban services
sector?
a) The employees whose workplace skills are valued higher can be categorized as petite
bourgeois and the employees whose workplace skills are valued lower can be categorized
as working class.
b) The employees who re tasked controlling and managing labor can be categorized as petite
bourgeois and the employees who are subject to control and management can be categorized
as the working class
c) The employees who get higher remuneration for their work can be categorized as petite
bourgeois and the employees get lower remuneration can be categorized as working
class.
d) A and B
e) B and C
e) All of the above
3. The development of the internet has led to the rapid rise of online communities and digital
forms of interaction. We are currently seeing many arguments about how people should
interact online; some people want more social rules about how we treat others online. This
period of rapid development of a new area of social life without defined rules for moral
behavior is best described as an example of:
a) Organic solidarity
b) Individualism
c) Anomie
d) The loss of psychological wages
1
, 4. Which of the following is an advantage of audit studies?
a) They allow you to look at multiple characteristics and how they all interact to affect people
b) They allow you to focus on one characteristic and how it affects people
c) They take place in a lab environment
d) Both A and B
5. Why do scientists try to find evidence that our conclusions are wrong?
a) Because we can never be certain our claims are correct
b) Because it helps us have more confidence that our conclusions must be correct
c) To help us identify other possible causes for what we observed
d) All of the above
6) Which of the following factors is not an issue to consider when choosing a research design?
a) Quantitative research is usually preferable to qualitative research
b) Whether you can gain entry to a particular community
c) Your research skills
d) How much money you have to support the project
7) Which method involves carefully controlling the environment in order to study a
characteristic?
a) Qualitative research
b) Experiment
c) Quantitative research
d) Survey
8) You are studying the relationship between playing video games and how much children
enjoy reading books. Which research method would be most effective at helping you identify
whether there is a causal relationship between these two variables?
a) Content analysis
b) Participant observation
c) Experiment
d) Survey
9. Social structure influences an individual's access to valuable social resources. True or False?
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
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