SOC101 Introduction to Sociology
Final Exam
Question 1Quinton has good grades in school and has never committed a crime or gotten involved in gangs. At his high school, teachers and administrators treat him like he is a “bad kid” destined for prison because his cousin is a gangbanger. Quinton decided he may as well get involved in his cousin’s gang because he gets no respect otherwise. This example illustrates which sociological theory?
Question 2Water-boarding violates the codes of human rights established by the Geneva Convention. CIA officers who administered water-boarding techniques on behalf of the U.S. government during the War on Terror committed ___________________.
Question 3All of Chicago’s high-school level military academies are concentrated in working-class African-American and Latino neighborhoods. This is an example of ___________ where education socializes students with the values that correspond with their future labor position.
Question 4Since the 1990s, gender differences on standardized math exams have
Question 5In the first demographic transition, a country’s population explodes because
Question 6The division of labor refers to the
Question 7_________________ argues that as individuals are denied legitimate ways of obtaining social goals, like brand-name consumerism or expensive car, they innovate deviant approaches to realize these social goals.
Question 8New Age adherents who practice a combination of Hindi yoga techniques, Buddhist philosophy, and Egyptian astrology exhibit a ____________ approach to religion.
Question 9Female professors who do not smile enough are often negatively evaluated by students as not being “nice”. In this case, the students’ negative evaluations are _____________ that punish female professors who do not conform to gendered norms in society.
Question 10___________ refers to a theory of democracy that suggests that elites do not have the monopoly over political power due to the influence of special interest groups.
Question 11The United States has a _________________ taxation system where wealthier people are expected to pay a greater share of their income in taxes than poor and middle class people.
Question 12According to proponents of the family decline perspective, families work best when ___________.
Question 13When a little girl walks into a room in a cute dress, all the adults compliment her,
telling her how pretty she is and smiling at her. In this example, the girl is learning how she
will be socially rewarded for conforming to gender expectations. This exemplifies how
__________ works to shape behavior.
Question 14Honda automobiles sold in the United States are rarely produced in a single country. Instead, the tires are made in South Korea, the seat belts are produced in Mexico, and the engine is made in Japan. All these parts are brought together in factories in the United States, where the car is assembled. Sociologists refer to this system of linked production as ________________ .
Question 15Simone de Beauvoir claimed “one is not born but becomes a woman” whereby women’s subordination to men is not natural but is created by ________________ or the way social norms, roles and institutions systematically control and devalue women.
Question 16Which of the following is NOT a reason why Black Americans have shorter life spans than White Americans?
Question 17What accounts for the rise in the United States prison rate after the mid-1990s?
Question 18Theodor Adorno criticized pop culture as encouraging its audience to be passive consumers of what they read, watch and listen to. He feared that culture was simple a product to consume, and not challenge power relations. He called this the ____________
Question 19According to Talcott Parsons, the patient role in the doctor-patient relationship encourages patients to
Question 20What role does the state play in the market economy?
Question 21What is the “second shift”?
Question 22_________________ assume that buyers and sellers are knowledgeable about a good that is being bought and sold, and are trying to maximize their interest in the exchange process.
Question 23Compared to other industrialized countries that have some form of government sponsored single-payer or universal healthcare, healthcare in United State’s privately managed system cost __________ and provides ____________ effective healthcare to a majority of citizens.
Question 24It is often said that working class Americans prefer Nascar or Ultimate Fighting Championship while more affluent Americans prefer tennis and the opera. In this way, your education, tastes, and cultural knowledge form the ______________ that signal to others your class status.
Question 25The Emergency Quota Act of 1921, defining the 3rd Immigration era, was known for
Question 26Recently, it was revealed that high levels of lead contaminants polluted the drinking water of Flint, Michigan. The State’s disregard for the health and safety of Flint residents, who are predominantly low-income and African-American, is an example of _________________.
Question 27In the United States, economic globalization was accomplished by American companies closing production facilities in the U.S. and moving them to other countries. This is also known as _________________.
Question 28The turn away from supernatural or otherworldly explanations of the natural world to a more scientific and logical (cause and effect) explanation of natural phenomena is called
Question 29In the mid-20th century, developing countries like those in Latin American adopted _____________________ as a way to protect local industry from competition from economically advanced countries seeking to dominate their markets.
Question 30Gender-stereotypical behavior, such as boys behaving in aggressive ways, is most likely to occur when people believe they are __________.
Question 31Which of the following is NOT a theory explaining fertility decline?
Question 32How did medical professionalization impact women?
Question 33According to the textbook, globalization is not inevitable but was accomplished by government policy. Which of the following is a government policy that did NOT contribute to the spread of globalization?
Question 34Once individuals learn and conform to __________, or the rules of appropriate behavior and action, they go onto to reproduce the social structure.
Question 35In the United States, a person is considered for refugee status if_________________.
Question 36The Amish culture emphasizes the shared needs of the collective, whereas dominant U.S. culture emphasizes individuality. In this example, “shared needs” is considered a _________ of the Amish culture.
Question 37Claude Fischer’s theory of __________ helps us understand why certain urban neighborhoods, like the queer neighborhood Boystown, take on particular identities and allow more individuation in society.
Question 38The Chicago School of Urban Ecology regard the way in urban areas are produced as an outcome of
Question 39Sociologists who study deviance find that
Question 40What is the meaning of “social structure”?
Question 41Culture wars refers to:
Question 42People that hold an essentialist view of race believe that race is based on
Question 43Which of the following is the most typical U.S. family form in the 2000s?
Question 44According to sociologist George Herbert Meade, your sense of self
Question 45How much of the world’s wealth is controlled by the richest 1% of the world’s population?
Question 46Sociologist Devah Pager tested the influence of criminal records on the job applications of blacks and whites. She found that __________.
Question 47While traveling along I-94 on a road trip, Chris noticed that every billboard portraying a romantic relationship consisted of one man and one woman. These advertisements convey __________ messages about sexual orientation.
Question 48Gabriele is a Black man who is reluctant to wear a hoodie in a White neighborhood because he knows White people perceive Black men in hoodies as criminals and may shoot him out of fear. W. E. B. Dubois would say Gabriele has _________________ about his status as a Black man in America.
Question 49Which of the following is NOT one of the three major symptoms of a revolutionary situation according to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin?
Question 50Which method would you use if you wanted to understand why people either support or oppose a contentious political issue, like police reform?
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