Sociology questions.. lets see if your a SOC PRO!?

Question

In The Communist Manifesto, Marx argued that the working class must:
ally with capitalists to build a better world.
try to work toward a return to feudalism.
overthrow the existing class system of capitalist societies.
ignore all aspects of class divisions.



Question 4 Multiple Choice 1 points
__________ and Friedrich Engels prepared a platform called The Communist Manifesto, in which they argued that the masses of people who have no resources other than their labor (the proletariat) should unite to fight for the overthrow of capitalist societies.
Karl Marx
Émile Durkheim
Max Weber
Herbert Spencer



Question 5 Multiple Choice 1 points

In which type of sample does each member of the entire population being studied has the same chance of being selected?
random sample
quota sample
index sample
Roper sample



Question 6 Multiple Choice 1 points
An explanation of an abstract concept that is specific enough to allow a researcher to measure the concept is
a hypothesis.
an operational definition.
a correlation.
a variable.



Question 7 Multiple Choice 1 points

Income, religion, race, gender, and marital status can all be examples of:
indexes.
scales.
variables.
operational definitions.



Question 8 Multiple Choice 1 points

A study, generally in the form of an interview or a questionnaire, that provides sociologists with information concerning how people think or act, is known as:
observation research.
a survey.
secondary analysis.
an experiment.



Question 9 Multiple Choice 1 points

The discipline of sociology was given its name by the French theorist:
Émile Durkheim.
Auguste Comte.
Harriet Martineau.
Marcel Marceau.



Question 10 Multiple Choice 1 points
A/an __________ is a speculative statement about the relationship between two or more factors known as variables.
operational definition
theory
hypothesis
correlation



Question 11 Multiple Choice 1 points

The initial challenge that William F. Whyte and other participant observers encounter is:
maintaining their objectivity when studying people face-to-face.
formulating the sequence of questions in an interview.
determining which group will be the experimental group.
gaining acceptance into an unfamiliar group.



Question 12 Multiple Choice 1 points

The systematic study of social behavior and human groups is known as:
psychology.
political science.
anthropology.
sociology.



Question 13 Multiple Choice 1 points

The results of an interview may be influenced by:
the gender of the interviewer.
the ethnic background of the interviewer.
the race of the interviewer.
all of the above



Question 14 Multiple Choice 1 points
Sociology is
an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society.
the systematic study of social behavior and human groups.
concerned with what one individual does or does not do.
very narrow in scope.



Question 15 Multiple Choice 1 points
A study, generally in the form of an interview or questionnaire, is known as what?
an observation
ethnography
an experiment
a survey



Question 16 Multiple Choice 1 points

Émile Durkheim is known for his classic sociological study of:
suicide.
abortion.
soccer.
crowd control.



Question 17 Multiple Choice 1 points

A key element in the sociological imagination is the ability to view one's own society:
from the perspective of personal experience.
from the perspective of cultural biases.
as an outsider.
as an insider.



Question 18 Multiple Choice 1 points
Anomie refers to
a construct, or a made-up model that serves as a measuring rod against which actual cases can be evaluated.
the study of small groups.
the loss of direction that a society feels when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective.
a set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behavior.



Question 19 Multiple Choice 1 points
Weber taught his students that they should employ what in their intellectual work?
anomie.
Verstehen.
the sociological imagination.
microsociology.



Question 20 Multiple Choice 1 points
Which sociologist introduced the concept of the sociological imagination?
Richard Schaefer
Auguste Comte
Harriet Martineau
C. Wright Mills



Question 21 Multiple Choice 1 points

A representative sample is a selection from a larger population that:
gives researchers a general knowledge of the attitudes of a group.
precisely reflects the attitudes of a group.
is found to be statistically typical of that population.
includes all of the subjects that a researcher can find in a two-month period.



Question 22 Multiple Choice 1 points

A variable is:
a measurable trait or characteristic that is subject to change under different conditions.
the extent to which a measure provides consistent results.
the unintended influence that observers or experiments can have on their subjects.
a speculative statement about the relationship between two traits.



Question 23 Multiple Choice 1 points
Erving Goffman's dramaturgical approach, which postulates that people present certain aspects of their personalities while obscuring other qualities, is derivative of what major theoretical perspective?
interactionist
functionalist
conflict
feminist



Question 24 Multiple Choice 1 points

Which is commonly the second step in the scientific method?
defining the problem
selecting the research design
reviewing the literature
collecting and analyzing data



Question 25 Multiple Choice 1 points
Which kind of sample is most frequently used by social scientists?
a purposive sample
a haphazard sample
a random sample
a nonscientific sample

Answer 1

overthrow the existing class system of capitalist societies.
Karl Marx
random sample
an operational definition
operational definitions
a survey.
Auguste Comte.
hypothesis
Wright Mills
Verstehen
loss of direction that is felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective
from the perspective of personal experience
survey
all of the above
the systematic study of social behavior and human groups
gaining acceptance into an unfamiliar group.
sociology
conflict
suicide.
found to be statistically typical of that population.
measurable trait or characteristic that is subject to change under different conditions
reviewing the literature
random sample

Answer 2

Most rational people would say that a sperm and an egg is not a person. Most rational people would say that a 8.9 month fetus is a person. This provides a problem. At what point does this non-person turn into a person. There are some key points in the development cycle; fertilization, embedding, nervous system development, heart beat, brain development, first movement, etc. But what is really different an hour before one of these events and an hour after? If there is no difference, then what about 2 hours? 4 hours? 8 hours? and so on. Any point you pick is actually arbitrary. You can salami this and pick points either side with equal justification, and then the points next to those, and the points next to those, and so on until we end up saying that the unfertilized egg is a person or the 8.9 month fetus is not, depending on which way you argue the issue. So the legal system has picked an arbitrary point that the majority of people can accept. If you want to bring religion into it, rather than just ethics, then there is much in the bible that says a baby is not a person until it is a month old. Exodus 21:22 says that causing a miscarriage is not murder - which would carry the death penalty - but loss of property - which results in a fine. Leviticus 27:6 says that a baby is not worth anything until a month old. Numbers 3:15-16 says that babies less than a month old are not to be counted as people. Numbers 5:27 describe an abortion being performed by the priests when the pregnancy is due to adultery. And then you have the multiple references to the deaths of first-born sons, the killing of babies and pregnant women throughout the O.T.

Answer 3

3) - 7) A
8) B
9) D
10)D
11)D
12)D
13)D
14)B
15)C
16)D
17)C
18)C
19)A
20)C
21) C
22) A
23) B
24) C
25) C

Answer 4

You know, I took Sociology once in college and I believe I got at least a B in the class. Therefore, why would I want to spend time answering ALL of these questions? ESPECIALLY since I don't really NEED to now.

Maybe cut it down to one or two questions...maybe get more of a response, if you really want to know.