Question 1

Theories give us the tools to interpret facts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Norms are natural rules that are made official by formal institutions, such as the law.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Before and after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, which factor(s) became apparent in the patterns of whether or not individuals were evacuated to safety?

Accepted Answer

A)  Income level 
B)  Educational Attainment 
C)  Residential Segregation 
D)  a and c only. 
E)  All of the above

Question 4

The debunking motif, one of four dimensions of the sociological consciousness introduced by Peter Berger, focuses on:

Accepted Answer

A)  Finding the truth in individual stories 
B)  Uncovering certain social phenomena as biologically natural. 
C)  Seeing through social structures and official interpretations 
D)  Both a and c, but not b 
E)  None of the above

Question 5

Post industrial Economy, decentralized organization, new social movements and multiculturalism are characteristics of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Premodernity 
B)  Modernity 
C)  Postmodernity 
D)  Globalization 
E)  None of the above

Question 6

Sociology is:

Accepted Answer

A)  The only way of understanding the society we are familiar with. 
B)  The study of how individual stories and relationships relate to larger, collective stories of social groups. 
C)  An academic discipline in which research methods are limited to mathematical modeling and experiments. 
D)  Limited to academic and professional research 
E)  All of the above

Question 7

Which of the following are the four dimensions of sociological consciousness introduced by Peter Berger?

Accepted Answer

A)  Proof, questions, experiments, and argument 
B)  Postmodernity, globalization, cosmopolitanism, and primordialism 
C)  Debunking, unrespectability, relativizing, and cosmopolitanism 
D)  None of the above 
E)  All of the above

Question 8

Which of the following statements is an example of a norm?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women should not work outside of the home. 
B)  When "The Star Spangled Banner" is played, one is to stand. 
C)  Violent television programming is bad for young children. 
D)  Alcohol impairs one's ability to think and react clearly. 
E)  All of the above

Question 9

As used in sociology, modernity refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  A particular style or fashion prevalent in arts, architecture, and popular culture 
B)  A historical period during which a set of historical processes-social, economic, political, and cultural, that transformed the social order. 
C)  Being current, up-to-date, or contemporary 
D)  A time period characterized by the cultural turn, derationalization, and globalization. 
E)  All of the above

Question 10

Which of the following is a sociological explanation for the Columbine High School massacre discussed at the beginning of the chapter?

Accepted Answer

A)  The two students responsible for the killing were depressed and chemically unbalanced. 
B)  The two students sought to deviate from the norm; they were attracted to a particular subculture, and their violent behavior was another manifestation of the deviance. 
C)  The two students were influenced by external social pressures, such as violent entertainment and overly easy access to guns, which facilitated the Columbine massacre. 
D)  Answers "b" and "c", but not "a" 
E)  All of the above

Question 11

According to Chapter 1, sociology is like:

Accepted Answer

A)  Snorkeling 
B)  Knitting a sweater 
C)  Cooking dinner 
D)  Storytelling 
E)  None of the above

Question 12

What is the difference between a structural and a cultural approach in sociology?

Accepted Answer

A)  A structural approach focuses on institutions, whereas a cultural approach focuses
On popular culture and mass media. 
B)  A cultural approach is necessarily determinist, whereas a structural approach can be, but is not necessarily determinist. 
C)  A structural approach focuses on institutions, groups, and processes, whereas a cultural approach focuses on meanings and values. 
D)  A structural approach tends to be subjective, whereas a cultural approach tends to be objective. 
E)  None of the above

Exam 1: Sociological Stories and Key Concepts