Question 1

Nathan is writing a research paper on the production of athletic shoes at an American-owned manufacturing plant in Bangladesh.He has data on corporate earnings,shoe prices,wages paid to factory workers,and similar financial measures.Nathan would like to make a case for unionizing the plant.Of the classical social theorists discussed in The Sociology Project,whose work would most likely help Nathan make his case?

Accepted Answer

A)  Emile Durkheim
B)  W.E.b.Du Bois
C)  Karl Marx
D)  Max WeberE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

On what did Marx base his analysis of society?

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A)  its economic system
B)  its legal system
C)  its social system
D)  its welfare systemE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Durkheim's definition of religion centers on a contrast between __________.

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A)  behaviors and beliefs
B)  a place and an object
C)  the sacred and the profane
D)  supernatural deities and the divineE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 4

According to Durkheim,how do norms regulate behavior?

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Durkheim realized that human behavior is...

Question 5

Statistical data about the social conditions of life in black communities was unavailable to Du Bois in the 1890s,when he was studying the black community in Philadelphia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What distinction did Simmel observe between dyads (two-person groups)and triads (three-person groups)?

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Simmel noted an important distinction in...

Question 7

Feminist theorists have paid special attention to the ways in which gender can be experienced differently by different women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Who wrote The Second Sex?

Accepted Answer

A)  Simone de Beauvoir
B)  Shulamith Firestone
C)  Germaine Greer
D)  Dorothy SmithE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

What criticism helped to dislodge structural functionalism from its dominant position as a social theory in the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was criticized as a theory that demanded,but never achieved,social change.
B)  It was criticized as a theory that justified the inequalities of the existing social order.
C)  It was criticized as a theory that incorporated older,but not newer,theoretical traditions.
D)  It was criticized as a theory that too directly shaped people's expectations about their sense of self.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

What did Marx and Engels fail to anticipate about social classes,which neo-Marxists have since attempted to address?

Accepted Answer

A)  They failed to anticipate the declining ownership of assets among the proletariat in in the twentieth century.
B)  They failed to anticipate the growing size of a middle class in the twentieth century.
C)  They failed to anticipate the shrinking size of the bourgeoisie in the twentieth century.
D)  They failed to anticipate the shrinking disparity in wealth between the bourgeoisie and the middle class in the twentieth century.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

What is unique about Durkheim's view of the sacred?

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Durkheim understood that,although many s...

Question 12

Which of the following theories would social theorists classify as a middle-range theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  a theory of self-fulfilling prophecy
B)  a theory of history based on class struggle
C)  a theory of society
D)  a theory of societal changeE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 13

Why was Marx convinced that the proletariat in capitalist societies would eventually revolt?

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Marx thought that the proletariat would ...

Question 14

Where does our self-understanding come from,according to symbolic interactionists?

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Symbolic interactionists argue that our ...

Question 15

Kassandra has been keeping a journal of her daily interactions with her friends and classmates,as part of a semester-long project for her sociology course.She has been observing her friends and classmates in groups to see how many different status groups she can identify among them.Then she takes her analysis one step further,by watching for indications that any identified status group excludes nonmembers.Which sociological phenomenon is Kassandra tracking?

Accepted Answer

A)  social closure
B)  social intersectionality
C)  social residential patterning
D)  social triad distancingE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 16

What has been the impact of racism on African Americans,according to Du Bois?

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Du Bois dissected the impact of racism o...

Question 17

According to the neo-Marxists,which of the following actions,if undertaken by the U.S.government,would be more likely than the others to convince members of the working class that socialism is not needed?

Accepted Answer

A)  new legislation to authorize prayer in the public schools
B)  new legislation to extend unemployment compensation
C)  new legislation to impose stricter immigration controls
D)  new legislation to strengthen voting rightsE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 18

Beliefs and preferences are important mechanisms of social life,according to analytical sociologists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

According to Durkheim,how do social facts regulate behavior?

Accepted Answer

Durkheim argued that social forces exist...

Question 20

What type of social solidarity is dominant in "primitive" societies,according to Durkheim?

Accepted Answer

A)  intrinsic solidarity
B)  mechanical solidarity
C)  organic solidarity
D)  transitional solidarityE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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What type of social solidarity is dominant in "primitive" societies,according to Durkheim?

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Statistical data about the social conditions of life in black communities was unavailable to Du Bois in the 1890s,when he was studying the black community in Philadelphia.

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Feminist theorists have paid special attention to the ways in which gender can be experienced differently by different women.

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What is unique about Durkheim's view of the sacred?

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Beliefs and preferences are important mechanisms of social life,according to analytical sociologists.

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According to Durkheim,how do social facts regulate behavior?

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What criticism helped to dislodge structural functionalism from its dominant position as a social theory in the 1960s?

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