Sociology Final Exam QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A
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Sociology Final Exam QQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A
What does the sociological perspective show us about whom any individual chooses to marry? Correct Answer: The operation of society guides many of our personal choices
What does the symbolic interaction approach see society as? Correct Answ...
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Sociology Final Exam QQUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS RATED A
What does the sociological perspective show us about whom any individual
chooses to marry? Correct Answer: The operation of society guides many of our
personal choices
What does the symbolic interaction approach see society as? Correct Answer: A
product of the everyday interactions between individuals
What does the structural functional approach compare society to? Correct Answer:
An organism
What are three personal values of studying sociology? Correct Answer: Seeing the
opportunities and constraints in our lives. The fact that it is good preparation for a
number of careers. Becoming more active participants in society.
What does the social conflict approach draw attention to? Correct Answer:
Patterns of social inequality
Kingsley Davis's Study of Anna, the girl isolated for five years, shows what?
Correct Answer: Without social experience a child never develops personality.
Why is the family so important to the socialization process? Correct Answer:
Family members provide necessary care for infants and children. Families give
children social identity in terms of class, ethnicity, and religion. Parents greatly
affect a child's self-concept.
The self, according to Sigmund Freud, is comprised of what? Correct Answer: The
id, the ego, and the super ego
Most sociologists believe that Correct Answer: It is human nature for us to need
nurturance experience.
What is an example of a total institution? Correct Answer: Prison
, Ideas created by members of a society are part of what? Correct Answer:
Nonmaterial culture
Which theoretical approach focuses on the link between culture and social
inequality? Correct Answer: Social conflict theory
The human species has been successful on earth due to culture. Culture is made
possible because of our Correct Answer: Large brains
When Napoleon Chagnon went to live with the Yanomamo tribe in Venezuela
what did he experience Correct Answer: Culture shock
Ethel can't believe that the people of India will not eat hamburgers. This is what
she says, "No wonder they are starving. What is wrong with them!" What kind of
attitude is Ethel displaying? Correct Answer: Ethnocentrism
What concept defines who we are in relation to others? Correct Answer: Status
What is the meaning of "presentation of self"? Correct Answer: Efforts to create
impressions in the minds of others
What does the Thomas theorem state? Correct Answer: Situations defined as real
are real in their consequences.
Frank is attending the University of smarty-pants on a full football scholarship.
However he does not have enough time to study because he is spending so much
time practicing with the team. What type of dilemma is this? Correct Answer:
Role conflict
What is a status that you receive at birth or take on involuntarily later in life?
Correct Answer: Ascribed status
What is the name of a small social group whose members share personal and
lasting relationships? Correct Answer: Primary group
What is the name of a social group that someone uses as a point of reference in
making an evaluation or decision? Correct Answer: Reference group
What did the research of Solomon Asch illustrate? Correct Answer: Group
conformity
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