Sociology for the Social Sciences Study Guide Questions
Course Introduction
Sociology for the Social Sciences introduces students to the foundational concepts, theories, and methods of sociology as they apply to the broader field of social sciences. This course examines how society influences individual and group behavior, exploring topics such as socialization, culture, institutions, social stratification, and social change. Through critical analysis of contemporary social issues and empirical research, students will develop a deeper understanding of the complex interactions between individuals and societies, equipping them with analytical skills relevant for careers in social sciences and beyond.
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Chapter 1: Thinking Like a Sociologist
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Q1) Social solidarity, or social cohesiveness and harmony, according to Durkheim, is maintained by a(n) _____.
A) division of labor
B) enigmatic perspective
C) social perspective
D) social imagination
E) social current
Answer: A
Q2) In ______, the social scientist observes a person's facial expressions, gestures, and listens to his/her words.
A) direct observational understanding
B) explanatory understanding
C) surveillance understanding
D) common understanding
E) dynamic understanding
Answer: A
Q3) The sociological imagination is at the center of the sociological perspective.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Examining Our Social World
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Q1) Is correlation the same as causation?
Answer: Correlation is not causation.Ideally, researchers would like to determine causation, a relationship in which one variable is the direct consequence of another.Most human behavior is much more complex.Because causation is difficult to prove and nothing in life (except death) is certain, sociologists and other scientists try to establish correlation, the relationship between two or more variables.Please see the section "The Scientific Method" for more information.
Q2) Which of the following is an advantage of evaluation research?
A) It is versatile because it includes qualitative and quantitative approaches.
B) It addresses all the factors that affect behavior.
C) It is not affected by any social contexts.
D) Conflicts of interests don't influence evaluation research.
E) The findings of evaluation research are always reliable, unbiased, and accurate. Answer: A
Q3) Sociological research supports overgeneralizations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Culture
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Q1) _____ are strong prohibitions of any act that is forbidden because it's considered to be extremely offensive.
A) Sanctions
B) Taboos
C) Folkways
D) Crimes
E) Norms
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following is a belief of conflict theorists?
A) Cultural values promote conflict.
B) The elite define cultural values.
C) Taxpayers benefit from cultural universals.
D) Culture benefits some groups more than others.
E) Material culture is unequal.
Answer: D
Q3) Cultural integration promotes order and stability.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Socialization
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Q1) Cross-cultural variations in male violence support the role of _____.
A) men in society
B) internalization in development
C) socialization in development
D) heredity in shaping behavior
E) nurture in shaping behavior
Q2) A peer group consists of people who are similar in age, social status, and interests.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Ryan thinks he is not as clever as the other children in his class because his teacher does not appreciate him as much as she does others.Ryan is troubled by his _____.
A) looking-glass self
B) super ego
C) socialization skills
D) internalization
E) impression 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) _____ is the actual behavior of a person who occupies a status.
A) Role presentation
B) Role position
C) Role strain
D) Role performance
E) Role set
Q2) Which of the following statements is true about gendered touching?
A) Men are more likely than women to initiate hugs.
B) Men are more likely than women to use touching to express support.
C) Women are more likely than men to initiate touches that assert power.
D) Men are more likely than women to use touching to express comfort.
E) Men are more likely than women to use touching to show sexual interest.
Q3) Which of the following statements is common to all micro-level perspectives about social interaction?
A) All the perspectives explain who says what and when.
B) All the perspectives explain who teaches communication
C) All the perspectives explain why people say and what they say.
D) All the perspectives explain how people learn social interaction.
E) All the perspectives explain how people learn social interaction
Q4) Discuss some benefits of online interaction.
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Chapter 6: Social Groups, Organizations, and Social Institutions
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Q1) What is a utilitarian organization?
Q2) Daisy had to change four jobs in a year.In each of her roles, she was found to be incompetent and unfit and was fired within a few months.In this case, which of the following social institutions is most likely to have failed her?
A) Her family
B) Education
C) Her religion
D) Political institutions in her state
E) The economy
Q3) A dyad is the most cohesive of all groups.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is a reference group?
Q5) A formal organization is a complex and structured primary group designed to achieve specific goals in an efficient manner.
A)True
B)False
Q6) List any four shortcomings of bureaucracies.
Q7) Explain the concept of coercive organizations with an example.
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Chapter 7: Deviance, Crime, and Social Control
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of Robert Merton's institutionalized means to achieve economic success?
A) Completing college
B) Creating diversity
C) Having cultural strain
D) Being unemployed
E) Being non-adjusting
Q2) Which of the following crimes is considered a criminal deviance?
A) Adult pornography
B) Alcoholism
C) Suicide
D) Mental illness
E) Intellectual property theft
Q3) Which of the following is a victimless crime?
A) Lending money as loans at illegal rates
B) Hacking into an organization's server
C) Impersonating the FBI to get personal and financial data of online customers
D) Persuading unassuming people to send money and gifts
E) Offering sexual services to people for money
Q4) What are victimless crimes?
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Chapter 8: Social Stratification: United States and Global
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Q1) _____ focus on how people reproduce social classes.
A) Feminists
B) Functionalists
C) Symbolic interactionists
D) Conflict theorists
E) Capitalists
Q2) Justin went to art school and is now a successful artist.He attributes his career choice to his home environment.Both his parents had long successful careers in similar fields that shaped and influenced his decision.Which of the following theorists would support Justin's belief?
A) Feminists
B) Marxists
C) Symbolic interactionists
D) Conflict theorists
E) Capitalists
Q3) In a slavery system, people's positions are based on both birth and achievement.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Based on the conflict theory, explain how capitalism benefits only the rich.
Q5) Briefly explain the world-system theory.
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Chapter 9: Gender and Sexuality
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Q1) _____ are people whose medical classification at birth isn't clearly either male or female.
A) Asexuals
B) Heterosexuals
C) Homosexuals
D) Bisexuals
E) Intersexuals
Q2) Jonathan's parents suspect that he is gay, and they decide to have a discussion with him about it.They want Jonathan to conform to the societal norms of heterosexuality.In this scenario, Jonathan's parents are apprehensive of his _____.
A) asexuality
B) sexual orientation
C) gender identity
D) gender role
E) gender stereotype
Q3) In the context of gender and sexuality, what are the limitations of the functionalist theory?
Q4) Describe occupational sex segregation.
Q5) Describe the difference in sexuality as people age.
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Chapter 10: Race and Ethnicity
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Q1) Jocelyn recently applied for an internship.When she did not get selected, Jocelyn complained to her friend saying, "They probably gave the internship to a student belonging to a minority group to fill a quota." Jocelyn's comment exemplifies _____.
A) ethnocentrism
B) pluralism
C) tracking
D) scapegoating
E) stereotyping
Q2) Language, geographic roots, food, customs, traditions, and religion are all components of _____.
A) ethnicity
B) race
C) gender
D) cult
E) denomination
Q3) The United States is the least multicultural country in the world.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe genocide.Provide historical examples of genocide.
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Chapter 11: The Economy and Politics
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true of demographic factors in voting?
A) In every presidential election since 1996, women have voted at lower rates than men.
B) Historically, and across all elections, voting rates decrease with age.
C) At each successive level of educational attainment, the voting rate increases.
D) Young people have high voting registration rates and are more likely to reregister.
E) Low-income people are more likely to vote than high-income people.
Q2) In a democracy, individuals participate in governmental decisions, and select leaders who are responsive to the wishes of the majority of the people.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following statements is true of labor unions?
A) Deindustrialization has weakened labor unions.
B) Labor unions are in favor of the cessation of paid holidays.
C) Union membership has increased sharply in recent years.
D) Offshoring has strengthened labor unions.
E) Globalization has strengthened labor unions.
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Chapter 12: Families and Aging
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Q1) Polyandry is an extinct marital practice.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Discuss the drawbacks of functionalism.
Q3) Based on a study by Kreider and Ellis in the year 2011, which of the following is true of divorces?
A) Despite the high divorce rate, most people aren't disillusioned about marriage.
B) More than 95 percent of the divorcees do not remarry as they report having lost faith in the institution of marriage.
C) If the couple is married for one to two years then they can apply for an annulment instead of a divorce.
D) By the age of 50, only five percent of U.S.adults are divorced.
E) No-fault divorces are not considered as divorces.
Q4) One person being married exclusively to another person throughout his or her lifetime is an aspect which all kinds of monogamy have in common.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe premarital cohabitation.
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Chapter 13: Education and Religion
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Q1) How do symbolic interactionists view religion?
Symbolic interactionists see religion as a tool that dominant groups use to control society.
A) For symbolic interactionists, religion promotes and reinforces social inequality.
B) For symbolic interactionists, religion is not innate but socially constructed.
C) Symbolic interactionists recognize that religion can be dysfunctional when it harms individuals.
D) Symbolic interactionists see religion as a tool that dominant groups use to control society.
E) Symbolic interactionists imply that religion is indispensable to leading a good life.
Q2) Children who read proficiently by the end of the third grade are more likely to do well in other subjects.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In the context of the American population, discuss how age impacts the religious beliefs of people.
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Chapter 14: Health and Medicine
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Q1) According to the _____ perspective, medicalization has increased the power of medical associations, parents, and mental health advocates.
A)
Symbolic interactionist
B) fundamentalist
C) conflict
D) radical accelerationist
E) functionalist
Q2) Which of the following is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States?
A) Mescaline
B) Marijuana
C) Cocaine
D) Heroin
E) Ecstasy
Q3) Explain the common criticisms faced by conflict theorists.
Q4) Disability rates are higher for women than men.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Population, Urbanization, and the Environment
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Q1) The total fertility rate is the:
A) rate at which a population doubles in size.
B) average number of children born to a woman during her lifetime.
C) median age at which women have their first child.
D) total number of children who have lived beyond the age of five years.
E) number of live births for every 1,000 people in a population in a given year.
Q2) Benjie is studying the relation between certain atmospheric gases and the heating of the earth's atmosphere.He is studying about _____.
A) the greenhouse effect
B) clean energy effect
C) deforestation
D) greenwashing
E) solar flares
Q3) The rapid, unplanned, and uncontrolled spread of development into regions adjacent to cities is called urban sprawl.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Define urban sprawl and job sprawl.
Q5) Describe the concept of edge cities and exurbs.
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Chapter 16: Social Change: Collective Behavior, Social Movements,
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Q1) The _____ proposes that individuals act emotionally and irrationally due to a crowd's almost hypnotic influence.
A) contagion theory
B) convergence theory
C) emergent norm theory
D) structural strain theory
E) value-added theory
Q2) A(n) _____ is a highly emotional and disorderly crowd that uses force, the threat of force, or violence against a specific target.
A) clique
B) mob
C) public
D) assembly
E) cult
Q3) A protest crowd is a group of people that assembles for a specific purpose and follows established norms.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Critically evaluate the relative deprivation theory of social movement.
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