Ch 4 freestanding practice Flashcards
An adolescent gets into a fight with her parents over curfew rules. Her parents tell her that she is often irresponsible and gets distracted from her school work when her friends invite her out, so she must respect their rules. The girl responds that she knows how to manage her time and when she can spend more time with her friends without sacrificing her grades. When the girl returns to her room she is likely to experience a conflict between:
a. the “I” and “me”
b. the “I” and the individualistic self
c. the “me” and the social self
d. her real self and her ideal self
Recently, the country of Brazil was engulfed in a corruption scandal regarding the oil company Petrobras, the largest corporation in Brazil. Petrobras is semi-public corporation with close government ties, regulation, and oversight. Despite these government affiliations, individuals and corporate investors are able to buy and trade stock in Petrobras. Given these characteristics, it is most likely that Brazil’s economy is in the form of:
a. socialism
b. capitalism
c. state capitalism
d. welfare capitalism
Which of the following is NOT a macro theory of sociology?
a. Functionalism
b. Conflict theory
c. Feminist theory
d. Symbolic interactionism
A study finds that lower-income Hispanic women from a specific urban community located near a factory are more than twice as likely to develop a rare form of cancer than women in the general population. This finding could be potentially attributed to all of the following, EXCEPT:
a. class-dependent health care disparities
b. environmental injustice
c. gender-dependent health care disparities
d. ethnicity-dependent health care disparities
A country where the economy is profit-driven and privately-owned, but public services like health care and education are state-funded, would be considered:
a. socialist
b. capitalist
c. collectivist
d. welfare capitalist
Social institutions include all of the following, EXCEPT:
a. Social networks
b. Families
c. Schools
d. Churches
Which of the following is FALSE about Emile Durkheim’s functionalism?
a. Functionalism is less concerned about the interactions of small groups
b. Functionalism involves the idea that society is similar to an organism
c. Functionalism encourages people to actively change the status quo of society for their own benefit
d. Functionalism believes that once one part of an institution changes, it will always affect the other parts of the institution
Joy lives in a neighborhood where 40% of the population is obese. Almost half of the adults in her neighborhood are unemployed and rely on food stamps. There are no grocery stores within a ten block radius of where Joy lives, but there are many fast-food chains. The economic and social situation in Joy’s neighborhood could be described as:
I. a food desert
II. absolute poverty
III. relative poverty
a. I only
b. II only
c. I and II
d. I and III
Passage Q: Which of the following social institutions is a prominent part of the independent variable of the study?
a. Family and socialization
b. Media and entertainment
c. Education and healthcare
d. Symbolic interaction
Passage Q: Discursive feedback, as described in paragraph 1, is closest to:
a. dynamic equilibrium
b. socialization
c. Thomas theorem
d. latent functions
Passage Q: What is a potential flaw with the study design?
a. The operational definition of the dependent variable does not have a clear connection with discursive feedback
b. The connection between subjective evaluation and real-world symbolic interpretation is not clear, so the study’s construct validity is low
c. Repeated measures used in the study threaten the external validity
d. Demand characteristics could lead to skewed effects
Passage Q: Which of the following is the most reasonable conclusion from the study?
a. Viewing concordant videos causes individuals to take a more positive view of symbols
b. Demographics presented a confounding variable
c. Flaws in internal validity make it difficult to draw concrete conclusions
d. Concordant images have a more powerful effect than discordant images
Passage Q: The results suggest each of the following is likely true EXCEPT:
a. Individuals from two-parent families provide more positive evaluations of symbols when they are provided feedback consistent with their beliefs
b. Individuals from divorced families will provide more negative evaluations of symbols when they are provided feedback inconsistent with their beliefs
c. Individuals raised by a distant relative will provide more positive evaluations of symbols when they are provided feedback consistent with their beliefs
d. Individuals from two-parent families provide more negative evaluations of symbols when they are provided feedback inconsistent with their beliefs
Passage Q: Which of the following gives the perspectives of a conflict theorist and functionalist, respectively, on the results of the study?
a. nuclear family structure provides an evolutionary advantage, while the social institution of family is important for dynamic equilibrium
b. inclination to synchronize with concordant group beliefs provides a competitive advantage, while affirming beliefs about family structure is a latent function of the media
c. acting on subjective beliefs that are consistent with a group is a behavior created by social pressures, while child-rearing and socialization are manifest functions of the social institution of a family
d. competition for resources leads to discordant beliefs while striving for social harmony and cohesion leads to concordant beliefs
