Intro to Sociology Exam 1 Flashcards
Sociology Studies…?
Individuals as social beings
The science of sociology is a result of which historical event?
Industrial revolution
Karl Marx is noted for his ideas on…?
Dialectical materialism (Conflict Theory)
The sociological perspective that views society as being stable and orderly is…?
Functionalism
When members of the same culture associate a word or words with a particular meaning, they are practicing…?
Symbolic Interactionism
One of the advantages of Participant Observation is…?
Seeing what people actually do, rather than what they say they do.
The more time students spend on homework, the better their final grades. What are the independent and dependent variables in this example?
Time on homework (Independent); final grades (Dependent)
Selecting subjects on the basis of chance so that every individual in the population has the same opportunity to be chosen is:
Random sample
The purpose of scientific methodology in sociology is to…?
Examine our observations and sources of information
The ways a group punishes non-conformity, and rewards conformity is referred to as…?
Social Control
If a conventional American couple were to visit an Eskimo couple, What does the American couple experience?
Culture shock
What is NOT an example of material culture?
Rules of driving a car
What is the difference between values an norms?
Values are abstract, general concepts, whereas norms are specific guidelines for behavior.
Patriotism, equality, democracy, freedom of speech are examples of some of our country’s…?
Values
Which is a type of norm?
Folkway
If we feel that the Eskimo who offers us his wife for the evening is doing something wrong, because we don’t do it, we are exhibiting…?
Ethnocentrism
Though teenagers have ideas and values that are separate from the larger culture, they are still a functioning part of our society. They are an example of one of our country’s…?
Subcultures
Which is not a social science?
Chemistry
When sociologists view sports as a social phenomenon having areas of social inequality, they are studying sports through which sociological perspective?
Conflict Theory
Not being able to explain your answer, is a disadvantage for research subjects in which type of social research?
Survey research
The difference between “society” and “culture” is…?
Society refers to people, and culture is their patterns of behavior
Which is an example of a social structure performing a manifest function…?
The military engaged in defending the nation
If Susan, a college student, came to class each week wearing a ball gown and diamond tiara, she would be in violation of a…?
Folkway
A sociologist is mainly concerned with…?
Why many people act in a similar way
Max Weber’s notion of “value-free” sociology suggest that…?
Sociologists should view the world objectively and without personal biases
The Neo-Nazi movement is an example of a…?
Counterculture
A sociologist who is studying a social situation by using information that already exists, is employing which research method?
Archival Research
The strongest punishment for inappropriate social behavior would be associated with which…?
Mores
Attending sociology class regularly will have the unintended benefit of increasing one’s chances of making friends with other students. According to the Functionalist perspective, this is a ____________ function of attending class.
Latent
The first sociologist to study a specific social situation(suicide) by using scientific research was…?
Emile Durkheim
The boundaries that separate the various social sciences…
are vague and constantly shifting
If someone believes that one culture cannot be judged by the standards of another culture, that person is maintaining the position of…?
Cultural Relativism
The extent of drug abuse in an urban area is a possible cause, or ________, that might affect the crime rate in that city.
Independent variable
An automobile’s main purpose is transportation, but it also causes air pollution. In regard to the automobile, air pollution would be considered…?
A social dysfunction
Functionalism and Conflict Theory study…?
large-scale structures of society
Which norm is associated with the value of democracy?
Voting for President
Sociologists have a code of ethics because…?
Human subjects could be harmed by some types of social research
Rules or guidelines for appropriate behavior in a particular situation are known as…?
Norms
Which research technique meets the scientific need to control all relevant variables in a study?
Controlled experiment
A good one-word definition of Symbolic-Interaction is…?
Communication
