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Topic 3: Culture and Society
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Critics of television often suggest that executives of major television networks and movie corporations are wealthy White males who decide which programs
or movies will be produced and which directors and actors will obtain jobs in the industry. This analysis reflects the
Select one:
a. functionalist perspective.
b. conflict perspective. c. interactionist perspective.
d. global perspective.
Trying to understand why your roommate prefers a certain genre of music, over others, is an example of using one's
Select one:
a. cultural capital.
b. conflict perspective.
c. double consciousness.
d. sociological imagination
. Children who experience divorce in their family are more likely to experience divorce themselves when they are adults. This could be considered an example
of a
Select one:
a. dysfunction of families. b. latent function of families.
c. manifest function of families.
d. proactive function of families.
Which early sociologist applied the concept of evolution to societies in order to explain how they change or evolve over time?
Select one:
a. Émile Durkheim
b. Charles Darwin
c. Harriet Martineau
d. Herbert Spencer Sociological studies that focus on large-scale phenomena or entire civilizations are known as
Select one:
a. microsociology
.
b. interactionism.
c. macrosociology
. d. dramaturgy.
Which sociologist is widely regarded as the founder of the interactionist perspective?
Select one:
a. C. Wright Mills
b. George Herbert Mead c. Charles Horton Cooley
d. Erving Go
ff
man
In his study of society, Charles Horton Cooley focused on
Select one:
a. class issues.
b. divorce.
c. intimate, face-to-face groups. d. suicide.
The discipline of sociology was given its name by the French theorist
Select one:
a. Émile Durkheim.
b. Auguste Comte. c. Harriet Martineau.
d. Marcel Marceau.
The use of the discipline of sociology with the specific intent of altering social relationships or restructuring social institutions is known as
Select one:
a. basic sociology.
b. clinical sociology. c. applied sociology.
d. macrosociology
.
Which social science would be interested in studying individual cases of emotional stress among workers, investors, and business owners?
Select one:
a. History
b. Economics
c. Sociology
d. Psychology The use of the discipline of sociology to yield practical applications for human behavior and organizations is known as
Select one:
a. applied sociology. b. ethnography.
c. clinical sociology.
d. qualitative research.
When generalizing about both heterosexuals and homosexuals, researchers must be extremely careful with which of the following?
Select one:
a. operational definitions
b. internal validity
c. privacy of the respondent
d. wording questions A sociologist sets up an experiment on the e
ff
ects of energy drinks on sleep. The individuals who are given a placebo drink are considered to be the
Select one:
a. independent variable
.
b. control group
. c. experimental group
.
d. dependent variable
.
When conducting ethnographic research as a participant observer, the investigator must
Select one:
a. develop friendships with key members of the study group
.
b. not be concerned about gaining acceptance by the study group
.
c. maintain some degree of detachment. d. use the same persona in the control group as he or she did with the study group
.
An operational definition is
Select one:
a. a speculative statement about the relationship between two variables.
b. the extent to which a measure provides consistent results.
c. an explanation of an abstract concept that is specific enough to allow a researcher to measure the concept. d. a relationship between two variables whereby a change in one coincides with a change in the other.
To conduct a cross-cultural study of job discrimination against women, a sociologist interviews 75 women between the ages of 20 and 40 in an American
city, and 75 women in the same age group in a Canadian city. This study would be classified as
Select one:
a. a secondary analysis.
b. participant observation.
c. a survey. d. a content analysis.
Which of the following was identified as one of the initial challenges that a participant observer may face when conducting an ethnography?
Select one:
a. receiving adequate resources, such as funding
b. gaining acceptance into the unfamiliar group c. identifying a group to observe
d. acquiring the necessary approvals to conduct the research
A sociologist sets up an experiment on the e
ff
ects of television violence on children. The set of children that are shown the violent cartoons are considered
to be the
Select one:
a. experimental group
. b. control group
.
c. independent variable
.
d. dependent variable
.
Sociological studies have indicated that people who are married are less likely to commit suicide than people who are divorced. In this example, marital
status is a(n)
Select one:
a. hypothesis.
b. independent variable
. c. dependent variable
.
d. index.
Secondary analysis includes a variety of research techniques that use
Select one:
a. questionnaires and interviews.
b. participant observation.
c. publicly accessible information and data, or data collected by another. d. control groups.
A worker is frequently late, takes extended "co
ff
ee breaks," and makes numerous mistakes while working on important tasks. As a result of poor
performance, the worker is fired. This is an example of
Select one:
a. a sanction. b. a law.
c. cultural di
ff
usion.
d. replication.
General customs and practices that are found in every culture are called
Select one:
a. cultural integration.
b. cultural di
ff
usion.
c. cultural universals. d. cultural relativism
.
The established standards of behavior maintained by a society are referred to as
Select one:
a. symbols.
b. sanctions.
c. norms
. d. argots.
The use of the terms "g-man," "honey boat," and "airmail" by sanitation workers in New York is an example of
Select one:
a. an argot
. b. a taboo.
c. linguistics.
d. nonverbal language.
Informal norms are ______.
Select one:
a. norms governing everyday social behavior, the violation of which raises comparatively little concern b. deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society
c. made by a government for a society, interpreted by the courts, and backed by the power of the state
d. None of these answers is correct.
In his research, George Murdock determined which of the following to be a cultural universal?
Select one:
a. War
b. Astronomy
c. Funeral ceremonies d. Mathematics
Mores are
Select one:
a. norms governing everyday social behavior, the violation of which raises comparatively little concern.
b. norms that are deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society. c. norms that are made by government for society, interpreted by the courts, and backed by the power of the state.
d. norms that are made by a few individuals are often considered unnecessary.
A member of a rural Indian tribe in Central America who moves to a large city, such as Mexico City, will probably experience
Select one:
a. cultural relativity.
b. cultural di
ff
usion.
c. culture shock. d. cultural integration.
Indigenous Brazilian groups that were once nomadic are now
Select one:
a. nomadic fisherman.
b. living as equals in Brazilian society.
c. confined to reservations. d. transitioning to the new Brazil.
John is pulled over by a police o
ffi
cer for speeding on the Pennsylvania turnpike. He is given a fine of $120.00 and sent on his way. The fine is considered a
Select one:
a. more.
b. sanction. c. norm.
d. law.
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