Graded Homework

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 thedifferent 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