A Sociology Experiment Panopen QUIZ

1. A store’s employees are divided into those who work in the warehouse and those who work inside the store. Both groups are paid the same. However, the workers inside the store tend to have more prestige; they don’t have to get dirty like the warehouse workers often do, and they take pride in their ability to work directly with customers. The inside workers think they’re more important to the store’s success than the warehouse workers. The differences between these two groups of employees is an example of: A. B. C. D. Psychological wage Regulation and policy Anomie and alienation Organic solidarity 2. A sociologist works with a local community to study environmental problems in their area. Community members identify water pollution as a significant problem, and the sociologist trains residents to collect data related to the effects of water pollution. Residents then put together a report about their findings and send it to government officials. Which scholar’s work most likely inspired this type of research? A. B. C. D. Jane Adams Karl Marx W.E.B. Dubouis Max Weber 3. Which of the following scholars emphasized the importance of race in modern society? A. B. C. D. Karl Marx C. Wright Mills Jane Adams W.E.B. Du Bois 4. Select all that apply. Which of the following are ways that Jane Addams influenced the development of sociology? A. B. C. D. She encouraged scholars to engage with the communities they studied in order to solve problems Her work led to wider use of statistics to study social dynamics Her work brought attention to the experiences of women She encouraged women to enter specialized fields of study in order to increase their income 5. Which scholar founded the field of social work? A. B. C. D. Emile Durkheim Max Weber Jane Addams W.E.B. Du Bois 6. Select all that apply. Which of the following would we expect from a group of alienated workers? A. B. C. D. The workers put in the least amount of effort they can get away with on the job. The workers band together to ask for better working conditions The workers don’t take much pride in what they do The workers distrust each other because they are competing for promotions 7. Which term refers to the fact that we must try to figure out the subjective meaning of actions? A. B. C. D. Interpretive understanding Relational understanding Regulation Structure 8. Which scholar argued that sociologists must use data to understand society? A. B. C. D. Karl Marx Max Weber Emile Durkheim W.E.B. Du Bois 9. According to Marx, social conflict was caused by: A. B. C. D. Racial inequality Economic relationships Communism Disagreement over social values 10. Which scholar placed the most emphasis on struggles between groups? A. B. C. D. Karl Marx Emile Durkheim Max Weber Adam Smith 11. The development of the internet has led to the rapid rise of online communities and digital forms of interaction. We are currently seeing many arguments about how people should interact online; some people want more social rules about how we treat others online. This period of rapid development of a new area of social life without defined rules for moral behavior is best described as an example of: A. B. C. D. The loss of psychological wages Individualism Organic solidarity Anomie 12. Which scholar placed the most emphasis on the individual? A. B. C. D. Emile Durkheim Adam Smith Max Weber Karl Marx 13. A researcher decides to study depression and believes Durkheim’s theory of integration and anomie will help explain who is at risk of depression. Using Durkheim’s theories, which of the following would we expect the researcher to find? A. B. C. D. People living in small towns will suffer more depression than people living in large cities First-year college students will be less likely to be depressed than second-year college students People who have several close friends will be more depressed than those who do not People who don’t have closed friends will be more depressed than people who have several close friends 14. True or False? The Industrial Revolution mainly affected the economy and the jobs people held, but had little impact on other aspects of social life. A. True B. False 15. True or False? Adam Smith criticized the division of labor because it makes nations dependent on each other instead of economically independent? A. True B. False 16. Which sociologist coined the term “the sociological imagination”? A. B. C. D. Emile Durkheim Karl Marx C. Wright Mills Jane Adams 17. Which of the following is true about city life? A. B. C. D. Workers find it harder to be productive due to agglomeration It makes people more dependent on others for their daily needs It makes people less dependent on others, since they don’t know their neighbors Workers find it easier to produce all the items they need for themselves 18. Select all that apply. The sociological imagination includes the view that: A. B. C. D. Our personal lives are influenced by larger forces that may be invisible to us What seems like a voluntary decision is often influenced by the society around us People react based on impulsive responses to the environment People react after calculating the costs and benefits of behavior 19. True or False? The Industrial Revolution led to rapid improvements in the quality of life in cities. A. True B. False 20. Select all that apply. Which of the following factors helped lead to the emergence of sociology as a discipline? A. B. C. D. The increased influence of the media The widespread changes in the economy The rapid growth of cities The increase in the global population 21. Economists have generally explained behavior by focusing on: A. B. C. D. The costs and benefits people believe come from the action Rational influences The influence of crowds on people’s decisions and actions Impulsive influences