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SOCL 2001 Final Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers 2024 New Update Which perspective claims that crime and deviance should be understood in terms of what they contribute to society? - Answer- structural functionalism Surveys and interviews are a form of data collection that uses ______. ...

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Which perspective claims that crime and deviance should be understood in terms of
what they contribute to society? - Answer- structural functionalism

Surveys and interviews are a form of data collection that uses ______. - Answer-
questions

What is a sociologist doing when she makes a good generalization? - Answer- pointing
out social patterns

A young woman graduates high school and moves out of her parent's house in order to
attend college. While there, she learns how to cook, do laundry, and pay her own bills,
none of which she did while living at home. This is an example of ______. - Answer-
resocialization

Ali talks about his bipolar disorder as if it is just one part of who he is, NOT something to
hide or be embarrassed about. Ali is managing a visible stigma. - Answer- False

Leo didn't want his coworkers at the construction site to know he was married to a man,
so he told them he was married to his high school sweetheart and they had two kids.
Which stigma management technique did Leo use? - Answer- fabrication

When Anita arrived to class the first day, she noticed that most students chose seats in
the back of the room. She assumed they didn't want to be asked to interact in class.
Goffman calls this defining the situation. - Answer- True

According to Karl Marx, when a working-class person understands the upper class's use
of exploitation, they can achieve ______. - Answer- true consciousness

A researcher is conducting a study about the work nurses do on a daily basis. The
researcher enters the names of all nurses working at a hospital into a computer
program that automatically chooses 25 for interviews. This demonstrates ______ -
Answer- random sampling

Qualitative methods rely on ______, while quantitative methods rely primarily on
______. - Answer- words and images; numbers

,According to Durkheim, anomie occurs when the bonds between society and the
individuals become firmly interconnected. - Answer- False

To produce food and goods, an industrial society relies on the use of ______. - Answer-
technology

Interviewing several people at a time is a ______. - Answer- focus group

Amanda was diligent in making sure her research results were trustworthy, so she
double checked her research methods to make sure they consistently measured
responses accurately. Amanda was concerned with ______. - Answer- validity

A woman sees evidence of ageism at work. Which action would be in line with the
second core commitment of sociology? - Answer- The woman should report the
incidences and actively discourage discrimination.

How do social roles develop? - Answer- People use different social roles throughout
each day based on different social expectations.

Many 19thcentury theories focused on ______ as the main cause for deviant behavior
and crimes. - Answer- biological abnormalities

A couple notices a homeless man begging for money. Which of these actions would be
in line with the second core commitment of sociology? - Answer- The couple should try
to reduce homelessness by addressing the larger trends that cause it.

Which of these is an example of a visible stigma? - Answer- facial disfigurement

Emile Durkheim defined mechanical solidarity as individuals doing similar types of jobs.
Organic solidarity differs in that these societies include members who ______. -
Answer- are interdependent on one another

How can the study of sociology benefit individuals and society? - Answer- Sociology can
help people distinguish between good information and fake news.

What is a dysfunction of religion? - Answer- promoting exclusion

What are the characteristics of a subculture? Provide an example using high school as
the culture. - Answer- They are a group of people within another culture that
differentiates itself. They develop their own norms and values that differ such as political
or sexual matters. An example of a subculture in high school may be the group of the
popular kids. This group differentiates itself in a way that they have more money, they
may dress nicer and most likely the popular kids. They have norms and values that they
believe they need to hold to their highest standard which can differentiate them.

, Individuals who are constantly asking friends if they look okay are exhibiting ______
behavior. - Answer- self-conscious

Roger really wanted Maoira to like him, even though she knew he had been
incarcerated when he was younger. So he told her about the work he was doing at the
prison to help rehabilitate the inmates, including teaching reading and offering advice.
What compensatory strategy was Roger using? - Answer- individuating information

A group of close friends have devised their own set of hand signals to communicate
with each other without anyone else understanding. How would sociologists explain
this? - Answer- The group is communicating with socially constructed meanings.

Patriotic music, fireworks, and picnics represent Independence Day in the United
States. These are examples of ______. - Answer- symbols

Research that can be replicated producing the same results is said to be reliable. -
Answer- True

Those who are labeled deviant, or risk being labeled deviant, often engage in
techniques of neutralization. - Answer- True

When Toma was arrested for releasing all the animals from a lab that was using them
for research, she told the judge she didn't do anything wrong, and that the lab was the
criminal. What technique of neutralization was Toma using? - Answer- appeal to higher
loyalties

When sociological findings diverge from the dominant theoretical explanation, then the
______. - Answer- theory needs to be adjusted

A factor that can create a negative socialization experience for a child in school is
______. - Answer- skin color

According to symbolic interactionists, society is a social construction. - Answer- True

A belief is defined as ______. - Answer- accepting that something is true

When August Comte gave sociology its name, he envisioned a discipline that would
help people understand their current place in society. - Answer- False

Social intelligence is the ability to understand social relationships and act accordingly. -
Answer- True

What research element is the most essential to sociologists? - Answer- data collection

The role of scientific research in the field of sociology is to ______. - Answer- explain
the mechanisms of society

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