Sociology of Everyday Life Chapter Exam Questions
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Sociology of Everyday Life explores the social dynamics, interactions, and cultural norms that shape our daily experiences and routines. The course examines how individuals and groups construct meaning, negotiate identities, and maintain social order through everyday practices such as communication, consumption, work, leisure, and relationships. Drawing on classical and contemporary sociological theories, students analyze how power, gender, race, class, and technology influence ordinary behaviors and the subtle rules that govern them. Case studies and real-world examples help illuminate the significance of seemingly mundane activities, revealing how they both reflect and shape broader social structures and transformations.
Recommended Textbook Essentials of Sociology 9th Edition by David
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Chapter 1: The Study of Society
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Q1) Sylvia draws a sample from a complete list of individuals over the age of 65 who are members of Ravenna Presbyterian Church in Pacific City.Her results can be generalized to:
A) all Presbyterians.
B) all members of Ravenna Presbyterian.
C) all older members of Ravenna Presbyterian.
D) the individuals she studies.
Answer: C
Q2) A sociologist approaching the study of domestic violence from a _________ perspective might be interested in how boys are socialized to consider aggression a natural part of being male and that translates into aggression in their intimate relationships.
A) conflict theory
B) structural-functional
C) symbolic interaction
D) sociobiology
Answer: C
Q3) What are the two major goals of research?
Answer: The two major goals of research are accurate description and accurate explanation.
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Chapter 2: Culture
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Q1) Cultural evolution occurs more rapidly than biological evolution.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) All of the following are reasons Tibetans practice "sky burials" EXCEPT:
A) Tibetans don't value human life as much as other cultures do.
B) weather and soil conditions make traditional burial and cremation difficult.
C) Tibetans believe in compassion for all creatures.
D) Tibetans believe the body serves no purpose once the soul has left it.
Answer: A
Q3) the "carriers of culture" are:
A) family, government, and religion.
B) technology, environment, and population.
C) biological, social, and cultural evolution.
D) language, values, and norms.
Answer: D
Q4) What is cultural capital?
Answer: Upper-class attitudes and knowledge (i.e.,knowing the game of golf,knowing about fine wines,etc.).
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Chapter 3: Socialization
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Q1) Examples of children who are not socialized properly show us the:
A) importance of nurture over nature.
B) primary importance of meeting a child's physical needs in their social development.
C) importance of instinct.
D) importance of the physical environment over the social environment.
Answer: A
Q2) In Mead's theory,the me represents the:
A) selfish part of the self.
B) self that responds to others' actions.
C) spontaneous, creative part of the self.
D) instinctual nature of the self.
Answer: B
Q3) Which of the following is an example of a significant other?
A) your mother
B) your professor
C) your employer
D) your neighbor
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Social Structure and Social Interaction
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Q1) What is the difference between a gemeinschaft and a gesellschaft society?
Q2) Which of the following is the best example of a status?
A) being a student
B) studying hard to achieve good grades as a student
C) typing a paper
D) talking to your mother on the telephone
Q3) One can expect that people who break the rules will attempt to protect their self-esteem.If they know that they are likely to break a rule in advance,they are likely to:
A) offer a disclaimer.
B) give an excuse.
C) give a justification.
D) remain silent.
Q4) Most of the time,other actors we encounter will:
A) share our frames.
B) misjudge our frames.
C) deny our frames.
D) renegotiate our frames.
Q5) What is a frame?
Q6) What is a social structure?
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Chapter 5: Groups, Networks, and Organizations
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Q1) Which of the following is the best example of fulfillment of an expressive need?
A) a mother changing a baby's diaper
B) a mother comforting her teen daughter
C) a group of friends painting a mural
D) members of an organization collecting donations for the homeless
Q2) Explain why those who are mid-level in network centrality are the most likely to bully others.
Q3) Which of the following is the best example of fulfilling an instrumental need?
A) building a house
B) comforting a child who has fallen down and scraped her knee
C) listening to a friend and giving advice
D) listening to your favorite CD
Q4) The expectation that people will return favors and strive to maintain a balance of obligation in social relationships is called:
A) the norm of reciprocity.
B) the norm of unending service.
C) tenure.
D) cooperation.
Q5) What are the benefits of social networks?
Q6) What is the difference between a risky shift and a tame shift?
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Chapter 6: Deviance, Crime, and Social Control
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Q1) effective social control is dependent primarily on:
A) both self-control and informal social controls.
B) both self-control and formal social controls.
C) formal social controls only.
D) self-control only.
Q2) According to Merton's strain theory,the social class most likely to engage in deviance is the:
A) lower class.
B) working class.
C) middle class.
D) upper class.
Q3) In the U.S.in 2010,there were _____ full-time police officers for every 1,000 people in the country.
A) 1.2
B) 2.6
C) 3.5
D) 4.1
Q4) Even though crime is decreasing,most Americans believe it is increasing.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Stratification
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Q1) Modernization theory assumes that developing nations can follow the Western path to wealth through industrialization.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Marxists generally believe that inequality:
A) is a necessary evil within society.
B) is both necessary and desirable.
C) is undesirable, and benefits only the wealthy.
D) will disappear when productivity is increased.
Q3) The primary distinction between a caste system and a class system is that under a caste system:
A) there is more inequality than under a class system.
B) only one type of reward (status) is used.
C) ascribed statuses that are fixed throughout a lifetime are the major criteria used to rank individuals.
D) occupation is used as the chief criterion for membership.
Q4) What role did international inequality play in the terrorist attacks of September 11,2001?
Q5) Explain the underlying causes of the rise in Islamic terrorism.
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Chapter 8: Racial and Ethnic Inequality
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Q1) It is assumed that Jewish students are clannish.Therefore,no one who is not Jewish invites any Jewish students to socialize with them.Consequently,the Jewish students socialize with one another.This is an example of:
A) institutionalized racism.
B) a self-fulfilling prophecy.
C) authoritarianism.
D) scapegoating.
Q2) Biologists generally agree that there is no genuine biological basis for race.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Explain what is meant by the "social construction of race and ethnicity." Give examples that demonstrate how these concepts are constructions.
Q4) Describe the role of race and ethnicity in the foreclosure crisis.
Q5) The establishment of casinos on reservation land has dramatically decreased rates of poverty among Native Americans.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Briefly describe double jeopardy.
Q7) What are three reasons for the lower earnings of blacks compared to whites?
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Chapter 9: Sex,Gender,and Sexuality
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Q1) African American women have always been much more likely to work outside of the home than white women.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to conflict theory,contemporary sex differences are designed to:
A) help maintain family stability.
B) benefit women.
C) benefit the capitalist class.
D) increase specialization.
Q3) What is sexual harassment?
Q4) Attitudes toward gay and lesbian rights have become increasing positive over the past 50 years.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Using cross-cultural and historical evidence,what conclusions can be drawn regarding the relationship between biological sex differences and gender roles?
Q6) The Stonewall Riots were a pivotal point in the Gay Rights Movement.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Health and Health Care
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Q1) females are inherently ______ than males.
A) stronger
B) weaker
C) smarter
D) less likely to survive to old age
Q2) Why is the status of nurses so low?
A) They have no specialized education.
B) They are less essential to the health care system.
C) Their job has traditionally been defined as a "female" occupation.
D) There is no licensing board to accredit what a nurse does.
Q3) How has China kept their population healthy?
A) by increasing their healthcare spending
B) by focusing on prevention rather than treatment
C) by increasing training of doctors
D) by investing in technological advances
Q4) Today,life expectancy is
A) about 78 years.
B) about 60 years.
C) less than 50 years.
D) less than 30 years.
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Chapter 11: Family
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Q1) What are polygamy and monogamy?
Q2) The family differs from other social institutions in that it:
A) may be biological as well as social.
B) is an organized pattern of social interaction for meeting a societal need.
C) is important for the maintenance of society.
D) None of the above
Q3) Joseph lives with his wife,their two children,and his parents.This is an example of:
A) a nuclear family.
B) an extended family.
C) polygamy.
D) fictive kinship.
Q4) Research shows that growing up with gay or lesbian parents:
A) has no measurable effect on children at all.
B) has no measurable effect other than an increased likelihood the child will be accepting of nontraditional gender behavior.
C) causes the child to be gay or lesbian.
D) causes substantial behavior and emotional problems in the child.
Q5) What is the difference between a nuclear family and an extended family?
Q6) Discuss the reasons more adults are choosing childlessness.
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Chapter 12: Education and Religion
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Q1) Among the pillars of Islam are: pray five times daily,make charitable donations to the Muslim community and the poor,and denounce all other religions.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The process of taking goods and services out of governmental control and instead treating them like any other marketable commodity is called:
A) commodification.
B) privatization.
C) magnetification.
D) tracking.
Q3) Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A) Non-Hispanic white males are most likely to be enrolled in college.
B) Proportionately, more professional and doctoral degrees are granted to women than to men.
C) Non-Hispanic white females are most likely to be enrolled in college.
D) Today, a total of one-third of all high school graduates between the ages of 18 and 24 are enrolled in a college or university.
Q4) What factors account for the rise of fundamentalism around the world?
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Chapter 13: Politics and the Economy
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Q1) Many Western European countries combine democracy and socialism.What sociological term is this an example of?
A) political economy
B) nation-state
C) authoritarian state
D) government
Q2) The reward of professional work that differentiates it from other occupations is:
A) high salaries that necessarily accompany the job.
B) bureaucratic structure that defines the role.
C) freedom from supervision.
D) vacation time.
Q3) It is estimated that how many people cannot vote because of ex-felon disenfranchisement?
A) 535,000
B) 1.4 million
C) 3.8 million
D) 5.4 million
Q4) Give one example of each of the three sectors of production in preindustrial and postindustrial societies.
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Chapter 14: Population and Urbanization
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Q1) The metropolitan population refers to those who live:
A) in the central city.
B) within the city limits.
C) outside the central city, but in the balance of the county.
D) anywhere in a metropolitan county.
Q2) Currently,almost all immigrants to the U.S.come from:
A) countries of the former Soviet Union.
B) Latin America or Asia.
C) Asian and Africa.
D) Eastern Europe.
Q3) The annual growth rate of cities such as Mexico City,Sao Paulo,and Calcutta is: A) negative.
B) quite slow.
C) quite rapid.
D) 100%.
Q4) Immigration has implications for all of the following EXCEPT: A) population growth.
B) issues of citizenship.
C) definitions of nationality.
D) total world population.
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Chapter 15: Social Change
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Q1) Explain an example of how a vested interest might prevent technological change that could help the environment.What groups benefit from preventing this change? How?
Q2) Which of the following is NOT one of the benefits of having active indigenous SMOs?
A) more direct action
B) the solicitation of resources
C) maintenance of a sense of urgency
D) keep aggrieved group involved
Q3) Professional SMOs appeal to:
A) people who are apathetic and deprived.
B) those morally or ideologically committed to the cause.
C) the most oppressed members of the aggrieved group.
D) grassroots volunteers.
Q4) Which is NOT true about incidents of collective behavior?
A) Collective behavior is usually short-lived.
B) Incidents occur when the cultural norms for behavior are vague or inadequate.
C) Incidents of collective behavior occur when cultural norms for behavior are contested.
D) Collective behavior is organized around a specific agenda.
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