Question 12 pts

“The _________________________ stresses the central role of inequality, domination, competition, and struggle between groups in social life.”

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Structural-functionalist school

 

Capitalist school

 

Symbolic school

 

Conflict school

 

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Question 22 pts

“According to Max Weber,”

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social change could best be explained by examining the economy.

 

cultural as well as economic factors shape social change.

 

culture best explains social change.

 

religion best explains social change.

 

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Question 32 pts

___________________ analyzes the role of each part in the system.

Group of answer choices

 

The conflict approach

 

The interactionist approach

 

Structural-functionalism

 

Industrialism

 

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Question 42 pts

Emile Durkheim is closely associated with the _____________ perspective.

Group of answer choices

 

Conflict

 

social

 

symbolic interactionist

 

structural-functionalist

 

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Question 52 pts

Sociologists who follow symbolic interactionist theory are primarily interested in

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interaction of large groups.

 

interaction of social institutions.

 

person-to-person interaction.

 

interaction between the past and the present.

 

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Question 62 pts

Which of the following is an assumption that Parsons makes about systems?

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Systems have the property of order and interdependence of parts.

 

Allocation and integration are two fundamental processes necessary for a given state of equilibrium of a system.

 

Systems tend toward self-maintaining order and equilibrium.

 

all of the above

 

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Question 72 pts

__________________ focuses on the structures that emerge in society and on the functions that these structures perform in the operation of society as a whole.

Group of answer choices

 

The structural-functionalist perspective

 

The conflict perspective

 

The symbolic interactionist perspective

 

all of the above

 

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Question 82 pts

“According to Karl Marx, ________ is a series of structures that erect barriers between the individual and the production process, the products of that process, other people, and the individual himself/herself.”

Group of answer choices

 

Capitalism

 

bureaucracy

 

species-being

 

the dialectic

 

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Question 92 pts

“From the work of Emile Durkheim, the type of solidarity that is achieved through interdependence and a complex division of labor is termed”

Group of answer choices

 

organic solidarity.

 

mechanical solidarity.

 

class solidarity.

 

cohesive solidarity.

 

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Question 102 pts

“The mechanical, clockwork approach to business and life that accompanied industrialization was termed ___________ by Max Weber.”

Group of answer choices

 

Alienation

 

Automation

 

Robotization

 

Rationalization

 

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Question 112 pts

“According to George Mead, the _____ is basically the ability to take oneself as an object. In other words, it is the ability to put ourselves unconsciously into other s places and to act as they act.”

Group of answer choices

 

Mind

 

consciousness

 

self

 

meaning

 

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Question 122 pts

“In Goffman s dramaturgical approach, the _____ is that part of the performance that generally functions in rather fixed and general ways to define a situation for those who observe the performance.”

Group of answer choices

 

back stage

 

manner

 

front stage

 

outside

 

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Question 132 pts

“________________ is the study of the body of common-sense knowledge and the range of procedures and considerations by means of which the ordinary members of society make sense of, find their way about in, and act on the circumstances in which they find themselves.”

Group of answer choices

 

Ethnomethodology

 

Ethnography

 

Symbolic interactionism

 

Positivism

 

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Question 142 pts

“According to Robert Merton s Theory of Structural Strain, ritualists _____ the means and _____ the goals.”

Group of answer choices

 

accept / accept

 

accept / reject

 

reject / accept

 

reject / reject

 

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Question 152 pts

In which of these sociological theories would the development of self be of most particular interest?

Group of answer choices

 

Symbolic interactionism.

 

Structural functionalism.

 

Conflict theory.

 

Anomie theory.

 

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Question 162 pts

A researcher divided the UNT student population into different racial groups and then randomly selected cases from each of the racial groups into the sample. He used a sampling technique called

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simple random sampling.

 

systematic sampling.

 

stratified sampling.

 

cluster sampling.

 

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Question 172 pts

Experiment is the best quantitative method for

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studying large numbers of people.

 

determining causality.

 

measuring the dependent variable.

 

measuring independent variables.

 

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Question 182 pts

A study that surveys 300 UNT undergraduate students in 2004 is an example of a

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cross-sectional study.

 

cohort study.

 

trend study.

 

panel study.

 

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Question 192 pts

“””The future looks very dismal”” would have ______ validity for the concept alienation.”

Group of answer choices

 

Construct

 

criterion

 

face

 

external

 

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Question 202 pts

“In probability sampling,”

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each case in the population has an equal chance of being selected.

 

each case in the population has an unequal chance of being selected.

 

each case in the population has no chance of being selected.

 

all cases in the population will be selected.

 

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Question 212 pts

A negative association is one in which the variables vary in _____ direction(s).

Group of answer choices

 

the same

 

opposite

 

horizontal

 

vertical

 

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Question 222 pts

“A researcher questioned 45 incoming freshmen about their experiences of drinking alcohol and used these responses to estimate the drinking behavior of the entire freshman class. In this example, the 45 interviewees were the _____ and the _____ was the population.”

Group of answer choices

 

sample/entire student body

 

sample/freshman class

 

parameters/freshman class

 

statistics/parameters

 

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Question 232 pts

“””The systematic collection of information from or about people through use of self-administered questionnaires, telephone interviews, or personal interviews”” describes”

Group of answer choices

 

intrusive research.

 

survey research.

 

field research.

 

experiment.

 

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Question 242 pts

Mode is defined as

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an arithmetic average of the scores.

 

that point in the distribution below which 50 percent of the cases falls.

 

most frequently occurring value.

 

none of the above.

 

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Question 252 pts

The number of years of schooling completed is

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a nominal variable.

 

an ordinal variable

 

an interval-ratio variable.

 

a constant.

 

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Question 262 pts

“The ratio of men to women in a college English class in 3.3:1. If there are 100 women, how many men are there?”

Group of answer choices

 

33

 

66

 

133

 

330

 

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Question 272 pts

“To determine whether there is a significant relationship between race and political party affiliation, which of the following significance tests is most appropriate?”

Group of answer choices

 

Chi-square (c2) test

 

t-test

 

Analysis of variance

 

Bivariate regression

 

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Question 282 pts

“If male and female college students have the same mean GPA but the standard deviation for the females is much larger, you may conclude that”

Group of answer choices

 

males are smarter than females

 

females are smarter than males

 

there is no variation in GPAs for both groups.

 

there is more variability in GPAs for female students than for male students.

 

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Question 292 pts

Test of hypothesis is based on the assumption that

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the null hypothesis is false and should be rejected.

 

the null hypothesis is true.

 

the observed difference is important.

 

the observed difference exits.

 

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Question 302 pts

“If you hypothesize that suicide is an outcome of depression for both men and women, then the dependent variable is”

Group of answer choices

 

depression.

 

suicide.

 

man.

 

woman.

 

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Question 312 pts

“In their functional theory of stratification, Davis and Moore “

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argue that social stratification is both necessary and universal.

 

were concerned about how to make society more equitable for the lower classes.

 

focus on positions of prestige rather than individuals within the social stratification system.

 

all of the above

 

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Question 322 pts

Which of the following statements best represents the importance that sociologists attach to social class?

Group of answer choices

 

“Objective location in the stratification system has major, life-time implications.”

 

Conscious awareness (subjective location) of social class is more important than objective locations.

 

Mental health and personality are more important than social class in determining life chances.

 

Social class is no longer important in post-industrial societies.

 

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Question 332 pts

Structured inequality can be understood sociologically as resulting from

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lack of motivation and an inadequate reward system.

 

unequal distribution of power and power-related resources.

 

personality and luck.

 

physical force.

 

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Question 342 pts

The most widely-argued theoretical alternative to the power elite perspective in the study of social stratification is

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“pluralism, which defines power as diverse participation in decision-making.”

 

a Marxian perspective of class conflict.

 

“a communist, people-oriented form of governance.”

 

rugged individualism.

 

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Question 352 pts

A sociological approach to racism would emphasize that

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racism is a thing of the past and is no longer a serious problem today.

 

interpersonal relations that generate warm feelings and affectionate ties are best defense against racism.

 

the problems of racism stem more from unequal control of resources than from individual feelings and prejudices.

 

“racism cannot be controlled because people s attitudes, feelings, or morals cannot be controlled.”

 

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Question 362 pts

Sociologists would point out that much of the difference in scores on IQ tests between ethnic groups comes from

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cultural bias of the tests themselves.

 

failure of some ethnic groups to assimilate American culture.

 

differences in natural abilities.

 

differences in the behavior of teachers toward minority students.

 

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Question 372 pts

“Sociologically speaking, a structural explanation of poverty would emphasize”

Group of answer choices

 

institutionalized barriers to social mobility.

 

the part that the inability of poor people to defer gratification has on their poverty.

 

the lack of a future orientation among the poor.

 

the structure of the personality of poor people.

 

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Question 382 pts

There are well-known expressions that go: He s aggressive; she s pushy. He s good at details; she s picky. He follows through; she doesn t know when to quit. He s confident; she s conceited. These sayings are an example of

Group of answer choices

 

fuzzy thinking.

 

traditional gender socialization.

 

sexist stereotyping.

 

bad psychology.

 

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Question 392 pts

“Teachers tend to acknowledge and reward male students more than they do female students. As a sociologist, how would you explain this?”

Group of answer choices

 

Teachers tend to favor students of their own sex.

 

Men are generally more aggressive in presenting their views.

 

Teachers tend to reproduce in their classes the social order as it exists outside the classroom.

 

Women tend not to seek reward and recognition as much as men because of hormonal differences.

 

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Question 402 pts

_________ refers to the increasing proportion of older people in the United States.

Group of answer choices

 

Long life expectancy

 

Graying of America

 

Ageism

 

Disengagement theory

 

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Question 412 pts

“Which of the following terms refers to prejudice, discrimination and hostility directed against people because of their age? “

Group of answer choices

 

Sexism

 

Racism

 

Ageism

 

all of the above

 

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Question 422 pts

Which of the following terms best describes the idea of biological and cultural blending and the creation of a totally new group and new culture?

Group of answer choices

 

Anglo conformity

 

Melting pot

 

Cultural pluralism

 

Internal colonialism

 

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Question 432 pts

“All of the following groups are defined by the U.S. government as a racial group, except for”

Group of answer choices

 

White Americans.

 

African Americans.

 

Hispanic Americans.

 

Native Americans.

 

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Question 442 pts

“According to the internal colonialism perspective advocated by Robert Blauner, which of the following groups can be viewed as a colonized people within America in terms of its historical experience?”

Group of answer choices

 

American Indians after being conquered

 

African Americans before the Civil War

 

Japanese Americans during World War II

 

all of the above

 

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Question 452 pts

Social disorganization theory of deviance

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was associated with the Chicago School of Sociology.

 

attributed deviance to the collapse of social norms as a result of migration or rapid social change.

 

was one of the earliest theories of social problems in sociology.

 

all of the above

 

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Question 462 pts

Which school of thought argues that social problems are results of systemic inequality and exploitation?

Group of answer choices

 

Structural-functionalist theory

 

Symbolic interaction Theory

 

Conflict Theory

 

both a and b

 

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Question 472 pts

The sociology of social problems argues that

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social problems are results of psychological problems of individuals.

 

deviant behavior is always a result of physiological and hormonal pathologies and deficiencies.

 

social problems are alleged situations that are incompatible with the values of significant number of people who agree that action is needed to alter the situation.

 

none of the above.

 

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Question 482 pts

“__________________ argues that all human societies will go through the following three stages of transition: pre-transitional stage with high and fluctuating mortality, higher fertility, and low population growth; transitional stage with rapidly decreasing mortality, gradually decreasing fertility, and population explosion; and finally, post-transitional stage with low mortality, low and fluctuating fertility, and declining population growth rate.”

Group of answer choices

 

Malthusian theory

 

Marxist theory

 

Demographic transition theory

 

Theory of demographic change and response

 

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Question 492 pts

Life expectancy indicates

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how long human beings can possibly live.

 

the average length of life generated from a life table.

 

the oldest age that all human beings desire to live to.

 

the youngest age that a woman can give birth.

 

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Question 502 pts

“All of the following are part of population processes, except for”

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fertility.

 

age structure.

 

migration.

 

mortality.