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Module 1: The Sociological Perspective-Connecting Theory, Methods and Culture

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Intro to Sociology - Module #1

Pregunta 1 de 30

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What approach is often used to understand what's defined as deviant within a society?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Criticism

  • Symbolic interactionism

  • Constructivism

  • Antipositivism

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 30

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Sociology is defined as the:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Qualitative analysis of human phenomenon

  • Systematic study of society and social interaction

  • Quantitative analysis of social transgressions

  • Theoretical examination of life's origins

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 30

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Which of the following men coined the term positivism, and is widely considered the father of sociology?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Auguste Comte

  • Karl Marx

  • Max Weber

  • Émile Durkheim

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 30

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Please define C. Wright Mill's sociological imagination.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The theory that man evolved slowly over time.

  • The process of analyzing human behavior based solely on statistics.

  • A series of interviews asking subjects about their sleep habits and dreams.

  • How individuals understand their own and others' past in relation to history and social structure.

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 30

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A hypothesis can be defined as:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • A way to explain different aspects of social interactions

  • A testable proposition

  • An attempt to explain large-scale relationships

  • Philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and experiments performed in support of them

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 30

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A paradigm can be defines as:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them.

  • The social ties that bind a group of people together such as kinship, shared location, and religion

  • The consequences of social process that are sought or anticipated

  • Social patterns that have undesirable consequences for the operation of society

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 30

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Jeremy wrote an essay criticizing the college admissions process, arguing that heavy competition and limited educational resources make admission difficult for the average student. Which perspective would Jeremy's argument fall under?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Structural Functionalism

  • Conflict Theory

  • Symbolic Interactionism

  • Behaviorism

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 30

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Which theorist claimed that people arise to their proper level in society based solely on personal merit?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Karl Marx

  • Max Weber

  • Herbert Spencer

  • Émile Durkheim

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 30

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_________ view society as a structure with interrelated parts designed to meet the biological and social needs of individuals who make up that society.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Symbolic Interactionists

  • Conflict Theorists

  • Structural Functionalists

  • Social Individualists

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 30

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After weeks of protest in Zuccoti Park, MYC's "Occupy Wall Street" divided into two camps: one composed of higher income protestors, and one composed of lower-income protestors. A ______ would be most interested in the relationship and nature of day-to-day exchanges between the two groups.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Conflict theorist

  • Structural Functionalist

  • Symbolic Interactionist

  • Feminist Conflict Theorist

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 30

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Alexis wants to research the 1960's feminist movement. She reads articles from the time period, watches documentaries, reads scholarly journals on the topic, and interviews influential women form the movement. What kind of research method is Alexis using?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Ethnography

  • Surveys

  • Experiments

  • Secondary data analysis

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 30

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Reliability is defined by the test as:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • How ell the study measures what it was designed to measure

  • How long the study is expected to remain relevant and influential

  • How close the study's results come to the experimenter's hypothesis

  • A measure of a study's consistency that considers how likely results are to be replicated if a study is reproduced.

Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 30

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Quincia is studying how of the lack of comprehensive sex education is affecting a small, rural town in North Dakota. She spends two months in the town, observing and interviewing the townspeople. Quincia is conducting a(n) ______.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Ethnography

  • Case Study

  • Experiment

  • Secondary data analysis

Explicación

Pregunta 14 de 30

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Tyson is researching whether actors on prime-time television and hit movies negatively impact teenagers' body images. He is going undercover at a local high school to observe and participate with the students to better understand the world they live in. Tyson is conducting which research method?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Surveys

  • Field Research

  • Experiments

  • Secondary data analysis

Explicación

Pregunta 15 de 30

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Miquel is doing a research paper on New York City's Stone Wall riots of 1969. He visits the scene of the riots, interviews people who were there, reads the police reports of the event, and watches video footage. Miquel is conducting a(n) ______.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Case study

  • Overview

  • Experiment

  • Data analysis

Explicación

Pregunta 16 de 30

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Which of the following is not a purpose of the American Sociological Association's code of ethics?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • TO guarantee the safety of their participants

  • To maintain value neutrality

  • To ensure the financial gain of the researchers

  • To foster professionally responsible scholarship in sociology

Explicación

Pregunta 17 de 30

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Which of the following is an example of an unethical sociological research practice?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Conducting a literature review prior to conducting an experiment

  • Drawing conclusions from a study which the hypothesis did not predict

  • Observing study participants without the consent

  • Using a control group and an experimental group during observation

Explicación

Pregunta 18 de 30

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What is the importance of interpretive framework?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • It leads to in-deapth knowledge of a participant's social world.

  • It eliminates the need for a literature review.

  • It relies on statistics to determine causal relationships.

  • It prevents researchers from making unethical decisions.

Explicación

Pregunta 19 de 30

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Kevin conducted a study on whether the length of the line at a local Starbucks attested how well the customers enjoyed their coffee after receiving it. Malcolm conducted the study at his local Starbucks, and found the same results. Kevin's study has a high level of _______.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Literacy

  • Validity

  • Interpretation

  • Reliability

Explicación

Pregunta 20 de 30

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In order to better understand the sorority pledging process at her university for her sociology thesis, Carmen pledges with a popular sorority. This is an example of _____.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Literature review

  • Participant observation

  • Secondary data analysis

  • Dependent variables

Explicación

Pregunta 21 de 30

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Society and culture _______.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Could not exist without each other

  • Are unrelated

  • Are the same thing

  • Could not exist together

Explicación

Pregunta 22 de 30

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Elise travels across Thailand with her friends and, to her surprise, finds the country quiet unlike the United States. "I hate the food," she tells her family at home. "I hate the language. i hate the weird customs and awful music. America is clearly the best place to be." This is an example of __________.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Paradigms

  • Xenocentrism

  • Moral relativism

  • Ethnocentrism

Explicación

Pregunta 23 de 30

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A cultural universal is:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • An object or a belonging of a group.

  • A pattern or trait common to all societies.

  • The ideas, attitudes and beliefs of a particular society.

  • A written document outlining appropriate behavior.

Explicación

Pregunta 24 de 30

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Many Americans pay for haircuts, trips to the dentist, or transportation on the metro and bus systems. These actions support the notion of capitalism, an example of __________.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Non-material culture

  • Material culture

  • A cultural universal

  • The counterculture

Explicación

Pregunta 25 de 30

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Just and Mitch visit an Amish village on a class trip. "let's see if we can round up some old radios and appliances and drop them off for them later this week. I think they'll appreciate it. They just don't understand what they're missing." Mitch rolls his eyes. Kurt's perspective is an example of _________.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Behavioral normativity

  • Cultural imperialism

  • Material culture

  • Ideal culture

Explicación

Pregunta 26 de 30

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Which of the following is an example of cultural relativism?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Ingrid becoming upset over the course language used in the Australian Outback

  • Andy marrying a woman who does not practice his religion, though his parents disprove

  • Helena putting aside her vegetarianism to eat meals with the local tribe she is studying

  • Joseph protesting the Running fo the Bulls while visiting Pamplona.

Explicación

Pregunta 27 de 30

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The term values can be defined as:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The tenets or convictions that people hold to be true

  • A culture's standard for discerning what's good and just in society

  • Scripture found within the Bible

  • Federal laws and regulations

Explicación

Pregunta 28 de 30

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Janet is visiting her childhood friend in the Hamptons. Janet wears ripped jeans and Chuck Taylors to an infamous "White" party. The majority of party-goers refuse to socialize with her. Janet is experiencing a form of ______.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Formal sanction

  • Xenocentricism

  • Social control

  • Ethnocentricity

Explicación

Pregunta 29 de 30

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What is one difference between a more and a folkway?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Mores encourage a social rebellion; folkways do not.

  • Mores are legally acceptable to violate folkways are not.

  • Mores are constructed based on norms; folkways are not.

  • Mores may carry serious consequences if violated; folkways do not.

Explicación

Pregunta 30 de 30

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Which of the following is an example of a counterculture?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The yuppie craze of the 1980's

  • The Kardashian obsession of the 2010's

  • The hippie movement of the 1960's

  • The disco invasion of the 1970's

Explicación