SOC100 Study Guide - Final Guide: George Herbert Mead, Herbert Blumer, Harriet Martineau
14 Jun 2018
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TEST QUESTION SAMPLES
These are representative questions that will not appear on any
current exam, but are questions taken from previous exams
given in this introductory class.
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Emile Durkheim conducted what the text describes as “the first sociological study to use scientific
research methods” on what topic?
a.
work
b.
suicide
c.
war
d.
depression
____ 2. Who developed a sociological theory based on the idea that society contained both forces for social
order and stability as well as forces for social conflict and change?
a.
Auguste Comte
b.
Harriet Martineau
c.
Emile Durkheim
d.
Herbert Spencer
____ 3. What do sociologists call a set of logically interrelated statements that attempts to describe, explain,
and (occasionally) predict social events?
a.
perspective
b.
hypothesis
c.
premise
d.
theory
____ 4. Both the conflict and functional perspectives have been criticized for what tendency?
a.
focusing on social dynamics in individuals’ lives
b.
focusing on the negative side of society
c.
focusing on people’s subjective interpretations of reality
d.
focusing on macrolevel analysis
____ 5. Who are regarded as founders of the symbolic interaction perspective, which believes that individual
behaviour is the product of social interactions with other people?
a.
Charles Horton Cooley and Georg Simmel
b.
Karl Marx and Max Weber
c.
George Herbert Mead and Herbert Blumer
d.
Dorothy Smith and Margrit Eichler
____ 6. Three sociologists are discussing the relationship between society and culture. What are they likely to
conclude about this relationship?
a.
Culture, unlike society, seldom generates discord, conflict, or violence.
b.
Culture and society are both composed of people.
c.
Culture and society are interdependent.
d.
Culture can exist without society.
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____ 7. According to sociologist Ann Swidler, what is a “tool kit of symbols, stories, rituals, and world
views, which people may use in varying configurations to solve different kinds of problems”?
a.
reflexes
b.
instincts
c.
culture
d.
society
____ 8. Which of the following terms represents a language-based predisposition to think about women in
sexual terms?
a.
woman
b.
babe
c.
female
d.
she
____ 9. What perspective would you be using if you argued that shared language is necessary for a common
culture?
a.
feminist
b.
interactionist
c.
conflict
d.
functionalist
____ 10. Suppose a woman is named “Citizen of the Year” in her home community. What does this
demonstrate?
a.
a law
b.
a negative sanction
c.
a folkway
d.
a positive sanction
____ 11. Why are those who break mores more severely sanctioned than those who don’t follow folkways?
a.
because mores are based on cultural values and are therefore considered to be crucial for
the well-being of the group
b.
because breaking a more is universally offensive
c.
because informal norms may be violated without serious consequences
d.
because all mores are considered taboos
____ 12. What is the transmission of cultural items or social practices from one group or society to another?
a.
rediscovery
b.
discovery
c.
functional reorganization
d.
diffusion
____ 13. Suppose you were a conflict theorist. Which of the following statements would you agree with?
a.
Popular culture may help us temporarily forget the problems we face in everyday life.
b.
Popular culture may be the “glue” that holds society together.
c.
Popular culture may be dysfunctional if it undermines core cultural values.
d.
Popular culture is created by corporations in the same way that any other product or
service is produced.
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