SOCS185 Week 2 quiz latest 2018 april

SOCS185 (Culture and Society)

Week 2 quiz

Question 1

2 / 2 pts

(TCO 1) The sociological perspective _____.

helps us assess the truth of “common sense”

helps us see the opportunities and constraints in our lives

empowers us to be active participants in our society

helps us live in a diverse world

All of the above

Chapter 1

Question 2

0 / 2 pts

(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

Question 3

2 / 2 pts

(TCO 1) When Peter Berger characterized the sociological perspective as “seeing the general in the particular,” he meant that sociology allows us to _____.

recognize that society has the same effect on all categories of people

see that people in general are rather particular about their behaviors

make generalizations about individuals’ particular habits

see McArthur in his Jeep, Patton in his tank, or Bradley in his personnel carrier

look for general patterns in the behavior of particular people

Chapter 1

Question 4

2 / 2 pts

(TCO 3) Of the major theoretical theories in sociology, which one views society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability?

Social-solidarity theory

Social-conflict theory

Symbolic-interaction paradigm

Structural-functional theory

Fournickles-equalsa paradigm

Chapter 1

Question 5

2 / 2 pts

(TCO 3) Social _____ refers to any social pattern that may disrupt the operation of society.

Dysfunctions

Datfunctions

Defunctions

Unfunctions

Conjunction Junction

Chapter 1

Question 6

0 / 2 pts

(TCO 2) Which is the term for the quality of measuring exactly what one intends to measure?

Congruence

Reliability

Repeatability

Precision

Validity

Chapter 1

Question 7

2 / 2 pts

(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

Question 8

2 / 2 pts

(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

Question 9

2 / 2 pts

(TCO 2) All of the following are strategies for doing research EXCEPT _____.

experiment

the hellgrammite method

survey

participant observation

existing sources

Lecture

Question 10

0 / 2 pts

(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

Question 11

(TCO 4) Which of the following is TRUE about humor?

Humor cannot deal with topics that lend themselves to double meanings, as the joke becomes unclear.

Humor is understood in the same fashion across cultures.

Humor never challenges established social conventions.

Humor is unrelated to human health.

Humor is derived from the Latin humidus meaning moist or humid.

Chapter 4

Question 12

(TCO 4) Learning that helps a person achieve a desired position is called _____.

anticipatory socialization

rehearsal socialization

practice socialization

training socialization

prophylactic socialization

Chapter 3

Question 13

(TCO 4) Claude Badly is an excellent lion tamer, but finds he cannot devote enough time to his family. Claude is experiencing _____.

role conflict

role strain

role ambiguity

role exit

role in the hay

Chapter 4

Question 14

(TCO 4) Pavlovian researcher Isabel Ringing is a daughter, mother, sister, friend, and tennis team member. Each of those represent Isabel’s _____.

identity

statuses

role

status structure

role set

Chapter 4

Question 15

(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

University student

Nephew

Chapter 4

Question 16

(TCO 3) Taxi cab driver Peacup Andropov maintains that human behavior results from learning and has no gentic component. His position is the fundamental opposite of _____.

sociobiologists

G. H. Mead

interactionists

social paychologists

structural functionalists

Chapter 2

Question 17

(TCO 3) The appearance of Harley-Davidson dealerships in China, or KFC franchises in Japan, is a sign of what aspect of culture?

Innovation

Diffusion

Infusion

Cultural relativism

Cultural contamination

Chapter 2

Question 18

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

folkways

mores

proscriptive norms

prescriptive norms

etiquette

Lecture

Question 19

(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

Question 20

(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