Review 3

Question 1

Significant others is

Answer 1

George Herbert Mead’s term for those individuals who are most important in the development of the self

Question 2

In the near phase of Robert Atchley’s phases of retirement , retirees

Answer 2

established a specific departure date from their jobs

Question 3

Every evening at a neighborhood bar, the clientele-which consists of construction workers, police officers, plumbers, and factory workers-watches sports events on the big screen television set and play pool. the people who hang out in this bar are

a. caste
b. power group
c. class
d. status group

Answer 3

status group

Question 4

What term did Thorstein Veblen use to refer to the behavior of those at the top of the social hierarchy when they engage in such activities as jetting off to a remote destination for dinner?

Answer 4

conspicuous leisure

Question 5

Which of the following refer to a floating standard of deprivation by which people at the bottom of a society to be disadvantaged in comparison to the nation as whole?

a. elementary poverty
b. dramatic poverty
c. relative poverty
d. absolute poverty

Answer 5

relative poverty

Question 6

A family lives in a remote area of Appalachia, where coal mines that once employed many workers have been idle for years. There are no jobs in the area, the distant schools are poorly funded, and because of the remote location, there are no churches or medical facilities nearby. These poor, chronically unemployed people who barley survive from winter to winter are an example of

Answer 6

The underclass

Question 7

Higher loan balances are typically held by

a. White and Asian student
b. Middle Eastern and Black students
c. Asian and Latino students
d. Black and Latino students

Answer 7

Black and Latino Students

Question 8

A person leaves a singles bar alone and later tells a friend, “There wasnt anyone interesting in the entire crowd.” This is an example of

Answer 8

Face-work

Question 9

Which term refers to a person’s typical patterns of attitudes, needs, characteristics, and behavior?

Answer 9

personality

Question 10

Areas where older Americans congregate and that gradually become informal centers for senior citizens are know as

Answer 10

naturally occurring retirement communities

Question 11

Which of the following is considered an achieved status

a. occupation
b. gender
c. race
d. age

Answer 11

occupation

Question 12

Which of the following terms is used to organized patterns of beliefs and behavior centered on basic social needs?

a. communities
b. social institutions
c. functional perquisites
d. social networks

Answer 12

social institutions

Question 13

Ferdinand Tonnies would view hunting-and-gathering societies as example of a

a. Glockenspiel
b. Gesundheit
c. Gemeinschaft
d. Gesellschaft

Answer 13

Gemeinschaft

Question 14

Which term is used to refer to a formal, impersonal group in which there is little social intimacy or mutual understanding?

Answer 14

Secondary group

Question 15

Which term is used by sociologist to refer to a set of expectations for people who occupy a given social position or status?

Answer 15

Social role

Question 16

In Karl Marx’s analysis, society was fundamentally divided between

a. separate genders that clash in pursuit of their own interests
b. economic classes that clash in pursuit of their own class interests
c. different races that clash in pursuit of their own interest
d. the religious and nonreligious who clash in pursuit of their own interest

Answer 16

economic classes that clash in pursuit of their own class interests

Question 17

Emile Durkheim’s cross-cultural study of suicide falls under the category of

Answer 17

Global sociology

Question 18

Which of the following is in the second step of the scientific method

a. reviewing the literature
b. collecting and analyzing
c. defining the problem
d. selecting the research design

Answer 18

Reviewing the literature

Question 19

When a researcher collects information about a group through direct involvement and inspection, this is know as

Answer 19

observation

Question 20

Ethnocentrism is the tendency to assume that one’s own culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others. In this way, ethnocentrism fosters cohesion in a group. This observation would best reflect which sociological perspective?

Answer 20

Functionalist perspective

Question 21

The use of the terms “g-man”, “honey boat”, and “airmail” by sanitation workers in New York is an example of

Answer 21

Argot

Question 22

The term media monitoring is used most often to refer to

a. parents checking what their child watches
b. the government censoring media
c. interest groups’ monitoring of content
d. studios following what is a “hit”

Answer 22

interest groups’ monitoring of content

Question 23

Which of the sociological perspectives would see the debate over media content as an extension of everyday life

Answer 23

interactionist perspective

Question 24

An employee at a welfare office is so concerned with paperwork that he doesn’t have time to administer to the needs of the poor, hungry, and homeless individuals who seek assistance. According to Merton’s theory, this welfare worker would be a(n)

a. innovator
b. rebel.
c. ritualist
d. retreatist

Answer 24

Ritualist