Question 1

Sociological social psychology is different from psychological social psychology because:

Accepted Answer

A)  it focuses on the effects of societal conditions on individuals' thoughts, feelings, and behavior. 
B)  it incorporates sociological perspectives and theories to explain individuals' thoughts, feelings, and behavior. 
C)  it is a subfield of sociology, not psychology. 
D)  all of the above. 
A)  it focuses on the effects of societal conditions on individuals' thoughts, feelings, and behavior. 
B)  it incorporates sociological perspectives and theories to explain individuals' thoughts, feelings, and behavior. 
C)  it is a subfield of sociology, not psychology. 
D)  all of the above. D

Question 2

Read the following vignette and Answer the subsequent questions to the best of your ability.
Jean's best friend Janet recently got promoted to a management position in the company where they both work. The new job is associated with more pay and prestige at the company. Jean notices that Janet is spending more of her time, on and off the job, with her friends in management. Over dinner, Janet confides that she is really perturbed by the poor behavior of her former colleagues, that they have a bad attitude on the job but she doesn't know how to handle it now that she is their supervisor. Jean and Janet continue to be friends but they don't interact as much at work any more.
-In which social institution does this vignette occur?

Accepted Answer

A)  economy and work 
B)  politics 
C)  family 
D)  religion 
A)  economy and work 
B)  politics 
C)  family 
D)  religion A

Question 3

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
-____ The study of the effects of society on social-psychological processes, also known as sociological social psychology.

Accepted Answer

A) Organizations 
B) Social psychology 
C) Social structure 
D) Roles 
E) Sociological imagination
F)Ethnomethodology
G)Values
H)Symbolic interactionism
I)Social institution
J)Group processes
K)Microsociology
L)Social structure and personality
M)Social norms
N)Status
O)Breaching experiments
P)Psychology
Q)Macrosociology
R)Sociology
S)Culture 
A) Organizations 
B) Social psychology 
C) Social structure 
D) Roles 
E) Sociological imagination
F)Ethnomethodology
G)Values
H)Symbolic interactionism
I)Social institution
J)Group processes
K)Microsociology
L)Social structure and personality
M)Social norms
N)Status
O)Breaching experiments
P)Psychology
Q)Macrosociology
R)Sociology
S)Culture K

Question 4

How can macrosociological perspectives be used to study individual-, micro-level interactions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Macrosociological conditions may cause some individual-level conditions to exist in the first place. 
B)  Differences in our macrosociological conditions may change the way we react to life events. 
C)  Life events that affect us the most are often caused by societal conditions. 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Macrosociological conditions may cause some individual-level conditions to exist in the first place. 
B)  Differences in our macrosociological conditions may change the way we react to life events. 
C)  Life events that affect us the most are often caused by societal conditions. 
D)  All of the above

Question 5

Which institution refers to the rituals and beliefs regarding sacred things?

Accepted Answer

A)  economy and work 
B)  politics 
C)  family 
D)  religion 
A)  economy and work 
B)  politics 
C)  family 
D)  religion

Question 6

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
-____ The ability to see personal lives in the context of the larger society-its history, culture, and social structure.

Accepted Answer

A) Organizations 
B) Social psychology 
C) Social structure 
D) Roles 
E) Sociological imagination
F)Ethnomethodology
G)Values
H)Symbolic interactionism
I)Social institution
J)Group processes
K)Microsociology
L)Social structure and personality
M)Social norms
N)Status
O)Breaching experiments
P)Psychology
Q)Macrosociology
R)Sociology
S)Culture 
A) Organizations 
B) Social psychology 
C) Social structure 
D) Roles 
E) Sociological imagination
F)Ethnomethodology
G)Values
H)Symbolic interactionism
I)Social institution
J)Group processes
K)Microsociology
L)Social structure and personality
M)Social norms
N)Status
O)Breaching experiments
P)Psychology
Q)Macrosociology
R)Sociology
S)Culture

Question 7

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
-____ A perspective within sociological social psychology that examines how basic social processes operate in group contexts.

Accepted Answer

A) Organizations 
B) Social psychology 
C) Social structure 
D) Roles 
E) Sociological imagination
F)Ethnomethodology
G)Values
H)Symbolic interactionism
I)Social institution
J)Group processes
K)Microsociology
L)Social structure and personality
M)Social norms
N)Status
O)Breaching experiments
P)Psychology
Q)Macrosociology
R)Sociology
S)Culture 
A) Organizations 
B) Social psychology 
C) Social structure 
D) Roles 
E) Sociological imagination
F)Ethnomethodology
G)Values
H)Symbolic interactionism
I)Social institution
J)Group processes
K)Microsociology
L)Social structure and personality
M)Social norms
N)Status
O)Breaching experiments
P)Psychology
Q)Macrosociology
R)Sociology
S)Culture

Question 8

Which sociological social psychology perspective is likely to emphasize the importance of roles and statuses in the study of social psychology?

Accepted Answer

A)  symbolic interaction 
B)  social structure and personality 
C)  group processes 
D)  structural functionalism 
A)  symbolic interaction 
B)  social structure and personality 
C)  group processes 
D)  structural functionalism

Question 9

Read the following vignette and Answer the subsequent questions to the best of your ability.
Jean's best friend Janet recently got promoted to a management position in the company where they both work. The new job is associated with more pay and prestige at the company. Jean notices that Janet is spending more of her time, on and off the job, with her friends in management. Over dinner, Janet confides that she is really perturbed by the poor behavior of her former colleagues, that they have a bad attitude on the job but she doesn't know how to handle it now that she is their supervisor. Jean and Janet continue to be friends but they don't interact as much at work any more.
-What elements of the sociological "tool box" can best help us understand Janet's behavior in this story?

Accepted Answer

A)  institutions 
B)  statuses 
C)  organizations 
A)  institutions 
B)  statuses 
C)  organizations

Question 10

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
-____ Experiments that violate the established social order to assess how people construct social reality.

Accepted Answer

A) Organizations 
B) Social psychology 
C) Social structure 
D) Roles 
E) Sociological imagination
F)Ethnomethodology
G)Values
H)Symbolic interactionism
I)Social institution
J)Group processes
K)Microsociology
L)Social structure and personality
M)Social norms
N)Status
O)Breaching experiments
P)Psychology
Q)Macrosociology
R)Sociology
S)Culture 
A) Organizations 
B) Social psychology 
C) Social structure 
D) Roles 
E) Sociological imagination
F)Ethnomethodology
G)Values
H)Symbolic interactionism
I)Social institution
J)Group processes
K)Microsociology
L)Social structure and personality
M)Social norms
N)Status
O)Breaching experiments
P)Psychology
Q)Macrosociology
R)Sociology
S)Culture

Question 11

Social psychology is the systematic study of individual thoughts, feelings, and behavior in a social context. Which of the following social contexts are more likely to be studied by sociologists than psychologists?

Accepted Answer

A)  small groups 
B)  family interactions 
C)  ethnic groups 
D)  friendship groups 
A)  small groups 
B)  family interactions 
C)  ethnic groups 
D)  friendship groups

Question 12

The sociological imagination is associated with which social theorists?

Accepted Answer

A)  Emile Durkheim 
B)  Max Weber 
C)  C. Wright Mills 
D)  Auguste Comte 
A)  Emile Durkheim 
B)  Max Weber 
C)  C. Wright Mills 
D)  Auguste Comte

Question 13

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
-____ The study of societies as a whole.

Accepted Answer

A) Organizations 
B) Social psychology 
C) Social structure 
D) Roles 
E) Sociological imagination
F)Ethnomethodology
G)Values
H)Symbolic interactionism
I)Social institution
J)Group processes
K)Microsociology
L)Social structure and personality
M)Social norms
N)Status
O)Breaching experiments
P)Psychology
Q)Macrosociology
R)Sociology
S)Culture 
A) Organizations 
B) Social psychology 
C) Social structure 
D) Roles 
E) Sociological imagination
F)Ethnomethodology
G)Values
H)Symbolic interactionism
I)Social institution
J)Group processes
K)Microsociology
L)Social structure and personality
M)Social norms
N)Status
O)Breaching experiments
P)Psychology
Q)Macrosociology
R)Sociology
S)Culture

Question 14

Which institution regulates sexual relations and childrearing in society?

Accepted Answer

A)  economy and work 
B)  politics 
C)  family 
D)  religion 
A)  economy and work 
B)  politics 
C)  family 
D)  religion

Question 15

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
-____ Persisting patterns of behavior and interaction between people within identified social positions.

Accepted Answer

A) Organizations 
B) Social psychology 
C) Social structure 
D) Roles 
E) Sociological imagination
F)Ethnomethodology
G)Values
H)Symbolic interactionism
I)Social institution
J)Group processes
K)Microsociology
L)Social structure and personality
M)Social norms
N)Status
O)Breaching experiments
P)Psychology
Q)Macrosociology
R)Sociology
S)Culture 
A) Organizations 
B) Social psychology 
C) Social structure 
D) Roles 
E) Sociological imagination
F)Ethnomethodology
G)Values
H)Symbolic interactionism
I)Social institution
J)Group processes
K)Microsociology
L)Social structure and personality
M)Social norms
N)Status
O)Breaching experiments
P)Psychology
Q)Macrosociology
R)Sociology
S)Culture

Question 16

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
-____ A set of expectations about how to behave in a group.

Accepted Answer

A) Organizations 
B) Social psychology 
C) Social structure 
D) Roles 
E) Sociological imagination
F)Ethnomethodology
G)Values
H)Symbolic interactionism
I)Social institution
J)Group processes
K)Microsociology
L)Social structure and personality
M)Social norms
N)Status
O)Breaching experiments
P)Psychology
Q)Macrosociology
R)Sociology
S)Culture 
A) Organizations 
B) Social psychology 
C) Social structure 
D) Roles 
E) Sociological imagination
F)Ethnomethodology
G)Values
H)Symbolic interactionism
I)Social institution
J)Group processes
K)Microsociology
L)Social structure and personality
M)Social norms
N)Status
O)Breaching experiments
P)Psychology
Q)Macrosociology
R)Sociology
S)Culture

Question 17

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
-____ A society's set of unique patterns of behavior and beliefs.

Accepted Answer

A) Organizations 
B) Social psychology 
C) Social structure 
D) Roles 
E) Sociological imagination
F)Ethnomethodology
G)Values
H)Symbolic interactionism
I)Social institution
J)Group processes
K)Microsociology
L)Social structure and personality
M)Social norms
N)Status
O)Breaching experiments
P)Psychology
Q)Macrosociology
R)Sociology
S)Culture 
A) Organizations 
B) Social psychology 
C) Social structure 
D) Roles 
E) Sociological imagination
F)Ethnomethodology
G)Values
H)Symbolic interactionism
I)Social institution
J)Group processes
K)Microsociology
L)Social structure and personality
M)Social norms
N)Status
O)Breaching experiments
P)Psychology
Q)Macrosociology
R)Sociology
S)Culture

Question 18

Which sociological social psychology perspective emphasizes the role of meaning and the social construction of meaning in the study of social psychology?

Accepted Answer

A)  symbolic interaction 
B)  social structure and personality 
C)  group processes 
D)  structural functionalism 
A)  symbolic interaction 
B)  social structure and personality 
C)  group processes 
D)  structural functionalism

Question 19

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank.
-____ A method of studying society through observation of people's typical day-to-day interactions.

Accepted Answer

A) Organizations 
B) Social psychology 
C) Social structure 
D) Roles 
E) Sociological imagination
F)Ethnomethodology
G)Values
H)Symbolic interactionism
I)Social institution
J)Group processes
K)Microsociology
L)Social structure and personality
M)Social norms
N)Status
O)Breaching experiments
P)Psychology
Q)Macrosociology
R)Sociology
S)Culture 
A) Organizations 
B) Social psychology 
C) Social structure 
D) Roles 
E) Sociological imagination
F)Ethnomethodology
G)Values
H)Symbolic interactionism
I)Social institution
J)Group processes
K)Microsociology
L)Social structure and personality
M)Social norms
N)Status
O)Breaching experiments
P)Psychology
Q)Macrosociology
R)Sociology
S)Culture

Question 20

A country's flag represents which element of culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  language 
B)  norms 
C)  symbols 
D)  values and beliefs 
A)  language 
B)  norms 
C)  symbols 
D)  values and beliefs

Sociological social psychology is different from psychological social psychology because:

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank. -____ The study of the effects of society on social-psychological processes, also known as sociological social psychology.

How can macrosociological perspectives be used to study individual-, micro-level interactions?

Which institution refers to the rituals and beliefs regarding sacred things?

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank. -____ The ability to see personal lives in the context of the larger society-its history, culture, and social structure.

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank. -____ A perspective within sociological social psychology that examines how basic social processes operate in group contexts.

Which sociological social psychology perspective is likely to emphasize the importance of roles and statuses in the study of social psychology?

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank. -____ Experiments that violate the established social order to assess how people construct social reality.

Social psychology is the systematic study of individual thoughts, feelings, and behavior in a social context. Which of the following social contexts are more likely to be studied by sociologists than psychologists?

The sociological imagination is associated with which social theorists?

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank. -____ The study of societies as a whole.

Which institution regulates sexual relations and childrearing in society?

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank. -____ Persisting patterns of behavior and interaction between people within identified social positions.

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank. -____ A set of expectations about how to behave in a group.

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank. -____ A society's set of unique patterns of behavior and beliefs.

Which sociological social psychology perspective emphasizes the role of meaning and the social construction of meaning in the study of social psychology?

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank. -____ A method of studying society through observation of people's typical day-to-day interactions.

A country's flag represents which element of culture?

Perspectives in Sociological Social Psychology

Studying People

The Social Psychology of Stratification

Self and Identity

Socialization Over the Life Course

The Social Psychology of Deviance

Mental Health and Illness

Attitudes, Values, and Behaviors

The Sociology of Sentiment and Emotion

Collective Behavior

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Exam 1: Introduction to Sociological Social Psychology

Sociological social psychology is different from psychological social psychology because:

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank. -____ The study of the effects of society on social-psychological processes, also known as sociological social psychology.

How can macrosociological perspectives be used to study individual-, micro-level interactions?

Which institution refers to the rituals and beliefs regarding sacred things?

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank. -____ The ability to see personal lives in the context of the larger society-its history, culture, and social structure.

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank. -____ A perspective within sociological social psychology that examines how basic social processes operate in group contexts.

Which sociological social psychology perspective is likely to emphasize the importance of roles and statuses in the study of social psychology?

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank. -____ Experiments that violate the established social order to assess how people construct social reality.

Social psychology is the systematic study of individual thoughts, feelings, and behavior in a social context. Which of the following social contexts are more likely to be studied by sociologists than psychologists?

The sociological imagination is associated with which social theorists?

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank. -____ The study of societies as a whole.

Which institution regulates sexual relations and childrearing in society?

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank. -____ Persisting patterns of behavior and interaction between people within identified social positions.

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank. -____ A set of expectations about how to behave in a group.

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank. -____ A society's set of unique patterns of behavior and beliefs.

Which sociological social psychology perspective emphasizes the role of meaning and the social construction of meaning in the study of social psychology?

Match the best term to each statement by filling in the letter before the term in the appropriate blank. -____ A method of studying society through observation of people's typical day-to-day interactions.

A country's flag represents which element of culture?

Perspectives in Sociological Social Psychology

Studying People

The Social Psychology of Stratification

Self and Identity

Socialization Over the Life Course

The Social Psychology of Deviance

Mental Health and Illness

Attitudes, Values, and Behaviors

The Sociology of Sentiment and Emotion

Collective Behavior

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