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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