Which is an example of conflict?

Rival gangs engaging in physical violence

What does Anthropology study?

Past and present human cultures

Which is an example of reciprocity?

Doing a favor for someone because they did one for you

Which factor does NOT fit into an industrial society?

Rely on domesticated animals for food

Using cultural relativism, how should cultures be judged?

By the standards of their own culture

Which factor fits into a postindustrial society?

Increase in the standard of living

What is a participant observation?

The researcher is directly involved

Two or more people working together to benefit the group

What does interactionist perspective focus on?

Interactions between people in society

What is a reference group?

A group of people with whom individuals identify

What does functionalist perspective focus on?

Society as interrelated parts working together

What do countercultures do?

Go against and challenge the larger society

What does conflict perspective focus on?

Competition, change, and power struggles

What is cultural lag?

Attitudes taking time to adjust to new material culture

What is an oligarchy?

Few people ruling over the many

What is a detached observation?

The researcher observes from a distance

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1
Which is an example of conflict?
Countries declaring a peace treaty during wartime
Doing a favor for someone because they did one for you
A football team working together to win a championship
Rival gangs engaging in physical violence
2
What does Anthropology study?
Human social behavior from a group perspective
Past and present human cultures
Behavior and mental processes
Past events in human societies
3
What are cultural universals?
Traits found in the universe
Traits common to universities
Traits common to Ukrainian culture
Traits common to all cultures
4
Which is an example of reciprocity?
Doing a favor for someone because they did one for you
Volunteering at an animal shelter
Working on a project with a group
Competing against a coworker for a promotion
5
What is the term for the different behaviors expected from a single status?
Role set
Role conflict
Role status
Role strain
6
Which factor does NOT fit into an industrial society?
Rely on domesticated animals for food
Cities emerge
Increase in demand for industrial workers
Education takes place outside of the family
7
"Smoking directly increases the chance of getting lung cancer" What is this an example of?
Correlation
Causation
Educated guess
Theory
8
Using cultural relativism, how should cultures be judged?
By the standards of their own culture
By the standards of the observer's culture
By universal standards
By cultural universals
9
Which is NOT a form of accommodation
Truce
Compromise
Competition
Mediation
10
What is a group of people who share a common culture and feeling of unity?
Society
Counterculture
Subculture
Culture
11
Which factor fits into a postindustrial society?
Nomadic society
Bartering
Increase in the standard of living
Hereditary monarchy
12
What is a participant observation?
The researcher observes from a distance
The researcher examines material from the past
The researcher is directly involved
The researcher performs a controlled experiment
13
Which is an example of an ascribed status?
Graduate
Baseball player
Accountant
Adult
14
When cultures become more and more alike it is called what?
Cultural lag
Cultural diffusion
Cultural leveling
Cultural confusion
15
What is the specialization by individuals to perform different tasks?
Socialization
Division of labor
Barter
Cultural diffusion
16
Which is an example of a formal group?
Two people on a date
College roommates
High school friends
A National Guard unit
17
Which is an example of material culture?
A handshake
A greeting
A pair of shoes
Being honest
18
What is cooperation?
Two people using a third person to come to an agreement
Framing another student for cheating on a test
Friends fighting over a love interest
Two or more people working together to benefit the group
19
What does interactionist perspective focus on?
How people in power control those without power
Everyone has a set role in society and plays their part
Gender struggles between males and females
Interactions between people in society
20
Which is an example of an informal group?
Siblings at a restaurant
The customer service department at Viya
The United States Government
The Department of Education
21
Which factor fits into a preindustrial society?
Freedom to compete for social position
Production of manufactured goods
Daily food collection
Focus on science and technology
22
A group of people who share norms and values that aren't shared by the rest of society is a
Counterculture
Subculture
Relative culture
Independent culture
23
What ensures participants fully understand the nature of research for an experiment?
The law
Theory
Confidentiality
Informed consent
24
Which is NOT included in Weber's model of bureaucracies?
Specific lines of promotion and advancement
Division of labor
Rationality
Written rules and regulation
25
What is a reference group?
A group of people whose opinions create conflict
A group of people who influence their culture
A group of people with whom individuals identify
A group of people who set standards for society
26
Which is NOT a type of social interaction ?
Exchange
Social network
Accommodation
Cooperation
27
What does functionalist perspective focus on?
Men's power over women
Conflict struggles promoting change
Interaction among individuals
Society as interrelated parts working together
28
What is an intended and recognized consequence of an element of society?
A latent function
Dysfunction
A manifest function
A useful function
29
Where does role strain occur?
Within a single status
Between two roles
Between two statuses
Between three statuses
30
What is NOT a weakness of bureaucracies?
Alienation
Bureaucratic personalities
Ranking of authority
Goal displacement
31
Where does role conflict occur?
Within one society
Between two different subcultures
Between two different statuses
Within a single status
32
Which social science studies the organization and operation of governments?
History
Economics
Anthropology
Political Science
33
Which is an example of nonmaterial culture?
A cooking utensil
A cross
Saying hello
A necklace
34
What do countercultures do?
Follow the norms of a sister culture
Comply with the norms of the larger society
Go against and challenge the larger society
Adopt norms from other cultures
35
What is the focus of feminist perspective?
Society working together as a set of interrelated parts
Looking at how individuals respond to each other
Men dominating women
Forces that promote conflict and change
36
What does conflict perspective focus on?
Competition between men and women
People interacting with one another
Competition, change, and power struggles
Society as a set of interrelated parts
37
What are the two different types of norms sociologists study?
Laws and mores
Folkways and mores
Mores and norms
Laws and folkways
38
What is the state of balance between conflict and cooperation?
Accommodation
Reciprocity
Middleground
Authority
39
What is a group of three people called?
A trio
A triad
A third group
A triangle
40
What does psychology study?
Behavior and mental processes
Human social behavior
Government's impact on people's lives
How people makes choices to satisfy needs and wants
41
When one variable directly causes a change in another, what is it called?
Related variables
Causation
Correlation
Cause and effect
42
Which is an example of an achieved status?
Toddler
Mother
Teenager
Asian
43
How would you describe a person's way of thinking if they said "my country is number 1!"
Ethnocentric
Alienated
Feminist
Rational
44
Which is NOT a basic component of culture?
Language
Values
Norms
Money
45
What is a group of two people called?
A dyad
A secondary group
A duplex
A duo
46
What is cultural lag?
Cultures taking time to get to know each other
Cultures spreading their traits to one another
Attitudes taking time to adjust to new material culture
A computer screen taking long to show typing
47
What is an oligarchy?
Few people ruling over the many
A family ruling over the many
Elected officials ruling over the many
One person ruling over the many
48
Which social science studies human social behavior from a group perspective?
Sociology
Psychology
Anthropology
Political Science
49
A status that shapes a person's life is called what?
An achieved status
A master status
A ruler status
An ascribed status
50
What is a detached observation?
The researcher becomes directly involved
The researcher observes from a distance
The researcher surveys people
The researcher analyzes TV and media

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