Sociology Unit 1 Test Review

What is a large social group that shares the same geographical territory and is subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations?

• Society

• Culture

• Institution

• Tribe

Which sociologist is considered the "Father of the Conflict Theory"?

• Karl Marx

• Max Weber

• Emile Durkheim

• Herbert Spencer

In the Scientific Method, what are "designed to reaffirm research or test a new theory"?

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

• Conclusion

• Perspective

 A researcher sends you a form to fill out concerning your favorite movies. This is an example of

• a questionnaire.
• a sample.
• secondary analysis.
• multiple causation.

Which best explains the relationship between psychology and sociology?

• Both focus on goods and services.
• Sociology focuses on the group, while psychology focuses on the individual.
• Both focus primarily on the interaction between human populations.
• Both focus on the theory of government.

An interviewer asks you to name your three favorite ways to spend your leisure time. This is an example of a (an) _______ question.

• closed-ended

• correlation

• open-ended

• representative

According to _________, the people with the most power are seen as the most valuable to society.

• the functionalism theory

• the conflict theory

• the symbolic interactionism theory

• positivism

Which of the following is a historical example of an unethical experiment?

• testing cosmetic products on willing participants

• using corpses in automobile crash tests

• studying the cause of cancer in tissue samples from patients

• conducting autopsies on corpses

Using email has decreased the number of handwritten letters that people send to their friends and relatives. This is a ______ function of email.

• latent

• static

• dynamic

• manifest

This theory says that society works towards cooperation and consensus.

• conflict theory

• psychoanalysis

• symbolic interactionism

• structural functionalism