Sociology Benchmark 3 Review

Question 1

A questionnaire asks you to indicate whether or not you are employed.This is an example of (an)

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qualitative variable

Question 2

Max is graduating from college and looking forward to his new role as a computer scientist...

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This is an example of anticipatory socialization

Question 3

a social condition in which norms are weak, conflicting, or absent

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anomie

Question 4

Which of the following would NOT be considered a crime in the US?

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telling your dad you washed the car when you did not

Question 5

job related crimes committed by high status people

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white-collar crime

Question 6

Emphasize that ppl can communicate bc they share words,gestures,etc that have similar meaning..

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Symbolic interactionists

Question 7

Which of the following best describes the sociological perspective?

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It focuses on people at a social level

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of a positive social sanction?

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receiving a promotion at work for completing a project early

Question 9

a group of people of roughly the same age and with similar interest to ours

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peer group

Question 10

a person who breaks significant societal or group norms

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deviant

Question 11

Research can be divided into two main categories:

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quantitative and qualitative

Question 12

A person is in jail for burglary. Two weeks after released, he's back in prison for burlarizing

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This is an example of recidivism

Question 13

When a person gives a "thumbs up", he/she is using a

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symbol

Question 14

Students in Gina's 6th grade class avoid her because they know her father is in prison...

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This is an example of a stigma

Question 15

Emphasizes the contributions of each part of society & how the parts work together

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Functionalism

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT an example of hidden curriculum at most schools?

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to be able to write a literary analysis

Question 17

Our self-concept

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allows us to have an image of ourselves that is separate

Question 18

rules that define appropriate and inappropriate behavior

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norms

Question 19

Which of the following is not a type of norm?

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value

Question 20

Deviance as a lifestlye

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secondary deviance

Question 21

In the US it is common for guests to throw rice at weddings at the couple as they leave...

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This is an example of a norm

Question 22

In ______ the observer participates in ongoing activities and records observations

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participant observations

Question 23

Some people would rather die than eat human flesh. They are refusing to violate

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a taboo

Question 24

Which of the following is NOT a method used when conducting qualitative research?

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questionnaires

Question 25

Several members of the baseball team start wearing tall socks, soon entire team is (example of)

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group conformity

Question 26

Consists of knowledge, customs, and physical objects shared by a group

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culture

Question 27

In school, rewards and punishments are typically based on

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performance

Question 28

Your dad believes you should be in charge of cooking, you disagree because it takes too long

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You and your dad have different perspectives

Question 29

The people to whom we look to establish values & attitudes & whom we use to evaluate ourselves

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reference group

Question 30

Lisa cheats when playing checkers. Therefore, her friends have stopped play this game with her.

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This is an example of an informal sanction

Question 31

Chris wants to appear successful so he steals goods and resales them to obtain money..

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This is an example of innovation

Question 32

If a habitual drunk driver is sent to prison, she is

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being incarcerated

Question 33

Using email has made it fast and easy to communicate with people who live in diff parts of US..

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This is a manifest function of email

Question 34

Whenyou spend so much time practicing for a concert that it effects your grades...

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you're experiencing role-conflict

Question 35

Using email has decreased the number of hand-written letters that people send to friends/family

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This is a latent function of email

Question 36

Social control refers to

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the methods a society uses to promote order and stability

Question 37

Max's 1st grade teacher is teaching him that he should speak only after raising his hand

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This rule is an example of a norm

Question 38

Which of the following is true concerning deviant behavior?

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What's deviant in one society may not be deviant in another

Question 39

Assume a researcher has determined the more hours a student works a job,the lower his grades

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example of a negative correlation

Question 40

A child learns how to behave by watching how her parents judge her behavior then judges herself

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This process is called the looking-glass self

Question 41

When someone is a resident of a total institution, the 1st step in trying to change the person

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is desocialization

Question 42

Which of the following is an example of the nonmaterial side of culture?

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family relationships

Question 43

broad ideas about what most people in a society consider to be desirable

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values

Question 44

In the US, most people believe that every child is entitled to an education. This is an example

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of a value

Question 45

Sociobiologistsbelieve that

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our behavior is largely based on genetics

Question 46

Karl Marx believed class conflict was inevitable because

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workers will eventually overthrow capitalists

Question 47

Interviewer asks you to name your two favorite ways to spend free time. This is an example of

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an open-ended question

Question 48

An example of a ____ would be all the high school football players in the state of Nebraska

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population

Sociology Benchmark 3 Review

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Sociology Benchmark 3 Review

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