Introductory Sociology Midterm | exam review 2024
individuals.: social conditions
2. Sociology involves the of social behavior.: scientific study
3. Which term involves the ability to participate in social life and also analyze the broader meanings of what is occurring?: sociological imagination...
19.The type of research in which the researcher gets involved to some degree in the lives of
people being studied is known as .: participant
observation
20.In an experiment, the group that experiences a change in the independent variable is the::
experimental group
21.Which of the following is not a dimension of culture?: Judgments
22. Id
eas and norms are two dimensions of culture which make up .-
: ideologies
23.The hypothesis states that all human behavior is determined by genetic
factors.: sociobiology
24.Recognizing that all cultures develop unique ways of dealing with the demands of their
environments is an aspect of .: cultural relativity
25.When people from one civilization incorporate norms and values from other cultures
into their own, has taken place.: acculturation
26.The linguistic relativity hypothesis states that:: thoughts are controlled by the laws and
patterns of language.
27.Using the theory of natural selection to understand human societies was known as .:
social Darwinism
, Introductory Sociology Midterm | exam review 2024
28.Cultural hegemony has happened when:: one culture becomes so powerful that other cultures
are diminished
29.Which of the following is an example of a counterculture?: the hippies of the 1960s
30.When an immigrant group in the U.S. claims to have become "American- ized," it has
experienced:: assimilation
31.The marked a dramatic shift from agrarian societies to industrial societies.:
Industrial Revolution
32.Which of the following was not one of the changes that enabled human life to take the form it
does today?: domestication of animals
33. is the process whereby members of society are sorted into different
statuses and classes based on differences in wealth, power, and prestige.: Social stratification
34.A socially defined position in a group is a .: status
35.What type of society is characterized by sprawling metropolitan regions and service
industry economies?: post-industrial
36.A parent who must sacrifice time spent with children in order to perform word duties may
be experiencing .: role conflict
37. When a person's status is determined at birth it is an example of
.: ascribed status
38.Being a college graduate is an example of .: an achieved status
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