Tetiana Havlin, PhD
UMUC Europe | SOCY 100 E222 | Final exam
Dear Student
The final exam covers material from all weeks and may
include information from UMUC readings, E-textbook readings, assignments, class
and online discussions. The exam is open notes. You have a 72 hour period in
Week 8 to complete the exam, and submit your completed exam to your online
assignments folder. In your completed examination document, please provide a
complete list of any and all reference sources (including UMUC readings,
E-textbook readings, and internet sites and resources) used to prepare your
answers to the examination, with appropriate citation format (APA style).
The exam is worth 100 points broken down this way: 45
pts multiple choice (15 Qs 3 pts each); 20 pts short answer (2 Qs 10 pts each);
36 pts essay (3 Qs 12 pts each). 7
Good luck!
Part 1.
Multiple choice questions
1.1 A quality of the mind that
allows us to understand the relationship between our particular situation in
life and what is happening at a societal level is called:
1.
sociological imagination.
2.
sociological
research.
3.
sociological
theory.
4.
sociological
understanding.
1.2 Who first applied a theory of
evolution and “survival of the fittest” to societies?
1.
Charles Darwin
2.
Herbert Spencer
3.
Karl Marx
4.
Ãmile Durkheim
1.3 The glass escalator effect
refers to the:
limits on the advancement of
women in the workplace.
2.
limits on the advancement of men in the workplace.
3.
rapid rate of
upward mobility for women.
4.
rapid rate of
upward mobility for men in female-dominated workplaces.
1.4 An industrial worker going back
to school to learn how to be a medical assistant would be an example of:
an ascribed status.
role conflict.
resocialization.
coprescence.
1.5 An individualâs conscious,
reflexive experience of a personal identity separate and distinct from others
is called the:
self.
id.
ego.
Superego.
1.6 Social stratification is a
system that:
allows society members to choose their social standing
destroys competition between society members
ranks society members into categories
reflects personal choices of society members
1.7 The behaviors, customs, and
norms associated with a class are known as:
underclass
prestige
power
class traits
1.8 Ethnicity describes shared:
beliefs
language
religion
any of the above
1.9 Amalgamation is represented by
the _____________ metaphor.
separate but equal
Statue of Liberty
melting pot
salad bowl
1.10 What makes Native Americans
unique as a subordinate group in the United States?
They are the only group that experienced expulsion.
They are the only group that did not come here as immigrants
They are the only group that was enslaved.
They are the only group that was segregated.
1.11 Sociologists tend to define
family in terms of
how closely members adhere to social norms
the status roles that exist in a family structure
the connection of bloodlines
how a given society sanctions the relationships of people who are
connected through blood, marriage, or adoption
1.12 Same-sex couple households
account for _____ percent of American households.
1
10
15
30
1.13 Sociologists using conflict
perspective might study what?
How social movements develop
What motivates inequitably treated people to join a movement
What social purposes a movement serves
What individuals hope to gain from taking part in a social movement
1.14 Social movements are:
the collective action of individuals working together in an attempt
to establish new norms beliefs, or values
disruptive and chaotic challenges to the government
ineffective mass movements
the singular activities of a collection of groups working to
challenge the status quo
1.15 In addition to social
movements, social change is also caused by technology, social institutions,population and ______ .
social structure
new social movements
the environment
modernization
Part 2.
Short answers
2.1. Based on each picture define
keywords the type of intergroup relationship.
A.
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2.2.Examine the difference between material and nonmaterial culture in your
world. Identify ten objects that are part of your regular cultural experience.
For each, then identify what aspects of nonmaterial culture (values and
beliefs) that these objects represent
Material
culture
Nonmaterial
culture
Part 3.
Open questions (essay)
3.1. Think
about a social movement industry dealing with a cause that is important to you.
How do thedifferent social movement
organizations of this industry seek to engage you? Which techniques do you
respond to? Why?
3.2. An increasing number of people come from two or more racial or ethnic
groups. What does it means to be brought up in two cultures and which
advantages or challenges can appear in âbeing in betweenâ?
3.3. In the News Feed of our online class room on Leo
(https://learn.umuc.edu/) you can see Sociology in Pictures. All eight pictures
are related to the themes which we discussed. Please select one of the pictures
and reflect on it (sociological concepts, theories, sociological imagination?)
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A list of references used for the midterm exam
