Introduction to Sociology Review Questions
Course Introduction
Introduction to Sociology offers a comprehensive overview of the fundamental concepts, theories, and methods used to study human society. This course explores the ways in which individuals and groups interact, the structure and function of social institutions, and the influence of culture, socialization, and social change on behavior. Students will examine key sociological topics such as family, education, class, race, gender, and deviance, gaining insight into the forces that shape social life and human interactions. The course also encourages critical thinking about social issues and the role of sociology in understanding and addressing contemporary challenges.
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Chapter 1: Thinking Like a Sociologist
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Q1) A sociologist is conducting a study on a small group of poverty-stricken individuals.She understands that an individual's poverty status is the result of larger economic situations and unemployment rates in the local community rather than an individual's personal problem.The ability to see the relationship between the personal troubles of the group and the larger economic situations is known as:
A) social stratification.
B) microsociology.
C) enigmatic perspective.
D) conventional wisdom.
E) sociological imagination.
Answer: E
Q2) Sociologists can gauge _____, such as communication processes, by observing everyday behavior and how people relate to each other.
A) non material facts
B) enigmatic perspectives
C) social statics
D) social dynamics
E) non empirical facts
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Examining Our Social World
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Q1) Knowledge based on tradition and authority simplifies people's lives because it:
A) provides them with basic rules about socially and legally acceptable behavior.
B) is impossible to gain knowledge through any other means.
C) provides only clear and correct information to them.
D) exposes myths and misconceptions.
E) sharpens critical thinking skills that affect their everyday lives.
Answer: A
Q2) Researchers have two principal options to deal with the time issue.What are they?
Answer: Researchers have two principal options to deal with the time issue: cross-sectional studies and longitudinal studies.The data can be longitudinal (collected at two or more points in time from the same or different samples of respondents) or cross-sectional (collected at one point in time).Please see the section "The Scientific Method" for more information.
Q3) Content analysis is usually expensive and time consuming than other data collection methods.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Culture
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Q1) _____ are formal and repeated behaviors that unite people.
A) Norms
B) Mores
C) Beliefs
D) Values
E) Rituals
Answer: E
Q2) Material culture consists of the ideas that people create to interpret and understand the world.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Subcultures and countercultures share the same values and beliefs, but differ in their size and composition.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Socialization
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Q1) Jake, a fifteen-year-old, has been brought up by authoritarian parents.This makes him less likely to fall prey to peer pressure and the use drugs or alcohol.
A)True
B)False
Q2) _____ refer to public rituals that mark the transition from one social position to another.
A) Internalized behaviors
B) Continuum of sanctions
C) Anticipatory socialization processes
D) Symbolic interactions
E) Rites of passage
Q3) The first step of resocialization in total institutions is:
A) being subjected to degradation ceremonies.
B) performing physical labor.
C) military training.
D) religious teaching.
E) anger management.
Q4) Elaborate on George Herbert Mead's three stages of the socialization process.
Q5) Explain the concept of involuntary resocialization.
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Chapter 5: Social Interaction in Everyday Life
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Q1) A social networking site is a website where people are allowed to share only professional interests and not their personal interests.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following statements is true about the effect of online interaction on families?
A) Social media has a more negative impact on committed relationships.
B) Social media has no effect on family ties.
C) Social media has more positive effects on families.
D) Social media has a more negative effect on ties between parents and children.
E) Social media has had a mixed effect on family ties.
Q3) Status sets include both ascribed and achieved statuses.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is true of a status set?
A) It changes only with significant effort.
B) It changes only during childhood.
C) It is achieved during adulthood.
D) It changes throughout a person's life course.
E) It is set at birth and cannot be changed.
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Chapter 6: Social Groups, Organizations, and Social Institutions
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Q1) Gary is the leader of a treasure hunt group.Instead of providing any instructions to his group members, he allows each one interpret the clues of the game for themselves.As a result, there is little coordination among the group members and a lot of confusion.In this case, Gary is a(n) _____.
A) laissez-faire leader
B) transformational leader
C) democratic leader
D) paternalistic leader
E) authoritative leader
Q2) _____ is a social institution that replaces members of society through procreation.
A) The family
B) The law
C) Science
D) Religion
E) The economy
Q3) Explain the impact of a primary group on an individual's life.
Q4) Briefly describe the six characteristics of bureaucracies.
Q5) What are the five major social institutions?
Q6) Describe the three types of leaders as identified by classic studies.
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Chapter 7: Deviance, Crime, and Social Control
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Q1) Which of the following is a characteristic of deviance?
A) Perceptions of deviance remain the same across all human beings irrespective of age, caste, ethnicity, gender, or religion.
B) If a behavior is once perceived as deviant then it is considered as deviant forever.
C) Perception of deviance is not defined or influenced by laws, but it is defined by every individual.
D) Perception of deviance changes over time.
E) Public attitudes and perception of deviance are independent of each other.
Q2) Explain why white-collar crimes are lucrative.
Q3) Which of the following is an example of a property crime?
A) Aggravated assault
B) Burglary
C) Trafficking
D) Kidnapping
E) Rape
Q4) Being a deviant or a criminal depends on how others react.From a symbolic interaction perspective, justify this statement.
Q5) Explain the two most important sources of crime statistics.
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Chapter 8: Social Stratification: United States and Global
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Q1) Identify a way in which wealth differs from income.
A) Wealth includes rents, royalties, and business proceeds, whereas income includes property, stocks and bonds, and personal possessions.
B) Wealth is a result of formal education, whereas income is a result of ascribed status.
C) Wealth is influenced by fluctuations of the economy, whereas income remains stable.
D) Wealth increases over time, whereas income is spent on everyday expenses.
E) Wealth is a result of status consistency, whereas income is based on status inconsistency.
Q2) List two characteristics of prestigious occupations.Support your answer with examples.
Q3) According to sociologist Herbert Gans, poverty is functional because:
A) the poor rely on food banks, soup kitchens, and clothing thrift stores to survive.
B) the poor absorb the costs of societal change and community growth.
C) the poor are relatively isolated from the rest of the population.
D) the poor are chronically unemployed or drift in and out of jobs.
E) the poor are less healthy than those at higher SES levels.
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Chapter 9: Gender and Sexuality
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Q1) _____ is a fear and hatred of lesbians and gays.
A) Androphobia
B) Xenophobia
C) Homophobia
D) Algophobia
E) Pedophobia
Q2) Men are more likely than women to be bisexual.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Victor believes that he does not need to have a low opinion of women just because he is a man.He chooses to treat them with equality and respect.This scenario illustrates Victor's _____.
A) sexual identity
B) sexual orientation
C) gender identity
D) gender role
E) homosexuality
Q4) Describe occupational sex segregation.
Q5) Comment on the greater acceptance of LGBTs in current times.
Q6) Describe the transgender categories.
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Chapter 10: Race and Ethnicity
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Q1) Discuss the factors responsible for the increase in interracial marriages.
Q2) Which of the following statements is true of stereotypes?
A) They are always positive.
B) They are always negative.
C) They distort reality.
D) They reinforce individualism.
E) They are easy to change.
Q3) Language, geographic roots, food, customs, traditions, and religion are all components of _____.
A) ethnicity
B) race
C) gender
D) cult
E) denomination
Q4) _____ is the physical and social separation of dominant and minority groups.
A) Acculturation
B) Assimilation
C) Segregation
D) Pluralism
E) Prejudice
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Chapter 11: The Economy and Politics
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true of part-time work?
A) It has spread to the professional sector.
B) It subjects employers to additional costs.
C) It results in low turnover.
D) It increases employee commitment.
E) It only includes lower-level hourly employees.
Q2) In a(n) _____, the same people serve on the boards of directors of several companies or corporations.
A) private cartel
B) interlocking directorate
C) monopoly
D) transnational directorate
E) subsidiary board
Q3) Briefly describe totalitarianism.
Q4) Conflict theorists contend that the United States is ruled by pluralism.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Define socialism and communism.List the ways in which they differ from each other
Q6) Describe the key characteristics of a pluralist model.
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Chapter 12: Families and Aging
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Q1) _____ refers to living with different sexual partners over time.
A)
Serial cohabitation
B) Convenient cohabitation
C) Premarital cohabitation
D) Polygyny
E) Polyandry
Q2) In a(n) _____ the oldest males (grandfathers, fathers, and uncles) control cultural, political, and economic resources and, consequently, have power over females.
A) patriarchal family system
B) matriarchal family system
C) neolocal family system
D) interlocal family system
E) egalitarian family system
Q3) Intimate partner violence (IPV) occurs exclusively among current spouses.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Briefly describe marriage.
Q5) What are the three residence patterns?
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Chapter 13: Education and Religion
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Q1) Discuss the characteristics of a church.
Q2) Emily was always considered a bright student.As a result, she was assigned to classes that involved critical thinking and complex problem solving, while other students were assigned to classes that involved simple skills.She was allotted a large quantity of homework that was conceptually complicated.Moreover, she was provided with better quality instructions than other students.Which of the following terms can be used to describe Emily's separation from average students?
A) Hidden curriculum
B) Tracking
C) Credentialism
D) Meritocracy
E) Achievement gap
Q3) In the context of the American population, discuss how age impacts the religious beliefs of people.
Q4) Double segregation refers to separating students not only by race but also by income.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Define tracking.What are the consequences of tracking?
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Chapter 14: Health and Medicine
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Q1) Which of the following was previously considered a mental illness and was dropped later from APA's roster?
A) Schizophrenia
B) Delusional disorder
C) Anorexia nervosa
D) Bulimia nervosa
E) Homosexuality
Q2) High-income populations have high infant mortality rates.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Explain the consequences of excessive alcohol use.
Q4) Which of the following is a reason for the United States to spend more per capita on medicines than other developed countries?
A) Low availability of medicines
B) Low population growth rate
C) High prescription prices
D) Low disability rates
E) Fixing of drug prices by the government
Q5) What is meant by the social construction of illness?
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Chapter 15: Population, Urbanization, and the Environment
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Q1) _____ and farm fertilizers are two of the major pollution sources in the United States.
A) Solar panels
B) Industrial sites
C) Nuclear energy sites
D) Construction sites
E) Mining
Q2) Most violence against women occurs at home instead of public places.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Sustainable development refers to:
A) an increase in the number of business firms that indulge in greenwashing.
B) a change in the environment of a species.
C) reversal of the damage caused by humans in an attempt to save the planet.
D) a steady increase in the utilization of non-renewable energy sources.
E) economic activities that don't threaten the environment.
Q4) Define urban sprawl and job sprawl.
Q5) Explain how the mortality rate helps demographers in understanding the changes in a population.
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Q6) Discuss the four stages of the demographic transition theory.
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Chapter 16: Social Change: Collective Behavior, Social Movements,
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Q1) In the context of technology, which of the following is a benefit of robotic surgery?
A) It is inexpensive compared to traditional surgery.
B) It is a painless process.
C) It has more advantageous outcomes than traditional surgery.
D) It is compatible with traditional operating instruments and equipment.
E) It reduces physician fatigue.
Q2) The _____ proposes that crowds consist of like-minded people who deliberately assemble in a place to pursue a common goal.
A) contagion theory
B) convergence theory
C) emergent norm theory
D) structural strain theory
E) value-added theory
Q3) Explain the stages of a social movement.
Q4) Nanotechnology is based on the structures and functions of living organisms.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is propaganda? Discuss the impact it has on public and public opinion.Support your answer with examples.
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