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Sociology Final Exam Review Henry

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is considered the Father of Sociology

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Harriet Martineau

c)

Auguste Comte

d)

Herbert Spencer

2.

The scientific study of society is called what?

a)

Sociology

b)

Social Science

c)

History

d)

Government

3.

Getting an education at school is what type of function?

a)

Manifest Function

b)

Latent function

4.

Which sociological perspective would focus on the cultural norms of the importance of the flag to a country.

a)

Functionalism

b)

Conflict Perspective

c)

Symbolic Ineractionism

5.

Which early sociology thinker proposed that society would eventually consist of only 2 classes; the bourgeoisie and proletariat

a)

Auguste Comte

b)

Harriet Martineau

c)

Herbert Spencer

d)

Karl Marx

6.

A sociologist studying the conflict between teachers on strike and the state education board would be best served using which sociological perspective?

a)

Functionalism

b)

Conflict Perspective

c)

Symbolic Interactionism

d)

Sociological Perspective

7.

Which of these is NOT one of the 3 Sociological Perspectives?

a)

Functionalism

b)

Conflict Perspective

c)

Symbolic Interactionism

d)

Sociological perspective

8.

True or False, in order to meet the communication needs of socialization. It has to be verbal?

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Which of the following is considered your Primary group?

a)

Family

b)

Sociology Class

c)

Coworkers

d)

All of the above

10.

At what age group is the stage Identity vs. Role Confusion?

a)

40-65

b)

12-18

c)

6-12

d)

3-6

11.

What age group is the stage Autonomy vs. Doubt?

a)

3-6

b)

6-12

c)

Birth - 1.5

d)

2-3

12.

What age group is Generational vs Self Absorption in stages of development?

a)

65+

b)

18-40

c)

40-65

d)

6-12

13.

This type of belief system is based on the belief that animals, rivers, plants, mountains, and wind have spirits but are not worshipped as gods. They are instead seen as supernatural forces. Some examples of religions that practice this belief system are Shamanism and Totemism. What belief system is this?

a)

animism

b)

monotheism

c)

atheism

d)

self-fulfilling prophecy

14.
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
15.
Philosophers like John Locke theorize that ___________ makes us who we are
a)
Environment
b)
Genes
c)
Family
d)
Religion
16.
Our biological makeup determining who we are is an example of?
a)
Nature
b)
Nurture
17.
George Herbert Mead's "I" refers to
a)
The "what do I want"/seeking self fulfillment
b)
individual cultural origins
c)
How other interpret our actions
d)
the symbols that others give us
18.
George Herbert Mead's "Me" refers to
a)
The "what do I want" sense of self
b)
How "my" internalized view has been created
c)
how others might interpret our actions.
d)
How my personal beliefs affect others
19.
Which of the following is an example of a peer group?
a)
students and teachers
b)
children and parents
c)
classmates and friends
d)
players and coaches
20.
What did Mead call the part of the self that is created by interacting with others; the self they want others to see?
a)
role-taking self
b)
the “me”
c)
the “I”
d)
the generalized self
21.
Which of the following is generally the first agent of socialization for most people?
a)
family
b)
mass media
c)
religion
d)
medicine
22.
. Which of the following best explains the difference between the game stage and the play stage?
a)
The game stage is more sophisticated, with several participants being involved, each with a distinct role.
b)
The play stage is more sophisticated because the child’s values, beliefs, and attitudes start to depend on general concepts.
c)
The play stage is less sophisticated because during this time all the child does is mimic the behavior of others without taking on any roles.
d)
The game stage is less sophisticated because the child is not yet able to understand the concept of role taking.
23.
Breaking with past experiences and learning new values and mores
a)
Resocialization
b)
Internalization
c)
Socialization
d)
Assimilation
24.
Which of the following is an example of a total institution?
a)
a day camp
b)
a prison
c)
a public university
d)
a hospital emergency room
25.
Which of the following are NOT an agent of socialization?
a)
family
b)
peers
c)
school
d)
food
26.
The four primary agents of socialization in the U.S. are
a)
family, work, religion, peers
b)
school, parents, heredity, culture
c)
family, school, peer group, mass media
d)
mass media, family, school, culture 
27.

Socialization by outside influences other than those that have raised you is known as:

a)

Primary Socialization

b)

Secondary Socialization

c)

Outside Socialization

d)

Media Socialization

28.

Receiving an award such as the Medal of Honor, or being honored with the Pulitzer Prize would be an example of which dimension of social stratification?

a)

Prestige

b)

Power

c)

Wealth

d)

Class

29.

The amount of money in a person's bank account, the cars a person owns, and the house the person lives in are examples of which dimension of social stratification?

a)

Wealth

b)

Power

c)

Prestige

d)

Class

30.

The captain of a football team, the president of the Yorkville National Honors Society, and leader of a religious organization have all increased which dimension of social stratification?

a)

Power

b)

Prestige

c)

Wealth

d)

Class

31.

This social class is a small percent that controls a large portion of the countries wealth.

a)

Upper Class

b)

Underclass

c)

Upper Middle Class

d)

Working Class

32.

This social class has high income business people and professionals usually with advanced degrees.

a)

Upper Middle Class

b)

Lower Middle Class

c)

Underclass

d)

Working Poor

33.

This social class has white collar jobs, usually no manual labor jobs, with less education and less pay than the classes above it.

a)

Lower Middle Class

b)

Upper Middle Class

c)

Underclass

d)

Upper Class

34.

This social class has blue collar manual labor and includes factory workers, tradespeople, less pay - with the average person having a high school education or GED (General Education Diploma)

a)

Working Class

b)

Upper Class

c)

Upper Middle Class

d)

Underclass

35.

This social class has some high school education, heavy numbers of laborers and service workers.

a)

Working Poor

b)

Lower Middle Class

c)

Working Class

d)

Upper Middle Class

36.

Which group of sociologists believe that social stratification and class systems exist because people from a young age are taught to accept the current system and not question its existence?

a)

Functionalist

b)

Conflict

c)

Interactionist

d)

Quantamist

37.

Which group of sociologists believe that the scarcity of resources causes the social inequality among groups?

a)

Conflict Theorist

b)

Functionalists

c)

Classists

d)

Interactionists

38.

Which of the following is a characteristic for relative poverty?

a)

Not having the resources to secure life's necessities

b)

Living below the poverty line

c)

Relying on government assistance to survive

d)

Comparing poverty in the United States to poverty in another country

39.

Believing that all people within a certain group are horrible dodgeball players is an example of a

a)

Stereotype

b)

Descrimination

c)

Prejudice

d)

Racism

40.

Refusing to rent a home to someone because they are a different color or race is an example of

a)

Discrimination

b)

Prejudice

c)

Racism

d)

Stereotypes

41.

All of the following are patterns of conflict EXCEPT

a)

Genocide

b)

Subjugation

c)

Population Transfer

d)

Cultural Pluralism

42.

Family is as follows: The father and mother are both high school teachers. They both have a 4 year college degree. They have 1 child, and 1 dog. They plan on having 1-2 more children. Which social class would they be located in?

a)

Working Poor

b)

Lower Middle Class

c)

Upper Class

d)

Aristocracy

43.

Which of the following is a characteristic of a minority

a)

Members must all be the same race

b)

The group must be dominated by the majority in the country

c)

The minority group can't have a sense of identity.

d)

People elect which minority group they want to be a part of

44.

social stratification based on ascription or birth.

a)

Caste System

b)

Class System

c)

Meritocracy

d)

Ideology

e)

Socioeconomic Status

45.

a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy.

a)

Caste System

b)

Class System

c)

Meritocracy

d)

Social Stratification

e)

Socioeconomic Status

46.

A change in one’s position in the social hierarchy

a)

Caste System

b)

Class System

c)

Meritocracy

d)

Social Stratification

e)

Social mobility

47.

cultural beliefs that justify social stratification.

a)

Caste System

b)

Ideology

c)

Meritocracy

d)

Social Stratification

e)

Social mobility

48.

social stratification based on both birth and individual

achievement.

a)

Caste System

b)

Ideology

c)

Meritocracy

d)

Social Stratification

e)

Class System

49.

a composite ranking based on various dimensions of

inequality.

a)

Meritocracy

b)

Ideology

c)

Socioeconomic Status

d)

Social Stratification

e)

Class System

50.

Because of social stratification:

a)

some people have more privileges and opportunities than others do.

b)

all people begin life on a level playing field.

c)

working hard is the only way people can become wealthy.

d)

what people get out of life is pretty much what they put into it.

51.

In a caste system:

a)

people earn their social position through their efforts

b)

social position typically changes over one’s life

c)

children probably end up with social standing different from that of their parents

d)

there is little or no social mobility

52.

Caste systems:

a)

assign people to certain types of work.

b)

require that people marry within their own category

c)

encourage people to socialize with their own kind.

d)

All of these answers are right

53.

The claim that social position reflects how able and hard working individuals are is commonly made in:

a)

caste systems

b)

class systems.

c)

classless societies.

d)

All societies.

54.

Which of the following best describes the sociological perspective?

a)

Its major focus is on individual differences.

b)

Its major focus is the intelligence of individuals.

c)

It focuses on people at a group level.

d)

It has little interest in group behavior.

55.

What is the sociological imagination?

a)

A creative way for sociologists to represent social processes.

b)

A method sociologists use to uncover new sources of information.

c)

The ability of individuals to adapt to the expectations of a group.

d)

The way individuals see how events in their own lives relate to events in society.

56.

All the people with the characteristics that a researcher wants to study.

a)

population

b)

survey

c)

questionaire

d)

boat

57.

Which of the following is true concerning deviant behavior?

a)

Primary deviance usually leads to secondary deviance.....no not necessarily

b)

What is considered deviant in one society may not be considered deviant in another society

c)

Deviant behavior is also illegal behavior....Not always true

d)

Adults learn deviant behavior more quickly than children.....Definitively Not true

58.

Social control refers to...

a)

the folkways practiced by a society

b)

the methods a society uses to promote order and stability

c)

the violation of a social sanction

d)

the rebellious behavior of many adolescents.

59.

Which of the following best describes how social class is related to social stratification?

a)

Each social class has many layers of social stratification.

b)

Each layer of social stratification constitutes a social class.

c)

The terms social stratification and social class mean the same thing.

d)

Social stratification exists in caste systems, whereas social classes exist only in noncaste systems.

60.

The theoretical perspective that was influenced by Max Weber is…

a)

Conflict perspective

b)

Interactionist perspective

c)

Social Darwinism

d)

Functionalistic perspective

61.

The perspective that believes there is competition for scarce resources to create social change is…

a)

Interactionist perspective

b)

Social Darwinism

c)

Conflict perspective

d)

Functionalist perspective

62.

Folkways are

a)

Written or spoken symbols

b)

The physical objects of material culture

c)

The common customs of everyday life

d)

Written rules of conduct enacted and enforced by the government

63.

The smallest group possible is…

a)

A dyad

b)

One person

c)

An aggregate

d)

A triad

64.

The organization of written or spoken symbols into a standardized system is called

a)

Cultural relativism

b)

Symbolic interaction

c)

Norms

d)

Language

65.

The exchange of goods and services is

a)

labor.

b)

barter

c)

urbanization.

d)

accommodation

66.

The specialization by individuals or groups in the performance of specific economic activities is

a)

urbanization

b)

mechanical solidarity.

c)

barter

d)

division of labor

67.

the most serious mores are formalized into laws

a)

true

b)

false

68.

Tabula Rasa theory suggests that individuals are born with personality.

a)

true

b)

false

69.

Subcultural differences, such as the type of neighborhood in which an individual is raised, influence personality.

a)

true

b)

false

70.

The socially determined behaviors expected of a person performing a role are

a)

role performances

b)

role strains

c)

role expectations

d)

reciprocal roles

71.

a trait used to label someone in a negative way

a)

underclass

b)

stacking

c)

stigma

d)

aristocracy

72.

the part of the self that is created through socialization

a)

self-concept

b)

stigma

c)

I

d)

me

73.

the part of the self that is spontaneous, unpredictable, and creative

a)

I

b)

me

c)

significant others

d)

self-concept

74.

competitive physical activity

a)

contest

b)

sport

c)

stacking

d)

tracking

75.

hourly workers whose income is somewhat below average

a)

underclass

b)

working poor

c)

working class

d)

middle class

76.

lists the 5 major ways people respond to strain

a)

fight or flight theory

b)

strain theory

c)

control theory

d)

differential association theory

77.

you accept the goals of society and the means of reaching those goals

a)

ritualism

b)

retreatism

c)

innovation

d)

conformity

78.

This theory says that primary groups have an important role in transmitting deviance

a)

strain theory

b)

fight or flight theory

c)

control theory

d)

differential association theory

79.

this theory states that conformity to social norms depends on strong bonds between the individual and society

a)

fight or flight theory

b)

control theory

c)

differential association theory

d)

strain theory

80.

the process of learning how to take part in group life

a)

game stage

b)

play stage

c)

socialization

d)

control theory

81.

those people whose opinions are important to us

a)

looking-glass self

b)

significant others

c)

peer group

d)

I

82.

time around 18 months old where kids begin mimicking the behavior of others

a)

game stage

b)

play stage

c)

mirror stage

d)

imitation stage

83.

time when preschoolers begin engaging in sophisticated role-taking

a)

game stage

b)

play stage

c)

mirror stage

d)

imitation stage

84.

What made gender discrimination illegal in educational institutions?

a)

Title V

b)

Titile III

c)

Title IX

d)

Title VI

85.

respect and honor attached to certain positions

a)

authority

b)

charismatic

c)

prestige

d)

ritual

86.

burial services, communion, and baptisms are all examples of what

a)

beliefs

b)

intellectual dimensions

c)

rituals

d)

prestige

87.

while a person is in prison they earn a college degree

a)

retribution

b)

rehabilitation

c)

recidivism

d)

ritualism

88.

when you reject a goal, but continue to use socially accepted means to achieve the goal

a)

conformity

b)

retreatism

c)

ritualism

d)

innovation

89.

when you change jobs from a cashier at IGA to a cashier at Publix

a)

vertical mobility

b)

horizontal mobility

c)

diagonal mobility

d)

intergenerational mobility

90.

when you change jobs from being a cashier at Publix to being a registered nurse at Lexington Medical Center

a)

vertical mobility

b)

horizontal mobility

c)

intergenerational mobility

d)

diagonal mobility

91.

When a person is a resident of a total institution, what is the 1st step in trying to change the person?

a)

desocialization

b)

resocialization

c)

anticipatory socialization

d)

conformity

92.

Ty failed chemistry 1st nine weeks. Second nine weeks he cheated and ended up with a B. Ty's cheating is an example of

a)

conformity

b)

ritualism

c)

rebellion

d)

innovation

93.

When a person has given up on the goals of society

a)

conformity

b)

ritualism

c)

rebellion

d)

retreatism

94.

People at work avoid Ellie Mae because her husband is on death row for murdering three people

a)

ritualism

b)

stigma

c)

attachment

d)

rebellion

95.

Jethro thinks that when he dies he will go to heaven. This is an example of

a)

a ritual

b)

a belief

c)

an intellectual dimension

d)

a consequence

96.

According to sociologists, a Methodist, Lutheran, or Baptist church are all examples of

a)

sect

b)

cult

c)

social group

d)

denomination

97.

This allows us to have an image of ourself that is separate from others

a)

looking-glass self

b)

stigma

c)

self-concept

d)

mirror stage

98.

If you break a window and the judge orders you to pay for a new window that is an example of

a)

rehabilitation

b)

retribution

c)

recidivism

d)

incarceration

99.

Postindustrial societies have more white collar workers than blue collar workers

a)

true

b)

false

100.

Being a teacher is an ascribed status.

a)

true

b)

false

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