Sociology Test 1
TEST 1
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Emile Durkheim saw society as a system "beyond us" with the power to guide our lives. Therefore, he described elements of society, including cultural norms, values, and beliefs as: a. false consciousness. b. ideal types. c. social facts. d. forms of rationality. C. Wright Mills claimed that the "sociological imagination" transformed: a. scientific research into common sense. b. personal problems into public issues. c. people into supporters of the status quo. d. common sense into laws of society. Sociologists use the term “social marginality” to refer to: a. people who have little understanding of sociology b. people who are especially sensitive about their family background. c. being defined by others as an “outsider.” d. having special social skills. A symbolic-interaction analysis focuses not on how individuals perceive a social setting but how what happens in that setting involves social inequality. a.True b.False With regard to the process of measurement, which of the following statements is true? a. Consistency does not guarantee validity. b. For measurement to be reliable, it must be valid. c. For measurement to be valid, it must be reliable. d. All measurement is both reliable and valid. Because there is more social isolation in rural areas of Canada than in urban areas, we would expect suicide rates to be: a. high in both urban and rural areas. b. higher in rural areas. c. higher in urban areas. d. low in both urban and rural areas. What is the term for the beliefs, values, behavior, and material objects that together make up a people’s way of life? a. society b. culture c. social structure d. social system Which of the following concepts was used by Durkheim to name a condition in which society provides little moral guidance to individuals? a. division of labor b. anomie c. false consciousness d. alienation
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TEST 1 9. Formal organizations are: a.
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Emile Durkheim saw society as a system "beyond us" with the power to guide our lives. Therefore, he described elements of society, including cultural norms, values, and beliefs as: a. false consciousness. b. ideal types. c. social facts. d. forms of rationality. C. Wright Mills claimed that the "sociological imagination" transformed: a. scientific research into common sense. b. personal problems into public issues. c. people into supporters of the status quo. d. common sense into laws of society. Sociologists use the term “social marginality” to refer to: a. people who have little understanding of sociology b. people who are especially sensitive about their family background. c. being defined by others as an “outsider.” d. having special social skills. A symbolic-interaction analysis focuses not on how individuals perceive a social setting but how what happens in that setting involves social inequality. a.True b.False With regard to the process of measurement, which of the following statements is true? a. Consistency does not guarantee validity. b. For measurement to be reliable, it must be valid. c. For measurement to be valid, it must be reliable. d. All measurement is both reliable and valid. Because there is more social isolation in rural areas of Canada than in urban areas, we would expect suicide rates to be: a. high in both urban and rural areas. b. higher in rural areas. c. higher in urban areas. d. low in both urban and rural areas. What is the term for the beliefs, values, behavior, and material objects that together make up a people’s way of life? a. society b. culture c. social structure d. social system Which of the following concepts was used by Durkheim to name a condition in which society provides little moral guidance to individuals? a. division of labor b. anomie c. false consciousness d. alienation
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TEST 1 9. Formal organizations are: a.