Introductory Sociology

• With regard to relating to others, the further up one is situated on the social class continuum, the more likely she/he will value detachment, reservation, self-reliance, and competition.  On the other hand, the further down one is situated on the continuum, the more likely she/he will value relationships, intensity, community/family reliance, and cooperation.

  True
• Which of the following best describes sociology?

  Science
• Getting an internship at a company owned by a friend of your mother indicates you have which type of capital?

  Social capital
• Discussing the differences in courses/playing at Augusta National and Sunset Hills indicate you have which types of capital?

  Social capital
• Getting involved in enriching programs not required by the school, such as art, theater, environment, tennis, politics, etc., will likely result in your acquiring which type of capital?

  Cultural capital
• Not having to rely on financial aid or scholarships to attend college indicates you have which type of capital?

  Economic capital
• Volunteering at a nonprofit organization regularly throughout college and attending events that allow you to network with professionals and community leaders will likely result in your acquiring which type of capital?

  Social capital
• According to Jackson Katz and other feminist researchers, when referring to violence against women, _______ is set up to blame victims

  our cognitive structure
• Residential segregation continues to persist at high levels in older cities in the Midwest and Northeast such as Chicago and Detroit, but it has declined in smaller and newer cities in the South and West

  True
• According to Bobo (1989) cited in the text, what has been established as the "structural linchpin" of racial inequality?

  Residential segregation
• According to the work of England, Descartes and Collier-Meek (2011) cited in the text, gender stereotypes no longer persists in the representations of Disney princes and princesses

  False
• The third goal of social inquiry is to predict what?

  Under what circumstances is a particular phenomenon will happen again or cease
• Most immigrants, even undocumented ones, pay into Social Security but are not eligible to receive it

  True
• Race is often misrecognized as a 'natural' category based on biology, but there is no biological basis fro distinguishing human groups along racial lines 


  True
• The relative absence of women in politics, high education, high paying, high-prestige jobes is a consequence of what?

  Structural limitations
• Women are likely to experience ____ when in predominantly male-dominated fields while men are likely to experience the ____ when in predominantly female-dominated fields

  glass ceiling; glass elevator
• A personal trouble is to ____ as a public issue is to ____

  Agency; social structure
• There are federal laws prohibiting the termination of employment based on the employee's sexuality

  False
• A term describing a broad range of people who experience and/or express their gender differently from what most people expect. It is an umbrella term

  Transgender
• A person who by natural or by choice conforms to gender/sex-based expectations of society

  Cisgender
• A word people use to describe their own non-standard gender identity or expression

  Gender queer
• A person who is fluid in sexual orientation and/or gender or sexual identity

  Pansexual
• Often used interchangeably with LGBT. Younger people (and some scholars) are comfortable using the term, but it may have negative or derogatory connotations for some people

  Queer
• Joes has his grandmother's 2 carrot diamond earrings and matching necklace that he keeps safe. Is this income or wealth?

  Wealth
• Joe receives $500 monthly in rent from his rental property. Is this income or wealth?

  Income
• Joe owns his townhouse & an additional townhouse that he keeps as rental property. Is this income or wealth?

  Wealth
• Joe earns $25,000 each year as a dog walker. Is this income or wealth?

  Income
• Joe has $5,000 invested in the stock market. Is this income or wealth?

  Wealth
• Joe earns approximately $1,000 annually in stock market dividends & interest paid. Is this income or wealth?

  Wealth
• Which of the following falls into the working class patterns of parents' values for their children?

  Obedience
• Upward social mobility is most common among the very poor and less likely among those in the middle and upper classes

  False
• Which of the following is the best description of sociology?

  controlled data collection of experiences to yield reliable and valid data that can be generalized to broader populations
• What kind of training is Jackson Katz hired to do for the U.S. military?

  leadership
• The social structure does which of the following?

  Defines which people can go where and do what, establishes limits on behavior, creates more boundaries for some people than others, largely determines people's choices, largely determines people's opportunities, provides the framework within which we interact with others
• How the very makeup of society places women in lesser positions than men is referred to as what?

  Societal sexism
• Standardized tests in which potential questions that are answered correctly more often by Black students than white students are rejected. This is an example of what?

  Institutional discrimination
• A white, American landlord refuses to rent units to Mexicans because she believes they are sneaky. This is an example of what?


  Individual (or attitudinal) discrimination
• Residential segregation is associated with which of the following?

  Adult mortality, infant mortality, higher rates of unemployment, lower rates of educational attainment
• The social movement that Cesar Chavez began was successful, and it has been solidified into a formal organization that still exists today.

  True
• The second goal of social inquiry is to explain what?

  Why the phenomenon is happening