WorksheetsEOC Sociology Review
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 32mins
Which of these social thinkers views society as divided into two broad classes of people—the “haves” and the “have-nots”?
Karl Marx
Max Weber
Herbert Spencer
Robert Nisbet
Julian Samora
Which sociologist contributed significantly to the sociology of science?
Auguste Comte
Robert E. Park
Emile Durkheim
Robert K. Merton
William E.B. Du Bois
What is the formal mechanism that forces human conduct to adhere to standardized rules and norms?
custom
tradition
law
mores
socialization
Which interaction is an example of direct cooperation?
political parties working together against a rival
college students working together on a project
different groups performing their own tasks
playing games together
different religious groups working together
Which type of society first substituted animal power for human labor?
hunter-gatherer societies
horticultural societies
pastoral societies
post-industrial societies
agricultural societies
Which feature is a characteristic of a post-industrial society?
Which feature is a characteristic of a post-industrial society?
increased emphasis on the use of machines for manufacturing goods
global network and flexibility to work from any location
an increase in surplus food and goods than what is required for consumption
the disappearance of all forms of religious organization
Which of Harriet Martineau’s books is a foundational treatise on sociological data collection?
Retrospect of Western Travel
How to Observe Morals and Manners
Society in America
The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte
Eastern Life Present and Past
Which title belongs to the magazine run by W. E. B. Du Bois on the plight of African Americans?
Crisis
The Souls of Black Folks
Dusk of Dawn
The Philadelphia Negro
Black Reconstruction
Which group represents a counterculture?
Asian Americans
African Americans
Hispanics
hippies
working women
Which subculture includes people born between 1946 and 1964?
Generation X
Generation Y
baby boomers
seniors
millennial generation
What term refers to a value or belief passed on through successive generations?
customs
folkways
laws
traditions
values
Susan is meeting with some classmates to discuss a class project. What type of social group is this?
a primary group
a secondary group
a reference group
an in-group
an out-group
According to symbolic interactionism, which term refers to a realization of how others perceive us?
self-concept
significant others
imitation
looking glass self
generalized others
According to Jean Piaget, what is the third stage of cognitive development?
formal operational stage
sensorimotor stage
concrete operational stage
play stage
preoperational stage
Which theory states that deviance results not only from what people do, but also from how others respond to those actions?
strain theory
labeling theory
differential association theory
control theory
conflict theory
What type of crime is the illegal sale of drugs and narcotic substances?
corporate crime
hate crime
racial crime
organized crime
white-collar crime
What is the meaning of the phrase “feminization of poverty”?
feminine characteristics lead to poverty
poor people develop feminine characteristics
women are better able to escape poverty than are men
women are responsible for poverty
an increasingly larger proportion of the poor are women
Which form of social stratification hinges on personal merit?
feudal system
caste system
class system
apartheid
slavery
Which theory states that prejudice results from people forming an identity based on the group to which they belong and enhancing that identity by finding negative aspects in other groups?
authoritarian personality theory
conflict theory
cultural transmission theory
social identity theory
scapegoat theory
Which social behavior occurs when barring a person from joining a club because of his ethnicity?
racism
stereotyping
bias
favoritism
discrimination
Which example is a blended family?
a family where only a mother or a father is the senior member of a family with children
a family that includes two working parents with their children
a family with same-sex partners
a family where at least one spouse has children from a previous marriage
a family consisting of a cohabiting couple
Which type of marital union occurs between people of different social backgrounds?
endogamy
homogamy
heterogamy
polyandry
monogamy
Which type of political system suppresses an individual’s will?
democracy
authoritarianism
totalitarianism
constitutional monarchy
absolute monarchy
Which function do political parties perform in society?
control of social life
dispersion of power
formation of laws
political socialization
validation of legitimate authority
According to Karl Marx, what is the source of capitalist profits?
overuse of machines
exploitation of workers
overpricing of products
free sources of raw materials
organizational skills of capitalists
Who moved from rural villages into towns, where they specialized in a particular trade and produced superior quality products?
serfs
vassals
artisans
noblemen
feudal lords
Which statement describes the conflict theory of education?
education fulfils society's basic need of transferring knowledge
education helps in perpetuating inequality in society
education provides an avenue through which a student develops job skills
education focuses on the interactions that students have at school
education inculcates social norms and values in students
Which belief holds that “there is only one God, but God has many different faces”?
monotheism
polytheism
animism
pluralism
monism
Who developed the theory that food production increases in arithmetic progression while human population increases in geometric progression?
Edward Ullman
Ernest W. Burgess
Chauncy Harris
Thomas Robert Malthus
Homer Hoyt
What does the term fertility mean in sociology?
the actual number of children born to a woman or to a population of women
the number of children living in a family
the number of deaths in an area
size of the population
change in the location of people
Choose the statement(s) that highlights the difference between social movements and other forms of collective behaviors such as fads and fashions.
I: Crowds and social movements have lasting and more significant effects and last for a longer period of time than fads and fashions.
II: Crowds and social movements are organized with a common goal, and may even be led by a leader, whereas fads and fashions have neither a common goal nor a leader.
III: Crowds and social movements are more structured and involve people in physical contact, whereas in fads and fashions people may not be in close contact.
I
I and II
I and III
I, II, and III
II and III
The view that social change arises due to the inequalities between the haves and the have-nots is based on which theory of change?
Evolutionary Theory
Cyclical Theory
Conflict Theory
Functional Theory
Convergence Theory
