Chapter Comprehensive II Quiz Prep for SOCI 151

Question 1

Form of social organization which the elderly hold the most wealth, power, & prestige is called

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Gerontocracy

Question 2

In contrast with Freud, Piaget and Mead, Erikson's Eight Stages of Development best applied

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Human development research of people throughout their lives

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McDonaldization is the sociological concept best characterizing

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Work performed in terms of principles of fast food outlets

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Alfred Kinsey and fellow researchers helped launch the sexual revolution by doing what?

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He asked people to talk about sex AND widely published the results

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A secondary group is best defined as a social group that is often

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Large and often impersonal oriented toward completing a task

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Concerning sexuality, most European immigrants arrived to the U.S. before the mid-20th century:

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With rigid ideas typically limiting sex to reproduction only

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Piaget's 1st stage of cognitive development: individuals experience world only thru senses

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Sensorimotor Stage

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Social media is best described as allowing people to communicate

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from one or many persons to others in many ways and times

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The looking glass self is best defined as a phrase to mean a self image based on how

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We think others see us

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Early types of mass media (e.g., newspapers, radio, TV) were

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One-directional

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Piaget's 3rd stage of cognitive development: individuals 1st see causal connections in life

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Concrete Operational Stage

Question 12

Which of the following are examples of ASCRIBED status?

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Being first born

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A role is best described as

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Behavior expected of someone who holds a particular status

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Piaget's 4th stage of cognitive development: individuals 1st think abstractly & critically

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Formal Operational Stage

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Piaget's 2nd stage of cognitive development: individuals 1st use language & other symbols

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Preoperational Stage

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Media consolidation refers to the trend by which mass media is

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Owned by a few people and corporations

Question 17

Society's "double standard" (long dominant in the U.S. until the sexual revolution) EXPECTED:

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Women to be virgins until marriage, then be forever faithful

Question 18

What invention in the 15th century expanded the "reach" of communication?

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The printing press

Question 19

By having just boys as research subjects, Lawrence Kohlberg's study of moral reasoning was

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Unable to accurately generalize findings since girls weren't studied

Question 20

The four main Agents of Socialization within the United States IN THE 21st CENTURY include

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The family, schooling / education, peer group, mass media

Question 21

A social group that is one of the 1st to allow children to escape adult supervision is called

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A peer group

Question 22

A social position a person receives at birth or takes on involuntarily later in life is called

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An ascribed status

Question 23

The study of aging and the elderly is the social science of

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Gerontology

Question 24

Gilligan, in contrast to Kohlberg, investigated the role of gender in moral reasoning by having

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Boys & girls as research subjects and generalizing results

Question 25

Social positions reflective of an achieved status best include

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Being a mother or a father

Question 26

Total institutions are best defined as settings in which people within the institution

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Are isolated from the rest of society & controlled by staff

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A social group is best defined as

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Two or more people who identify and interact with one another

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Sexual orientation is best defined as person's romantic and emotional attraction to a

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Person of the same and / or of another sexual expression

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In the social world, people's expectation of maintaining one's personal space

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Can be maintained even if a person is out in public

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A social position a person earns or takes on voluntarily in life is called

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An achieved status

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People such as parents who have special importance for socialization

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Significant others

Question 32

Until 2003, when the U.S. Supreme Court struck laws down, 13 states banned sex acts between

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Consenting adults of the same sex

Question 33

A person's effort to create specific impressions in the minds of others is the process of:

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Presentation of Self

Question 34

In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that all U.S. states are required to license/recognize

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Same-sex marriage

Question 35

A police officer who feels anguish in having to arrest her son for illegal drug use is facing:

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Role conflict

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OLIGARCHY is best defined as

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Rule of the many by a few

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Group leadership that focuses on the well-being of group members bests describes

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Expressive leadership

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Social positions reflective of an ascribed status best include

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Being a daughter or a son

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It was not until about the year 1800 that the increasing circulation of newspapers truly

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Ushered in the era of mass media

Question 40

What culture leads people to expect in a specific situation is best called

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Conventional

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Personal traits and social positions societal members attach to being female, male, and/or another expression refers to

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GENDER

Question 42

Which of the following are examples of ACHIEVED status?

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Being a flight attendant

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With regards to statuses and roles, a person:

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Holds a status and performs a role

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Term referring to widespread cultural norms & values we use as references in self-evaluation

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Generalized others

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An unexpected violation of cultural patterns in a specific situation is best called

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Unconventional

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A bureaucracy is best described as a type of organization that is

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Formally organized with written rules and a full-time staff

Question 47

In order to pass the Bechdel Test, a film has to have at least two

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Women talking to each other about something other than a man

Question 48

A master status is a status that has special importance for social identity. THEREFORE:

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It can be an ACHIEVED and / or an ASCRIBED status

Question 49

Regarding human development, the social sciences favor

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Nurture over nature

Question 50

A primary group is best defined as a social group that is often

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Small and personal whose members share lasting relationships

Question 51

A college professor encouraging students while having to sternly grade them is facing:

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Role strain

Question 52

Anticipatory socialization best involves

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Preparing for someone's future life or social role

Question 53

What technological development in 1960 prevented pregnancy, and allowed for sex without any special preparation?

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The birth control pill

Question 54

The process by which people act and react in relation to others is BEST called

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Social interaction

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The biological distinction between females and males best refers to

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SEX

Question 56

Before the internet, the public's ability to 'talk back' to a newspaper was limited to writing

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Letters to the editor, a few published in a later edition

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Goffman describes TACT as

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Saving Face

Question 58

Within sociology, which of the following are examples that BEST describe a ROLE EXIT?

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Walking out of a room after quitting a job or getting fired

Question 59

Social media use (e.g., personal computers and smartphones) is

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Multi-directional

Question 60

Creation of the birth control pill brought on the sexual revolution and especially allowed

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Women new sexual freedom for the first time

Question 61

Gender binary is best defined as viewing gender as consisting of

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Either "Male" or "Female"; with no others ever possible

Question 62

A NETWORK in sociology is best defined as

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A web of social ties

Question 63

Goffman describes EMBARRASSMENT as

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Losing Face

Question 64

Lifelong social experience which people develop human potential and learn culture is best called

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Socialization

Chapter Comprehensive II Quiz Prep for SOCI 151

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Chapter Comprehensive II Quiz Prep for SOCI 151

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