Sociology Final Test Prep (Straighterline)Introduction to Sociology Final Test Prep (Straighterline)Questions & Answers: Updated
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Sociology
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Straighterline
The women of Hull House are credited with using _________ as research procedures?
A. experiments and surveys
B. participant and nonparticipant observation
C. archival and comparative research methods
D. community case studies and demographic mapping
(Ans- D
Founded by Jane Addams and Ellen...
Introduction to Sociology Final Test Prep
(Straighterline)
The women of Hull House are credited with using _________ as research
procedures?
A. experiments and surveys
B. participant and nonparticipant observation
C. archival and comparative research methods
D. community case studies and demographic mapping
(Ans- D
. Founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr, the Hull House
A. promoted women's suffrage, stricter child-labor laws, and protection of
working women.
B. promoted civic, recreational, and education programs.
C. invented the research techniques of community case study and
demographic mapping.
D. All the above are correct.
(Ans- D
The "new breed" of sociologists of the 1960s and 1970s often
A. emphasized scientific objectivity in their work.
B. were actually major supporters of traditional sociology.
C. rejected the scientific neutrality view because it was insensitive to social
problems and human suffering.
D. despised the theoretical work of C. Wright Mills because they felt it was
too reactionary.
(Ans- C
Three theoretical frameworks that developed in contemporary sociology
include
,A. critical theory, feminism, and postmodernism.
B. feminism, functionalism, and neo localism.
C. critical theory, feminism, and posthumanism.
D. postmodernism, theoreticalism, and neoculturalism.
(Ans- A
. Critical theory
A. grew out of dissatisfaction with Marxism.
B. criticized sociology because it viewed individuals as passive and
helpless entities locked in social structures.
C. grew out of conflict theory.
D. All the above are correct.
(Ans- D
Feminism
A. is viewed as an intellectual movement in the humanities and social
sciences.
B. examines women's roles and experiences in society.
C. attempts to avoid theories developed through the experiences and
situation of women.
D. A and B are correct. (Ans- D
Postmodernism
A. is an intellectual view that suggests deep distrust of science and the
research principle of objectivity.
B. is no different from the views of critical theory.
C. assumes the modern period of history is an ongoing, never-ending
process.
D. supports the idea that we are entering an age dominated by a goods-
producing economy. (Ans- A
A tool that provides sociologists with a set of assumptions, concepts, and
statements about the relationship of various social phenomena is called
a(n)
A. hypothesis.
,B. experiment.
C. theoretical perspective.
D. social structure. (Ans- C
Which of the following is NOT a major theoretical perspective of sociology?
A. functionalism
B. conflict theory
C. interactionism
D. behaviorism (Ans- D
The _______ theoretical perspective of sociology views society as a
system.
A. functionalism
B. conflict theory
C. interactionism
D. behaviorism (Ans- A
The _______ theoretical perspective focuses on the "micro" or small-scale
aspects of social life.
A. functionalism
B. conflict theory
C. interactionism
D. behaviorism (Ans- C
The _______ theoretical perspective focuses on the concepts of wealth,
status, and power.
A. functionalism
B. conflict theory
C. interactionism
D. behaviorism (Ans- B
In answer to the question of how society is possible,
A. functionalists say that consensus regarding core values and norms is the
key.
, B. conflict theorists say that society is held together in the face of conflicting
interests.
C. interactionists say that society isn't possible; small groups are the only
reality holding people together.
D. A and B are correct. (Ans- D
Which of the following is a core assumption of symbolic interactionism?
A. People respond to elements in their environment on the basis of the
meanings attached to such elements.
B. Meaning attached to environmental elements develop from social
interaction.
C. Shared cultural meanings continually emerge and change.
D. All the above are correct. (Ans- D
Symbolic interactionists say that we experience the world as a(n)
__________ reality.
A. objective
B. experimental
C. constructed
D. solid (Ans- C
__________ is a general framework or perspective that provides an
explanation for a specific social phenomenon.
A. A research method
B. Theory
C. Science
D. Observation (Ans- B
Sociologists, like other scientists, assume that ________________
relationships dominate the universe.
A. cause-and-effect
B. primary and secondary
C. genetic
D. physical and psychological (Ans- A
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