SOC 100 MIDTERM EXAM PART I

SOC 100 MIDTERM EXAM PART I

SOC100 INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM, PART I

Question 1

3 out of 3 points

 _____ founded and named sociology as a discipline, pushing for a positivist society in which knowledge would be based on scientific reasoning and facts.

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                Selected Answer:               

Auguste Comte

Correct Answer:                  

Auguste Comte

 Question 2

3 out of 3 points

 _____ established the first rules for conducting sociological research and examined the impact of modern society on social solidarity.

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                Selected Answer:               

Émile Durkheim

Correct Answer:                  

Émile Durkheim

 Question 3

3 out of 3 points

The ability of individuals and groups to exercise free will and to make social change is referred to as:

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Selected Answer:               

Agency

Correct Answer:                  

Agency

 Question 4

3 out of 3 points

 _____ is considered the first female sociologist and argued that injustices such as slavery and women’s inequality stunted a society’s moral development.

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Selected Answer:               

Harriet Martineau

Correct Answer:                  

Harriet Martineau

 Question 5

3 out of 3 points

                The scientific study of human social relationships, groups, and societies is known as:

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                Selected Answer:               

Sociology

Correct Answer:                  

Sociology

 Question 6

3 out of 3 points

                Accepted social behaviors and beliefs are referred to as:

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                Selected Answer:               

Norms

Correct Answer:                  

Norms

 Question 7

3 out of 3 points

                The ability to evaluate claims about truth by using reason and evidence is referred to as:

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                Selected Answer:               

Critical thinking

Correct Answer:                  

Critical thinking

 Question 8

3 out of 3 points

                Competition between social classes over the distribution of wealth, power, and other valued resources in society is referred to as:

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                Selected Answer:               

Class conflict

Correct Answer:                  

Class conflict

 Question 9

3 out of 3 points

                Elementary schools serve as childcare institutions, allowing more parents to participate in the workforce. Which perspective does this statement reflect?

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                Selected Answer:               

Functionalism

Correct Answer:                  

Functionalism

 Question 10

3 out of 3 points

                _____ reasoning starts from specific data and tries to identify larger patterns from which to derive more general theories.

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                Selected Answer:               

Inductive

Correct Answer:                  

Inductive

 Question 11

3 out of 3 points

                A characteristic of results that systematically misrepresent the full dimensions of what is being studied is referred to as:

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                Selected Answer:               

Bias

Correct Answer:                  

Bias

 Question 12

3 out of 3 points

                The idea that concepts and measurement accurately represent what they claim to represent is referred to as:

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                Selected Answer:               

Validity

Correct Answer:                  

Validity

 Question 13

3 out of 3 points

                The degree to which two or more variables are associated with one another is referred to as:

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                Selected Answer:               

Correlation

Correct Answer:                  

Correlation

 Question 14

3 out of 3 points

                A variable is defined as:

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                Selected Answer:               

A concept that can take on two or more possible values

Correct Answer:                  

A concept that can take on two or more possible values

 Question 15

3 out of 3 points

                A researcher finds that as income increases, square footage of respondent’s home also increases. This is an example of:

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                Selected Answer:               

Positive correlation

Correct Answer:                  

Positive correlation

 Question 16

3 out of 3 points

                In sociological research, ideas about the world that describe a possible relationship between social phenomena are referred to as:

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                Selected Answer:               

Hypotheses

Correct Answer:                  

Hypotheses

 Question 17

3 out of 3 points

                A researcher finds that as years spent driving increases, the number of accidents decreases. This is an example of:

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                Selected Answer:               

Negative correlation

Correct Answer:                  

Negative correlation

 Question 18

3 out of 3 points

                Particular ideas that people accept as true are referred to as:

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                Selected Answer:               

Beliefs

Correct Answer:                  

Beliefs

 Question 19

3 out of 3 points

                The beliefs, norms, behaviors, and products common to the members of a particular group are referred to as:

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                Selected Answer:               

Culture

Correct Answer:                  

Culture

 Question 20

3 out of 3 points

                A culture that exists together with a dominant culture but differs from it in some important respects is referred to as:

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                Selected Answer:               

Subculture

Correct Answer:                  

Subculture

 Question 21

3 out of 3 points

                The physical objects created, embraced, or consumed by society that help shape peoples’ lives are referred to as:

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                Selected Answer:               

Material culture

Correct Answer:                  

Material culture

 Question 22

3 out of 3 points

                Common rules of a culture that govern the behavior of people belonging to it are referred to as:

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                Selected Answer:               

Norms

Correct Answer:                  

Norms

 Question 23

3 out of 3 points

                The ability of a local culture to absorb outside influences that fit in and enrich their culture while resisting those that are alien is known as:

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                Selected Answer:               

Glocalization

Correct Answer:                  

Glocalization

 Question 24

3 out of 3 points

                Abstract and general standards in society that define ideal principles such as right and wrong are referred to as:

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                Selected Answer:               

Values

Correct Answer:                  

Values

 Question 25

3 out of 3 points

 The abstract creations of human cultures, including ideas about behavior and living, are referred to as:

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                Selected Answer:               

Nonmaterial culture

Correct Answer:                  

Nonmaterial culture