Sociology Quiz

What is the term for cultural beliefs that maintain powerful interests?

• Social Network

• Dominant Ideology

• Conflict Perspective

• Social Roles

Which term describes an offense motivated by the victim's identity?

• Hate Crimes

• Sanctions

• Deviance

• Professional Criminal

What is the role that mass media gives to a person, group, or event that makes these things seem significant?

• Socialization

• Confer Status

• Gatekeeping

• Hypothesis

What is the term for buying more than needed or affordable?

• Hyperconsumerism

• Social Interactions

• Cultural Universal

• Scientific Methods

What is a systematic, organized series of steps that ensures maximum objectivity and consistency in researching a problem?

• Sociological Imagination

• Scientific Methods

• Interactional Perspective

• Functionalist Perspective

What is the term for a series of relationships linking individuals to others?

• Social Network

• Social Roles

• Society

• Self

What is the ability to see the context that shapes individual decision-making, as well as the decisions made by others?

• Sociological Imagination

• Conflict Perspective

• Functionalist Perspective

• Interactional Perspective

What is the study of social deviance and violations of established norms?

• Crime

• Deviance

• Sanctions

• Socialization

What are penalties or rewards for social norm enforcement?

• Sanctions

• Social Roles

• Variables

• Hypothesis

What are common practices and beliefs across all societies?

• Cultural Universal

• Social Interactions

• Gatekeeping

• Society