SOC 100 Exam 1 Part 3

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Question 41

1 out of 1 points

90% of all media is owned by ________ major corporations.


Answers:	9
	25
	20
	6

Question 42

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During media coverage of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, people with white skin were described as “survivors,” whereas people with dark skin were described as:


Answers:	Swimmers
	Volunteers
	Looters
	Survivors

Question 43

1 out of 1 points

This type of suicide is when a person is not regulated into society, such as when a person’s life or norms change (lottery winners, new celebrities):


Answers:	Altruistic
	Egoistic
	Anomic
	Fatalistic

Question 44

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This sociologist pioneered the study of suicide by looking at social factors and suicide rates:


Answers:	Thomas Malthus
	Emile Durkheim
	Karl Marx
	Max Weber

Question 45

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Durkheim said that ____________ is how well individuals are integrated into social institutions, and that ____________ refers to how many rules and laws are in an individual’s life.


Answers:	Social integration; social regulation
	Social regulation; socialization
	Social regulation; social integration
	Social acceptance; social integration

Question 46

1 out of 1 points

Culture jamming is:


Answers:	A form of popular culture
	The act of turning media against itself
	A subculture unique to the United States
	Jamming to your favorite album

Question 47

1 out of 1 points

When a corporation or organization has distinct cultural behaviors, such as Apple being innovative and having loyal customers, we refer to this as:


Answers:	Monopolies
	Ethnocentrism
	Social networks
	Organizational culture

Question 48

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There are _________ people married now, than in 1960.


Answers:	Less
	The same amount
	More
	There is no data on this

Question 49

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Taking into account the differences across cultures without passing judgment is called:


Answers:	Ethnocentrism
	Being deviant
	Cultural relativism
	Wearing white after Labor Day

Question 50

1 out of 1 points

What is socially transmitted from generation to generation?


Answers:	STDs
	Exact skin color
	Culture
	Reading deficiencies

Question 51

1 out of 1 points

Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 Historical Stages according to Comte?


Answers:	Metaphysical Stage
	Revolutionary Stage
	Scientific Stage
	Theological Stage

Question 52

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When previous deviant behaviors become accepted as conventional, such as the popularity of tattoos, this is called:


Answers:	Normalization
	Anomie
	Overconformity
	Dramaturgy

Question 53

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Who created the concept of the “sociological imagination” ?


Answers:	C. Wright Mills
	Max Weber
	Karl Marx
	Emile Durkheim

Question 54

1 out of 1 points

Everything in our abstract culture (such as values, beliefs, behaviors, and ideologies) is called:


Answers:	Content analysis
	Magazines
	Material culture
	Nonmaterial culture

Question 55

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This theory states that everyone is connected to other people by no more than six social chains.


Answers:	Six degrees of separation
	Social network
	Dramaturgy
	In-group

Question 56

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Macro level analysis includes:


Answers:	Face-to-face interactions
	Small-scale social systems
	Religious gatherings
	Large-scale social systems

Question 57

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Double consciousness has historically been used to analyze the identities of ______________ in the United States by W.E.B. Du Bois; a more modern approach now also includes the analysis of __________ and _________.


Answers:	Irish Americans; African Americans and Latin Americans
	African Americans; Asians Americans and Latin Americans
	White Americans; African Americans and Native Americans
	Asian Americans; White Americans and Latin Americans

Question 58

1 out of 1 points

A classroom is most like a ________ group, with informal and impersonal interactions.


Answers:	Primary
	Deviant
	Altruistic
	Secondary

Question 59

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Weber explained that different opportunities are offered by a person’s economic position, which he referred to as:


Answers:	Life Chances
	Standpoint Theory
	Rational behavior
	Class struggle

Question 60

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Which of Comte’s 3 Historical Stages includes moving away from religious doctrine, and closer to a more rational way of thinking? (As seen in the Enlightenment period)