Week 2
Question
Question 1. Question :
(TCO 1) The systematic study of human society is known as .
psychology
science
anthropology
sociology
social psychology
Question 2. Question :
(TCO 1) The study of the larger world and our society’s place in it is known as .
a social science perspective
a scientific perspective
a social psychological perspective
a sociological perspective
a global perspective
Question 3. Question :
(TCO 1) When Peter Berger characterized the sociological perspective as “seeing the general in
the particular,” he meant that sociology allows us to .
recognize that society has the same effect on all categories of people
see that people in general are rather particular about their behaviors
make generalizations about individuals’ particular habits
see McArthur in his Jeep, Patton in his tank, or Bradley in his personnel carrier
look for general patterns in the behavior of particular people
Question 4. Question :
(TCO 3) Of the major theoretical theories in sociology, which one views society as an arena of
inequality that generates conflict and change?
Social-solidarity paradigm
Social-conflict theory
Symbolic-interaction paradigm
Structural-functional paradigm
Symbolic-conflict paradigm
Question 5. Question :
, (TCO 3) Functions of institutions that are open, stated, and conscious functions; that involve the
intended, recognized consequences of any social pattern are known as .
Oktoberfest
manifest
latent
obvious
direct
Question 6. Question :
(TCO 2) Which is the term for a concept that has a value that changes from case to case?
Concept
Measurement
Changeling
Variable
Term
Question 7. Question :
(TCO 2) Independent variable is to dependent variable as .
blood is to water
effect is to cause
cause is to effect
variable is to constant
logic is to intuition
Question 8. Question :
(TCO 2) A relationship in which two (or more) variables change together is called .
a correlation
a variation
measurement congruence
a replication
an event horizon
Question 9. Question :
(TCO 2) What research method was used in Philip Zimbardo’s study, the “Stanford
County Prison”?
Captive participant observation
Ethnographic field observation
An experiment
Participant observation
The hellgrammite method
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