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Intro to Sociology

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Intended and recognized consequences
a)
Manifest Functions
b)
Latent Functions
c)
Dysfunction
d)
Symbolic interaction
2.
Understanding social behavior by putting yourself in the place of others 
a)
Symbolic Interaction
b)
Social Reality
c)
Verstehen
d)
Social Perspective
3.
This theory views society as a complex but interconnected system where parts work together as a whole.
a)
Structural-Functional Theory
b)
Social Conflict Theory
c)
Feminism Theory
d)
Symbolic Interactionism Theory
4.
This theory views society as a system of groups that are not equal and this inequality generates change.
a)
Feminism Theory
b)
Structural-Functional Theory
c)
Symbolic Interactionism Theory
d)
Social Conflict Theory
5.
Coined the term "Social Darwinism" believed those who don't adapt to societies changes end up poor.
a)
Jane Addams 
b)
Karl Marx
c)
Herbert Spencer
d)
Max Weber
6.
She was one of the first female sociologists and focused on the inequalities between the sexes.
a)
Jane Adams
b)
Emile Durkheim
c)
Harriet Martineau
d)
None of these
7.
“Father of Sociology” and believed in using science to improve society
a)
Auguste Comte
b)
Talcott Parsons
c)
Karl Marx
d)
None of these
8.
American sociologist who believed the poverty among minorities was due to prejudice and discrimination. 
a)
Emile DurkheimP
b)
W.E.B. Debois
c)
Karl Marx
d)
None of these
9.
Social change occurs when there is a shift in balance of power
a)
Functionalism
b)
Conflict Theory
c)
Symbolic Interactionism
d)
Dysfunction
10.
Theory uses gestures and facial expressions as a measure of behavior
a)
Symbolic interaction
b)
Functionalism
c)
Conflict Theory
d)
Dysfunction
11.
Understanding through Verstehen 
a)
Sympathy
b)
Empathy
c)
Deviance
d)
Apathy
12.
Ability to see the link between society and self
a)
Sociological perspective
b)
Socialogical imagination
c)
Social structure
d)
Social Construct
13.
Patterned relationships are called 
a)
Social Dynamics
b)
Socialogical imagination
c)
Social Structure
d)
Sociological perspective 
14.
Study of social change
a)
Positivism
b)
Social Statics
c)
Social Dynamics
d)
Negativism
15.
Class conflict was the result of Capitalism
a)
W.E.B. DuBois
b)
Herbert Spencer
c)
Auguste Comte
d)
Karl Marx
16.
Kids becoming friends as a result of attending school together is an example of
a)
Latent functions
b)
Manifest functions
c)
Dysfunction
d)
Symbolism
17.
Commonly held beliefs that may or may not be true
a)
Facts
b)
Hypothesis
c)
Conventional wisdom
d)
Theories
18.
The internal conversations that individuals have that determines our interactions is
a)
impression management
b)
symbolic interaction
c)
presentation of self
d)
conventional wisdom
19.
Doesn’t contribute positively to society
a)
Dysfunction
b)
Latent function
c)
Manifest function
d)
Verstehen
20.
A family reproduces, the economy makes up productive and religion gives us norms is a principle of
a)
Rationalism
b)
Functionalism
c)
Conflict Theory
d)
Symbolic interaction
21.
A set of assumptions believed to be true about an area of study is called
a)
Hypothesis
b)
Conventional wisdom
c)
Theoretical perspective
d)
Functionalism 
22.

Rules that cover customary ways of thinking, feeling and behaving but lack moral overtones

a)

Mores

b)

Laws

c)

Folkways

d)

Taboos

23.

Rules defining appropriate and inappropriate behavior

a)

Norms

b)

Mores

c)

Folkways

d)

Taboos

24.

Norms of great moral significance conformity to these is a social requirement

a)

Folkways

b)

Mores

c)

Laws

d)

Taboos

25.

The most serious of mores - its violation demands punishment by the group

a)

Norms

b)

Folkways

c)

Laws

d)

Taboos

26.

Which of these is not considered a "Norm"

a)

Folkways

b)

Mores

c)

Taboos

d)

Laws

27.

Used enforce norms

a)

Taboos

b)

Sanctions

c)

Mores

d)

Values

28.

Sanctions are

a)

Random and without reason

b)

Specific and associated with a specific norm

29.

Values are important because

a)

they are the same in every society

b)

they form the basis of norms

c)

they have been the same since the beginning of society

d)

they determine sanctions

30.

Can be positive or negative, can only be applied by an officially designated person

a)

Formal Sanction

b)

Informal Sanction

c)

Sanction

d)

Values

31.

Can be positive or negative, can be applied by most members of society

a)

Informal sanction

b)

Formal sanction

c)

Sanctions

d)

Values

32.

sleeping in a bed rather than on the floor is an example of

a)

a value

b)

a folkway

c)

a more

d)

a law

33.

The idea of freedom is an example of

a)

a more

b)

a value

c)

a folkway

d)

a law

34.

Norm prohibiting murder is an example of

a)

a folkway

b)

a more

c)

a value

d)

a law

35.

a norm against swearing in a church

a)

a folkway

b)

a law

c)

a more

d)

a value

36.

judging other people according to your own cultural standard

a)

ethnocentrism

b)

subculture

c)

cultural diffusion

d)

counterculture

37.

_____________ is part of the dominant culture but differs from it in some important aspects

a)

ethnocentrism

b)

subculture

c)

counterculture

d)

cultural diffusion

38.

a culture that deliberately and consciously opposes the certain central beliefs or attitudes of a culture

a)

subculture

b)

counterculture

c)

cultural diffusion

d)

ethnocentrism

39.

Which of these does NOT make up the differential association theory

a)

the number of deviant individuals one is exposed to

b)

whether the deviant behavior is practiced by significant others

c)

the age at which one is exposed to deviant behavior

d)

the number of times one is held accountable for deviant behavior

40.

which of these does NOT explain why deviance occurs

a)

Differential association theory

b)

Strain theory

c)

Control theory

d)

Labeling theory

41.

Which of these explains why two people may commit deviant acts but only one is seen as a deviant

a)

Labeling theory

b)

Differential Theory

c)

Strain Theory

d)

Control Theory

42.

The idea the someone not longer believes in the goal and/or the means to achieve the goal is associated with the

a)

Labeling theory

b)

Strain Theory

c)

Differential Association theory

d)

Control Theory

43.

Someone who believes in the goal but doesn't see the means as a way to achieve the goal and so they cheat is know as

a)

Conformity

b)

Ritualism

c)

Retreating

d)

Innovation

44.

Those who no longer believes in either the goal or the means but continues to go through the motions as part of their daily routine

a)

Retreating

b)

Ritualism

c)

Rebellion

d)

Innovation

45.

A person no longer believes in the goal or the means and refused to participate or abide by the norms and does their own thing

a)

Ritualism

b)

Retreating

c)

Innovation

d)

Rebellion

46.

A person who no longer believes in the goal and/or the means and wants to create new goals or different means

a)

Innovation

b)

Retreating

c)

Rebellion

d)

Conformity

47.

occasional breaking of norms but is is not a part of a person's lifestyle

a)

secondary deviance

b)

habitual deviance

c)

primary deviance

d)

Stigma

48.

deviance in which a person's life and identity are organized around breaking society's norms

a)

primary deviance

b)

stigma

c)

secondary deviance

d)

standard deviance

49.

an undesirable trait or label used to characterize an individual

a)

Sanction

b)

Differential association

c)

Stigma

d)

Symbolism

50.

Reducing the seriousness of crimes directed at members of lower class

a)

Stigma

b)

Taboos

c)

Victim Discounting

d)

White Collar Crime

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