WorksheetsSociology Final Exam
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 1hrs 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What do sociologists mean by theoretical perspective?
a)
facts and data about society
b)
consensus among all members of a group
c)
opinions about how people should relate
d)
assumptions about the workings of society
2.
Knowledge, values, customs, and physical, objects that are shared by members of a society
a)
Culture
b)
Society
c)
Norms
d)
Cultural Universals
3.
Rules defining appropriate and inappropriate behavior
a)
Norms
b)
Ethnocentricism
c)
Ideal Culture
d)
Drives
4.
Norms that lack moral significance
a)
Folkways
b)
Taboo
c)
Mores
d)
Law
5.
Norms that have moral dimensions and that should be followed by members of the members of the society
a)
Mores
b)
Taboo
c)
Folkways
d)
Laws
6.
A role of behavior, the violation of which calls for strong punishment
a)
Taboo
b)
Laws
c)
Informal Sanctions
d)
Formal sanctions
7.
A norm that is formally defined and enforced by officials
a)
Laws
b)
Taboo
c)
Folkways
d)
Mores
8.
Broad ideas about what is good or desirable shared by people in society
a)
Values
b)
Taboo
c)
Ideal Culture
d)
Cultural Universal
9.
Ideas, knowledge, and beliefs that influence people's behavior
a)
Non-material culture
b)
Material culture
c)
Real culture
d)
Ideal culture
10.
Ideas about the nature of reality
a)
Beliefs
b)
Society
c)
Culture
d)
Society
11.
The concrete, tangible objects of a culture
a)
Material culture
b)
Non-material culture
c)
Ideal Culture
d)
Real Culture
12.
Cultural guidelines that group members claim to accept
a)
Ideal Culture
b)
Real Culture
c)
Subculture
d)
Informal Sanctions
13.
Actual behavior patterns of members of a group
a)
Real Culture
b)
Ideal Culture
c)
Formal Sanctions
d)
Counterculture
14.
A group that is part of the dominant culture but differs from it in some important respects
a)
Subculture
b)
Counterculture
c)
Social Category
d)
Ideal Culture
15.
General cultural traits that exist in all cultures
a)
Cultural Universals
b)
Ideal Culture
c)
Formal Sanctions
d)
Material Culture
16.
Agricultural society relies on ...
a)
Services rather than products.
b)
Foraging for and pursuing wild plants and animals.
c)
Domestication of animals.
d)
Cultivation of plants and livestock.
17.
A type of society that focuses on mass production...
a)
Productive
b)
Industrial
c)
Technological
d)
Agricultural
18.
The process that teaches the norms, values, and other aspects of a culture to new group members.
a)
Internalization
b)
Socalization
c)
Primary Socialization
d)
Secondary Socialization
19.
Society shaping us into who we are is an example of?
a)
Nature
b)
Nurture
20.
Our biological makeup determining who we are is an example of?
a)
Nature
b)
Nurture
21.
The most important agent of socialization in almost every society is
a)
family
b)
peer group
c)
school
d)
mass media
22.
A group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption
a)
cult
b)
family
c)
religion
d)
group
23.
Main purpose is to teach norms and values
a)
Clique
b)
Family
c)
Government
d)
School
24.
Reinforces behavior by enforcing laws
a)
Clique
b)
Family
c)
Government
d)
School
25.
Teaches skills to earn a living
a)
Clique
b)
Family
c)
Government
d)
School
26.
Helps to reinforce norms of society
a)
Religion
b)
Economic Institution
c)
Sociologist
27.
Provides society jobs
a)
Religion
b)
Economic Institution
c)
Sociologist
28.
Mom, dad, brothers, sisters
a)
Extended Family
b)
Nuclear family
29.
Which of the following is true concerning deviant behavior?
a)
More females commit deviant behavior than men
b)
What is considered deviant in one society may not be considered deviant in another society.
c)
Deviant behavior is also illegal behavior.
d)
Adults learn deviant behavior more quickly than children.
30.
Any act that is labeled as such by those in authority, is prohibited by law, and is punishable by the government
a)
Deviance
b)
Total Institution
c)
Crime
d)
Rebellion
31.
Why is our social class an important agent of socialization?
a)
It is the first agent of socialization to shape who we are
b)
If you are rich you will have more opportunities and thus be raised better
c)
If you are poor you will be more culturally diverse and thus raised better
d)
Our social class affects the values, norms and opportunities we have which shapes who we are
32.
rewards or punishments that encourage conformity
a)
social control
b)
social deviance
c)
social sanctions
d)
deviance
33.
Sociologists who view law as an instrument of oppression used to control workers are aligned most with which sociological perspective?
a)
the functionalist perspective
b)
the symbolic interactionist perspective
c)
the conflict perspective
d)
the structuralist perspective
34.
Which type of sociologists would consider deviance to be a natural part of society?
a)
conflict theorists
b)
functionalists
c)
neo-conflict theorists
d)
symbolic interactionists
35.
According to conflict theorists, which group is most at risk of being labeled as deviant in U.S. society?
a)
People with weak consciences and a low tolerance for frustration
b)
Rich people who commit white-collar crimes
c)
Poor people who threaten the livelihood of the rich
d)
People who cannot succeed through ordinary means
36.
Emphasizes conflict, competition, change, and constraint within society.
a)
Functionalism
b)
Rationalization
c)
symbolic interactionism
d)
conflict perspective
37.
The ____________ perspective views society as a system of interdependent and interrelated parts.
a)
Interactionsit
b)
Feminist
c)
Conflict
d)
Functionalist
38.
The distribution of power is most important in which of the following theoretical perspectives?
a)
Conflict Perspective
b)
Funcionalism
c)
Symbolic Interactionalism
39.
______ emphasizes that people can communicate because they share words, gestures, and physical objects that have similar meanings to all of them.
a)
Functionalism
b)
Symbolic Interactionalism
c)
Conflict Theory
40.
This sociological perspective emphasizes the contributions (functions) made by each part of a society.
a)
Functionalism
b)
Conflict Theory
c)
Symbolic Interactionism
41.
This sociological perspective focuses on the interactions among people based on mutually understood symbols.
a)
Functionalism
b)
Conflict Theory
c)
Symbolic Interactionism
42.
How is poverty measured in the United States?
a)
by sending out surveys to all American families
b)
by conducting interviews with people in the underclass
c)
by setting an annual base level income for a family of four
d)
by measuring annual levels of unemployment
43.
Which of the following is least likely to live in poverty in the United States today?
a)
a 30-year-old white man
b)
an African American mother of two preschoolers
c)
a 14-year-old Latino boy
d)
a mentally ill 45-year-old white woman
44.
Which of the following refers to the different layers of people who possess varying amounts of scarce resources?
a)
the proletariat
b)
class consciousness
c)
social stratification
d)
horizontal mobility
45.
Which of the following is an indicator that is used to measure poverty?
a)
race
b)
infant mortality rate
c)
access to green space
d)
religious affiliation
46.
Discrimination is basically when a person engages in _________ towards another person.
a)
Hatered
b)
Prejudice
c)
Deviance
d)
Facism
47.
What is the difference between sex and gender?
a)
Sex refers to the physical difference... Gender refers to the psychological, social, and cultural differences between males and females.
b)
Sex is intercourse and Gender is the type of sex
c)
Sex is male or female, Gender adds the transgender.
48.
Which of the following is true regarding poverty among elderly Americans?
a)
Elderly Americans are
economically worse off than they were four decades ago.
b)
The income gap between the
wealthy elderly and the elderly poor is small.
c)
Elderly women have a lower
rate of poverty than elderly men.
d)
The poverty rate for racial
and ethnic minority elderly is higher than the poverty rate for whites.
49.
Most sociologists believe that
a)
gender differences have both biological and cultural causes.
b)
family attitudes are responsible for virtually all gender differences.
c)
biology is responsible for about 90% of gender differences
d)
culture is responsible for about 90% of gender differences.
50.
In the 1800s, some schools had rules that female teachers had to be unmarried because most people believed that married women should stay home and take care of their families. However, no such rules applied to men in their work. This is an example of
a)
biological determinism.
b)
feminization of poverty
c)
sexism.
d)
gender identity.
51.
Functionalists explain the loss of status among older people as a consequence of
a)
discrimination.
b)
class struggle
c)
industrialization.
d)
socialization.
52.
Which of the following best describes the symbolic interactionist view of gender?
a)
It is to men’s advantage to prevent women from gaining political, economic, and social power.
b)
Traditional gender roles are outdated because people no longer need to rely on physical strength to survive
c)
The traditional division of responsibilities exists because it has benefited society.
d)
Children acquire their gender identity by interacting with people in the world around them.
53.
Which of the following is true regarding voter turnout and age?
a)
People are more likely to vote as they get older.
b)
Young people vote in greater numbers than older people.
c)
Elderly people have less difficulty getting to the polls.
d)
Voting rates are about the same for all age groups.
54.
People who are racist
a)
are always members of the
majority.
b)
believe their race is
superior.
c)
believe that the dominant
race is superior.
d)
know that their beliefs are
wrong, but are unwilling to change.
55.
Which of the following is an example of a hate crime?
a)
a person stealing money
from an Asian American because the thief wants to buy drugs
b)
painting a swastika on a
Jewish neighbor’s garage
c)
arguing with someone about
politics
d)
not hiring a Latino
American for a job because she does not have the required skills
56.
How does an ethnic minority differ from a race?
a)
Physical characteristics
define ethnic minorities.
b)
Race involves innate cultural
differences.
c)
Genetics plays a role in an
ethnic minority
d)
Cultural differences define
ethnic minorities.
57.
Steve tells his friend Tom that he should go out for track because Tom is African American and Steve believes African Americans can run faster than people of other races. This is an example of
a)
discrimination.
b)
ethnocentrism.
c)
subjugation.
d)
a stereotype
58.
What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
a)
Prejudice is an opinion,
not an act.
b)
Stereotypes occur only in
discrimination.
c)
Discrimination is a set of
values.
d)
Prejudice can be positive.
59.
Qualitative or quantitative:
The distance between the high school and the football stadium.
The distance between the high school and the football stadium.
a)
Quantitative
b)
Qualitative
60.
Qualitative or quantitative:
The texture of a new ice cream brand.
The texture of a new ice cream brand.
a)
Quantitative
b)
Qualitative
61.
Are surveys qualitative or quantitative research?
a)
Quantitative
b)
Qualitative
c)
Either
62.
Are polls usually qualitative or quantitative research?
a)
Quantitative
b)
Qualitative
c)
Either
63.
Would a case study be qualitative or quantitative research?
a)
Quantitative
b)
Qualitative
c)
Either
64.
A team of researchers studied a nomadic tribe in North Asia for 18 months. They were careful to limit their interaction with the tribe members, and observed from afar. What type of research is this?
a)
Case study
b)
Participant Observation
c)
Program Evaluation
d)
Demographic Information
65.
What research method is cheap and easy to make, and can yield data on a broad range of topics, but can have problems like bias questions or dishonest responses?
a)
Survey
b)
Poll
c)
Case Study
d)
Demographic information
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