Multiple Choice



Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

  | |

|[pic] | 1.  |People who focus on the forces in society that promote competition and change employ the |

| | |a. |

| | |conflict perspective. |

| | |c. |

| | |interactionist perspective. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |functionalist perspective. |

| | |d. |

| | |dysfunctionalist perspective. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 2.  |The social science that studies human society and social behavior is |

| | |a. |

| | |sociology. |

| | |c. |

| | |anthropology. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |psychology. |

| | |d. |

| | |political science. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 3.  |The social science that deals with the behavior and thinking of organisms is |

| | |a. |

| | |sociology. |

| | |c. |

| | |anthropology. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |psychology. |

| | |d. |

| | |political science. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 4.  |The study of the choices people make in an effort to satisfy their needs and wants is |

| | |a. |

| | |political science. |

| | |c. |

| | |history. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |social psychology. |

| | |d. |

| | |economics. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 5.  |Social sciences are |

| | |a. |

| | |the observable facts or events that involve human society. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |how people relate to one another and influence each other’s behavior. |

| | | |

| | |c. |

| | |the hidden meanings behind human actions. |

| | | |

| | |d. |

| | |the disciplines that study human social behavior or institutions and functions of human society in a |

| | |scientific manner. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 6.  |Who coined the term sociology to describe the study of society? |

| | |a. |

| | |Auguste Comte |

| | |c. |

| | |Herbert Spencer |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |Karl Marx |

| | |d. |

| | |Émile Durkheim |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 7.  |A theory is |

| | |a. |

| | |an explanation of the relationships among particular phenomena. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |an intended and recognized consequence of some element of society. |

| | | |

| | |c. |

| | |a description comprised of the essential characteristics of a feature of society. |

| | | |

| | |d. |

| | |the meanings that individuals attach to their actions. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 8.  |A symbol is |

| | |a. |

| | |the unintended and unrecognized consequence of an element of society. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |anything that represents something else. |

| | | |

| | |c. |

| | |a description comprised of the essential characteristics of a feature of society. |

| | | |

| | |d. |

| | |the consequence that an element of society produces for the maintenance of its social system. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 9.  |People who view society as a set of interrelated parts that work together to produce a stable social |

| | |system are said to employ the |

| | |a. |

| | |manifest function. |

| | |c. |

| | |interactionist perspective. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |theoretical perspective. |

| | |d. |

| | |functionalist perspective. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 10.  |The physical objects that people create and use form a group’s |

| | |a. |

| | |nonmaterial culture. |

| | |c. |

| | |language. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |material culture. |

| | |d. |

| | |values. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 11.  |The tendency to view one’s own culture and group as superior is called |

| | |a. |

| | |a subculture. |

| | |c. |

| | |cultural relativism. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |cultural universals. |

| | |d. |

| | |ethnocentrism. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 12.  |Sociologists distinguish between these two types of norms: |

| | |a. |

| | |folkways and mores. |

| | |c. |

| | |laws and mores. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |folkways and culture traits. |

| | |d. |

| | |culture traits and mores. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 13.  |Some groups in society share values, norms, and behaviors that are not shared by the entire population. |

| | |The unique cultural characteristics of these groups form a |

| | |a. |

| | |cultural relativism. |

| | |c. |

| | |cultural universal. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |subculture. |

| | |d. |

| | |counterculture. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 14.  |A group of interdependent people who have organized in such a way as to share a common culture and |

| | |feeling of unity is a |

| | |a. |

| | |society. |

| | |c. |

| | |material culture. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |more. |

| | |d. |

| | |cultural universal. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 15.  |Norms that exist in our society include |

| | |a. |

| | |financial responsibility. |

| | |c. |

| | |not paying bills. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |restrictions against campfires. |

| | |d. |

| | |not killing a human being. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 16.  |When people gather in the same place at the same time but lack organization or lasting patterns of |

| | |interaction, they form a(n) |

| | |a. |

| | |primary group. |

| | |c. |

| | |both a and b |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |aggregate. |

| | |d. |

| | |neither a nor b |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 17.  |Behavior that violates significant social norms is called |

| | |a. |

| | |rude. |

| | |c. |

| | |deviant. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |a stigma. |

| | |d. |

| | |none of the above |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 18.  |To be labeled deviant, one must |

| | |a. |

| | |be detected committing a deviant act. |

| | |c. |

| | |both a and b |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |be stigmatized by society. |

| | |d. |

| | |neither a nor b |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 19.  |A stigma is |

| | |a. |

| | |a mark of social disgrace that sets the deviant apart from the rest of society. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |used as a form of social control. |

| | | |

| | |c. |

| | |an act that has serious negative consequences. |

| | | |

| | |d. |

| | |none of the above |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 20.  |Of the five modes of adaptation, ____ is not a deviant response. |

| | |a. |

| | |rebellion |

| | |c. |

| | |conformity |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |ritualism |

| | |d. |

| | |innovation |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 21.  |Conflict theorist believe that |

| | |a. |

| | |competition leads to deviance. |

| | |c. |

| | |both a and b |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |social inequality leads to deviance. |

| | |d. |

| | |neither a nor b |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 22.  |Conflict theorist believe that |

| | |a. |

| | |social life is a struggle between those who possess and those who do not. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |people with power commit deviant acts to maintain their position. |

| | | |

| | |c. |

| | |the ruling class labels any behavior that threatens their power base as deviant. |

| | | |

| | |d. |

| | |all of the above |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 23.  |The interactionist perspective focuses on |

| | |a. |

| | |control theory. |

| | |c. |

| | |labeling theory. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |cultural transmission theory. |

| | |d. |

| | |all of the above |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 24.  |____ explains deviance as a learned behavior. |

| | |a. |

| | |Control theory |

| | |c. |

| | |Labeling theory |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |Cultural transmission theory |

| | |d. |

| | |none of the above |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 25.  |The labeling theory |

| | |a. |

| | |focuses on how individuals come to be identified as deviant. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |notes that all people commit deviant acts during their lives. |

| | | |

| | |c. |

| | |describes two types of deviance. |

| | | |

| | |d. |

| | |all of the above |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 26.  |Principle types of crime in the United States include |

| | |a. |

| | |violent crimes. |

| | |c. |

| | |white collar crime. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |crimes against property. |

| | |d. |

| | |all of the above |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 27.  |The following are all more serious crimes EXCEPT |

| | |a. |

| | |arson. |

| | |c. |

| | |murder. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |fraud. |

| | |d. |

| | |robbery. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 28.  |Statistics reveal all the following EXCEPT: |

| | |a. |

| | |men are more likely to be arrested than women. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |more than two thirds of all people arrested are white. |

| | | |

| | |c. |

| | |almost half of the arrest involve people under age 25. |

| | | |

| | |d. |

| | |people older than 35 account for nearly three quarters of all arrests. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 29.  |The process of labeling an individual as deviant is called: |

| | |a. |

| | |labeling theory |

| | |c. |

| | |a degradation ceremony |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |primary deviance |

| | |d. |

| | |secondary deviance |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 30.  |Most Americans marry individuals with characteristics similar to their own, including |

| | |a. |

| | |religious faith. |

| | |c. |

| | |age. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |race. |

| | |d. |

| | |all of the above |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 31.  |A nuclear family consists of |

| | |a. |

| | |one or both parents and their children. |

| | |c. |

| | |three generations of one family. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |two generations of one family. |

| | |d. |

| | |a single individual. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 32.  |In 1960 there were a dozen U.S. states that made interracial marriages |

| | |a. |

| | |legal. |

| | |c. |

| | |illegal. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |common. |

| | |d. |

| | |none of the above |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 33.  |What do most sociologist argue is the most-devastating family disruption? |

| | |a. |

| | |interracial marriage |

| | |c. |

| | |family violence |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |changing religious faiths |

| | |d. |

| | |divorce |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 34.  |What is the family disruption that receives a great deal of media attention? |

| | |a. |

| | |divorce |

| | |c. |

| | |alcoholism |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |remarriage |

| | |d. |

| | |drug abuse |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 35.  |In recent decades, the traditional family has been replaced by |

| | |a. |

| | |dual-earner families. |

| | |c. |

| | |childless families. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |one-parent families |

| | |d. |

| | |all of the above |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 36.  |The residential pattern found most commonly in industrial societies is |

| | |a. |

| | |patrilocality. |

| | |c. |

| | |matrilocality. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |bilocality. |

| | |d. |

| | |neolocality. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 37.  |Today in the United States it is not at all uncommon for a woman to have her first child at what age? |

| | |a. |

| | |20 |

| | |c. |

| | |42 |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |30 |

| | |d. |

| | |18 |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 38.  |Which of the following describes a family where the mother and the father share authority? |

| | |a. |

| | |matrilocality |

| | |c. |

| | |egalitarian |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |patriarchy |

| | |d. |

| | |matriarchy |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 39.  |Today in the United States women are pursuing nontraditional careers as |

| | |a. |

| | |doctors. |

| | |c. |

| | |university professors. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |computer scientists |

| | |d. |

| | |all of the above |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 40.  |Which of the following is NOT a cause of one-parent families? |

| | |a. |

| | |divorce |

| | |c. |

| | |death of a spouse |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |births to unwed mothers |

| | |d. |

| | |delayed marriage |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 41.  |Polygamy is relatively rare even in the societies where it is an acceptable marital system. This is |

| | |because |

| | |a. |

| | |men generally oppose polygamy. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |there are not enough people to marry. |

| | | |

| | |c. |

| | |such a household is expensive to support. |

| | | |

| | |d. |

| | |too much paperwork is involved. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 42.  |The most important functions of religion include |

| | |a. |

| | |social cohesion. |

| | |c. |

| | |emotional support. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |social control. |

| | |d. |

| | |all of the above |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 43.  |Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are examples of |

| | |a. |

| | |monotheistic religion. |

| | |c. |

| | |ethical religion. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |polytheistic religion. |

| | |d. |

| | |all of the above |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 44.  |A relatively small religious organization that typically has split off from a denomination is referred to|

| | |as |

| | |a. |

| | |cult. |

| | |c. |

| | |opportunistic. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |sect. |

| | |d. |

| | |none of the above |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 45.  |Changing immigration patterns in the United States have |

| | |a. |

| | |decreased attendance at religious services. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |added to the variety of religions. |

| | | |

| | |c. |

| | |increased belief in the value of religion. |

| | | |

| | |d. |

| | |hurt membership in Protestant denominations. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 46.  |The largest religious membership in the United States belongs to the |

| | |a. |

| | |Jehovah’s Witnesses. |

| | |c. |

| | |Baptist Church. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |Roman Catholic Church. |

| | |d. |

| | |Methodist Church. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 47.  |An example of a religious ritual is |

| | |a. |

| | |baptism. |

| | |c. |

| | |funeral. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |wedding. |

| | |d. |

| | |all of the above |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 48.  |Examples of subjects included in core curriculum are |

| | |a. |

| | |language and literature. |

| | |c. |

| | |physical education. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |history and mathematics. |

| | |d. |

| | |both a and b |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 49.  |After families, schools are the most important and obvious means through which children learn |

| | |a. |

| | |loyalty. |

| | |c. |

| | |religious beliefs. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |social norms, values, and beliefs. |

| | |d. |

| | |patriotism. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 50.  |The following serves to screen and select the members of society for the work they will do as adults |

| | |a. |

| | |religion. |

| | |c. |

| | |education. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |social status. |

| | |d. |

| | |none of the above |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 51.  |The assignment of students to different types of educational programs is considered |

| | |a. |

| | |hidden curriculum. |

| | |c. |

| | |diversity. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |placement. |

| | |d. |

| | |tracking. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 52.  |Americans have long believed that education is the key to |

| | |a. |

| | |social mobility. |

| | |c. |

| | |the formation of religious beliefs. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |political success. |

| | |d. |

| | |social conflict. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 53.  |Parents may receive a voucher equal to the amount their state spends on education for their child under |

| | |the concept of |

| | |a. |

| | |homeschooling. |

| | |c. |

| | |schooling. |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |school choice. |

| | |d. |

| | |bilingual education. |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 54.  |People whose bodies have both female and male characteristics are. |

| | |a. |

| | |Hermaphrodite |

| | |c. |

| | |Transexuals |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |Intersexual |

| | |d. |

| | |Transgendered |

| | | |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 55.  |People who feel they are one sex even though biologically they are the other are. |

| | |a. |

| | |Transexuals |

| | |c. |

| | |Hermaphrodite |

| | | |

| | |b. |

| | |Transgendered |

| | |d. |

| | |Intersexual |

| | | |

| | |  |

| |

|True/False |

|Indicate whether the statement is true or false. |

|  |

|[pic] | 56.  |Social sciences are the observable facts or events that involve human society. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 57.  |Psychology is the social science that studies human society and social behavior. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 58.  |A symbol is anything that represents something else. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 59.  |People who employ the interactionist perspective focus on the forces in society that promote competition |

| | |and change. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 60.  |A theory is a description comprised of the essential characteristics of a feature of society. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 61.  |Political science is the study of past events. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 62.  |Economics is the study of the choices people make in an effort to satisfy their needs and wants. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 63.  |Symbolic interaction is where interactionists focus on how people use symbols when interacting. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 64.  |The physical objects that people create and use form a group’s nonmaterial culture. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 65.  |Society consists of people, and culture consists of the material and nonmaterial products that people |

| | |create. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 66.  |Basic components of a culture vary from society to society. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 67.  |Organized crime families and the hippie movement of the 1960s are examples of countercultures in the |

| | |United States. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 68.  |Ethnocentrism is the tendency to view one’s own culture and group as superior. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 69.  |All groups create norms to enforce their cultural values. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 70.  |The in-group represents people that interact with one another regularly on the Internet. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 71.  |A triad is a group with two members. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 72.  |Providing law enforcement jobs is a positive function of deviance. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 73.  |The functionalist perspective views deviance as an unnatural part of society. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 74.  |The conflict perspective explains deviance in terms of power and inequality. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 75.  |The interactionist perspective looks at how the interaction between individuals influence deviance. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 76.  |Conformity is the acceptance of culturally approved goals and the means for achieving these goals. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 77.  |People who use innovation do not accept the cultural goals of their society but do accept the approved |

| | |means for achieving these goals. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 78.  |Innovation, ritualism, retreatism, and rebellion employ deviant behavior. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 79.  |People with power commit deviant acts to obtain economic rewards. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 80.  |The stronger the commitment to a community, the less likely people are to engage in deviant behavior. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 81.  |Cultural transmission theory views all individuals as conformists. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 82.  |The results of an individual being labeled as deviant and accepting the label as true are referred to as |

| | |secondary deviance. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 83.  |White collar crime is described as offenses committed by individuals of high social status in the course |

| | |of their professional lives. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 84.  |Racial profiling is most likely to happen to white Americans. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 85.  |Plea bargaining allows courts to reduce their already huge caseloads. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 86.  |Police discretion is used when deciding who will be arrested. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 87.  |The most universal social institution is the family; every society organizes its members into families. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 88.  |Worldwide men and women are only permitted to have monogamous marriages. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 89.  |The majority of American adults marry at least once during their lifetime. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 90.  |Remarriage rarely occurs in the United States. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 91.  |Patrilocal, matrilocal, and bilocal rules of residence encourage the development of extended family |

| | |living. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 92.  |Single parenthood has no effect on either parents or children. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 93.  |Few families can survive on a single salary. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 94.  |An increase in childlessness is a recent trend in American family life. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 95.  |Families do not perform similar functions across cultures. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 96.  |All societies regulate the sexual activities of their members to some degree. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 97.  |Delayed childbearing is one type of family disruption. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 98.  |Divorce greatly effects children but not former partners. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 99.  |One of the functions of the family is to teach children how to survive in the society around them. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 100.  |Family violence affects all social classes and racial and ethnic groups. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 101.  |Today more woman work as lawyers and doctors, which was rare in the 1800s. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 102.  |Homogamy is marriage between individuals who have different social characteristics. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 103.  |Since the 1970s the percentage of married women with children and careers has grown. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 104.  |It is very common for religious individuals to marry individuals from different religious backgrounds. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 105.  |Homogamy is based on characteristics such as age, socioeconomic status, religion, and race. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 106.  |Society’s future largely depends on the successful socialization of new members. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 107.  |Sociologists have concluded that the most important functions of religion are social cohesion, social |

| | |control, and emotional support. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 108.  |Schools do not teach socially acceptable forms of behavior. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 109.  |According to conflict sociologists, social control and tracking help maintain inequality in education. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 110.  |Generally, income increases as education increases. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 111.  |Conflict sociologists seek to explain educational achievement by looking at the interaction that takes |

| | |place among students and teachers. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 112.  |Some parents homeschool their children for ideological or religious reasons. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 113.  |Some educators believe the worst approach to curbing violence in schools is to teach young people how to |

| | |resolve their disputes peacefully. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 114.  |After families, schools are perhaps the most important and obvious means through which children learn |

| | |social norms, values, and beliefs. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 115.  |Suicide rates are the highest among those people who have strong attachments to religious groups. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 116.  |Sex and gender are the same. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 117.  |Premarital sex is often viewed more negatively than extra marital sex. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 118.  |Bill Cosby has made controversial remarks regarding parenting and children in the African-American |

| | |communities. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 119.  |America’s cultural attitudes toward sexuality has always been something of a contradiction. |

| | |  |

|[pic] | 120.  |Men are subjected to more sexual regulation than women. |

................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download