SOCS185 Week 2 Quiz 2022

 

 

 

 

 

(TCO 1) The systematic study of human society is known as           .

psychology science anthropology

 

sociology

social psychology

Chapter 1

 

(TCO 1) Social science includes   .

 

biology, astronomy, chemistry, and physics anthropology, sociology, astronomy, and psychology

 

sociology, anthropology, economics, and political science

history, psychology, geology, and political science sociology, entomology, botany, and psychology

Lecture

 

(TCO 1) A key element in the sociological imagination is the ability to       .

 

see problems from the perspective of personal experience blame personal problems on one’s own culture

 

Correct Answer

turn personal problems into public issues

treat personal problems as collective opportunities create a fantasy life better than reality

Chapter 1

 

(TCO 3) Of the major theoretical theories in sociology, which one sees society as the

product of the everyday interactions of individuals?

Social-solidarity theory Social-conflict theory

 

Symbolic-interaction theory

Structural-functional theory Social-interaction theory

Chapter 1

 

(TCO 3) Functions of an institution that unrecognized and unintended consequences of

any social pattern, are known as                .

indirect manifest

 

latent implicit

implied

Chapter 1

 

Question 6         

 

2              / 2 pts  

(TCO 2) Which is the term for a concept that has a value that changes from case to case?

Concept Measurement Changeling

 

Variable

Term

Chapter 1

 

(TCO 2) Cause is to effect, as .

 

independent variable is to dependent variable dependent variable is to independent variable clause is to affect

variable is to constant

fish is to bicycle

Chapter 1

 

(TCO 2) A statement of a possible relationship between two (or more) variables is called

                .

a theory operationalization a conclusion

a paradigm

 

 

a hypothesis

Chapter 1

 

(TCO 2) Which of the following are the three ways to do sociology?

 

Pacifist, interpretive, and critical sociology Positivist, interpretive, and negativist sociology

 

Positivist, interpretive, and critical sociology

Interpretive, modern, and jazz sociology Objective, subjective, and critical sociology

Chapter 1

 

(TCO 2) A criticism of the symbolic-interaction approach is that it

 

says little about how individuals actually experience society. wanted to colorize Casablanca.

 

ignores the influence of factors such as culture, class, gender, and race. focuses too much on class.

paints a very positive picture of society.

Chapter 1

 

(TCO 4) All of the following are characteristics of a Total Institution EXCEPT

 

staff members supervise all aspects of daily life, including where residents eat, sleep, and work.

life in a total institution is controlled and standardized, with the same food, uniforms, and activities for everyone.

 

 

normal rules dictate when, where, and how inmates perform their daily routines. residents are often called “inmates.”

 

Life is integrated into larger society, and members retain their individuality.

Chapter 3

 

(TCO 4) Other than perceiving the competing realities in a joke, what is sometimes

involved in "getting" and enjoying a joke?

The joke must be universally funny. The joke must be simple.

 

The audience must inferentially complete the joke in their minds.

The joke teller must explain the joke and provide more and more information until it is understood. The listener must be able to tell a joke well in order to get a joke.

Chapter 4

 

(TCO 4) Charles Horton Cooley used the following phrase to mean a self-image based on

how we think others see us.

Development of self

 

The looking glass Personality Socialiation

Formal operational stage

Chapter 3

 

Question 14       

 

3              / 3 pts  

(TCO 4) Erving Goffman makes so many explicit parallels to the theater that his view has been termed      .

Shakespearean Theatrical

Stage Directions Method Sociology

 

the Dramaturgical Approach

Chapter 4

 

(TCO 4) Shrimp merchant Sheldon Devane is the son of immigrants, and lives with his

aunt and uncle while enrolled at a four-year university where he is studying to be a graphic artist. Which of the following is his achieved status?

 

Graphic artist Male

Son

Correct Answer

University student Nephew

Chapter 4

 

(TCO 3) When we say that using the sociological perspective amounts to “seeing the

strange in the familiar,” we mean that sociologists

can identify Marilyn Manson wearing Old Navy Polar Fleece.

 

give up the familiar idea that we live our lives only in terms of what we decide, in favor of the initially strange notion that society shapes these decisions.

 

 

understand that individuals’ explanations for their behavioral choices are sufficient for our understanding of why people do the things they do.

understand that even people who are familiar to us often have some very strange habits. focus on the bizarre elements of society.

Chapter 1

 

(TCO 3) Mashie Nibblet is a pro at a country club and loves to play golf, but hates to teach

it to the country club members. Mashie is experiencing .

 

role conflict

Correct Answer

role strain role ambiguity role exit

a handicap that, if not ironed out, would leave him feeling below par with a chip on his shoulder resulting in a stroke

Chapter 4

 

(TCO 3) Norms for routine or casual interaction are called              .

 

folkways mores

proscriptive norms prescriptive norms

etiquette

Lecture

 

 

(TCO 3) In sociology, a symbol is                .

an important part of any complete drum kit; best made by Zildjian. any word or phrase that carries meaning to a “receiver.”

any gesture that carries meaning to a “receiver.”

a verbal representation of the material or non-material culture.

 

anything that carries a particular meaning which is recognized by people who share a culture.

Chapter 2

 

(TCO 3) is/are the ways of thinking, the ways of acting and the material objects that

together form a people’s way of life.

Society Ethnicity Artifacts Norms

 

Culture