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SOCIOLOGY STRAIGHTERLINE FINAL EXAM 2024 | EXAM WITH ALL FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS AND STUDY GUIDE PLUS SUMMARIZED INSTRUCTOR NOTES | EXPERT VERIFIED FOR GUARANTEED PASS

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SOCIOLOGY STRAIGHTERLINE FINAL EXAM 2024 | EXAM
WITH ALL FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS AND STUDY
GUIDE PLUS SUMMARIZED INSTRUCTOR NOTES | EXPERT
VERIFIED FOR GUARANTEED PASS
It is parent-teacher conference day at Littleton Elementary School. Jimmy's teacher is anxious to
meet his parents and discuss his habit of disrupting the class. When the teacher expresses her
concern that Jimmy is not being socialized properly, his dad insists that he was the same way at
Jimmy's age and that disrupting the class is natural for the children in his family. Jimmy's teacher
and father are arguing about which fundamental sociological theory?

a. Kohlberg's theory of Moral Development
b. George Herbert Mead's theory of self-development
c. Nature vs. Nurture
d. Freud's theory of self-development
Nature vs. Nurture
Parents often socialize their children to:

a. Understand and follow different norms from what they themselves follow
b. Understand and follow the same norms that they themselves follow
c. Ignore society and create their own norms and follow them regardless of consequences
d. Ignore society and live alone without much interaction with other people
Understand and follow the same norms that they themselves follow
Education is important to society because:

a. It teaches children facts about the world in which they live.
b. It teaches children how to interact with their peers and helps them to gain social graces.
c. It teaches children how to react to authority and how to behave in group and one-on-one
situations.
d. All of the above
All
The transition from college life to work life can be quite difficult for many young adults in the
United States. Which is a possible cause for this struggle?

a. The status quo has been maintained for a substantial period of time, and now the economy and
government are undergoing significant changes.
b. Many young people are in the same situation, so drawing expertise or knowledge from their
experiences from peers is difficult.
c. Finding a job, renting an apartment, and being independent is a daunting task that seems

,insurmountable.
d. All of the above
All
Sherry is in her mid-eighties and is moving to a nursing home. She is used to getting up at 5
o'clock each morning and making breakfast for herself. Her new roommate likes to sleep until 7
o'clock and breakfast is not served at the nursing home until 8 o'clock. What is Sherry most
likely to experience through this transition?

a. A shift in her desire to enjoy life.
b. A shift in her reading habits.
c. Resocialization.
d. A complete and permanent loss of herself.
Resocialization
In an effort to control a total institution, and to create a community of sameness, inmates are
forced to strip down, be searched by police officers, and given identical uniforms before entering
prison. This is an example of _______.

a. An entry test that must be passed
b. A degradation ceremony
c. A graduation ceremony
d. An exit test that must be passed
A degradation ceremony
Sumaira is scared that she will not find a job in the current economy. She decides to be a
business major and attend one of the top business schools in the country. Upon graduation, she is
hired by a major investment banking firm in New York. Sumaira has completed:

a. A degradation ceremony.
b. Developing her sense of self.
c. Anticipatory socialization.
d. Developing her sense of morality.
Anticipatory socialization
Mark, whose parents are wealthy, has been socialized to believe that he can be whoever he wants
to be. His best friend Matt, whose parents are blue-collar workers, has been socialized to believe
that hard work and following instructions is all he needs to support himself. Which sociological
paradigm does this story fit?

a. Structural Functionalism
b. Conflict

,c. Symbolic Interactionism
d. Feminist Theory
Conflict


Which sociologist saw society as a vast network of connected parts, each of which helps to
maintain the system as a whole?
Select one:
a. Karl Marx
b. Erving Goffman
c. Max Weber
d. Talcott Parsons
________ stresses the study of small groups and often uses experimental study in laboratories.
Select one:
a. Microsociology
b. Macrosociology
c. Middle-range sociology
d. Conflict theory
A: Microsociology
The division of an individual's identity into two or more social realities is referred to as
Select one:
a. racial fetishism.
b. double rejection.
c. bipolar racism.
d. double consciousness.
D. double consciousness
A study, generally in the form of an interview or a questionnaire, that provides sociologists with
information concerning how people think or act is known as
Select one:
a. observation research.
b. a survey.
c. secondary analysis.
d. an experiment.
B: survey
Secondary analysis includes a variety of research techniques that use
Select one:
a. questionnaires and interviews.
b. participant observation.

, c. publicly accessible information and data, or data collected by another.
d. control groups.
C: Publicly accessible information and data, or data collected by another
To conduct a cross-cultural study of job discrimination against women, a sociologist interviews
75 women between the ages of 20 and 40 in an American city, and 75 women in the same age
group in a Canadian city. This study would be classified as
Select one:
a. a secondary analysis.
b. participant observation.
c. a survey.
d. a content analysis.
After a sociologist reviews the literature, what is the next step in the process?
Select one:
a. Define the problem.
b. Generate ideas for future research.
c. Formulate a hypothesis.
d. Choose a research design.
Feedback
correct
The statement "Women who receive welfare are less likely than other women to have babies" is
an example of
Select one:
a. an operational definition.
b. a hypothesis.
c. a research design.
d. an independent variable.
Sociologists consider secondary analysis to be
Select one:
a. more valid than other forms of research.
b. more reliable than other forms of research.
c. a nonreactive form of research.
d. an outdated mode of research.
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correct
C: A nonreactive form of research
When generalizing about both heterosexuals and homosexuals, researchers must be extremely
careful with which of the following?
Select one:
a. operational definitions

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