Sociological Social Psychology Practice Questions
Course Introduction
Sociological Social Psychology explores how individual thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are shaped by social structures, cultural norms, and group interactions. This course examines classic and contemporary theories, research methods, and key findings that reveal the dynamic relationship between the individual and society. Topics covered include the self and identity, socialization, group processes, attitudes, conformity, deviance, and the influence of race, class, gender, and other social categories. Students will gain an understanding of how social contexts shape human behavior and the ways in which individuals contribute to the construction and maintenance of social reality.
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Social Psychology Sociological Perspectives 3rd Edition by David E. Rohall
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Sociological Social Psychology
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Q1) Which sociological social-psychology perspective emphasizes the importance of relationships and positions?
A)symbolic interactionism
B)social structure and personality
C)group processes
D)structural functionalism
Answer: B
Q2) Which sociological social-psychology perspective emphasizes the role of meaning and how people negotiate meaning?
A)symbolic interactionism
B)social structure and personality
C)group processes
D)structural functionalism
Answer: A
Q3) The term "sociology" was first defined by __________.
A)Emile Durkheim
B)Herbert Blumer
C)C.Wright Mills
D)Auguste Comte
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Perspectives in Sociological Social Psychology
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Q1) What type of group is depicted in the vignette?
A)primary
B)secondary
C)tertiary
D)reference
Answer: B
Q2) Franklin did not think much about how the economy or society affects his life until he lost his job.Franklin's change in attitude about the impact of the economy on his life best reflects which principle from the social structure and personality perspective?
A)the components principle
B)the proximity principle
C)the propinquity principle
D)the psychology principle
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Studying People
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Q1) Research conducted by interview,participant observation,and ethnography is what kind of research?
A)quantitative
B)qualitative
C)breeching
D)experimental
Answer: B
Q2) You are studying student attitudes toward tobacco and alcohol consumption by asking students to respond to questions using answer categories that range from 1 (strongly agree)to 4 (strongly disagree).These items represent which type of variable?
A)ordinal
B)interval
C)rational
D)categorical
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: The Social Psychology of Stratification
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Q1) According to research by Lucas and others,how can individuals with lower cultural status best gain status in groups?
A)by demanding status vocally of all group members
B)by focusing on the success of the group,rather than on his or her own interests
C)by providing a kickback to others in the group in exchange for a leadership position
D)by focusing on his or her own interests and avoiding group interaction
Q2) Michael Schwalb argues that people with high status have what kind of relationship with social norms in society?
A)They are forced to conform to norms.
B)They are victimized by norms.
C)They can completely reject social norms.
D)They can manipulate social norms to favor themselves.
Q3) Status hierarchies are generally developed through __________ processes.
A)deliberative
B)unconscious
C)legitimated
D)conscious
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Chapter 5: Self and Identity
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Q1) Which theory best explains the neighbors' emotional reaction of shock and surprise to the behavior of the accused shooter?
A)identity theory
B)affect control theory
C)dramaturgy
D)the situated self
Q2) What did Spencer Cahill's research on "bathroom behavior" clearly show?
A)that people act very differently in bathrooms than in other areas of life
B)that there are no real norms about behavior in bathrooms
C)that people use bathrooms to demonstrate their "front stage" behavior
D)that bathrooms are examples of "center stage" areas
Q3) Debating what other people are thinking about you in a public setting is best represented by which term?
A)self-concept
B)self-identities
C)self-evaluations
D)self-indication
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Chapter 6: Socialization Over the Life Course
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Q1) Which group is most prevalent in American schools,based on Adler and Adler's research on peer culture?
A)the popular cliques
B)the wannabes
C)middle friendship circles
D)social isolates
Q2) The fact that expectations can influence student intellectual development in the classroom is called __________.
A)educational socialization
B)the Pygmalion effect
C)stereotyping
D)total impact
Q3) From the sociological point of view,Mead viewed play and games as important to children's social development because games __________.
A)give children practice and agility
B)increase children's motor skills
C)help develop children's mental toughness
D)allow children to learn and practice taking on the roles of others
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Chapter 7: The Social Psychology of Deviance
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Q1) Which of the following is true of William Chambliss' research on the Saints and the Roughnecks?
A)The Saints committed significantly less crime than the Roughnecks but were more likely to get caught.
B)The Saints committed significantly less crime than the Roughnecks but only the Roughnecks got caught.
C)The Saints committed somewhat higher levels of deviance than the Roughnecks but the Roughnecks were more likely to be caught than the Saints.
D)The Roughnecks committed less crime than the Saints and were rarely caught.
Q2) Sampson and Laub's research on delinquent and nondelinquent youths in Boston found delinquency was greater when bonds with which social institutions were weakest?
A)family
B)education
C)peers
D)church
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Chapter 8: Mental Health and Illness
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Q1) Which of the following would be considered a total institution?
A)a college
B)a police station
C)a prison
D)a family household
Q2) Which of the following coping strategies emphasizes patients' attempts to rebel against asylum staff?
A)conversion
B)intransigence
C)withdrawal
D)colonization
Q3) Which of the following is a social support that may help reduce the effects of negative life events?
A)living in a poor neighborhood
B)having a happy marriage
C)effectively repressing emotions
D)living in a very urbanized environment
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Chapter 9: Social Attitudes
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Q1) In the United States,which group tends to be the most liberal?
A)females living in the Midwest
B)females living on the West Coast
C)males living in the Midwest
D)males living on the West Coast
Q2) Recent research,using the Bogardus social distance scale,indicates which group to be the most "distant" among American students?
A)African Americans
B)Latinos
C)Asians
D)Arabs
Q3) How might the information in this story reflect Blumer's theory of group position?
A)The speaker is basing his negative opinions of Hispanics on group interactions that tend to favor higher-status groups over lower-status groups.
B)The speaker is engaging in active discrimination.
C)The speaker is using prejudice to maintain his sense of entitlement.
D)The speaker is using discrimination to maintain his sense of entitlement.
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Chapter 10: The Sociology of Emotions and Relationships
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Q1) The meanings of emotions __________ over the life course
A)remain the same
B)change in both direction and strength
C)change only in direction
D)change only in strength
Q2) Based on Lofland's analysis of the role of culture in the expression of grief in society,which of the following places would have the hardest time coping with the loss of a child?
A)modern-day America
B)historic Europe
C)modern-day Ethiopia
D)historic America
Q3) Milan was a little perturbed when his boss refused to accept some flowers that he had purchased as a sign of his sadness over the loss of her sister.Which sympathy rule did Milan's boss break?
A)Do not make false claims of sympathy.
B)Do not claim too much sympathy.
C)Claim some sympathy.
D)Reciprocate positive emotions.
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Chapter 11: Collective Behavior
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Q1) Steve turned to the people around him for help in deciding how to act at a local protest.According to perception control theory,what form of perception control is Steve using?
A)independent instruction
B)interdependent instruction
C)organizational instruction
D)interactional instruction
Q2) According to Smelser's value-added theory,the American stock market crash in 1929 was representative of which kind of behavior?
A)panic
B)craze
C)hostile outburst
D)norm-oriented social movement
Q3) According to Turner and Killian,what kind of participant is Reba?
A)ego-involved participant
B)concerned participant
C)insecure participant
D)curiosity seeker
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