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Pippert Final
soc 101
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| According to C. Wright Mills sociologist must use their_______because it is an awareness that links the individual to the broader social system | Socialogical imagination |
| Durkheim though that the growing divisino of the labor in the indust. soci. led to a state he referred to as___the loss of direction that is felt in a society when social control of ind. behavoir has become ineffective and feel less connected to the worl | social integration |
| The steps in the research process, including observation,hypothesis testing,etc. are parts of: | scientific method |
| Which of the following phrases best describes a random sample? | everyone in the population has the same chance of being included in the study |
| Jose is conducting research on organized crime. Rather than going undercover, he is interviewing convicted criminals that have been linked to organized crime. What research method is Jose using? | the survey |
| What term refers to the arithmatic average of a series of numbers? | the mean |
| What is the lifelong social exerience by which human beings develop their potential and learn culture? | socialization |
| In Piagets model in which stage do children become young philosophers who are capable of abstract thinking | the formal operational stage |
| "if you define a situation as real, it is real in its consequences" is referred to as | thomas theorem |
| mead describes the objective,reflective part of the self as the | me |
| Mattie is a new sociology professor at the local college. During her first lecture, she noticed that some students were yawning. Based on her interpretation of the students yawning. Mattie decided she is a boring teacher. This is an example of process | looking-glass self |
| according to Mead how does a child learn to take the role of others | through play and imitation |
| Fre has applied for the position of head coach at a local middle school, a role he has not fulfilled in the past. Although he hasnt got the job. He is already making plays. what condition is fred experiecing | anticipatory socialization |
| ___ refers to the ceremonies or repetitive practices that are also symbols that help pto unite people into a moral community | ritual |
| Aspects of life having to do with the supernatural that inspire awe, reverence,deep respect,and even fear Durkheim referred to as | sacred |
| The____ began as a ministry to shut ins and those who do not belong to a church but has grown to become its own type of church dominated by televangelists | electronic church |
| Sorting students into different education programs on the basis of their precieved abilites is called | tracking |
| In the process of measurement, reliability refers to: | whether repeating the measurement yeilds consistent results |
| A theory states that increasing a person's formal education results in increased earnings over a lifetime. In this theory "formal education" is the: | independent variable |
| George Ritzer maintains that the organizational features of the fast food industry have gradually seeped into many aspects of human social life. He describes this as the: | Mcdonaldization of society |
| An apparent, although false, association between two variables that is caused by some third variable is called: | a spurious correlation |
| A large organiszation that is ideally efficient, has a division of labor, has a hierarchy of authority, and is based on rules and procedures is called: | Bureaucracy |
| A__is charcaterized by intimate, long term, face-to-face association and cooperation: | primary group |
| because secondary groups do not satisfy our human needs for intimate association these groups tent to. | break down into primary groups |
| which of the following do we use to describe people who have similar charcteristics | social category |
| An expressive leader: | increases harmony and minimizes conflict in a group |
| Sarah works for American Hair and Felt Corporation. This group is one of the___ groups that sarah may belong to. | secondary |
| Which perspective stresses that deviance promotes social unity and social change? | functionalist |
| Accordin to Travis Hirsci and control theory, what is it that affects the effectiveness of our inner controls? | our bond to society |
| The medicalization of deviance refers to: | seeing deviance as a disease or illness |
| Leo is a college graduate, cello teacher, and a member of Whos Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. This would be an example of: | his achieved statuses |
| According to Weber, social Class is actually made up of three components. They are: | Class, Status, and power |
| Multinational Corporations: | Are companies that operate across many national borders |
| In which type of stratification system are ascribed statuses most likely to be used to define ones position? | caste system |
| According to contemporary conflict theorist the basis of social stratification is | conflict of limited resources |
| The majority of the worlds population lives in: | Least industrialized nations |
| If a person were living during Karl Marxs lifetime and worked at the Smittertown ironworks, Marx would consider that person | proletarian |
| The practice by industrialized nations of controlling Least industrialized nations through debts owed to the Most Industrialized Nations and international markets is referred to as: | neocolonialism |
| ____ refers to the average number of children a woman would expect to have if she is exposed to the existing age-specific fertility rates for a given year | Total Fertility Rate |
| the three-stage model of change from high levels of births and deaths to low levels of births and deaths in industrialized societies is called______ | demographic transition |
| The biological capacity or potential for women to reproduce is | fecundity |
| An urban area the consist of at least two metroploises and their many suburbs is called | megalopolis |
| ____is the state of a poplulation with a growth rate of zero, achieved when the number of births + immigrants is = deaths + emigrants | Zero Population Growth |
| ___ is a form of marriage in which a person can have several spouses in his or her lifetime but can have only one spouse at a time | serial monogamy |
| A kinship system in which both sides of a persons family are regarded as equally important is called | bilateral descent |
| a society in which men are expected to dominate family descision making is called a | patriarchy |
| the practice fo living together as a male-felmale couple withouth marrying is called | cohabitation |
| C. Wright Mills coined the term __ to refer to the collectino of people who make the big descions in US society. | Power Elite |
| Phil a janitor for an expensive apartment complex in Chicago is a union janitor who makes quite a bit more money than many of the tenants in the buildings he maintains, Lenski would note that high income but low occupational prestige demonstrates | status inconsistency |
| The___ is the term that refers to a trend in US poverty whereby most poor families are headed by womens | feminization of poverty |
| ___mobility refers to the upward or downward movement in society that cause a large numbers of people to move up or down the class ladder | structural |
| socil__ is a large collection of people who rank closely to one another in wealth, power, and prestige: | Class |
| Marx believed that an individuals social class placement was based solely on a persons: | relationship to the means of production |
| Adults living together in a sexual relatinship without being married is known as | cohabitation |
| which function performed by american schools stresses making students similar in their speech,appearance,and ways of thinking? | social intergration |
| The City of Brownstown has several center of activities. On the west side of twon there is a cluster of retail stores and a residential district. All of the facotries are located on the east side of town the city follows the___model of urban growth. | multiple Nuclei |
| what term did sociologist Randall Collins apply to industrialized nations due to their tendency to use diplomas and degrees to determine who is eligible for a job | crendential societies |
| Jim is exploring how the various aspects of Lenape Culture fit together including religion,Family values,agricultural efforts,and customs, without judging those elements as being inferior or superior to modern western ways. What sociological concept is | Cultural relativism |
| Frank is examining the broad stream of events that have occured over the past 50yrs and the specific experiences of his own life. By doing so, what sociological process has Frank undertaken | sociological imagination |
| In order for a complex society to function proplerly, according to Durkheim, all its parts must work together as an integrated whole. he referred to this social cohesion as: | organic solidarity |
| The residents of seafaring nation have many more terms in their language that refer to the condition of the sea that do residents of landlocked nation. This contrast illustrates | ths Sapir-whorf hypothesis |
| One analysis of popular music show that it reflects the values of one particular age group and therefore intensifies the conflict between generations. This analysis reflects the: | conflict perspespective |
| ____ refers to the average number of children a woman would expect to have if she is exposed to the existing age-specific fertility rates for a given year | Total Fertility Rate |
| the three-stage model of change from high levels of births and deaths to low levels of births and deaths in industrialized societies is called______ | demographic transition |
| The biological capacity or potential for women to reproduce is | fecundity |
| An urban area the consist of at least two metroploises and their many suburbs is called | megalopolis |
| ____is the state of a poplulation with a growth rate of zero, achieved when the number of births + immigrants is = deaths + emigrants | Zero Population Growth |
| ___ is a form of marriage in which a person can have several spouses in his or her lifetime but can have only one spouse at a time | serial monogamy |
| A kinship system in which both sides of a persons family are regarded as equally important is called | bilateral descent |
| a society in which men are expected to dominate family descision making is called a | patriarchy |
| the practice fo living together as a male-felmale couple withouth marrying is called | cohabitation |
| C. Wright Mills coined the term __ to refer to the collectino of people who make the big descions in US society. | Power Elite |
| Phil a janitor for an expensive apartment complex in Chicago is a union janitor who makes quite a bit more money than many of the tenants in the buildings he maintains, Lenski would note that high income but low occupational prestige demonstrates | status inconsistency |
| The___ is the term that refers to a trend in US poverty whereby most poor families are headed by womens | feminization of poverty |
| ___mobility refers to the upward or downward movement in society that cause a large numbers of people to move up or down the class ladder | structural |
| socil__ is a large collection of people who rank closely to one another in wealth, power, and prestige: | Class |
| Marx believed that an individuals social class placement was based solely on a persons: | relationship to the means of production |
| Adults living together in a sexual relatinship without being married is known as | cohabitation |
| which function performed by american schools stresses making students similar in their speech,appearance,and ways of thinking? | social intergration |
| The City of Brownstown has several center of activities. On the west side of twon there is a cluster of retail stores and a residential district. All of the facotries are located on the east side of town the city follows the___model of urban growth. | multiple Nuclei |
| what term did sociologist Randall Collins apply to industrialized nations due to their tendency to use diplomas and degrees to determine who is eligible for a job | crendential societies |
| Jim is exploring how the various aspects of Lenape Culture fit together including religion,Family values,agricultural efforts,and customs, without judging those elements as being inferior or superior to modern western ways. What sociological concept is | Cultural relativism |
| Frank is examining the broad stream of events that have occured over the past 50yrs and the specific experiences of his own life. By doing so, what sociological process has Frank undertaken | sociological imagination |
| In order for a complex society to function proplerly, according to Durkheim, all its parts must work together as an integrated whole. he referred to this social cohesion as: | organic solidarity |
| The residents of seafaring nation have many more terms in their language that refer to the condition of the sea that do residents of landlocked nation. This contrast illustrates | ths Sapir-whorf hypothesis |
| One analysis of popular music show that it reflects the values of one particular age group and therefore intensifies the conflict between generations. This analysis reflects the: | conflict perspespective |
| which theoretical perspective stresses that society is a whole unit, made up of interrelated parts that work together harmoniously? | functionalism |
| Which sociological perspective would be most interested in how religious instituitions help to maintain the privileges of some groups, while keeping others in a subservient position | Conflict perspective |
| In the montg of Dec. mant Jewish families celebrate Chanukah, the "festival of light" during which special foods are served and families engage in ritual activity unique to their religious faith. In this context, members of the Jewish Faith represent a | subculture |
| The term____ refers to the extent to which different studies come up with similar results | reliability |
| A___is a broad system that organizes specific functions in society | social institutions |
| Students are expected to spend a lot of time on their studies, but students are also increasingly expected to perform some sort of volunteer work and to socialize in their residence halls. the result is | role strain |
| What are the Characteristics of a bureaucracy | Division of labor, hierarchy of authority, impersonal relationships,written rules, written communications |
| Mitubishi is the worlds largest company in terms of revenues sells and builds and builds some of its cars in the U.S and numerous other nations around the world. This japanese based company is an example of a | multinational corporation |
| what term refers to crimes committed by people of respectable and high social status in the coursee of their occupations | white collar crimes |
| the___is the term that refers to a trend in US poverty whereby most poor families are headed by females | feminization of poverty |
| When a person ranks high on some dimensions of social class and low on others she is exhibiting | status inconsistency |
| Endogamy | marrying someone within your own social class. A characteristic of a minority group |
| Assimilation | The process of being absorbed into the mainstream culture |
| impression management | peoples efforts to control the impressions that others receive of them |
| Race | a group whose inherited physical characteristics distinguisches it from other groups |
| Strain theory | Robert Mertons term for the strain engendered when a society socializes large #s of people to desire a cultural goal( such as sucess) but withholds from some the approved means of reaching that goal. |
| Cultural la | Ogburns term for human behavior lagging behind technological innovations |
| hidden curriculum | the unwritten goals of schools,such as teaching obediance to authority and conformity to cultural norms |
| prejudice | an attitude or prejudging usually in a negative way |
| ethnicity | having distinctive cultural differences |
| Family of orientation | the family in which a person grows up |
| urbanization | the process by which an increasing proportion of a population lives in cities and those cities attain a growing influence on the culture |
| Nuclear family | a family consisting of a husban wife and children |
| credential society | teh use of diplomas and degrees to determine who is eligible for jobs, even though the diploma or degree may be irrelevant to the actual work |
| Role conflict | Conflicts that someone feels between roles because the expectations attached to one role are incompatible with the expectations of another role |
| institutional discrimination | negative treatment of a minority group that is built into a societs instutions Also call systematic discrimination |
| Crime | the violation of norms written into law |
| Authoritarian personality | Theador Adornds term for people who are highly prejudiced and also rank high on scales of conformity, intolerance, insecurity, respect for authority, and submissiveness to superiors |
| participant observation | participating in a research setting in order to observe what is happenng in the setting; also called fieldwork |
| Self concept | the unique human capacity of being able to see ourselves "from the outside" the views we internalize of ow others see us |
| Conflict Theory | A theoretical framework in which society is viewed as composed of groups that are competing for scarce resources |
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