Final

Question 1

Which sociologist talked about manifest and latent function?

Answer 1

Robert Merten

Question 2

What is manifest function?

Answer 2

a parts intended or anticipated effects on order and stability

Question 3

What is latent function

Answer 3

unintended or unanticipated effects on order and stability

Question 4

What is manifest dysfunction

Answer 4

anticipated disruptions to order and stability

Question 5

What is latent dysfunction?

Answer 5

unintended unanticipated disruption to order and stability

Question 6

Who said there were various forms of capital (human, economic, social)l?

Answer 6

Pierre Bourdue

Question 7

non economic goods related in knowledge of language arts

Answer 7

cultural capitol

Question 8

collective benefit of social networks built on reciprocal trust

Answer 8

social capitol

Question 9

people using their skills to get something done

Answer 9

human capitol

Question 10

ability to have wealth/ability to pay for something or have good credit

Answer 10

economic capitol

Question 11

Of the following sets of theorists, the two identified as being the earliest structural functionalists are:

Answer 11

Auguste Comte and Herbert Spencer

Question 12

According to Erving Goffman, when you close your bedroom door to achieve some privacy, you are engaging in:

Answer 12

back stage behavior

Question 13

The degree to which people are tied to their social groups if referred to by Emile Durkheim as:

Answer 13

social integration

Question 14

_____ was the first person to propose that the scientific method could be applied to the study of social life.

Answer 14

Auguste Comte

Question 15

According to Max Weber, the Protestant ethic was a central factor in the birth of ____.

Answer 15

capitalism

Question 16

When people change their behavior about an issue such as divorce, based on a change of that issue and what it means, it is an example of:

Answer 16

symbolic interactionism

Question 17

According to the Diller text, the surest indicator of cultural insensitivity is:

Answer 17

unawareness of one’s own prejudices

Question 18

The underlying principle of symbolic interactionism is:

Answer 18

how one’s behavior depends on the way they define themselves and others

Question 19

All of the following are critical demographic items to guide the need of a cultural client except:

a. number of generations in the US
b. language spoken at home
c. place of birth
d. all are essential

Answer 19

d. all are essential

Question 20

According to George Herbery Mead, we acquire a sense of self _____

Answer 20

when we learn to take the role of the other

Question 21

Common implications of dynamics of difference is miscommuncation. What is the cause of cross-cultural miscommunication?

Answer 21

differences in cultural style

Question 22

Which one of the following is not a characteristic of an issue?

Answer 22

the cause of an issue can be traced to a personal weakness

Question 23

Tony is five years of age. He loves to dress up as batman and pretend to fight Penguin. According to Mead’s theory, he is in the _____ stage.

Answer 23

play

Question 24

Bennet defines ethnorelativism as

Answer 24

behavior is viewed in a cultural context

Question 25

What type of theorist is C.W. Mills?

Answer 25

conflict theorist

Question 26

What type of theorist is Charles Horton Cooley?

Answer 26

symbolic interactionist

Question 27

What type of theorist is Erving Goffman?

Answer 27

symbolic interactionist

Question 28

What type of theorist is W. I. Thomas?

Answer 28

symbolic interactionist

Question 29

What type of theorist is Auguste Comte?

Answer 29

structural functionalist

Question 30

What type of theorist is Herbert Spencer?

Answer 30

structural functionalist

Question 31

What type of theorist is Karl Marx?

Answer 31

conflict

Question 32

when children imitate those around them

Answer 32

prepatory stage

Question 33

when children develop skills in communication and role taking occurs

Answer 33

play stage

Question 34

when children can do several tasks and relationship simultaneiously

Answer 34

game stage

Question 35

Who said social life is like a stage drama?

Answer 35

Erving Goffman

Question 36

who said "if people define situations as real, they're real in their consequences"

Answer 36

W. I. Thomas

Question 37

Who was the father of sociology?

Answer 37

Auguste Comte

Question 38

Who is associated with social darwinism?

Answer 38

herbert spencer

Question 39

who said ppl who have weaker social ties are more likely to commit suicide

Answer 39

emile durkheim

Question 40

Who is the father of conflict theory?

Answer 40

Karl Marx

Question 41

society is an organism made up of interrelated parts that work together in order for society to operate as a whole

Answer 41

structural functional

Question 42

groups competing over scarce and limited resources

Answer 42

conflict theory

Question 43

use of symbols, language, and gestures to communicate and establish meaning

Answer 43

symbolic interaction

Question 44

take on cultural patterns of another group, usually the main stream culture

Answer 44

acculturate

Question 45

coming together of two distinctive cultures and becoming a unique culture

Answer 45

assimilation

Question 46

the array of differences among groups of people with definable and unique cultural backgrounds

Answer 46

cultural diversity

Question 47

the lens through which life is perceived

Answer 47

cultue

Question 48

made up of distinguishable people whose members share a common culture and see themselves as separate and different from the majority culture

Answer 48

ethnic group

Question 49

a biologically isolated, inbreeding population with a distinctive genetic heritage

Answer 49

racial group

Question 50

attributing the same characteristics and circumstances to all members of an ethnic group

Answer 50

cultural myopia

Question 51

Ethnorelativism

Answer 51

Cultures are understood | within their own context; culturally diverse behavior is not good or bad, only different

Question 52

Culturally diverse behavior | is understood in terms of comparison to one’s own culture

Answer 52

ethnocentrism

Question 53

subordination of racial groups who have little power by members of a racial group with more social power

Answer 53

racism

Question 54

an antipathy, or negative feelings that are held by a person or group about another group

Answer 54

prejudice

Question 55

_____ includes power differentials

Answer 55

racism