QuestionSOCS185 Culture and SocietyWeek 2 quiz

SOCS185 Culture and Society

Week 2 quiz

Question 1

(TCO 1) The systematic study of human society is known as _____.

psychology

science

anthropology

sociology

social psychology

 

Question 2

(TCO 1) Social sciences includes all of the following EXCEPT _____.

sociology

political science

economics

statistics

anthropology

Lecture

 

Question 3

(TCO 1) When Peter Berger characterized the sociological perspective as “seeing the general in the particular,” he meant that sociology allows us to _____.

recognize that society has the same effect on all categories of people

see that people in general are rather particular about their behaviors

make generalizations about individuals’ particular habits

see McArthur in his Jeep, Patton in his tank, or Bradley in his personnel carrier

look for general patterns in the behavior of particular people

 

Question 4

(TCO 3) Of the major theoretical theories in sociology, which one views society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability?

Social-solidarity theory

Social-conflict theory

Symbolic-interaction paradigm

Structural-functional theory

Fournickles-equalsa paradigm

 

Question 5

(TCO 3) Functions of an institution that unrecognized and unintended consequences of any social pattern, are known as _____.

indirect

manifest

latent

implicit

implied

 

Question 6

(TCO 2) Gambling researcher Althea Andrasia runs repeated tests on her measure of addiction to check for consistency in measurement. Her goal is to ensure that the measure has _____.

precision

reliability

validity

congruence

replicability

 

Question 7

(TCO 2) Independent variable is to dependent variable as _____.

blood is to water

effect is to cause

cause is to effect

variable is to constant

logic is to intuition

 

Question 8

(TCO 2) A statement of a possible relationship between two (or more) variables is called _____.

a theory

operationalization

a conclusion

a paradigm

a hypothesis

 

Question 9

(TCO 2) What research method was used in Philip Zimbardo’s study, the “Stanford County Prison”?

Captive participant observation

Ethnographic field observation

An experiment

Participant observation

The hellgrammite method

 

Question 10

(TCO 2) An apparent, although false, association between two variables that is caused by a third variable is called _____

an invalid correlation.

an valid correlation.

a specious correlation.

a spurious correlation.

an unreliable correlation.

 

Question 11

(TCO 4) All of the following are characteristics of a Total Institution EXCEPT

staff members supervise all aspects of daily life, including where residents eat, sleep, and work.

life in a total institution is controlled and standardized, with the same food, uniforms, and activities for everyone.

normal rules dictate when, where, and how inmates perform their daily routines.

residents are often called “inmates.”

Life is integrated into larger society, and members retain their individuality.

 

 

Question 12

(TCO 4) Other than perceiving the competing realities in a joke, what is sometimes involved in “getting” and enjoying a joke?

The joke must be universally funny.

The joke must be simple.

The audience must inferentially complete the joke in their minds.

The joke teller must explain the joke and provide more and more information until it is understood.

The listener must be able to tell a joke well in order to get a joke.

 

 

Question 13

(TCO 4) Which is the correct order of the stages of human development in Jean Piaget’s model?

Sensorimotor, preoperational, operational, and post operational

Preoperational, post operational, concrete operational, and formal operational

Sensorimotor, concrete operational, formal operational, and post operational

Formal operation, concrete operational, preoperational, and sensorimotor

Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational

 

 

Question 14

(TCO 4) Erving Goffman makes so many explicit parallels to the theater that his view has been termed _____.

Shakespearean

Theatrical

Stage Directions

Method Sociology

the Dramaturgical Approach

 

 

Question 15

(TCO 4) When Charles Horton Cooley used the term, “the looking-glass self,” he was referring to the fact that _____.

if you break your “self,” you will have seven years bad luck

people see themselves as they believe others see them

we see our parents in ourselves

our children are a reflection of ourselves

people are narcissistic

 

 

Question 16

(TCO 3) The norms for the ethics of using the Internet, particularly issues concerning privacy and censorship, have not yet caught up with the explosion in Internet usage and technology. William F. Ogburn called this _____.

culture shock

 

cultural lag

cultural disconnect

cultural gap

cultureitis

 

 

Question 17

(TCO 3) Mashie Nibblet is a pro at a country club and loves to play golf, but hates to teach it to the country club members. Mashie is experiencing _____.

role conflict

role strain

role ambiguity

role exit

a handicap that, if not ironed out, would leave him feeling below par with a chip on his shoulder resulting in a stroke

 

Question 18

(TCO 3) Judging another culture by the standards of one’s own culture is _____; while judging any culture by its own standards is _____.

ethnocentrism; methnocentrism

androcentrism; ethnocentrism

egocentrism; ethnocentrism

ethnocentrism; cultural relativism

cultural relativism; ethnocentrism

 

 

Question 19

(TCO 3) Which of the following is a statement based on the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?

Language is simply the attaching of the labels to the real world.

People see and understand the world through the cultural lens of language.

A single idea feels the same even if spoken in a different language.

Each word has its counterpart in all other languages.

All languages can trace their roots back to Klingon.

 

 

Question 20

(TCO 3) What is the term to refer to the judging another culture by the standards of one’s own culture?

Ethnocentrism

Egocentrism

Cultural relativism

Cultural universals

Eccentrism

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