Solved: Sociology Sample Exam 1101

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Question 11 pts

Society is made up of many groups. What is the smallest group? ______

Monad

Dyad

Cluster

Triad

Question 21 pts

______ is the problem that, in doing social research, we ourselves change the social processes we are studying, so therefore what we report is not what would have gone on if we had not studied it.

Manipulation

Internal Bias

Relativity

Reactivity

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Question 31 pts

One method sociologists have for studying larger groups is _____, where a researcher visits the group under study and physically observes what goes on in the group.

Visitation

Field Research

Internal Diagnostics

Group Analysis

Question 41 pts

The exchange of services or favors between individuals is called ______.

Social Wealth

Kin-based Altruism

Reciprocal Greed

Reciprocal Altruism

Question 51 pts

A _______ gives the relationship between two factors or characteristics that vary from case to case of whatever we are studying.

Proposition

Complex

Corollary

Theory

Question 61 pts

______ was a glaring exception to Durkheim’s theory on religion and suicide.

Russia

Spain

England

Sweden

Question 71 pts

______ is the view, first, that social phenomena can be studied like any other phenomena.

Equality

Negativism

Positivism

Phenomenonism

Question 81 pts

In human societies who primarily cares for young children?

men

pets

women

the religious class

Question 91 pts

A _______ is the set of behaviors expected of a typical person in a certain social position.

bias

norm

regule

role

Question 101 pts

Which hormone is produced in men after winning competitions?

Estrogen

Progesterone

Testosterone

Oxytocin

Question 111 pts

Which of the following was not a universal aspect of human nature discussed in the movie “The Nature of Human Nature?

Capacity to make mental maps

Liking of out-group members

Capacity to understand facial expressions

Liking of sweets, fats and salts

Question 121 pts

Preference for _____ is not an evolved human predisposition.

Sweets

Spinach

Salt

Fats

Question 131 pts

______ are resources like food and shelter.

Currency

Goods

Emotional Resources

Material Resources

Question 141 pts

______ is a person’s position in a social hierarchy.

Social Splendor

Socio-economic dimorphism

Social Wealth

Social Status

Question 151 pts

Humans evolved ___

all of the choices are correct.

about 15,000 years ago.

from monkeys.

in Africa.

Question 161 pts

The Wason Selection Test shows that people understand a logical problem best when it is ___.

put in calorie detection form

put in numerical terms

put in cheater detection form

put in abstract terms

Question 171 pts

_______ help people imitate other’s actions.

Micro Neurons

Dematosomes

Chromosomes

Mirror Neurons

Question 181 pts

The troubles a person gets when moving to a new society with different culture and behaviors is _____.

Culture Lag

Adaptive Delay

Status Shock

Culture Shock

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Question 191 pts

The youngest age at which children can generally pass the “false belief” or Sally-Ann test is ______.

Question 201 pts

Which of the following do people use in their “Role Performance”

props

all the answers are correct.

their personal behavior

costumes

Question 211 pts

The onset of large-scale manufacturing is called the ______

Large-scale Movement

Factorial Exodus

Neolithic Revolution

Industrial Revolution

Question 221 pts

Bureaucracies helped create the _____

Middle class

Royal class

Merchant class

Working class

Question 231 pts

____ are at the heart of most social groups

Triads

Networks

Fireworks

Pets

Question 241 pts

Most ties that bind people together are ____ ties

Weak

Strong

Bent

Twist

Question 251 pts

_____states that friends of one person often become friends themselves.

Transitivity

Additivity

Density

Mobility

Question 261 pts

According to Marx, ____ is a group of people who share the same relationship to the means of production.

a mode of production

a dyad

a class

a hierarchy

Question 271 pts

For Marx, a person’s relationship to the means of production is determined by _____

Personal Background

Ownership

Luck

Social Standing

Question 281 pts

A ____ is a group of people who share in common a style of life.

Structural Group

Weak group

Hierarchical group

Status group

Question 291 pts

Approximately _____ % of people in industrial societies live in the country and work the land.

less than 10

100

Question 301 pts

The lowest level of *analysis* for sociologists is the _______.

Dyad

Individual

Autonome

Group

Question 311 pts

What is the Second Darwinian Revolution as described in the movie “The Nature of Human Nature”? Choose the best answer.

The new understanding of the process of scientific revolutions

The new understanding of the body as a product of evolution by natural selection

The backlash to Darwin and Wallace’s theory of evolution by natural selection

The new understanding of the mind as a product of evolution by natural selection

Question 321 pts

In the short movie clip we saw in class on Karl Marx, who was discussed as continuing on Marx’s work after his death?

Leon Trotsky and Lev Bronshtein

Friedrich Engels and Mary Burns

Friedrich Engels and Georgi Plekhanov

Friedrich Engels and Eduard Bernstein

Question 331 pts

___ is the pattern of ties or connections between individuals or groups.

Social Network

Dyadism

Social Hierarchy

Social Dichotomy

Question 341 pts

The least common method used by social scientists in their research is

survey research.

survey research

participant observation

experiments in small group behavior

consulting the Koran or Bible.

interviewing

Question 351 pts

The purpose of social science research is

to help solve social problems

to help understand the range of human experience

all the options are correct

to help guide public policy making

to help reach conclusions about the causes of human behavior

Question 361 pts

In social science research, theories

are evaluated by seeing how consistent they are with observations

none of the options are correct

provide guidance for collecting further information

are systematic attempts to explain what we observe

all the options are correct

Question 371 pts

Social researchers use random sampling in collecting data because

Random sampling is traditional in social science

There is no other way to collect data.

Random sampling is a cheap way to collect data.

Results can be generalized beyond the sample

Question 381 pts

People in society become enculturated, or “get culture,” by

being born with it.

going to the opera and symphony

by buying expensive status symbols.

being socialized into, or learning, the ways of life of their society.

Question 391 pts

Major changes in society (e.g., change from an agricultural to industrial society or from industrial to post-industrial society ) have happened because of a major change in

subsistence technology

governmental structure

religious beliefs

marriage rates

Question 401 pts

Bernie Madoff found most of the investors for his Ponzi scheme

through social networks

through his sons

from the legitimate business he owned

through advertisements in the Wall Street Journal

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