Question 1

An ethnomethodologist argues that structures such as courtrooms and hospitals:

Accepted Answer

A)   are settings that individuals negotiate using common sense rules
B)   are really abstract and irrelevant to interactions
C)   are highly constraining of people and their actions
D)   are features of a patriarchal system that should be dismantled

Question 2

_________________ focused on the exploitation of workers in capitalist systems.

Accepted Answer

A)   Émile Durkheim
B)   Karl Marx
C)   Herbert Spencer
D)   W.E.B DuBois

Question 3

According to Dahrendorf, authority resides in _______________ not ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)   the past; the present
B)   the societal level; the individual level
C)   functions; structures
D)   positions; specific individuals

Question 4

According to exchange theory, "hooking up":

Accepted Answer

A)   shows how emotions and drives are the basis of interactions
B)   is only likely among those who have not yet taken on adult roles
C)   rarely develops in isolation from other exchange relationships
D)   is a deviant type of exchange in a relationship

Question 5

An example of ___________________ is the importance most Americans place on certain freedoms, such as freedom of speech and freedom of religion.

Accepted Answer

A)   mutuality
B)   organic solidarity
C)   collective conscience
D)   collective norms

Question 6

Peter and Mary have been married for several years. Peter has been unhappy for several months and is thinking about initiating a divorce. He decides to make a list of the benefits and costs of the relationship. Peter is using a form of which theory?

Accepted Answer

A)   Conflict theory
B)   Exchange theory
C)   Symbolic interactionist theory
D)   Structural-functional theory

Question 7

Émile Durkheim described two types of solidarity. Briefly compare these two forms of solidarity, using concrete examples to illustrate how they differ. What type of society is each solidarity type associated with? How much power does collective conscience have in each type of solidarity, and why is a weaker collective conscience a problem?

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Question 8

The early sociologist who is best known for his studies pertaining to race, specifically the divisions that existed between blacks and whites, is _____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Émile Durkheim
B)   Max Weber
C)   Karl Marx
D)   W.E.B. Du Bois

Question 9

Sociologist Peter Berger developed the concept of _______________ to describe the task of looking beneath and beyond facades to identify important underlying factors that have enormous effects on human behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)   debunking
B)   piggybacking
C)   methodizing
D)   spelunking

Question 10

Because it only studies modern society, earlier theories from other fields had little relevance for sociology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Max Weber's best-known piece of work is titled:

Accepted Answer

A)   The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
B)   The Communist Manifesto
C)   The Origin of the Species
D)   Society in America

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