WorksheetsSociology Final Exam
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 35mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Has 3 essential elements-- meaning, language, thought
a)
Symbolic interaction
b)
Functionalist
c)
Macrosociology
d)
types of Conflict
2.
What is sociology?
a)
The scientific study of soccer players.
b)
The scientific study of human social behavior.
c)
The scientific study of urban gangs and violence.
d)
The acceptance of conventional social wisdom.
3.
How does the sociological imagination help us understand events around us?
a)
It makes us prisoners of social forces.
b)
Social pressures effect our daily lives without our knowing it.
c)
Events in our personal lives and events in our society are completely unconnected.
d)
It makes us challenge conventional social wisdom.
4.
These are observable facts or events that involve human society that sociologists study about
a)
social interaction
b)
social psychology
c)
social phenomena
d)
sociological imagination
5.
A particular way of viewing the world by sociologists that focuses on the group, never the individual
a)
sociological perspective
b)
social structure
c)
sociological imagination
d)
conventional wisdom
6.
Which theory states that society is a group of parts that work together for the greater good?
a)
Functional
b)
Conflict
c)
Symbolic
d)
Eastern
7.
According to Functionalist theory, what is the state that society always wants to be in?
a)
Social Static
b)
Manifest
c)
Social Dynamic
d)
Equilibrium
8.
a theoretical perspective in which society is viewed as composed of symbols that people use to establish meaning, develop their views of the world, and communicate with one another
a)
sociological perspective
b)
functional analysis
c)
theory
d)
symbolic interaction
9.
According to ________, the people with the most power are seen as the most valuable to society.
a)
symbolic interaction
b)
functionalism
c)
conflict theory
d)
positivism
10.
This consists of all the shared products of human groups.
a)
Society
b)
Values
c)
Norms
d)
Culture
11.
To see all other cultures as inferior to one’s own
a)
Ethnocentrism
b)
Taboo
c)
Mores
d)
Cultural Universal
12.
Ideas created by members of a group or society are called?
a)
Theories
b)
Non-material or symbolic culture
c)
Material Culture
13.
Norms which are usually considered morally significant and whose violation is considered a serious matter.
a)
Taboo
b)
Mores
c)
Subcultures
d)
Cultural Relativity
14.
Central to the American way of life because they are widespread, have endured over time, and reflect many people’s strong feelings.
a)
Norms
b)
Values
c)
Taboo
d)
Mores
15.
Punishment or reward used to enforce norms.
a)
Ideology
b)
social movement
c)
sanctions
d)
internalization
16.
Culture is ____________, not ______________.
a)
learned, inherited
b)
inherited, learned
c)
stupid, great
d)
ingrained, able to be changed
17.
Which of the following would be considered an example of material culture?
a)
Practicing the Habits of Mind
b)
An American flag
c)
The Bull Dog Way
d)
Stopping your car for a funeral procession
18.
When Mrs. Scott can't get the names of all the social media straight it shows that the technological advances have interfered with her norms. This is an example of ________________
a)
idiocracy
b)
socialization
c)
cultural lag
d)
xenophobia
19.
Which of the following is generally the first agent of socialization for most people?
a)
family
b)
mass media
c)
religion
d)
medicine
20.
A status that is occupied from the moment of birth (e.g., your sex or race) is called a(n) ____status.
a)
acquired
b)
assumed
c)
ascribed
d)
achieved
21.
Breaking with past experiences and learning new values and mores
a)
Resocialization
b)
Internalization
c)
Socialization
d)
Assimilation
22.
Small groups of people whose affiliations are based on shared beliefs, preferences and practices.
a)
Subcultures
b)
Countercultures
c)
Counterpublics
d)
Submeanings
23.
Cultural relativism is the belief that
a)
morally significatn norms should be enforced by the government.
b)
temperament is the result of cultural rather than biological factors.
c)
cultures should be judged by their own standards.
d)
the values, norms, and practices of the larger society should be rejected.
24.
Cultural diffusion is best described as...
a)
sharing music from one culture to another
b)
Cultural margarine
c)
the spreading of religion
d)
the spreading of ideas, languages, and traditions from one culture to another
25.
The expectations of somebody within a certain status is their
a)
Role
b)
Master Status
c)
Identification
26.
A Social position assigned to us that we can't change
a)
Class
b)
Achieved
c)
Ascribed
d)
Classic
27.
A Social position that we can change
a)
Group
b)
Achieved
c)
Ascribed
d)
Tweet
28.
The Status that dominates and determines a person's general status
a)
Master status
b)
Master Sargent
c)
Clique
d)
Niche
29.
Teenagers who have jobs that prevent them from studying are experiencing
a)
social interaction
b)
role performance.
c)
role strain
d)
role conflict
30.
form of social interaction wherein two or more persons work together to gain a common end
a)
Coercion
b)
Quid Pro Quo
c)
Cooperation
d)
Conflict
31.
When there is tension between two people interacting with one another
a)
Cooperation
b)
Social Exchange
c)
Quid Pro Quo
d)
Conflict
32.
The interaction between two people who will voluntarily perform an action to gain something in return
a)
Cooperation
b)
Conflict
c)
Social Exchange
d)
Groupthink
33.
Shared/common value system united which society?
a)
pre-industrial
b)
post-industrial
c)
industrial
d)
kyomotoism
34.
Any group that a person belongs to and identifies with
a)
in-group
b)
out-group
c)
reference group
35.
Someone trying to force someone to do something is which social interaction?
a)
Cooperation
b)
Conflict
c)
Coercion
d)
Social Exchange
36.
When two or more people or groups oppose each other to achieve a goal that only one can reach.
a)
Circumstance.
b)
Reciprocity.
c)
Exchange.
d)
Competition.
37.
A truce is a type of...
a)
Accomodation
b)
Conflict
c)
Competition
d)
Social relationship
38.
This is not one of the four types of conflict...
a)
Compromise
b)
Wars
c)
Legal disputes
d)
Clashes over ideology
39.
Patterns and beliefs differ noticeably from those of the dominant culture
a)
Ethnocentrism
b)
Subcultures
c)
Mores
d)
Taboo
40.
To see all other cultures as inferior to one’s own
a)
Ethnocentrism
b)
Taboo
c)
Mores
d)
Cultural Universal
41.
a ranked authority structure with specific rules/procedures
a)
government
b)
rationality
c)
bureacracy
d)
dungeon
42.
Inherited genetic characteristics versus environment and social learning is also called
a)
Achievement versus failure.
b)
Nature vs Nurture.
c)
Resocialization versus instinct.
d)
Looking-glass self vs generalized other.
43.
Which agent of socialization has the most impact on our development?
a)
Education
b)
Family
c)
Mass Media
d)
Peer Groups
44.
process by which a norm becomes a part of an individual's personality
a)
positive formal sanction
b)
negative formal sanction
c)
internalization
d)
vested interests
45.
These are enforced by internalization and sanctions and help keep society stable.
a)
Norms
b)
subculture
c)
language
d)
ethnocentrism
46.
ways to encourage conformity to societal norms
a)
social control
b)
social sanctions
c)
deviance
d)
victim discounting
47.
Sociologists call an action that rewards a particular kind of behavior a(n)
a)
internalization
b)
anomie
c)
positive sanction
d)
formal sanction
48.
What is a punishment or the threat of punishment used to enforce conformity?
a)
informal sanction
b)
formal sanction
c)
anomie
d)
negative sanction
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