Multiple Choice Questions (Enter your answers on the
enclosed answer sheet)

1. Which early sociologist emphasized the role of society in
the development of the self?

a. George
Herbert Mead

b. Karl Marx

c. Georg
Simmel

d. Herbert
Blumer

2. Which
sociological social psychology perspective emphasizes the role of meaning and
the social construction of meaning in the study of social psychology?

a. symbolic
interaction

b. social
structure and personality

c. group
processes

d. structural
functionalism

3. Which
sociological social psychology perspective is likely to emphasize the
importance of roles and statuses in the study of social psychology?

a. symbolic
interaction

b. social
structure and personality

c. group
processes

d. structural
functionalism

4. Which
sociological social psychology perspective is likely to emphasize the
importance of interactions within groups?

a. symbolic
interaction

b. social
structure and personal ity

c. group
processes

d. structural
functional ism

5. The sociological imagination is associated with which
social theorist?

a. Emile
Durkheim

b. Max Weber

c. C.
Wright Mills

d. Auguste
Comte

6. The expectation to look someone in the eye when talking
with them refers to a _

a. norm

b. role

c. value

d. belief

7. Derek’s
job as a supervisor refers to his relative in
the company while the expectations
for how to behave on the job refers to his _

a. role;
status

b. job; role

c. status;
role

d. status;
job

8. Which institution regulates sexual relations and
child-rearing in society?

a. economy
and work

b. politics

c. family

d. religion

9. Which institution refers to the rituals and beliefs
regarding sacred things?

a. economy
and work

b. politics

c. family

d. religion

10. Franklin
did not think much about how the economy or society affects his life until he
lost his job. Franklin’s internal processesing of his job loss best represents
which principle from the social structure and personality perspective?

a. components
principle

b. proximity
principle

c. propinquity
principle

d. psychology
principle

11. After Donna cheated on her most recent exam, she starts
to feel a sense of guilt, making her reconsider whether she wants to do it
again. Donna’s feelings of guilt can be considered a ______ ,according to the
social structure and personality perspective, leading her to rethink her future
behaviors.

a. social
more

b. social
norm

c. social
force

d. social
fear

12. Which of the following is considered a major dimension
of group processes?

a. power

b. justice

c. legitimacy

d. All of
the above.

13. Janelle
wants to study how and why some people are able to tell other people what to do
while others can not. What aspect of group processes is she studying?

a. power

b. status

c. iustice

d. legitimacy

14. What social psychologist is most associated with the
concepts of dyads and triads?

a. Emile
Durkheim

b. August
Comte

c. Herbert
Blumer

d. Georg
Simmel

15. The difference between dyads and triads is important
because:

a. moving
from a dyad to a triad exponentially increases the number of relationships
available in an interaction.

b. moving
from a dyad to a triad decreases the amount of intimacy possible in a group.

c. moving
from a dyad to a triad exponentially decreases the number of relationships
available in an interaction.

d. both a
and b

16. A group of friends getting together for dinner
represents a group while a group of people at your work represents a group.

a. reference;
primary

b. primary;
reference

c. primary;
secondary

d. secondary;
reference

17. Bob goes
to the beach on a hot summer day and is surprised when he observes a group of
people dressed in formal wear sitting in beach chairs amongst sunbathers. Bob
was surprised because the did
not meet his expectations for that situation.

a. situation

b. social
scripts

c. frame

d. All of
the above.

18. require
the researcher to weigh individual items differently.

a. Indices

b. Scales

c. both a
and b

d. None of
the above.

19. Which of the following methods is MOST likely to show
causation?

a. ethnography

b. focus
group

c. survey

d. experiment

20. An
instructor developed a study to determine ways of producing more participation
in his classes. In one class she provided free donuts everyday of class while
in another she gave them nothing. She had her assistant takes notes on the
number of comments and questions students made in each class. Which of these
classes represent the control group?

a. the class
not given the donuts

b. the class
given the donuts

c. other
classes that are not part of the experiment

d. both
classes would be considered the control group

21. developed
the field of operant conditioning; much of his work relied on experiments using
rats and pigeons.

a. Carl Jung

b. B.F.
Skinner

c. Sigmund
Freud

d. Joseph
Berger

22. At what
step in the research process does the researcher employ the library and other
resources and conduct a literature review?

a. step 1

b. step 2

c. step 3

d. step 4

23. At what step in the research process does the researcher
actually go out and collect data?

a. step 1

b. step 2

c. step 3

d. step 4

24. Research
conducted by interviews, participant observations and ethnographies is referred
to as what kind of research?

a. quantitative

b. qualitative

c. breeching

d. experimental

25. Social
scientists must always be concerned with and
to accurately capture the phenomena
in question.

a. truth and
reiiabi I ity

b. reliability
and validity

c. truth
and validity

d. probability
and validity

Multiple Choice Questions (Enter your answers on the
enclosed answer sheet)

1. How does
Kohn and Schooler’s model of status attainment link economic status, job
characteristics and personal ity?

a. People
with lower economic status tend to find work in jobs that have more
supervision.

b. People
with lower economic status tend to find work in jobs that require less
intellectual flexibility.

c. People
with less intellectual flexibility tend to seek jobs that are routinized.

d. All of
the above.

2. Bradley,
a student at Big U, regularly seeks advice from his professor and mentor,
Janet. According to exchange theory, what kind of exchange is most likely
motivating Janet to stay in this relationship?

a. a direct
exchange

b. a
reciprocal exchange

c. a
generalized exchange

d. All of
the above.

3. What was
being exchanged among crew members and the captain in George Homan’s research
about exchange processes on small warships?

a. support

b. caring

c. listening

d. All of
the above.

4. Who gets
the most status in groups based on Bales’ research in social exchanges in small
groups?

a. Those who
are perceived as the best managers.

b. Those who
are perceived as being the smartest.

c. Those
who contribute the most to the group.

d. Those who
listen and care the most for the other members.

5. Which of the following best reflects a task group used to
study status processes in groups?

a. A group
of students at a class lecture.

b. A group
of people waiting in line to pay at a store.

c. A group
of citizens meeting to resolve a local problem.

d. All of
the above.

6. Why are weak ties so important for finding work?

a. People
with whom we have weak ties live and work in circles outside our own.

b. People
with whom we have weak ties tend to have better jobs.

c. People
with whom we have weak ties aren’t biased against us in the job market.

d. People
with whom we have weak ties provide training in getting better jobs.

7. According to status characteristics theory, gender, race
and education levels are examples of

a. diffuse
status characteristics

b. specific
status characteristics

c. roles

d. class
positions

8. According to status characteristics theory, skill at
playing basketball would be considered

a. diffuse
status characteristics

b. specific
status characteristics

c. roles

d. class
positions

9. People are aware
of the status hierarchies that dove lop in task-oriented group:>.

a. almost
always

b. usually
not

c. always

d. None of
the above.

10. Which theorist is most associated with impression
management?

a. Auguste
Comte

b. Emile
Durkheim

c. Herbert
Blumer

d. Erving
Goffman

11. According
to dramaturgical sociology, what area of identity is associated with hanging
out with friends while watching television?

a. front
stage

b. back
stage

c. performance
stage

d. informal
groups

12. A first date would most likely be associated with what
area of identity?

a. front
stage

b. back
stage

c. performance
stage

d. informal
groups

13. Spencer Cahill’s research on “bathroom
behavior” clearly showed that _

a. people
act very differently in bathrooms than other areas of life

b. there are
rules and norms about behavior in bathrooms

c. people
use bathrooms to “retire” from their front stage presentations

d. All of
the above.

14. Which of the following has the strongest impact on
self-esteem?

a. social
comparisons

b. reflected
appraisals

c. psychological
central ity

d. self-perceptions

15. are
observations of our behavior and its consequences.

a. Reflected
appraisals

b. Self-percentions

c. Social
comparisons

d. Psychological
centrality

16. What is the best way to build a child’s sense of mastery
or efficacy?

a. personal
accomplishments

b. vicarious
experience

c. verbal
persuasion

d. emotional
arousal

17. Rosenberg’s
early research on mattering found it positively related to and negatively related to _

a. self-esteem;
alcoholism

b. depression;
self-esteem

c. self-esteem;
depression

d. mastery;
depression

18. Given research and theory in life-course sociology,
which of the following groups are most likely to be negatively affected by
Hurricane Katrina?

a. a poor
White family who survived the storm together

b. a poor
African-American family who survived the storm together

c. a
middle-class White man who lost his income and had no access to family or
friends during the event

d. a
middle-class African-American family who survived the storm together

19. Tony and
Rose both received word that they were called up for active duty in the
military out of the reserve component of the forces. Tony is several years
older with a wife and child while Rose is just finishing college. Which
dimension of life course sociology best explains why Tony is more likely to be
affected by the mobilization than Rose?

a. historical
context

b. social
timing

c. linked
lives

d. agency

20. Which of the following is NOT considered a primary agent
of socialization?

a. family

b. peers

c. schools

d. government

21. Elder’s study of the Great Depression generally showed
that _

a. all
children were negatively affected by growing up in the Great Depression

b. only
children growing up in poverty were affected by the Great Depression

c. the
Great Depression had the strongest impact on children’s lives by changing
family roles

d. both band
c

22. Kohn’s
work on class socialization generally showed that middle-class families tend to
stress ______ while working-class families emphasize in raising their children.

a. autonomy:
conformity

b. conformity,
freedom

c. freedom,
independence

d. conformity:
autonomy

23. Rosenthal and Jacobson’s study of classroom interaction
is important because:

a. it showed
that children are taught to be racist in the classroom.

b. it showed
that 10 scores could be manipulated based on a group prejudice.

c. it
showed that children’s 10 scores were not linked to race at all.

d. it showed
that racist beliefs and values exist in every classroom.

24. Which of
the following groups are most prevalent in American schools based on Adler and
Adler’s research on peer culture?

a. the
popular click

b. the
wannabes

c. middle
friendship circles

d. social
isolates

25. Group processes researcher is important to the study of
socialization in what way?

a. It shows
the importance of peer-group interactions in socialization processes.

b. It shows
the importance of family interactions.

c. It shows
the importance of the media.

d. It
emphasizes the impact of socialization in group settings.

Multiple Choice Questions (Enter your answers on the
enclosed answer sheet)

l. Most college students represent which type of person in
Merton’s typology of deviance?

a. conformists

b. innovators

c. ritua
lists

d. retreatists

2. A
homeless person who decides to live in the woods is probably best represented
by which of the following people using Merton’s typology of deviance?

a. conformists

b. innovators

c. ritualists

d. retreatists

3. Which of the following represent strain according to new
interpretations of strain theory?

a. negative
relationships with family and friends

b. poverty

c. unornploymoot

d. All of
the above.

4. Which theory of deviance tries to explain why individuals
do not commit crime?

a. labeling
theory

b. strai n
theory

c. social
control theory

d. theory of
differential association

5. Sampson
and Laub’s research on delinquent and non-delinquent youths in Boston found
delinquency was greater when bonds with which social institutions were weakest?

a. family

b. education

c. work

d. both a
and c

6. In high school, Janet rarely got involved in smoking or
drinking. In college, Janet found some friends who spent most of their off time
consuming large amounts of alcohol and other drugs. Soon, she did the same and
did not know anyone who did not spend their time that way. Which theory best
explains Janet’s behavior given this limited amount of information?

a. labeling
theory

b. strain
theory

c. social
control theory

d. theory of
differential association

7. Which of the following best exemplifies white collar
crimes?

a. stealing
a purse

b. simple
assault

c. telling
a lie to your friend

d. embezzling
from work

8. Murder
would most likely be considered the breaking of a while picking your nose in public would be breaking a _

a. more;
folkway

b. folkway;
more

c. norm;
value

d. both are
mores

9. Scholars
contend that and are two factors that affect the
likelihood of committing a crime.

a. controls;
formal sanctions

b. certainty;
severity

c. certainty;
informal sanctions

d. severity;
formal sanctions

10. Given the
research on the epidemiology of mental health, which group is most likely to
report problems with drinking? Depression?

a. married
people; singles

b. African-Americans;
Latinos

c. African-Americans;
Whites

d. men;
women

1l. The stresses associated with living in urban areas come
from while
the stresses associated with
rural areas tend to be a result of _

a. lack of
stimulation; ambient hazards

b. ambient
hazards; lack of stimulation

c. urban
malaise; rural malaise

d. negative
life events; chronic stresses

12. How do group processes scholars examine the concept of
mental illness?

a. It is
viewed as a status characteristic like race or gender.

b. It is
viewed as a normal part of group interactions.

c. It is
viewed as a major area of group research.

d. It is
viewed as a way for individuals in groups to negotiate identity.

13. Which of the following would be considered a total
institution?

a. your
college

b. a police
station

c. a prison

d. a family
household

14. Which sociologist is most associated with the concept of
stigma?

a. Erving
Goffman

b. Georg
Simmel

c. George
Herbert Mead

d. Herbert
Blumer

15. Goffman’s
research on total institutions showed that many patients in insane asylums
generally _____ their roles as patients.

a. resist

b. accept

c. use
colonization to cope with

d. None of
the above.

16. Which of the
following coping strategies emphasize patients’ attempts to rebel against
asylum staff?

a. conversion

b. intransigence

c. withdrawal

d. colonization

17. The loss of a job is represented in which component of
the stress process?

a. stressors

b. outcomes

c. mediators
and moderators

d. social
and economic characteristics

18. LaPiere’s study of prejudice clearly showed that most
people _

a. have some
prejudice

b. act on
their prejudices

c. do not
act on their prejudices

d. both a
and c

19. Overall, American political attitudes lean on being _

a. very
conservative

b. moderately
conservative

c. moderately
liberal

d. very
liberal

20. Which of the following groups could be identified as
most liberal in the U.S.?

a. females
living in the Midwest

b. females
living on the west coast

c. males
living in the Midwest

d. males I
ivi ng on the West Coast

21. Which of
the following groups spend the most time on childcare? Which group has shown an
increase in time spent with childcare?

a. women for
both questions

b. men for
both questions

c. men;
women

d. women;
men

22. Which of
the following social theorists is most associated with studying racial
prejudice in the United States?

a. George
Herbert Mead

b. W.E.B. Du
Bois

c. Talcott
Parsons

d. William
Thomas

23. Based on status construction theory, what would be the
best way to get what you want out of a group and leave a positive impression?

a. Act like
a very nice person.

b. Act like
a generous person.

c. Act like
a majority member of society.

d. Act like
a high-status person.

24. Willer’s
research showing presidential approval ratings increasing after the 9/11
terrorist attacks in the U.S. clearly showed _

a. in-group
bias tendencies

b. out-group
bias tendencies

c. prejudicial
biases

d. ideological
alliances

25. The slow
treatment of Hurricane Katrina victims was used as an example of in your text.

a. government
inefficiency

b. conscious
racism

c. unconscious
racism

d. None of
the above.

6. According
to exchange theory and research, which of the following situations is most
likely to produce a positive emotion?

a. an
exchange in which people get the amount equal to their position in the group

b. an
exchange in which you get as much as you gave

c. an
exchange in which you get less than you gave

d. All of
these exchanges will produce a positive emotion.

7. According
to the exchange theory, what sentiment is EXPECTED when you get more out of an
exchange than you give?

a. sadness

b. guilt

c. happiness

d. joy

8. According
to research and theory of group processes, how does power in relationships
affect our emotions?

a. Relationships
characterized as having equal power engender positive emotion.

b. Power
makes us feel guilty in social exchanges.

c. Relationships
characterized as having unequal power engender positive emotion.

d. Power
gives us a positive feeling only when we deserve it during social exchanges.

9. Secondary emotions are _

a. learned
through socialization

b. similar
to sentiments

c. social
emotions

d. All the
above.

10. Your
feeling that a district attorney has a lot of power refer to which dimension of
affect control theory?

a. evaluation

b. potency

c. activity

d. strength

11. What
emotion did wheelchair users employ when managing interactions with
“stand-up” people in Cahill and Eggleston’s study of people with a
handicap?

a. fear

b. humor

c. love

d. anger

12. Your
friend, Chloe, goes through a bad break-up and her cat runs away all in the
same week. When you and Chloe are out to dinner one night you run into Sarah, a
good friend of yours from school. Chloe expresses the tragedies that have
befallen her the past week to Sarah who proceeds to listen and then changes the
conversation. Once back to your dinner, Chloe expresses her dismay and hurt
that Sarah did not seem concerned about her break-up or loss of her cat. Sarah
is upset because her were not
met.

a. social
scripts

b. emotional
scripts

c. sentiments

d. emotions

13. According
to Randall Collins’ theory of interaction ritual chains, what role does emotion
play in the maintenance of society?

a. Emotional
energies provide the reason for maintaining interactions in society.

b. Emotional
scripts provide information about how to behave in society.

c. Emotions
give us cues as to whether we are performing our roles in society adequately.

d. Emotions
exist within a series of “feeling rules” about how to behave in
society.

14. Which of the following jobs does NOT demand high levels
of emotion work.

a. waitress

b. teacher

c. customer
service agent

d. None of
the above.

15. Steve
turned to the people around him for help in deciding how to act at a local
protest. According to perception control theory, what form of perception
control is he using?

a. independent
instruction

b. interdependent
instruction

c. organizational
instruction

d. interactiona
I instruction

16. What is the best predictor of an individual
participating in a march or a riot?

a. her
structural position

b. her
concern over a social condition in society

c. her
being asked to go to the event

d. her
access to resources

17. The vast majority of protests and other collective
events have which kind of dispersal?

a. routine
dispersal

b. emergency
dispersal

c. coerced
dispersal

d. active
dispersal

18. Which of the following are typical behaviors at a large
protest march?

a. People
break off into a series of smaller groups.

b. People
form lines to access various facilities.

c. People
develop arcs and circles around speakers.

d. All of
the above are typical behaviors.

19. _____ is thrill-seeking behaviors designed to produce
intense emotions.

a. Potency

b. Edgework

c. Cyberneticism

d. None of
the above.

20. Enduring emotional meanings in a given society is known
as _

a. fundamental
sentiments

b. transient
sentiments

c. emotional
cues

d. emotion
work

21. The debate
as to whether or not you should stop and look at an accident while driving by, possibly slowing down the traffic
behind you, is an example of a _

a. social
dilemma

b. free
rider problem

c. group
conformity

d. mass
hysteria

22. Public
radio-radio stations that rely, in part, on listener support to stay in
business-run the risk of what problem?

a. a social
dilemma

b. the free
rider problem

c. group
conform ity

d. mass
hysteria

23. The use of is
important to the forming of collective memories.

a. storytelling

b. collective
behavior

c. collective
emotion

d. framing

24. According
to emergent norm theory, the is
the type of person who participates in the group out of curiosity.

a. ego-involved
participant

b. curiosity
seeker

c. concerned
partici pant

d. insecure
participant

25. Phase of
collective behavior referring to the factors that bring people together into
the same place at the same time.

a. gathering
phase

b. homogeneity
of mood

c. assembling
phase

d. interpretive
phase