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Link to the test:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dExYQndmRmhocE56aWlNV0M0Q3BWU1E6MQ#gid=0
The questions:
The questions:
1. Which of the following does NOT explain the change in trends of baby names?
A. The increasing popularity of unpopular names
B. An increasing awareness of unique names
C. The number of babies being born
D. The decreasing popularity of common biblical names like Mary or John
2. Which of the following is an example of a primary group?
A. Your classmates in sociology 101
B. Your coworkers
C. The people in your apartment complex
D. Your family
3. The strength of a social tie is NOT described by which of the following?
A. The amount of resources each person has
B. The reciprocal services that people can provide for each other
C. The length of time the tie has existed
D. The intensity of the tie
4. The process of translating a theoretical concept into a measurable variable is known as:
A. Conceptualization
B. Operationalization
C. The research process
D. The descriptive process
5. Social networks are patterns of relationships within some population of social actors. In a network graph, a tie or edge between two nodes represents the presence of _______________.
A. an infection.
B. a relationship between two actors.
C. a relationship between two variables.
D. a correlation.
6. Qualitative research is often conducted through the gathering of ethnographic data. Which of the following most accurately describes the types of data collecting techniques an ethnographer would use:
A. Surveys and Questionnaires
B. External Data sets such as the Census or General Social Survey
C. Interviews and Participant Observation
D. Content Analysis of Newspapers, Radio, and Television
7. A ________ is identifiable by it’s distinctive combination of Symbols, Practices, Norms, Beliefs and Values within the greater ___________.
A. Sub Culture; Counter Culture
B. Sub Culture; Culture
C. Counter Culture; Sub Culture
C.Culture; Sub Culture
8. The term __________________ refers to how the holdings and goods of society are unequally distributed. Most crucially, one’s place in this form of social distribution influences their chances for a longer, healthier, and more enjoyable life.
A. Class Status
B. Resource Mobilization
C. Stratification
D. Socio-Economic Status
9. Culture represents the ________________, while structure represents the ____________________.
A. meaning of "stuff"; distribution of "stuff"
B. society; persistent pattern in the distribution of relationships
C. meaning of "stuff"; social interactions and sanctions
D. norms and values; determinants of social behavior
10. Unlike psychologists, sociologists are primarily focused on explaining ___________ outcomes and use data collected through _________________.
A. statistical ; descriptive methods.
B. social ; archival, experimental, survey, and ethnographic methods.
C. social and statistical ; experimental and survey methods.
D. individual ; ethnographic and archival methods.
11. According to _____________ , an imbalance of power between two parties may result in a condition of dependence where one party is forced to choose an option that is bad for them.
A. symbolic interactionism
B. social evolution
C. structural functionalism
D. social exchange theory
12. According to rational choice theory, when faced with different options, people
A. weigh the costs and benefits of different options
B. are often selfishly concerned about their own interests
C. try to choose the options that advance their instrumental goals
D. answer A and B
E all of the above
13. Why do researchers sometimes use stratified random samples?
A. As a way to ensure that your data supports their hypothesis
B. As a way to select out only one type of subject from a population
C. As a way to ensure that thier sample is representative of the population being studied
D. As a way to find subjects that satisfy your research question
14. ______________ norms are those which society encourages individuals to adhere to, whereas _________________ norms are those which dictate to people which behaviors are prohibited.
A. Prescriptive . . . proscriptive
B. Primary . . . secondary
C. Proscriptive . . . prescriptive
D. Rational . . . irrational
15. _________________ is a micro-level theory that describes action in society as the result of one’s perception of his or her self and how others view and interpret them.
A. Structural functionalism
B. Rational choice theory
C. Conflict theory
D. Symbolic interactionism
16. Which of the following is NOT an example of a social norm?
A. Walking on the right side of the sidewalk
B. Staying out of the personal space of strangers on a mostly empty bus
C. Learning how to play a musical instrument
D. Tipping the server at a restaurant
17. In Brandon Brooks’ thesis research he wanted to measure family SES for new college students. To do this, he asked questions about parents education level, the number of TVs at home, whether they owned or rented, and whether they ever received free or reduced lunch benefits. But he did not ask them about their parents income. Why not?
A. many people don’t know home much money their parents actually make.
B. he meant to, but he ran out of room on the survey
C. he was worried that people would react negatively to the question and quit the survey
D. A and C
E. All of the above
18. What do proportional facts allow us to do that simple facts do not?
A. Proportional facts are standardized to allow us to assess how common or how extreme some simple fact actually is.
B. Proportional facts allow comparison and assessment of relative importance.
C. Proportional facts allow researchers to sample evenly from the entire population.
D. A and B
E. All of the above
19. In Freedom Summer and in Wallop pre-existing relationships influenced peoples tendency to stay involved in groups because of the same micro foundation. Identity commitment, or the tendency to people to identify with a facet of their self is
A. a good first guess but is unsupported by prior research.
B. part of the explanation, but it mainly relies on agency theory.
C. a generally applicable social psychological theory that stems from symbolic interactionism.
D. all of the above.
20. Big box retailers like Target or Walmart have become more successful than small general stores in recent decades. Which of the following is not true?
A. many people owned cars and could travel longer distances to the store.
B. this illustrates the idea that some attributes can fit current social conditions better.
C. the social evolution approach suggests that even Walmart is at risk of competition from an institutional form that better fits the changing social environment.
D. adaptations make societies better for all social environments.
21. Conflict theory explains social outcomes by starting from three key assumptions. (1) society is composed of groups (2) groups have interests (3) groups have resources. The main implication of this theory is that groups will ________________ to further their own interests. This leads us to expect that laws often serve the interests of ______________.
A. increase the size of their group big groups.
B. increase the size of their group small groups.
C. use their resources the powerful.
D. use their resources the disenfranchised.
22. The second major implication is that because resources help groups compete, the groups that have more resources tend to ___________________. This implication (called the ___________) can be demonstrated by using sports leagues as examples. Big market teams like the Yankees tend to fill their stadium and get lucrative TV contracts because of their large TV market. Year after year, the Yankees tend to win and have plenty of money to buy more players.
A. become bigger and less efficient regression to the mean
B. result in a war of all against all Leviathan
C. eventually lose their advantage; Matthew effect
D. win and get more resources in the future Matthew effect
23. Resources that are available to all, can be used for private gain, but their use results in public costs are called:
A. valuable goods
B. commons
C. private resources
D social capital
24. How is description important for scientific progress? Description can demonstrate what is going on in the world, how things are changing, and can
A. raise new questions to ask in subsequent research.
B. distinguish between two crucial hypotheses.
C. reject the null hypothesis.
D. regress to the mean.
25. Suppose that you want to throw a party, and you know your friends want to play beer pong, but you don’t want them to get sick. You know that _______________ increase the spread of communicable diseases. Your solution is to
A. concurrent relationships fill the cups on the table with water.
B. concurrent relationships reuse the cups to avoid waste.
C. a few strong social ties fill the cups on the table with water.
D. a few strong social ties reuse the cups to avoid waste.
A. The increasing popularity of unpopular names
B. An increasing awareness of unique names
C. The number of babies being born
D. The decreasing popularity of common biblical names like Mary or John
2. Which of the following is an example of a primary group?
A. Your classmates in sociology 101
B. Your coworkers
C. The people in your apartment complex
D. Your family
3. The strength of a social tie is NOT described by which of the following?
A. The amount of resources each person has
B. The reciprocal services that people can provide for each other
C. The length of time the tie has existed
D. The intensity of the tie
4. The process of translating a theoretical concept into a measurable variable is known as:
A. Conceptualization
B. Operationalization
C. The research process
D. The descriptive process
5. Social networks are patterns of relationships within some population of social actors. In a network graph, a tie or edge between two nodes represents the presence of _______________.
A. an infection.
B. a relationship between two actors.
C. a relationship between two variables.
D. a correlation.
6. Qualitative research is often conducted through the gathering of ethnographic data. Which of the following most accurately describes the types of data collecting techniques an ethnographer would use:
A. Surveys and Questionnaires
B. External Data sets such as the Census or General Social Survey
C. Interviews and Participant Observation
D. Content Analysis of Newspapers, Radio, and Television
7. A ________ is identifiable by it’s distinctive combination of Symbols, Practices, Norms, Beliefs and Values within the greater ___________.
A. Sub Culture; Counter Culture
B. Sub Culture; Culture
C. Counter Culture; Sub Culture
C.Culture; Sub Culture
8. The term __________________ refers to how the holdings and goods of society are unequally distributed. Most crucially, one’s place in this form of social distribution influences their chances for a longer, healthier, and more enjoyable life.
A. Class Status
B. Resource Mobilization
C. Stratification
D. Socio-Economic Status
9. Culture represents the ________________, while structure represents the ____________________.
A. meaning of "stuff"; distribution of "stuff"
B. society; persistent pattern in the distribution of relationships
C. meaning of "stuff"; social interactions and sanctions
D. norms and values; determinants of social behavior
10. Unlike psychologists, sociologists are primarily focused on explaining ___________ outcomes and use data collected through _________________.
A. statistical ; descriptive methods.
B. social ; archival, experimental, survey, and ethnographic methods.
C. social and statistical ; experimental and survey methods.
D. individual ; ethnographic and archival methods.
11. According to _____________ , an imbalance of power between two parties may result in a condition of dependence where one party is forced to choose an option that is bad for them.
A. symbolic interactionism
B. social evolution
C. structural functionalism
D. social exchange theory
12. According to rational choice theory, when faced with different options, people
A. weigh the costs and benefits of different options
B. are often selfishly concerned about their own interests
C. try to choose the options that advance their instrumental goals
D. answer A and B
E all of the above
13. Why do researchers sometimes use stratified random samples?
A. As a way to ensure that your data supports their hypothesis
B. As a way to select out only one type of subject from a population
C. As a way to ensure that thier sample is representative of the population being studied
D. As a way to find subjects that satisfy your research question
14. ______________ norms are those which society encourages individuals to adhere to, whereas _________________ norms are those which dictate to people which behaviors are prohibited.
A. Prescriptive . . . proscriptive
B. Primary . . . secondary
C. Proscriptive . . . prescriptive
D. Rational . . . irrational
15. _________________ is a micro-level theory that describes action in society as the result of one’s perception of his or her self and how others view and interpret them.
A. Structural functionalism
B. Rational choice theory
C. Conflict theory
D. Symbolic interactionism
16. Which of the following is NOT an example of a social norm?
A. Walking on the right side of the sidewalk
B. Staying out of the personal space of strangers on a mostly empty bus
C. Learning how to play a musical instrument
D. Tipping the server at a restaurant
17. In Brandon Brooks’ thesis research he wanted to measure family SES for new college students. To do this, he asked questions about parents education level, the number of TVs at home, whether they owned or rented, and whether they ever received free or reduced lunch benefits. But he did not ask them about their parents income. Why not?
A. many people don’t know home much money their parents actually make.
B. he meant to, but he ran out of room on the survey
C. he was worried that people would react negatively to the question and quit the survey
D. A and C
E. All of the above
18. What do proportional facts allow us to do that simple facts do not?
A. Proportional facts are standardized to allow us to assess how common or how extreme some simple fact actually is.
B. Proportional facts allow comparison and assessment of relative importance.
C. Proportional facts allow researchers to sample evenly from the entire population.
D. A and B
E. All of the above
19. In Freedom Summer and in Wallop pre-existing relationships influenced peoples tendency to stay involved in groups because of the same micro foundation. Identity commitment, or the tendency to people to identify with a facet of their self is
A. a good first guess but is unsupported by prior research.
B. part of the explanation, but it mainly relies on agency theory.
C. a generally applicable social psychological theory that stems from symbolic interactionism.
D. all of the above.
20. Big box retailers like Target or Walmart have become more successful than small general stores in recent decades. Which of the following is not true?
A. many people owned cars and could travel longer distances to the store.
B. this illustrates the idea that some attributes can fit current social conditions better.
C. the social evolution approach suggests that even Walmart is at risk of competition from an institutional form that better fits the changing social environment.
D. adaptations make societies better for all social environments.
21. Conflict theory explains social outcomes by starting from three key assumptions. (1) society is composed of groups (2) groups have interests (3) groups have resources. The main implication of this theory is that groups will ________________ to further their own interests. This leads us to expect that laws often serve the interests of ______________.
A. increase the size of their group big groups.
B. increase the size of their group small groups.
C. use their resources the powerful.
D. use their resources the disenfranchised.
22. The second major implication is that because resources help groups compete, the groups that have more resources tend to ___________________. This implication (called the ___________) can be demonstrated by using sports leagues as examples. Big market teams like the Yankees tend to fill their stadium and get lucrative TV contracts because of their large TV market. Year after year, the Yankees tend to win and have plenty of money to buy more players.
A. become bigger and less efficient regression to the mean
B. result in a war of all against all Leviathan
C. eventually lose their advantage; Matthew effect
D. win and get more resources in the future Matthew effect
23. Resources that are available to all, can be used for private gain, but their use results in public costs are called:
A. valuable goods
B. commons
C. private resources
D social capital
24. How is description important for scientific progress? Description can demonstrate what is going on in the world, how things are changing, and can
A. raise new questions to ask in subsequent research.
B. distinguish between two crucial hypotheses.
C. reject the null hypothesis.
D. regress to the mean.
25. Suppose that you want to throw a party, and you know your friends want to play beer pong, but you don’t want them to get sick. You know that _______________ increase the spread of communicable diseases. Your solution is to
A. concurrent relationships fill the cups on the table with water.
B. concurrent relationships reuse the cups to avoid waste.
C. a few strong social ties fill the cups on the table with water.
D. a few strong social ties reuse the cups to avoid waste.
