Exam 1: Sample Questions

Question 1

Political science studies _____.

a. governmental power
b. national financial affairs
c. the acquisitions of knowledge
d. social problems

Answer 1

governmental power

Question 2

Dr. Tischner is interested in voting patterns and understanding congress. She wants to be a _______.

a. political scientist
b. sociologist
c. anthropologist
d. inventor

Answer 2

political scientist

Question 3

Comte’s law of human progress suggests that all human intellectual development passes successively through which three stages?

a. sociological, theological. and scientific
b. theological, metaphysical, and scientific
c. psychological, metaphysical, and scientific
d. philosophical, metaphysical, and theological

Answer 3

theological, metaphysical, and scientific

Question 4

_____ is human behavior is driven subjective meaning that is developed through social interaction

Answer 4

Symbolic Interactionism

Question 5

______ is where social institutions meet essential social needs and evolve in response to pressures such as population growth

Answer 5

Functionalism

Question 6

Gender systems create and reproduce an unequal distribution of power in society

Answer 6

Conflict Theory

Question 7

Gender systems allow people to sort social interactions and coordinate behaviors such as living arrangements and chore distribution

Answer 7

Functionalism

Question 8

Groups such as the Westboro Baptist Church and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals engage in publicity stunts because they value the exposure more than the negativity

Answer 8

Exchange Theory

Question 9

The decline in the consumption of paper products was the result of younger Americans seeing the environment as a more important issue than their parents

Answer 9

Symbolic Interactionism