Sociology Final Exam

Karl Marx focused on struggles between the bourgeoisie (the small group of capitalists who own the means of production) and the proletariat (the masses of workers exploited by the capitalists). Both groups of people compete for the same limited resources. This is an example of ______________.

• Functionalism

• Feminist Perspective

• Conflict Theory

• Symbolic Interactionsim

Amy comes from a Mexican Catholic family. They go to church every week and next week, Amy turns 15. Her family is throwing her a Quinceanera, where they dance and celebrate her birthday. Many other people who are a part of this religion do the same thing. This is an example of _____.

• Paradigms

• Antipositivism

• Culture

• Positivism

Schools socialize children by teaching them the values and beliefs of society. This is an example of ___________.

• Antipositivism

• Manifest Function

• Latent Function

• Conflict Perspective

During our sociology study we created a ___________, stating that if we went to Starbucks, there would be more women than men coming in to buy beverages. We tested it, and found that there were indeed, more women coming in and ordering drinks than men.

• theory

• method

• social fact

• hypothesis

Brenda is curious about why people choose to start smoking cigarettes when they know it may cause cancer. She conducts many in-depth interviews with current smokers and asks why they started smoking. What type of research would this example demonstrate?

• Quantitative research

• Qualitative research

• Field study

• Analysis

Lev the Sociologist is running research in which he put a survey on the Internet about cell phone use while driving. He received over 1,000 results. With his findings he performed statistical tests to find conclusions. What type of research would this example demonstrate?

• Quantitative research

• Qualitative research

• Field study

• Experimental research

Kerry and John’s group of friends all go to the same church, live in the same town and shop at the same grocery store. These social ties are known as:

• Social Institutions

• Social Solidarity

• Conflict Theory

• Paradigm

Kelly is a very understanding individual. In every argument, she can imagine herself in the other persons shoes to see their side of the argument. Even in history class, she can put herself in the opposing position to the war she is learning about, to understand their point of view. Being able to imagine yourself in another's position is called_______ ________.

• Social Solidarity

• Generalized Others

• Latent functions

• Sociological Imagination

Antipositivism is defined as:

• The view that social researchers strive for subjectivity as they worked to represent social processes, cultural norms, and societal values.

• An extension of symbolic interaction theory which proposes that reality is what humans cognitively construct it to be.

• A technique sociologists use in which they view society through the metaphor of a theatrical performance.

• The process of simultaneously analyzing the behavior of an individual and the society that shapes that behavior.

A stable state in which all parts of a healthy society work together properly is known as:

• antipositivism

• Grand Theories

• Dynamic Equilibrium

• Social Facts