INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY EXAM
ASSESSMENT 2025/2025
The theorists most likely to view the law as an instrument of oppression wielded by
the powerful in order to maintain their privileged position in society are:
Symbolic Interactionists
Conflict Theorists
Functional Theorists
Subcultural Theorists (CORRECT ANSWER)Conflict Theorists
According to your class text, many important social thinkers were excluded from the
mainstream sociological perspective because they were
_____________________________.
too progressive
young and inexperienced
uneducated
women or racial minorities (CORRECT ANSWER)women or racial minorities
The failure to proportionalize and be able to fully understand numerical and statistical
implications is referred to as ___________________________.
innumeracy
number laundering
politics
fake news (CORRECT ANSWER)innumeracy
_________________________________ is the study of how people make sense of
the actions and interactions of others.
Sociology
Psychology
Methodology
Ethnomethodology (CORRECT ANSWER)Ethnomethodology
,According to the Sociological Imagination, sociologists should always analyze
______________________________ when examining a given social phenomenon.
personal tribulations
power and control
individual character traits
cohort effects over time (CORRECT ANSWER)power and control
"The reason that gender segregation of occupations exists is because it works. Apart
from fairness - which is another question - work has to be divided among the
population somehow. Division of labor by sex/gender is the way that people around
the world have chosen to do so throughout history." Such a statement is most likely
to be made by which type of theorist?
Structural Functionalist
Conflict Theorist
Symbolic Interactionist
Gender Theorist (CORRECT ANSWER)Structural Functionalist
__________________________ is the field of social science that examines human
behavior in the collective as it is formulated and maintained through interaction.
Sociology
Psychology
Political science
Anthropology (CORRECT ANSWER)Sociology
Holding open doors and shaking hands when you meet a new person are examples
of:
laws
folkways
mores
values (CORRECT ANSWER)folkways
A _____________________ is a trial run study in which only a small group of people
participate.
,pilot study
random survey
population survey
quantitative study (CORRECT ANSWER)pilot study
____________________________ are developing countries that have recently
become more industrialized.
Emerging economies
Democratic economies
Capitalist economies
Agrarian economies (CORRECT ANSWER)Emerging economies
___________________________________ refers to a shift in economies toward the
use of machine-based production and non-human power sources.
colonialism
industrialization
socialism
modernization (CORRECT ANSWER)industrialization
The Symbolic Interactionist perspective:
is more useful for macro than for micro issues
is sometimes criticized for for neglecting the importance of symbols
focuses on how people understand and interpret their social lives through shared
meanings and interactions with others
is often criticized as seeing all the interactions as conflictual, thus ignoring harmony
(CORRECT ANSWER)focuses on how people understand and interpret their social
lives through shared meanings and interactions with others
In examining racial and ethnic discrimination, structural functionalist theorists might
point out that:
Minorities are able to incite social change through protest.
, Elites are statistically more likely to be white because Blacks and other minorities
have been denied access to resources like jobs and equal pay.
In its earliest years, the economy of the US was built on the forced labor of enslaved
persons.
The ways in which Americans have defined race as a social construct have had
lasting impact on how minorities are treated in American society. (CORRECT
ANSWER)In its earliest years, the economy of the US was built on the forced labor
of enslaved persons.
The values, norms, and material goods that characterize a given society are called
____________________.
social structure
institutions
culture
statuses (CORRECT ANSWER)culture
One main goal of the Sociological Imagination is that it helps people see that:
our individual biographies intersect with history
our public issues are actually private troubles
people feel trapped by their social lives
sociology is the discipline that combines political science, economic, and history
(CORRECT ANSWER)our individual biographies intersect with history
When Structural Functionalists examine the absence of rules and norms as the
aftermath of sudden social change, they are examining instances of
________________.
societal disruption
public protests
anomie
false consciousness (CORRECT ANSWER)anomie
"I am what I think you think I am" is a simplified explanation of this theoretical model
of identity formation:
dramaturgy
ASSESSMENT 2025/2025
The theorists most likely to view the law as an instrument of oppression wielded by
the powerful in order to maintain their privileged position in society are:
Symbolic Interactionists
Conflict Theorists
Functional Theorists
Subcultural Theorists (CORRECT ANSWER)Conflict Theorists
According to your class text, many important social thinkers were excluded from the
mainstream sociological perspective because they were
_____________________________.
too progressive
young and inexperienced
uneducated
women or racial minorities (CORRECT ANSWER)women or racial minorities
The failure to proportionalize and be able to fully understand numerical and statistical
implications is referred to as ___________________________.
innumeracy
number laundering
politics
fake news (CORRECT ANSWER)innumeracy
_________________________________ is the study of how people make sense of
the actions and interactions of others.
Sociology
Psychology
Methodology
Ethnomethodology (CORRECT ANSWER)Ethnomethodology
,According to the Sociological Imagination, sociologists should always analyze
______________________________ when examining a given social phenomenon.
personal tribulations
power and control
individual character traits
cohort effects over time (CORRECT ANSWER)power and control
"The reason that gender segregation of occupations exists is because it works. Apart
from fairness - which is another question - work has to be divided among the
population somehow. Division of labor by sex/gender is the way that people around
the world have chosen to do so throughout history." Such a statement is most likely
to be made by which type of theorist?
Structural Functionalist
Conflict Theorist
Symbolic Interactionist
Gender Theorist (CORRECT ANSWER)Structural Functionalist
__________________________ is the field of social science that examines human
behavior in the collective as it is formulated and maintained through interaction.
Sociology
Psychology
Political science
Anthropology (CORRECT ANSWER)Sociology
Holding open doors and shaking hands when you meet a new person are examples
of:
laws
folkways
mores
values (CORRECT ANSWER)folkways
A _____________________ is a trial run study in which only a small group of people
participate.
,pilot study
random survey
population survey
quantitative study (CORRECT ANSWER)pilot study
____________________________ are developing countries that have recently
become more industrialized.
Emerging economies
Democratic economies
Capitalist economies
Agrarian economies (CORRECT ANSWER)Emerging economies
___________________________________ refers to a shift in economies toward the
use of machine-based production and non-human power sources.
colonialism
industrialization
socialism
modernization (CORRECT ANSWER)industrialization
The Symbolic Interactionist perspective:
is more useful for macro than for micro issues
is sometimes criticized for for neglecting the importance of symbols
focuses on how people understand and interpret their social lives through shared
meanings and interactions with others
is often criticized as seeing all the interactions as conflictual, thus ignoring harmony
(CORRECT ANSWER)focuses on how people understand and interpret their social
lives through shared meanings and interactions with others
In examining racial and ethnic discrimination, structural functionalist theorists might
point out that:
Minorities are able to incite social change through protest.
, Elites are statistically more likely to be white because Blacks and other minorities
have been denied access to resources like jobs and equal pay.
In its earliest years, the economy of the US was built on the forced labor of enslaved
persons.
The ways in which Americans have defined race as a social construct have had
lasting impact on how minorities are treated in American society. (CORRECT
ANSWER)In its earliest years, the economy of the US was built on the forced labor
of enslaved persons.
The values, norms, and material goods that characterize a given society are called
____________________.
social structure
institutions
culture
statuses (CORRECT ANSWER)culture
One main goal of the Sociological Imagination is that it helps people see that:
our individual biographies intersect with history
our public issues are actually private troubles
people feel trapped by their social lives
sociology is the discipline that combines political science, economic, and history
(CORRECT ANSWER)our individual biographies intersect with history
When Structural Functionalists examine the absence of rules and norms as the
aftermath of sudden social change, they are examining instances of
________________.
societal disruption
public protests
anomie
false consciousness (CORRECT ANSWER)anomie
"I am what I think you think I am" is a simplified explanation of this theoretical model
of identity formation:
dramaturgy
