1. The benefit of sociology according to Bob Brym is that it can help create

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1 Chap. 1, A Sociological Compass 1. The benefit of sociology according to Bob Brym is that it can help create A. better art B. meterosexual understanding C. a happier childhood. D. the best possible future. * E. more secure energy supplies. 2. The sociological study of suicide reveals that A. what is thought to be individual behaviour is actually social behaviour. * B. only the mentally ill commit suicide. C. unfortunately, suicide cannot be predicted. D. what may be the influence of social behaviour is actually the influence of individual understandings and biography. E. depression and anxiety are excellent predictors of suicide rates. 3. The ability to see the connection between personal troubles and social structure A. requires intensive informal training in sociology. B. can undermine the social order. C. is what is meant by the sociological imagination. * D. is Durkheim s folly. E. is like crossing the matrix. 4. That some societal functions are latent means that they are

2 2 A. visible only to sociologists. B. less obvious and unintended. * C. invisible but intentional. D. always functional. E. typically dysfunctional. 5. According to Karl Marx, the most important social structure in any society is the system of A. class relations. * B. government. C. social institutions. D. moral order. E. authority. Chap. 3, Culture 6. We live in a social universe full of symbols. Symbols are important because A. they can be a source of humour. B. they give linguists their subject material. C. they allow us to classify and generalize experiences. * D. they provide an unquestioned foundation of reality. E. they give a rationale for manifest destiny. 7. William Graham Sumner is best known for his work on which of the following? A. production B. consumption C. culture

3 3 D. norms * E. material culture 8. What is the controversial part of the Sapir-Whorf thesis? A. we develop language to express our concepts B. language influences the way we experience the world * C. people think before they can speak D. language is an instinct E. speech is an interpretation of our experience 9. How has the United Nations defined genital mutilation? A. cultural diversity B. multiculturalism C. cultural production D. cultural relativism E. violence against women * 10. The worldwide erosion of authority has been called A. expanded tribalism. B. national urbanism. C. postmodernism. * D. primitivism. E. civilization. Chap. 4, Socialization 11. Both human babies and baby rhesus monkeys require A. caring contact. *

4 4 B. little attention. C. modest mounts of food. D. little contact with mother figures. E. frequent contact with pets. 12. Repressed childhood conflicts are a source of psychological problems later in life according to A. Jean Piaget. B. George Herbert Mead. C. Lev Vygotsky. D. Sigmund Freud. * E. Harry Harlowe. 13. If someone is smiling at you, how do you know what that person means? According to George Herbert Mead, to understand the communication in a smile, you must be able to A. take the role of the self. B. avoid the significant other. C. repress memories. D. take the role of the other. * E. organize the self. 14. Once children understand that gravity will cause a ball thrown in the air to fall back to earth, they have reached what stage of cognitive development? A. sensorimotor B. preoperational C. concrete operational * D. formal operational E. preconventional

5 5 15. The dominant socializing agent from middle school through adolescence is the A. family. B. school. C. peer group. * D. mass media. E. part-time work. Chap. 11, Sexuality 16. When you behave according to widely shared expectations about how males and females are supposed to behave you adopt a(n) A. intersex outlook. B. gender secretion mode. C. sexual persona. D. gender identity. * E. gender role. 17. The view that a woman has a bigger investment than a man in ensuring the survival of her offspring because a woman can only give birth to about 20 children over her childbearing years, is associated with what theory? A. heterosexuality B. evolutionary psychology * C. clinical psychology D. Freudian psychoanalysis E. paradoxicalism

6 6 18. What are girls most unlikely to learn from playing with dolls and baking sets, as far as interaction goes? A. maintaining cordial relationships B. avoiding conflict C. resolving differences of opinion D. using negotiation to solve problems E. hierarchical relationships * 19. Wage labour became historically associated with A. warrior societies. B. feudalism. C. gender inequality. * D. slash and burn agriculture. E. nomad societies. 20. The concentration of women in certain occupations and men in others is called A. the stereotyped paradox. B. residential concentration. C. task organization. D. occupational sex segregation. * E. the glass ceiling reflection.