Graded Homework

Analyze the content of 10 advertisements. Your discussion
should include the following: (1) the name of each product, where it was
advertised (e.g., print media, radio, TV), and the amount of space or time
devoted to the product; and (2) a sociological analysis of the ads (i.e., What
sociological terms, theories, and/or research best apply here? Explain.)

Project #2 (Sociological Analysis of Film)

you will analyze a film of your choice
from a sociological perspective. The project should be approximately 600-800
words. Your project should have five sections, as follows:

1. Introduction
(1 paragraph): an introductory paragraph that brings the reader’s attention to
the film that you will address and why it is sociologically meaningful.

2. A
brief synopsis of the film (1 paragraph): a very brief overview of the film,
with the assumption that the reader has not seen it.

3. Application
of sociological concepts (4-6 paragraphs): Discuss at least 6 concepts and/or
theories from our course that can be applied to shed light on aspects of the
film you watched. Please underline these concepts, explain them well, and then
apply them to specific aspects of the film.

4. Conclusion
(1 paragraph): Draw together the ideas from your paper in an interesting way
that gives the reader insight into what you have learned from watching this
film from a sociological perspective.

5. References.
You must cite your sources and include a reference list of the sources you used
in APA style. You can review the guidelines for citing sources in APA style here:https://www..edu/library/libhow/apa_tutorial.cfm

| SOCY 100 E222 |Midterm exam week 4

Part 1. Multiple choice questions

1.1 A sociologist defines society as a group of
people who reside in a defined area, share a culture, and who:

a. work in the same industry

b. speak different languages

c. practice a recognized religion

d. Interact

1.2 The difference between positivism and
antipositivism relates to:

a. whether sociological studies can predict
or improve society

b. whether research methods use statistical
data or person-to-person research

c. whether individuals like or dislike their
society

d. all of the above

1.3 Studying Sociology helps people analyze
data because they learn:

a. interview techniques

b. to apply statistics

c. to generate theories

d. all of the above

1.4 Which of the following researchers is
using a sociological imagination?

a. the researcher trying to understand the
connection between genetics and alcoholism

b. the researcher trying to understand the
impact that music has on the brain

c. the researcher trying to understand why
different religious groups have differing rates of suicide

d. the researcher trying to understand the biological
origin of humans

1.5 ________ is the level of analysis that
studies face-to-face and small-group interactions in order to understand how
those interactions affect larger patterns and institutions of society.

a. macrosociology

b. microsociology

c. sociology

d. social science

1.6 Which materials are considered secondary
data?

a. Information that you have gathered and now
have included in your results

b. Books and articles written by other
authors about their studies

c. Photos and letters given to you by another
person

d. Responses from participants whom you both
surveyed and interviewed

1.7 Which person or organization defined the
concept of value neutrality?

a. American Sociological Association (ASA)

b. Max Weber

c. Institutional Review Board (IRB)

d. Peter Rossi

1.8 Why is choosing a random sample an
effective way to select participants?

a. It is larger than an ordinary sample

b. The researcher has no control over who is
in the study

c. Everyone has the same chance of being part
of the study

d. Participants do not know they are part of
a study

1.9 The Ku Klux Klan is an example of what
part of culture?

a. Multiculturalism

b. Subculture

c. Afrocentricity

d. Counterculture

1.10 The biggest difference between mores and
folkways is that

a. mores refer to material culture, whereas
folkways refer to nonmaterial culture

b. mores are primarily linked to morality,
whereas folkways are primarily linked to being

common place within a culture

c. mores are absolute, whereas folkways are
temporary

d. mores refer to nonmaterial culture,
whereas folkways refer to material culture

1.11 Socialization, as a sociological term,
describes:

a. how people interact during social
situations

b. a person’s internal mental state when in a
group setting

c. how people learn societal norms, beliefs,
and values

d. the difference between introverts and
extroverts

1.12 What is one way to distinguish between
psychology and sociology?

a. Psychology focuses on the mind, while
sociology focuses on society.

b. Psychologists are interested in mental
health, while sociologists are interested

in societal functions.

c. Psychologists look inward to understand
behavior while sociologists look outward.

d. All of the above

1.13 Who coined the phrase symbolic
interactionism?

a. Lester F. Ward

b. Max Weber

c. Herbert Blumer

d. W.I. Thomas

1.14 Which of the following is true about the
work of Émile Durkheim?

a. Durkheim suggested that mechanical
solidarity created the social bonds that held agrarian societies together.

b. One of Durkheim’s studies showed that
worker inequality was related to social forces.

c. Durkheim’s work was a central inspiration
for feminist theory.

d. According to Durkheim, social bonds are
not found in all societies because there are so many different types of
societies.

1.15 Which of the following is a paradigm
that emphasizes a materialist view of society, a critical view of the status
quo, and a dynamic model of historical change?

a. Functionalism

b. Conflict theory

c. Symbolic interactionism

d. Labeling theory

Part 2. Short answers

2.1. Put the following steps of the
scientific method in the right order. Please specify each step with few
keywords.

______ Collect data and record information ________________________________________

______ Disseminate findings
___________________________________________________

______ Choose a research method
_______________________________________________

______ Ask a question
________________________________________________________

______ Give operational definitions to
variables ____________________________________

______ Interpret your
results____________________________________________________

______ Review the literature
___________________________________________________

______ Formulate a hypothesis
_________________________________________________

______ Identify a problem
_____________________________________________________

2.2. How would you describe the difference
between Sociology and common sense?

Sociology

Common sense

Part 3. Open questions (essay)

3.1. Why is theoretical thinking so important
in sociology?

3.2. If most research projects start from
research problems, who decides what the problems are?

3.3. In what ways does socialization differ
from indoctrination and brainwashing?

A list of references used for the midterm
exam

| SOCY 100 E222 |final exam week 8

PART 1. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1.1 A quality of the mind that allows us to
understand the relationship between our particular situation in life and what
is happening at a societal level is called:

1. sociological
imagination.

2. sociological
research.

3. sociological
theory.

4. sociological
understanding.

1.2 Who first applied a theory of evolution
and “survival of the fittest” to societies?

1. Charles
Darwin

2. Herbert
Spencer

3. Karl
Marx

4. Émile
Durkheim

1.3 The glass escalator effect refers to the:

1. limits
on the advancement of women in the workplace.

2. limits
on the advancement of men in the workplace.

3. rapid
rate of upward mobility for women.

4. rapid
rate of upward mobility for men in female-dominated workplaces.

1.4 An industrial worker going back to school
to learn how to be a medical assistant would be an example of:

1. an
ascribed status.

2. role
conflict.

3. resocialization.

4. coprescence.

1.5 An individual’s conscious, reflexive
experience of a personal identity separate and distinct from others is called
the:

1. self.

2. id.

3. ego.

4. Superego.

1.6 Social stratification is a system that:

1. allows
society members to choose their social standing

2. destroys
competition between society members

3. ranks
society members into categories

4. reflects
personal choices of society members

1.7 The behaviors, customs, and norms
associated with a class are known as:

1. underclass

2. prestige

3. power

4. class
traits

1.8 Ethnicity describes shared:

1. beliefs

2. language

3. religion

4. any
of the above

1.9 Amalgamation is represented by the
_____________ metaphor.

1. separate
but equal

2. Statue
of Liberty

3. melting
pot

4. salad
bowl

1.10 What makes Native Americans unique as a
subordinate group in the United States?

1. They
are the only group that experienced expulsion.

2. They
are the only group that did not come here as immigrants

3. They
are the only group that was enslaved.

4. They
are the only group that was segregated.

1.11 Sociologists tend to define family in
terms of

1. how
closely members adhere to social norms

2. the
status roles that exist in a family structure

3. the
connection of bloodlines

4. how
a given society sanctions the relationships of people who are connected through
blood, marriage, or adoption

1.12 Same-sex couple households account for
_____ percent of American households.

1. 1

2. 10

3. 15

4. 30

1.13 Sociologists using conflict perspective
might study what?

1. How
social movements develop

2. What
motivates inequitably treated people to join a movement

3. What
social purposes a movement serves

4. What
individuals hope to gain from taking part in a social movement

1.14 Social movements are:

1. the
collective action of individuals working together in an attempt to establish
new norms beliefs, or values

2. disruptive
and chaotic challenges to the government

3. ineffective
mass movements

4. the
singular activities of a collection of groups working to challenge the status
quo

1.15 In addition to social movements, social
change is also caused by technology, social institutions, population and ______
.

1. social
structure

2. new
social movements

3. the
environment

4. modernization

PART 2. SHORT ANSWERS

2.1. Based on each picture define keywords
the type of intergroup relationship.

A.

B.

C.

D.

2.2. Examine the difference between material
and nonmaterial culture in your world. Identify ten objects that are part of
your regular cultural experience. For each, then identify what aspects of
nonmaterial culture (values and beliefs) that these objects represent

Material culture Nonmaterial culture

PART 3. OPEN QUESTIONS (ESSAY)

3.1. Think about a social movement industry
dealing with a cause that is important to you. How do the different social
movement organizations of this industry seek to engage you? Which techniques do
you respond to? Why?

3.2. An increasing number of people come from
two or more racial or ethnic groups. What does it means to be brought up in two
cultures and which advantages or challenges can appear in “being in between”?

3.3. In the News Feed of our online class room
on Leo (https://learn..edu/) you can see Sociology in Pictures. All eight
pictures are related to the themes which we discussed. Please select one of the
pictures and reflect on it (sociological concepts, theories, sociological
imagination?)

A LIST OF REFERENCES USED FOR THE MIDTERM
EXAM