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WorksheetsChapter 1 - Review
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 2hrs 35mins
Several members of a little league team begin wearing their baseball caps backwards and soon the entire team is following this style. This is an example of
social structure.
group conformity.
group imagination.
Social Darwinism.
Karl Marx believed that class conflict was inevitable because
latent functions are more common than manifest functions.
social interdependence always leads to social unrest.
Social Darwinism states that a classless society is the most stable type of society.
workers will eventually overthrow the capitalists just as slaves overthrew their owners.
The changes caused by the Industrial Revolution, such as people moving from farms to cities, is an example of social
conformity
Darwinism.
dynamics.
statics .
Using the Internet for shopping is convenient and can save time. This is a __________ function of this type of shopping.
latent
dynamic
static
manifest
Some people think that shopping over the Internet can lead to social isolation because people go to stores less often. This is a _________ function of Internet shopping.
latent
dynamic
static
manifest
The distribution of power is most important in which of the following theoretical perspectives?
symbolic interactioism
conflict perspective
functionalism
positivism
The theory that society benefits when each individual finds his or her own social-class level without outside interference is called
group conformity.
group imagination
class conflict.
Social Darwinism.
When a baby waves "bye-bye," he is using a
function
symbol
verstehen
rationalization
Harriet Martineau is considered an early feminist theorist because she
thought that conflict between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie was inevitable.
wrote about the link between slavery and the oppression of women.
campaigned for equal pay for women.
believed women were free to find their own social-class level.
Jane Addams
was concerned about the exploitation of the lower class.
believed everyone should find his or her social-class level without outside interference.
was the first person to research the social structure ofAfrican American communities.
is considered the founder of symbolic interactionism.
Which of the following is NOT associated with mechanical solidarity?
It existed in preindustrial times.
Everyone had a highly specialized role.
There was a widespread consensus of values.
There was strong social pressure to conform.
Most groups encourage their members to conform to the group's way of thinking and behaving.
TRUE
FALSE
Sociology is one of the oldest sciences, having been around about 400 years.
TRUE
FALSE
A family is a group, but the people attending a football game are not a group because they are too diverse.
TRUE
FALSE
Sociologists rarely challenge conventional social wisdom.
TRUE
FALSE
The sociological perspective allows sociologists to focus on the common behaviors of a group of people, rather than their individual differences.
TRUE
FALSE
When you try to understand your friend's feelings by placing yourself in her situation, you are using verstehen.
TRUE
FALSE
W.E.B. Du Bois scientifically studied the social structure of African American communities.
TRUE
FALSE
Symbolic interactionists say that we are able to communicate with one another because we have a set of symbols that have similar meanings to all of us.
TRUE
FALSE
