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351. |
The myth complex functions to_________________? |
A. | make people feel free |
B. | secure that will of the people |
C. | give legitimate authority to the government in power |
D. | fool the people some of the time |
Answer» D. fool the people some of the time | |
352. |
Recent research supports the notion that mother-infant bonding_______________? |
A. | has a cultural basis |
B. | has a biological basis |
C. | depends on how wanted the infant is |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» C. depends on how wanted the infant is | |
353. |
Deviant individuals______________? |
A. | set examples for others thus reaffirming existing norms |
B. | are invented by society to promote group cohesion |
C. | hinder group cohesion by disrupting stability |
D. | prevent social change from occurring |
Answer» B. are invented by society to promote group cohesion | |
354. |
Determining that a particular act is deviant may depend on______________? |
A. | the place time and circumstances |
B. | the social status of the person committing the act |
C. | the social status of those judging the act |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» E. | |
355. |
Gestalt psychology looks at__________________? |
A. | separate items of personality |
B. | behavior as whole |
C. | instincts |
D. | physical appearance |
Answer» C. instincts | |
356. |
Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers are associated with the following theories of personality. |
A. | development |
B. | stressing self-concept and self-actualization |
C. | psychoanalytic |
D. | environmental determinism |
Answer» C. psychoanalytic | |
357. |
Defense mechanisms function to________________? |
A. | protect the superego |
B. | deceive sexual targets |
C. | ward off sexual advances |
D. | deflect anxiety |
Answer» E. | |
358. |
The concept of deviance refers to________________? |
A. | going in the wrong direction |
B. | bad manners |
C. | departure from social norms |
D. | reversing one,s opinion |
Answer» D. reversing one,s opinion | |
359. |
Personality may be seen as a circular system in that____________? |
A. | every adult experience cycle back to childhood |
B. | personality affects roles and vice-versa |
C. | all feelings revolve around the self |
D. | all experience is based on preconceptions |
Answer» C. all feelings revolve around the self | |
360. |
The succession of stages in Jean Piaget,s model of cognitive development is_______________? |
A. | infancy childhood adolescence and adulthood |
B. | early childhood plays concrete operational and formal operational |
C. | sensimotor pre-operational intuitive operational and concrete operational |
D. | sensorimotor intuitive operational concrete operational and formal operational |
Answer» E. | |
361. |
Kohlberg,s three stages of moral development are_______________? |
A. | conventional post conventional and legal-rational |
B. | pre-conventional authoritarian and post-conventional |
C. | pre-conventional conventional and post-conventional |
D. | charismatic traditional and legal-rational |
Answer» D. charismatic traditional and legal-rational | |
362. |
Index crimes include all but one of the following_______________? |
A. | manslaughter |
B. | robbery |
C. | moving traffic violation |
D. | aggravated assault |
Answer» D. aggravated assault | |
363. |
Which is NOT an aim of the process of socialization ? |
A. | To teach infants to sit stand walk and run in that order |
B. | To teach infants the fundamentals of life in society |
C. | To instill societal aspirations |
D. | To transmit skills important in the society |
Answer» B. To teach infants the fundamentals of life in society | |
364. |
The discipline that studies such disparate subjects as the environment religion politics criminality organization and so on is______________? |
A. | history |
B. | sociology |
C. | political science |
D. | psychology |
Answer» C. political science | |
365. |
Social life is organized and structured through____________? |
A. | rules and regulations |
B. | group situations and the positions of individuals |
C. | patterns of actions |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» E. | |
366. |
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis ? |
A. | may well be unintelligible as translated in some languages |
B. | is the product of a distinct world view? |
C. | emphasizes the difficulty of understanding another culture as its participants understand it |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» D. all of the above | |
367. |
Studies of delinquent gangs indicate that____________? |
A. | gang norms are substituted for society’s norms in some cases |
B. | gangs are useful for society |
C. | gangs have no norms |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» B. gangs are useful for society | |
368. |
Types of survey data include_______________? |
A. | naires |
B. | personal interviews |
C. | previously gathered statistical information |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» E. | |
369. |
Our type of society fosters______________? |
A. | a sense of calm |
B. | love of all humans |
C. | anxiety |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» D. none of the above | |
370. |
Telling a child “You should always say thank you when someone gives you something is an example of____________? |
A. | conscious socialization |
B. | unconscious socialization |
C. | subconscious socialization |
D. | conscience socialization |
Answer» B. unconscious socialization | |
371. |
People who are important in shaping your self-concept and whose approval you wish to have are_____________? |
A. | significant others |
B. | generalized others |
C. | the l and the me |
D. | the ego and the superego |
Answer» B. generalized others | |
372. |
Individuals who become inmates of a total institution undergo the process of______________? |
A. | anomie |
B. | socialization |
C. | desocialization |
D. | resocialization |
Answer» C. desocialization | |
373. |
Human infants in order to become successful adults need______________? |
A. | learning |
B. | social interaction |
C. | body contact |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» E. | |
374. |
Maturation is a term used by developmental psychologists to refer to______________? |
A. | the development of personality |
B. | physical(biological)development |
C. | the development of natural resources |
D. | the aging process or senescence |
Answer» C. the development of natural resources | |
375. |
A person who is suddenly set down on a commune in rural China would most likely undergo ? |
A. | change to conform to the Chinese modal personality |
B. | the process of the Lookingglass |
C. | the process of resocialization |
D. | a severe anxiety attacks |
Answer» D. a severe anxiety attacks | |
376. |
A researcher will settle for pinpointing a correlation when ? |
A. | a causal relationship is of no consequence |
B. | a causal relationship is difficult to prove |
C. | variables are vaguely defined |
D. | research monies are not forthcoming |
Answer» B. a causal relationship is difficult to prove | |
377. |
Bureaucracy is based on________________? |
A. | ad hoc rules |
B. | specialization |
C. | unpredictability |
D. | lack of authority |
Answer» C. unpredictability | |
378. |
An example of a category would be_____________? |
A. | the N.A.A.C.P |
B. | the N.R.A |
C. | sharpshooters at a pistol range |
D. | all the redheads currently imprisoned in the U.S |
Answer» E. | |
379. |
Bureaucracy and extensive social differentiation initially occur in the historical transition from_____________? |
A. | hunting and gathering to pastoral society |
B. | pastoral to horticultural society |
C. | horticultural to agricultural society |
D. | agricultural to industrial society |
Answer» D. agricultural to industrial society | |
380. |
A persons family in addition to being a primary group is also a______________? |
A. | voluntary group |
B. | reference group |
C. | membership |
D. | Gesellschaft |
Answer» D. Gesellschaft | |
381. |
Role strain___________? |
A. | may occur within the confines of a single role |
B. | may result from faulty role performance |
C. | may occur when entrenched statuses become altered |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» E. | |
382. |
Primary group are basic to the development of____________________? |
A. | politics |
B. | law |
C. | personality |
D. | social change |
Answer» D. social change | |
383. |
The earliest and least complex society was___________? |
A. | agrarian |
B. | pastoral |
C. | hunting and gathering |
D. | horticultural |
Answer» D. horticultural | |
384. |
Societies in which ascribed statuses have been prevalent include______________? |
A. | estate systems in feudal Europe |
B. | industrial societies like the United States |
C. | occupationally-based caste systems as in pre-modern India |
D. | A and C only |
Answer» E. | |
385. |
Symbolic interaction ? |
A. | excludes written language |
B. | is entirely nonverbal |
C. | includes gestures speech and music |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» D. none of the above | |
386. |
Social organization________________? |
A. | may be analyzed at the microsocial and the macrosocial levels |
B. | is a fixed set of rules? |
C. | is sometimes used interchangeably with social structure |
D. | is microsocial macrosocial and interchangeable with social structure |
Answer» E. | |
387. |
A police office follows a speeding car and when the car finally stops she is horrified to discover her husband at the wheel in giving him a ticket she experiences______________? |
A. | fear of a divorce |
B. | role conflict |
C. | no role involvement |
D. | a master status |
Answer» C. no role involvement | |
388. |
Achieved status would be especially important in_______________? |
A. | ancient Egypt |
B. | 19th century India |
C. | feudal Europe |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» E. | |
389. |
A mother preparing lunch for her child is an example of a(n)______________? |
A. | status |
B. | role |
C. | macrolevel behavior |
D. | unliberated women |
Answer» C. macrolevel behavior | |
390. |
Statuses are based on______________? |
A. | division of labor |
B. | age |
C. | gender |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» E. | |
391. |
Social structure refers to_________________? |
A. | biological cell patterns |
B. | norms roles and group in a social system |
C. | patterns of individual behavior |
D. | what the individual becomes in society |
Answer» C. patterns of individual behavior | |
392. |
Studying the interaction between government and the economy would occur on a______________? |
A. | microsocial level |
B. | macrosocial level |
C. | secondhand level |
D. | macroscopic level |
Answer» B. macrosocial level | |
393. |
Judicial review by the Supreme Court is based on____________? |
A. | explicit statements in the Constitution |
B. | the Marbury v Madison decision |
C. | an act of Congress |
D. | the First Amendment to the Constitution |
Answer» C. an act of Congress | |
394. |
If the daughter of a factory worker wants to become the president of the company for which her father works we may assume that______________? |
A. | she has a different reference group than her social class would indicate |
B. | her father has special connections to the boss |
C. | the daughter likes to daydream |
D. | she has been reading too many yuppie biographies |
Answer» B. her father has special connections to the boss | |
395. |
Faulty role performance ? |
A. | may create much stress |
B. | sometimes occurs by chance |
C. | could mean that another role is being performed well |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» E. | |
396. |
Cultural change is always________________? |
A. | fast and dramatic |
B. | slow and imperceptible |
C. | nether of the above |
D. | both of the above |
Answer» E. | |
397. |
Violation of a folkway is considered ? |
A. | a violation striking to the very heart of society |
B. | a legally punishable offense |
C. | a slight to one,s group but not a punishable offense |
D. | an incident of no consequence whatsoever |
Answer» D. an incident of no consequence whatsoever | |
398. |
Culture______________? |
A. | is based on symbols in animals and on signals among humans |
B. | is a property of all higher animal groups? |
C. | is arguably possessed to some degree by nonhuman primates as well as humans |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» D. all of the above | |
399. |
Language gestures and music are________________? |
A. | symbol systems |
B. | cultural traits |
C. | normative systems |
D. | human values |
Answer» B. cultural traits | |
400. |
“The ability of one individual or group to control the actions of another individual or group without the latter’s consent” is a definition of____________? |
A. | coercion |
B. | violence |
C. | power |
D. | force |
Answer» D. force | |