soc1011Midterm Exam

SOC101_MH_V5 | Topic 7: Social Strati7cation © 2023 StraighterLine. 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She is also the primary caregiver or her aging father, who still lives alone but needs help around the house and assistance in getting to doctors' appointments. Which of the following best describes Jane's situation? Select one: a. Jane is a member of the sandwich generation. b. Jane is a member of Generation X. c. Jane is experiencing a rite of passage. d. Jane is experiencing a midlife crisis. Karl Marx used the concept of class consciousness to refer to Select one: a. an attitude held by members of a class that does not accurately reflect its objective position. b. the reputation that a particular individual has within an occupation. c. a subjective awareness held by members of a class regarding their common vested interests and the need for collective political action to bring about social change . d. the respect and admiration with which an occupation is regarded by society. A family lives in a remote area of Appalachia, where coal mines that once employed many workers have been idle for years. There are no jobs in the area, the distant schools are poorly funded, and because of the remote location, there are no churches or medical facilities nearby. These poor, chronically unemployed people who barely survive from winter to winter are an example of Select one: a. the underclass. b. structural mobility. c. an estate. d. false consciousness . A woman is born into a homeless, single-parent family. She is very talented, and as an adult she becomes a wealthy, world-acclaimed pianist. This scenario most closely represents which type of stratification system? Select one: a. caste b. class c. estate d. slavery ______ is often blamed for this growing inequality, because it has forced less skilled workers to complete with lower-paid foreign-born workers. Select one: a. Industrialization b. Vertical mobility c. Social mobility d. Globalization An inner-city youth spends many hours in the neighborhood playground shooting baskets on the basketball court and engaging in every game that he can play. His skills become outstanding, and he receives a college scholarship and then signs a lucrative contract to play in the National Basketball Association. This is an example of Select one: a. vertical mobility. b. ascribed status . c. horizontal mobility. d. structural mobility. Max Weber defined ________ as the ability to exercise one's will over others. Select one: a. control b. status c. class d. power Prior to the 20 century, the protective function belonged to Select one: a. hospitals. b. the family. c. child care centers. d. mental health clinics. Debbie attends her first day of school, and when she returns home, she "plays school" with her younger brother. As part of this play activity, Debbie duplicates all of the behaviors that were performed by her teacher during the day. According to George Herbert Mead, Debbie is in which stage of development? Select one: a. the preparatory stage b. the imitative stage c. the play stage d. the game stage Sara takes her four-year-old brother Matt to a carnival for the first time. They decide to ride the merry-go-round. Matt runs to the front of the line. His sister pulls him back and explains they have to stand in line. This is an example of Select one: a. nature versus nurture. b. socialization . c. personality. d. degradation. Which sociologist suggested that during the second stage of development, children become capable of assuming the perspective of another and are thereby able to respond from that imagined viewpoint? Select one: a. Erving Go ff man b. George Herbert Mead c. Alvin Gouldner d. William F. Ogburn Which of the following is responsible for propelling mothers of young children into the working world? Select one: a. the need for additional family income b. the decrease in single-parent families c. increased job opportunities for men d. the decrease in the gender pay gap Émile Durkheim argued that social structure depends on which of the following? Select one: a. leadership b. laws c. division of labor d. hierarchy A master status is a Select one: a. category used by sociologists for any of the full range of socially defined positions within a large group or society. b. social position attained by a person largely through his or her own e ff orts. c. status that dominates others and thereby determines a person's general position within society. d. series of social relationships linking a person directly to others and therefore indirectly to still more people. A society whose economic system is engaged in the processing and control of information is called a(n) Select one: a. industrial society. b. postmodern society. c. postindustrial society. d. agrarian society. Which type of group is most important for socialization ? Select one: a. primary groups b. coalitions c. out-groups d. secondary groups According to the classical theory of formal organizations, workers are motivated almost entirely by Select one: a. economic rewards. b. fear of their superiors. c. norms of conformity to the group . d. the need for job satisfaction. In Gerhard Lenski's view, societal organization is highly dependent on its level of Select one: a. farming. b. education . c. technology. d. banking. Goal displacement is Select one: a. the tendency for workers in a bureaucracy to become so specialized that they develop blind spots and fail to notice obvious problems. b. a principle of organizational life according to which each individual within a hierarchy tends to rise to his or her level of incompetence. c. overzealous conformity to o ffi cial regulations within a bureaucracy. d. the process by which a group , organization, or social movement becomes increasingly bureaucratic. The discipline of sociology was given its name by the French theorist Select one: a. Émile Durkheim. b. Auguste Comte. c. Harriet Martineau. d. Marcel Marceau. The state of Ohio has a dwindling population. In an e ff ort to increase the birthrate in the state, it o ff ers a $5,000 bonus to all families giving birth in the state for the next three years. Which of the following is the latent function? Select one: a. an increase in the birth rate for the state of Ohio b. an increase in the population in the state of Ohio c. an increase in the need for teachers as a result of more children in the Ohio educational system d. an increase in the state's budget deficit due to the number of bonuses distributed to families Émile Durkehim's cross-cultural study of suicide falls under the category of Select one: a. mesosociology. b. microsociology . c. global sociology. d. macrosociology . The scientific study of social behavior and human groups is known as _____d Select one: a. psychology. b. political science. c. anthropology. d. sociology. ______ embraces the study of formal organizations and social movements. Select one: a. Global sociology b. Microsociology c. Macrosociology d. Mesosociology An element or a process of society that may actually disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability is known as a Select one: a. latent function. b. manifest function. c. dysfunction. d. conflict function. When a sociologist actually joins a group for a period to get an accurate sense of how it operates, the approach is called Select one: a. an experiment. b. ethnography. c. face-to-face interview. d. participant observation. Which of the following is true regarding actions by the Exxon Corporation after the 1989 Valdez disaster? Select one: a. Exxon solicited anthropologists to do research on jury deliberations. b. Exxon o ff ered research money for sociologists doing research on jury deliberations. c. Due to the controversy, none of the research funded by Exxon was published in peer-reviewed journals. d. Ultimately, Exxon settled the case and awarded each plainti ff close to $100,000. Which of the following statements is true of cell phone users? Select one: a. Cell phone users are more likely to answer all incoming calls. b. Cell phone users are more likely to complete surveys. c. There is a higher proportion of non-adults on cell phones. d. There is a higher proportion of females on cell phones. The use of photographic and video documentation in sociological study is known as Select one: a. iconography. b. visual sociology. c. secondary sociology. d. image analysis. Which of the following existing data sources is used most frequently for sociological research? Select one: a. census data b. scientific records c. personal journals d. newspapers Objectivity in the interpretation of data is referred to as Select one: a. external validity. b. reliability. c. value neutrality. d. internal validity. Anthropologist Horace Miner's description of the body ritual among the Nacirema is used to show Select one: a. cultural di ff erences in what is considered "beautiful." b. the e ff ects of media on a person's body image. c. the ability to learn something new about society. d. how cultural sociology has evolved over the years. Di ff usion is the Select one: a. combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist. b. process of introducing new elements into a culture. c. process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality. d. process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society to society. Which of the following is a criticism of globalization? Select one: a. It creates a notion of cultural domination of the developing nations by the more a ffl uent nations. b. It helps nations take their place in the world of commerce and brings in income. c. It helps people stay connected via the communications revolution. d. It gives nations access to knowledge that can improve living standards and save lives. Which of the following is an example of an ethnocentric view of bilingualism? Select one: a. E ff orts to introduce a constitutional amendment declaring English as the nation's o ffi cial language b. E ff orts to establish the proper form for bilingual programs c. E ff orts to mandate the instruction of children who are not fluent in English d. E ff orts to maintain English as a Second Language programs in schools with a majority of immigrant children Collective conceptions of what is considered good, desirable, and proper, as well as bad, undesirable, and improper, are known as Select one: a. values. b. folkways. c. mores . d. sanctions. An argot is a specialized language used by members of a subculture . Doctors and nurses, for example, have developed a language system that is not easily understood by patients but enables medical professionals to communicate more easily, rapidly, and precisely with one another. Which sociological perspective is likely to emphasize the value of this specialized medical language? Select one: a. Functionalist perspective b. Conflict perspective c. Interactionist perspective d. Feminist perspective Which sociological perspective suggests that language and symbols o ff er a powerful way for a subculture to feel cohesive and maintain its identity? Select one: a. Functionalist perspective b. Conflict perspective c. Interactionist perspective d. Feminist perspective Which of the sociological perspectives would see the debate over media content as an extension of everyday life? Select one: a. functionalist perspective b. global perspective c. interactionist perspective d. conflict perspective A major network news agency that discourages reporting of issues concerning homosexuality is most likely practicing Select one: a. a dominant ideology . b. a narcotizing dysfunction. c. a surveillance function. d. gatekeeping. Which sociological perspective would likely contend that the role of the mass media is to provide socialization , enforce social norms through public events, and create social stability and cohesion through collective experiences? Select one: a. functionalist perspective b. conflict perspective c. interactionist perspective d. feminist perspective Which of the following have sociologists suggested is a dysfunction of the mass media? Select one: a. conferring status b. having a narcotizing e ff ect c. integration of a common view d. providing a collective experience The personalized approach to news information gathering was referred to by Cass Sunstein (2002) as Select one: a. cultural lag. b. global torrent. c. ego casting. d. global village. The U.S. government was heavily criticized for which of the following media monitoring behaviors after the September 11, 2001, attacks? Select one: a. censoring college newspaper Internet content b. editing Clear Channel Radio news program broadcasts c. censoring ABC Nightly News reports d. authorizing wiretaps of U.S. citizens' telephone conversations Which sociological perspective emphasizes how societies literally could not operate if massive numbers of people defied standards of appropriate conduct? Select one: a. functionalist perspective b. conflict perspective c. interactionist perspective d. labeling perspective The term social control refers to Select one: a. justifications for deviant behavior. b. penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm. c. techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society. d. behavior that violates the norms of a group . An individual being imprisoned for murder is an example of a(n) Select one: a. formal sanction. b. value. c. informal sanction. d. norm. According to crime statistics, hate crimes focus most frequently on which of the following? Select one: a. sexual orientation b. disability c. religion d. race In a city on the East Coast, organized crime was dominated by an Italian "family," but they were eventually displaced by African Americans. This would be an example of Select one: a. assimilation . b. ethnic succession. c. labeling. d. di ff erential association . "Deviance helps to define the limits of proper behavior." This statement represents the view of which sociological perspective? Select one: a. functionalist perspective b. conflict perspective c. interactionist perspective d. feminist perspective Quiz navigation Show one page at a time Finish review th 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 My Account