Human Society
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Course Introduction
This course explores the complex structures and functions of human societies, examining how individuals and groups interact, organize, and influence one another. Students will investigate key concepts such as culture, socialization, institutions, norms, and values, while considering historical and contemporary examples from diverse cultures around the world. Through an interdisciplinary approach, the course encourages critical thinking about topics like social change, inequality, identity, and the impact of technology on social life, providing a foundational understanding of the forces that shape human societies.
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SOC3 3rd Edition by Nijole V. Benokraitis
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Chapter 1: Thinking Like A Sociologist
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Q1) A sociological perspective encourages individuals to
A) accept conventional ideas.
B) challenge common sense myths and misconceptions.
C) see society as unpredictable.
D) have a closed mind.
E) make uninformed decisions.
Answer: B
Q2) Weber argued that sociologists cannot be value free in their research.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Which of the following is not one of the social classes that Marx identified?
A) capitalists
B) communists
C) petit bourgeoisie
D) proletariat
E) None of the above - they are all social classes identified by Marx.
Answer: B
Q4) Define petit bourgeoisie and proletariat.
Answer: Not answer
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Chapter 2: Examining Our Social World
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Q1) Molly is conducting research on the homeless.For six weeks she has lived among the homeless "24/7," sleeping on the street or at a shelter,and engaging in the same activities as the population she is studying.By doing so,Molly has been able to gather a broad understanding of the homeless,their needs,and characteristics.Molly is using _____ as a method of gathering data.
A) questionnaires
B) experiments
C) participant observation
D) nonparticipant observation
E) content analysis
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following is not a disadvantage of experiments?
A) Subjects aren't representative of a larger population.
B) The laboratory setting is artificial.
C) Conclusions may be inaccurate.
D) Conclusions may be contradictory.
E) Subjects are representative of a larger population.
Answer: E
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Chapter 3: Culture
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Q1) Ethnocentrism can be functional.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Some U.S.cultural attitudes,such as seeing premarital sex as wrong,haven't changed much since the 1970s.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Which one of the following statements is not true regarding popular culture?
A) Americans are highly influenced by popular culture and incorporate popular culture into many facets of everyday life.
B) The mass media controls much of our popular culture through newspapers, magazines, and television.
C) Americans can influence popular culture by what they buy.
D) America has laws forbidding the use of popular television characters on children's products.
E) Americans can influence popular culture by what they wear.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Socialization
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Q1) Genie was found at age 13 after years of isolation and abuse from her father.After rehabilitation
A) Genie was toilet-trained.
B) Genie learned to walk.
C) Genie learned to walk, eat and was toilet-trained.
D) Genie learned to eat normally, was toilet-trained and increased her vocabulary.
E) Genie was never rehabilitated.
Q2) Carol is 4 years old.She tends to emulate the words and behaviors of her ________.
A) significant roles.
B) significant others.
C) a reference group.
D) generalized others.
E) anticipatory others.
Q3) Sociobiologists apply biological principles to explain social behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which do you think is more important for an adolescent's socialization: parents or peers?
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Chapter 5: Social Interaction And Social Structure
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Q1) "People create and define their reality through interaction." This statement best matches which of the theories explaining social interaction?
A) symbolic interaction
B) social exchange
C) feminist theories
D) functionalist
E) social learning
Q2) _____ is language that pretends to communicate,but really does not.
A) Lingo
B) Doublespeak
C) Idiom
D) Translation
E) Verbiage
Q3) About one-third of online teens have experienced cyber-bullying.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Consider the last several conversations you have had.Identify which personal space zones you were in for each of the conversations.Were any of the conversations held in inappropriate zones? Explain.
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Chapter 6: Social Groups, Organizations, And Social Institutions
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Q1) The _____ of the early 1900s found that informal groups were critical to an organization's functioning.
A) Zimbardo studies
B) Hawthorne studies
C) Milgram studies
D) Asch experiments
E) Implementation experiments
Q2) Explain,in your own words,why social institutions are important.Give an example,also,of how social institutions are interconnected that's not in the textbook.
Q3) Which of the following is not a major social institution?
A) family
B) the economy
C) a police department
D) education
E) religion
Q4) The two most important types of formal organizations are voluntary associations and involuntary organizations.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Deviance, Crime, And The Criminal Justice System
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Q1) In 2010,the Internet Crimes Complaint Center received more than _____ complaints.
A) 200,000
B) 300,000
C) 500,000
D) 750,000
E) 1,000,000
Q2) As a child,Jeanne was constantly punished by her parents for not following directions and for disobeying the house rules.Jeanne experienced
A) informal social controls.
B) formal social controls.
C) external sanctions.
D) positive sanctions.
E) negative sanctions.
Q3) The old saying "An eye for an eye" illustrates rehabilitation perspectives.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Most crime victims are women.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Social Stratification
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Q1) A college professor is higher on the prestige scale that which of the following occupations?
A) lawyer
B) doctor
C) Supreme Court judge
D) dentist
E) computer systems analyst
Q2) In this system of closed social stratification,some individuals own other individuals.
A) ascribed
B) achieved
C) open
D) caste
E) slavery
Q3) World-systems theory is similar to modernization theory.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain the debate over the causes of poverty in the United States.Which side of the debate do you find more convincing? Why?
Q5) Distinguish between absolute and relative poverty.
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Chapter 9: Gender And Sexuality
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Q1) Asexual individuals lack any interest in or desire for sex.
A)True
B)False
Q2) _____ refer(s)to people's unequal access to wealth,power,status,prestige,and other valued resources on the basis of their sex.
A) Stratification
B) Gender stratification
C) Gender role
D) Sex stereotypes
E) Sexism
Q3) When teachers tell girls and boys that both are equally capable in math and science,the difference in performance essentially disappears.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Males and females are more different than they are alike on a number of characteristics.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is the difference between sex and gender?
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Chapter 10: Race And Ethnicity
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Q1) The U.S.Supreme Court's Loving v.Virginia decision overturned laws against A) discrimination.
B) racism.
C) segregation in education.
D) miscegenation.
E) housing segregation.
Q2) From the conflict perspective,maintaining a cheap pool of laborers serves several purposes for society.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The immigration debate has recently been sparked by health care reform.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Among Middle Eastern Americans,Lebanese and Syrians have the lowest poverty rates.
A)True
B)False
Q5) This chapter discusses the ongoing debate on whether immigration is beneficial or harmful to U.S.society.What is your position? Why?
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Q6) Compare and contrast assimilation and pluralism.Provide an example of each.
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Chapter 11: Government And Politics
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Q1) Which of the following types of authority is held by an individual with extraordinary personal characteristics?
A) judicial authority
B) administrative authority
C) charismatic authority
D) legislative authority
E) rational-legal authority
Q2) Adolf Hitler had legal-rational authority.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is an example of a person with charismatic authority?
A) Martin Luther King, Jr.
B) Presidents
C) Judges
D) Police
E) Members of Congress
Q4) Why do only half of U.S.citizens vote in elections? Does the material in this chapter help explain why you did or didn't vote during the 2008 presidential election? Explain your answer.
Q5) Compare and contrast communism and democratic socialism.Provide examples.
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Chapter 12: Families And Aging
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Q1) "Women are dominated largely as the result of patriarchal family structure." This statement represents which sociological theoretical perspective?
A) functionalist theory
B) symbolic interactionist theory
C) conflict theory
D) feminist theory
E) exchange theory
Q2) Doris and Edward recently married and are living in a new house by themselves.This is an example of a/n _____ residence pattern.
A) extended
B) nuclear
C) patriarchal
D) matriarchal
E) neolocal
Q3) Endogamy is common across the Arab world.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Education & Religion
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Q1) How do sex,age,race,and social class affect religion in the United States? Are these variables useful in describing your religiosity?
Q2) Which one of the following is not an example of a religious symbol?
A) a Bible
B) bowing one's head
C) the American flag
D) a turban
E) the words "Holy Father"
Q3) Feminist scholars most closely align with which other theoretical perspective in their analysis of education?
A) functionalism
B) conflict theory
C) symbolic interactionism
D) exchange theory
E) none of the above
Q4) Explain how functionalists,conflict theorists,feminist theorists,and symbolic interactionists differ in their perspectives on education.Which theoretical perspective do you find the most persuasive? Why?
Q5) Explain why you think women are underrepresented in STEM majors.
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Chapter 14: Health And Medicine
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Q1) According to the __________ perspective,the medical establishment is a powerful social control agent.
A) conflict
B) feminist
C) symbolic interactionist
D) functionalist
E) fundamentalist
Q2) After age 65,___________ diseases comprise the majority of health problems,including disability.
A) acute
B) actuary
C) chronic
D) short-term
E) respiratory
Q3) ____________ is any activity that improves a person's well-being.
A) Health
B) Medicine
C) Health care
D) Insurance
E) Doctors Without Borders
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Chapter 15: Population, Urbanization, And The Environment
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Q1) According to _____,a city contains many centers around which people's activities revolve.
A) concentric zone theory
B) sector theory
C) multiple-nuclei theory
D) peripheral theory
E) new urban theory
Q2) The fastest growing counties in the United States are
A) in the Midwest.
B) in large metropolitan areas.
C) outside of large metropolitan areas.
D) rural counties.
E) Southern counties.
Q3) Explain the push-pull theory of migration,and provide examples of each of the two aspects of migration.
Q4) Briefly outline the two major views on population growth.Which do you find most compelling? Why?
Q5) Are you a product of your own or your family's international or internal migration? What are some of the push-pull factors that have affected where you live?
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Chapter 16: Social Change: Collective Behavior, Social Movements,
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Q1) During the _____ stage of social movements,the most active members develop strategies and tactics,recruit members,and seek alliances and media coverage.
A) emergence
B) organization
C) development
D) institutionalization
E) decline
Q2) Which theory is best represented by the following statement? "People are more concerned with what they think that they should have compared to others,not what they actually have."
A) mass society theory
B) relative deprivation theory
C) resource mobilization theory
D) new social movements theory
E) convergent theory
Q3) Crazes are often economic in nature.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Why do you think people participate in fads,fashion,and crazes?
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