Final Test Review Quiz

Sociology is...

• understanding policy

• the study of groups

• the systematic study of human interaction in groups

• none of the above

Developing the sociological imagination is important because?

• It allows us to think critically about individual issues situated in a larger social context

• We can continue living life as it currently is

• It addresses issues with other cultures

• There is no need to develop this skill

Which of the following is not a main agent of socialization?

• Media

• Family

• Education

• Government

Functionalists are interested in understanding root causes of social inequality

• True

• False

A research project with the intention of uncovering gendered inequalities in the health care system would be supported by which theoretical perspective?

• Conflict Theroy

• Functionalism

• Feminism

• Symbolic Interactionism

Crime is defined as...

• any act that people think is strange

• a violation of criminal law, punishable by the courts

• an act that social norms dictate as deviant

• actions that violate Niagara College's Code of Conduct

Deviant acts defy _____________ norms

• biological

• cultural

• interesting

• economic

Which of the following is not an associated category with Merton's Strain Theory

• Conformity

• Retreatism

• Innovation

• Opportunist

Labelling theory is best associated to which theoretical perspective?

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Functionalism

• Critical Race Theory

• Conflict Theory

The War on Drugs is understood as a way to maintain...

• social order

• economic resources

• racial and class based hierarchies

• tax revenue