2020 Spring Exam 1 Review (1,2,3,5)

Which of the following people coined the term positivism, and is widely considered the father of sociology?

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The sociologist responsible for suggesting the connection between history and biography (the Sociological Imagination):

All of the following statements are accurate regarding language, EXCEPT for which one? 

Jake receives a promotion at his law firm after winning an important case. This is an example of a:

Sociology is defined as the: 

Mead claimed that the origin of the self is found in _______

A statement that describes how variables are expected to be related to one another,according to predictions from theory:

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Which data-gathering method would a sociologist use to gather quantitative data?

A hypothesis can be defined as:

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Which of the following is not a step in the scientific method?

Sociologists use the concept of "norms" to describe ________. 

____ believed that societies grew and changed as a result of the struggles of different social classes:

Surveying the religious affiliation of Americans as a whole is an example of _____________ 

George Herbert Mead’s specific path of development for individuals is as follows:

The process by which technology changes more quickly than legal and cultural systems is called _________.

Positive and negative (and formal and informal) sanctions can also be viewed as ways that society:

Kyle is collecting newspaper clippings from his grandfather about the American public’s perception of World War II.

The Harlows’ study on rhesus monkeys showed that:

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A setting where a staff tries to radically change someone’s personality through carefully controlling the environment is

In order to understand the pledging process at her university for her thesis, Carmen pledges with a popular sorority.

Many married couples met while they were in high school or college. This is an example of education's ______ functions

Which of the following is true regarding U.S. socialization of recent high school graduates?

What is the importance of the interpretive framework?

According to Erving Goffman, the goal of a total institution is to _______

What term can be described as,"specific, measurable explanations of abstract concepts that a researcher plans to study"?

Which sociological approach to education is most likely to focus on the ways education perpetuates forms of inequality?

In the nature versus nurture debate, sociologists claim that _______

Which sociologist developed the concept of double consciousness?

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The process of simultaneously analyzing the behavior of individuals and the society that shapes that behavior is:

Pieces of material culture that identify a person as occupying a particular status are referred to as ________. 

Which set of data-gathering methods best represent qualitative sociology? 

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A car’s use for transportation is an example of its ____function, while using a car for storage is an example of a _____

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A group has a distinctive culture, but its values and norms are not at odds with the larger culture. This is a(n):

Which of the following is typically the earliest agent of socialization?

An example of high culture is ___________, whereas an example of popular culture would be ____________.

Max Weber, in contrast to positivists, called for a sociology interested in a deep understanding of its subjects, called

Which theoretical perspective is most likely to use the analogy of the human body to illustrate how society works?

Which of the following is an example of an unethical sociological research practice?

Which groups of social theorists would focus most on macro-level analysis when examining patterns of society? 

Émile Durkheim’s study of suicide is important to sociology in many ways. One of the most influential impacts was:

The pollution that cars leak into the atmosphere is an example of a _____________

Symbols that can be strung together in an infinite number of ways for the purpose of communicating abstract thought:

Which of the following is a manifest function of schools?

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Which of the following is NOT considered part of the sociological definition of a society?

What occurs in Lawrence Kohlberg’s conventional level?

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Jeremy wrote an essay criticizing the college admissions process, arguing that certain populations are excluded.

The notion that people cannot feel or experience something that they do not have a word for can be explained by:

The belief that one’s own culture is superior to other cultures is called:

Which of the following is an example of a counterculture?

Education is important to society because:

Please define C. Wright Mill’s sociological imagination. 

Whose study described the differences in the way that boys and girls view morality?

Which of the following is an example of a cultural universal?

Receiving the Medal of Honor and making the Dean's List are both examples of ________. 

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Peer groups are important to adolescents because: 

Alona is examining the impact football on school spirit by distributing surveys to classes. She is employing a ___method

The sociologist who identified ten underlying core values of American society was ________. 

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Patterns of child-rearing vary by class. Lower-class parents generally stress ___, while middle class parents stress ___

Capitalism as an idea represents _____ culture, while the cars produced by capitalist companies represents ____ culture

Mead used the concept “generalized other” to refer to _______

According to Durkheim, which of the following is NOT a social fact?

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Which of the following research approaches is best suited to the scientific method?

Using secondary data is considered an unobtrusive or ________ research method

According to Robert Merton, ________ are the intended beneficial consequences of social institutions. 

A measurement is considered ______ if it actually measures what it is intended to measure, according to the study topic.

The biggest difference between mores and folkways is that

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A practice of remaining impartial, without bias or judgment during the course of a study and in publishing results is:

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From a sociological perspective, which factor does not greatly influence a person’s socialization?

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