A) Charlotte is an intelligent teenager, but told by her step-sisters and cousins that she's destined to a life of poverty and failure.Charlotte begins to do poorly in school, and eventually drops out.
B) Though encouraged by his parents to audition for Julliard, Jose believes he isn't good enough to attend.After his audition, he expresses this reluctance to the admissions committee.They don't admit him due to his lack of certainty.
C) Morgan overhears a professor predicting the economic recession will prevent entry-level graduates from finding gainful employment.Morgan goes on interviews but doesn't bother preparing, convinced it's a waste of time.Morgan appears unprofessional and is not hired.
D) Kevin sprained his ankle a month before a marathon.Though his trainer advises him not to participate, Kevin runs the marathon and places third.
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) Derek attends law school and becomes a lawyer, though he dreams of one day becoming the next John Grisham.
B) Becca returns to work after giving birth to her daughter, finding it difficult to act as mother, wife, and executive.
C) Alex takes a sabbatical from his job as a professor of Molecular Biology to raise his two young children.
D) Krista lands a role on Days of Our Lives and begins receiving fan mail from fans across the country.
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) Functionalism
B) Symbolic Interactionism
C) Institutionalism
D) Conflict Theory
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) Achieved status
B) The Thomas Theorem
C) Ascribed status
D) The looking-glass self
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) The iron cage
B) Collective conscience
C) Bourgeoisie
D) Anomie
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) Industrial
B) Feudal
C) Agricultural
D) Hunter-gatherer
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) The idea that society is constructed by us and those before us, and it is followed like a habit.
B) The act of implanting a convention or norm into society.
C) A status a person chooses, such as a level of education or income.
D) Responsibilities and benefits that a person experiences according to their rank and role in society.
Correct Answer
verified
B
Correct Answer
verified
A) Self-esteem is directly correlated with body image.
B) The media encourages society to base their appearances on visible public figures.
C) People base their images on how they think other people see them.
D) Personal identity isn't influenced by outside social forces.
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) Institutionalization
B) Habitualization
C) Industrialization
D) Rationalization
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) A Ford Motors employee assembling taillights on an assembly line
B) A freelance artist creating a sculpture of Barack Obama
C) A fast-food employee putting burgers into their buns
D) A toll-booth employee collecting toll change
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) Alienation from the product of one's labor
B) Alienation from one's self
C) Alienation from others
D) Alienation from one's religion
Correct Answer
verified
D
Correct Answer
verified
A) Collective norms are weakened.
B) Society no longer has the support of the collective consciousness.
C) Specialization of labor lead to alienation.
D) All of the above
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) Cities and towns were established, and humans had more time for leisure activities.
B) Societies began to form where rainfall was plentiful; groups were able to cultivate plants instead of living nomadic lifestyles.
C) Tribes became nomadic, traveling to various locations in search of sustenance.
D) Animals were first domesticated as a resource for survival.
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) A situation in which society no longer has the support of a firm collective consciousness.
B) How strongly a person is connected to his or her social group.
C) A person's beliefs and ideology are in conflict with her best interests.
D) When one or more of an individual's roles clash.
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) Institutionalization
B) Role performance
C) Role strain
D) Ascribed status
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) Functionalist
B) Symbolic interactionist
C) Feminist
D) Conflict theorist
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) Pastoral; Hunter-gatherer; Horticultural; Agricultural
B) Hunter-gatherer; Pastoral; Agricultural; Horticultural
C) Pastoral; Agricultural, Hunter-gatherer; Horticultural
D) Hunter-gatherer; Pastoral; Horticultural; Agricultural
Correct Answer
verified
D
Correct Answer
verified
A) The condition in which the individual is isolated and divorced from his or her society, work, or sense of self.
B) Social forces considered real which exist outside the individual.
C) The act of defying social norms in favor of group unity
D) The strength of ties that people have to their social groups, was a key factor in social life
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) The enslaved bourgeois reclaiming power from the controlling proletariat.
B) The bourgeois struggling for the allocation of resources amongst themselves.
C) The working class proletariat taking the means of production from the wealthy bourgeois.
D) The proletariat fighting each other for a position within the bourgeois.
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) An even playing field composed of the educated and uneducated
B) Split between two classes categorized by education, kinship, and religion
C) The product of class struggle, requiring social revolutions to correct rampant class inequality
D) An organism in which each portion plays a vital role in keeping the organism stable and healthy
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
Showing 1 - 20 of 20
Related Exams