University of the People AY2021 Sophia Welcome Sociology MILESTONE 1. Score 19/19. Includes All the CONCEPTS.

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University of the People AY2021 Sophia Welcome Sociology MILESTONE 1. Score 19/19. Includes All the CONCEPTS. 19/09/2020 Sophia :: Welcome Score 19/19 You passed this Milestone 19 questions were a... nswered correctly. UNIT 1 — MILESTONE 1 1 W hich of the following is an appealing research strategy because the sample grows by word-of-mouth, from known subjects to others who might participate in the study? Sampling Participant observation Using existing sources Snowball sampling CONCEPT Conducting Sociological Research 2 W hich of the following did C. Wright Mills worry was a threat to American freedom? Institution Social structure Power elite Bureaucracy CONCEPT Social Conflict Theory 3 W hich of the following theories focuses on the role of patriarchy in influencing society's expectations about men and women? Symbolic interaction theory Gender conflict theory Social conflict theory Race conflict theory CONCEPT Gender Conflict Theory 4 W hich of the following ideas is associated with sociologist Max Weber? Structural functionalism Verstehen The power elite Race-conflict theory CONCEPT Qualitative Research 5 W hich of the following statements about symbolic interaction theory is true? Symbolic interaction is an example of a micro-level approach. Patterns of social interaction, when repeated, develop into social institutions. Meaning is created when we interact with each other in society. All of the answer choices are correct. CONCEPT Sociological Theory 6 __________ emphasizes empirical research, which focuses on the use of the scientific method, measurement, and statistics. Value-free research Verstehen Positivistism Value-relevant research CONCEPT Auguste Comte and Positivism 7 Which of the following was one of researcher Philip Zimbardo's key findings in the Stanford Prison Experiment? The social conditions and structures in the prison led to violence. Violence was inevitable, and the prison institution had nothing to do with it. The personalities of individual guards and prisoners led to violence. Research does not have the potential to harm the physical and mental well-being of participants. CONCEPT Informed Consent and the Stanford Prison Experiment 8 W hen evaluating sources, it is important to look for evidence of __________, such as expertise and advanced degrees. information authority biases skills CONCEPT Evaluating Sources 9 T he concept known as the sociological imagination was developed by which of the following sociologists? Herbert Spencer Emile Durkheim Karl Marx C. Wright Mills CONCEPT The Sociological Imagination 10 Jamie has collected data on her research interests and has formed a hypothesis. She wants to test whether her hypothesis has merit, so she meets with several interview respondents to discuss her ideas. Which research method is Jamie using? A participant observation An experiment A focus group CONCEPT Research Methods 11 Which of the following African American sociologists began as an academic, but shifted into activism towards the end of his or her career? Harriet Martineau Lois Benjamin William Foot Whyte W. E. B. Du Bois CONCEPT Race Conflict Theory 12 Which of the following sociologists used open-ended questions to research participants' experiences of racism in modern American society? W.E.B. Du Bois Lois Benjamin William Foot Whyte Max Weber CONCEPT Research Methods: Examples 13 Which of the following is a micro-level research question? How are social relationships made within a group of friends who are playing a game of poker and talking? Have the rich really gotten richer, and have the poor really gotten poorer? Why are people of color incarcerated disproportionately in American society? What are the effects of the 2008 financial crisis on the economy as a whole? CONCEPT Symbolic Interaction Theory 14 Jackie uses graphs and charts to present data on obesity in the United States. She creates a chart showing the increasing number of children who are obese, as well as the mean, median, and mode weights. The type of data Jackie presents on the chart is called __________ statistics. spurious inferential descriptive qualitative CONCEPT Statistics 15 What was Emile Durkheim's key insight on suicide? When viewed collectively, suicide has a social basis. Suicide is an individual phenomenon and is undertaken for personal reasons. The members of some groups never commit suicide. Social conflict theory explains why suicides occur. CONCEPT Structural Functional Theory 16 Suppose you earned a B on your last Sociology exam, but you want an A on the next exam. To get an A, you increase the amount of time you spend studying. After increasing your study time, you earn an A. What are the independent and dependent variables in this example? Time spent studying is the independent variable, and your grade is the dependent variable. There is no independent variable in this example. Time spent studying is the dependent variable, and your grade is the independent variable. There is no dependent variable in this example. CONCEPT Measurement 17 Shopping and consumer spending are an important part of the U.S. economy. A sociologist who takes the functional approach would note that shopping and consumer spending serve important functions in American society. When considering shopping malls, the functional approach would indicate that a manifest function of malls is to enable purchases of necessary goods (e.g., clothing and household items). Which of the following is an example of a social dysfunction of shopping malls? Purchasing clothing and household items Purchasing entertainment Serving as a place for teens to get together The development of "shopaholics" — people who go into debt due to over-spending. CONCEPT Structural Functionalism: Manifest and Latent Functions 18 Your friend, Fred, asserts that to ensure peace in the United States, we must establish peace in other nations. This is an example of which of the following? Sociological perspective Micro-level orientation Global perspective Sociological imagination CONCEPT Sociology and Sociological and Global Perspectives Defined 19 Rita asks four women on the street in Chicago if they are Cubs fans. Three of the four say yes. Based on this, Rita concludes that 75% of all Chicagoans are Cubs fans. This is an example of __________. gynocentricity overgeneralization gender blindness interference CONCEPT Gender and Research [Show More]

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