Sociology Test
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1. What is Charles Horton Cooley’s term for the way in which a person’s sense of self is derived from the perceptions of others?
2. Which of the following are always members of a person’s family of orientation?
3. Voluntary - often spontaneous activity that is engaged in by a large number of people and that typically violates dominant group norms and values is
4. Which of the following factors is NOT a contributor to the global feminization of poverty?
5. A continuous concentration of two or more cities and their suburbs that have grown until they form an interconnected urban area is a
6. The "old boy network" is an example of
7. The means through which power is acquired and exercised by some people and groups is
8. Which of the following categories of people has the highest net worth overall?
9. Illnesses that are long-term or lifelong and that develop gradually or are present from birth are known as
10. The concurrent marriage of a person of one sex (male or female) with two or more members of the opposite sex (male or female) is known as
11. The statement "The greater the degree of social harm - the more the offender should be punished" reflects the principle of
12. All of the following statements regarding contingent work are true - EXCEPT that it
13. According to Ferdinand Tönnies - Gemeinschaft refers to
14. In the United States - males traditionally are expected to demonstrate aggressiveness - whereas females are expected to be passive and nurturing - which illustrates the concept of
15. According to Max Weber - power legitimized on the basis of a leader’s exceptional personal qualities is what kind of authority?
16. Which of the following is Emile Durkheim’s term for those aspects of life that are extraordinary or supernatural?
17. According to urban sociologists - a city is
18. According to sociologists - what account(s) for virtually all patterns of human behavior?
19. Belief in a single supreme being or God who is responsible for significant events such as the creation of the world is
20. The hierarchical arrangement of large social groups based on their control over basic resources is
21. The process by which a person mentally assumes the role of another person in order to understand the world from that person’s point of view is referred to as
22. A football coach is happy to work with African-(A)merican players - but feels that white fans will accept only a certain percentage of people of color on the team - thus affecting his hiring practices. According to sociologist Robert Merton - this coach is
23. Private ownership of the means of production - from which personal profits can be derived through market competition and without government intervention - is characteristic of
24. Large computer software corporations are representative of twenty-first century capitalism - which increasingly is based on
25. In Herbert Gans’ typology of urban dwellers - those who live in tightly knit neighborhoods that resemble small towns are

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