Question 1

Which of the following academic disciplines would most likely explore the ways in which people produce and exchange goods?

Accepted Answer

A)  history 
B)  psychology 
C)  economics 
D)  sociology

Question 2

Which of the following could be a manifest function of colleges?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are a place to meet future husbands or wives. 
B)  They sometimes fail to teach students how to read or write effectively. 
C)  They help to maintain the economic status quo in the U.S. 
D)  They prepare students for post-college careers.

Question 3

Astronomy,biology,chemistry,geology,and physics study various aspects of the physical features of nature and are therefore considered:

Accepted Answer

A)  natural sciences. 
B)  social sciences. 
C)  typologies. 
D)  psychological categories.

Question 4

_______________ stresses the study of small groups and often uses experimental study in laboratories.

Accepted Answer

A)  Microsociology 
B)  Macrosociology 
C)  Middle-range sociology 
D)  Conflict theory

Question 5

George Herbert Mead served on committees dealing with Chicago's labor problems and public education.These activities are examples of:

Accepted Answer

A)  social inequality. 
B)  applied sociology. 
C)  basic sociology. 
D)  all of these

Question 6

Which sociological perspective would suggest that sports participants may work together harmoniously,and abandon previously held stereotypes and prejudices despite class,racial,and religious differences?

Accepted Answer

A)  functionalist perspective 
B)  conflict perspective 
C)  interactionist perspective 
D)  feminist perspective

Question 7

Which of the following subject areas is an example of a natural science?

Accepted Answer

A)  philosophy 
B)  British literature 
C)  ceramics 
D)  geology

Question 8

The view that sports serve as an "opiate" for social injustices and distract people from focusing on the reality of personal problems and social issues would most likely be held by:

Accepted Answer

A)  functionalists. 
B)  conflict theorists. 
C)  interactionists. 
D)  global sociologists.

Question 9

Knowledge of Van Gogh,Rembrandt,and others' work would be an example of cultural capital.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which sociological perspective would most likely suggest that sports help to maintain people's physical well-being?

Accepted Answer

A)  functionalist perspective 
B)  conflict perspective 
C)  interactionist perspective 
D)  feminist perspective

Question 11

What term do we use to describe the experience of being Black in White America; a division of an individual's identity into two or more social realities?

Accepted Answer

A)  double consciousness 
B)  racial fetishism 
C)  double rejection 
D)  bipolar racism

Question 12

Contrary to common sense,a 2007 study of military marriages showed:

Accepted Answer

A)  a significant rise in divorce rates. 
B)  a significant decrease in divorce rates. 
C)  no significant increase in the divorce rate. 
D)  the rate was the same as the civilian rate.

Question 13

Which of the following would be an example of cultural capital?

Accepted Answer

A)  knowing all the names of Monster Truck drivers 
B)  knowledge of great American authors 
C)  a close network of extended relatives 
D)  knowledge of Laotian cuisine

Question 14

Discuss what separates sociology from common sense.Be sure to give some examples of how sociological research might dispel commonly accepted views.

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

The scientific study of social behavior and human groups is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  psychology. 
B)  political science. 
C)  anthropology. 
D)  sociology.

Question 16

Contemporary conflict theorists are concerned with the conflict between:

Accepted Answer

A)  women and men. 
B)  cities and suburbs. 
C)  Blacks and Whites. 
D)  all of these

Question 17

Which of the following was a central focus for Charles Horton Cooley?

Accepted Answer

A)  class issues 
B)  divorce 
C)  intimate face-to-face groups 
D)  suicide

Question 18

Which of the following sociologists advocated basic research on the lives of Blacks?

Accepted Answer

A)  Robert Merton 
B)  Jane Addams 
C)  W.E.B. Du Bois 
D) C. Wright Mills

Question 19

The discipline of sociology was given its name by the French theorist:

Accepted Answer

A)  Émile Durkheim. 
B)  Auguste Comte. 
C)  Harriet Martineau. 
D)  Marcel Marceau.

Question 20

The awareness that allows people to comprehend the link between their immediate,personal social settings and the remote,impersonal social world is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  the sociological imagination. 
B)  anthropology. 
C)  a theory. 
D)  verstehen.

Exam 1: Understanding Sociology