Sociology Review

Sociology is defined as

• the scientific study of social structures

• the study of human mental and emotional process

• the study of history and the written record of human past

• the scientific study of culture and customs

Which of the following best describes how sociology differs from other social sciences

• it studies human behavior

• it focuses on patterns of groups rather than individuals

• it focuses on culture, customs, beliefs, and material traits of groups

• it focuses on the social patterns of individuals

What perspective focuses on the role of conflict, competition, and constraint within a society

• functionalism

• theoritical

• conflict

• symbolic

What sociologist created the sociological method verstehen, the understanding of social behavior of others by putting yourself mentally in their place

• Karl Marx

• Auguste Comte

• Max Weber

• Jane Addams

All the following except one are methods that sociologists use to conduct research

• survey

• laboratory experiements

• field research

• secondary analysis

Some groups in society share values, norms, and behaviors that are not shared by entire population. The unique cultural characteristics of these groups form what?

• mores

• cultural lag

• subculture

• cultural traits

Culture is defined as

• language, values, customs, and physical objects that are passed from generation to generation among members of a group

• group of people who live in a defined territory and share a set of customs

• rules that define behavior

• broad ideas about what is good or desirable shared by people in society

What are the three basic types of norms?

• folkways, mores, and laws

• folkways, laws, and rules

• sanctions, values, and laws

• culture, subculture, and norms

What are three reasons that culture changes?

• discovery, evolution, and growth

• discovery, invention, and diffusion

• diversity, growth, and invention

• diversity, culture and diffusion

Which of the following is an example of ethoncentrism

• members of churches, schools, and political parties all over the United States feel their particular ways of living should be adopted by all

• New Yorkers bemoan (complain) the lack of culture in Los Angeles

• Jim is watching the Olympics and even though China is in the lead with number of gold medals, he insists that the USA is #1

• All of the above