Soc 202 - Sociological Analysis » Spring 2019 » Midterm 2

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Question #1
What were Marx, Weber and Durkheim all trying to make sense of?
A.   The fall of feudalism and the rise of capitalism
B.   The fall of the Ottoman empire
C.   The rise of the British monarchy.
D.   The end period of the Roman empire.
Question #2
Which item below describes what Marx believed brought about social change?
A.   A comprehensive educational system.
B.   False Consciousness
C.   Conflict
D.   A charismatic leader.
Question #3
What is a key point that Malcolm Gladwell, author of the book Outliers, makes in the second part of his book
A.   Cultural beliefs and practices can have a powerful affect on how people who live in those cultures behave.
B.   Success and failure is all about luck and cultural beliefs and practices have nothing to do with it
C.   People who take the summers off are some of the most successful people on the planet.
D.   Hard working people who never take breaks are in grave danger of committing suicide.
Question #4
Which item below describes the way in which Durkheim thought about suicide?
A.   People should have the right to commit suicide if they want to.
B.   A sociologist has a legal and moral duty to prevent people from committing suicide.
C.   Most people who commit suicide are suffering from severe emotional disorders.
D.   Social conditions can lead large numbers of people to commit suicide.
Question #5
Which item below is true of Durkheim's way of thinking?
A.   He believed that primitive societies were held together by mechanical solidarity.
B.   He believed that most people living in modern day societies were brainwashed by crooked charismatic leaders.
C.   He believed that bureaucracies were stifling peoples' creativity
D.   Every answer to this question is correct.
Question #6
Which item below is true of general sociological theory?
A.   Every answer to this question is correct.
B.   Describes the causes and processes of social and historical changes that occur in societies.
C.   Tackles and suggests solutions to social problems.
D.   Shows how social forces affect human behavior.
Question #7
What is Malcolm Gladwell's take on why pilots from certain countries are more likely to crash planes?
A.   In certain countries, pilots aren't trained properly and thus go onto crash their planes.
B.   They have high power distance communications styles and were fearful of speaking disrespectfully to people they saw as their superiors (air traffic controllers) -- even when something was drastically wrong. This prevented them from getting the help they needed when the plane was in trouble.
C.   They had lower power distance communication styles and didn't listen to the air traffic controllers that could help them out of a bad situation.
D.   In certain countries, air traffic controllers aren't trained very well, and they thus inadvertently induce pilots to crash their planes.
Question #8
According to the book Outlers, which item below is true of the Kipp schools?
A.   They have a longer school day than in traditional schools.
B.   The kids go to school on Saturdays
C.   Every answer to this question is correct.
D.   They attend schools for three weeks in July.
Question #9
According the book Outliers, why do Wealthy kids have academic advantages over poor and working class kids.
A.   They're advantaged by what they learn when they're not in school, especially during summer vacations.
B.   Every answer to this question is correct.
C.   Their parents can buy their children's way into the best schools.
D.   Their parents have the money to bribe their teachers into raising their grades.
Question #10
According to Marx, in a ____________ society, human relationships are predicated upon the exchange of goods and people care about each other only insofar that they can maximize each other's wealth.
A.   Socialist
B.   Capitalist
C.   Feudal
D.   Every answer to the question is correct because Marx believed that hoarding wealth was largely instinctual.
Question #11
What religious sect did Weber feel brought about the rise of the capitalist economic system?
A.   Calvinism
B.   Catholicism
C.   Judaism
D.   Mormonism
Question #12
According to Marx, which item below describes phase one of the capitalist economic system?
A.   A social class system that consists of proletariat and the bourgeoisie
B.   A social class system where everyone is equal.
C.   A social class system that consists of the bourgeoisie, the petty bourgeoisie, the proletariat, and the lumpenproletariat.
D.   A social class system that consists of the petty bourgeoisie and the lumpenproletariat
Question #13
Which item below is true of Durkheim's conception of Anomie?
A.   Anomie is a term used to describe a social condition in which there is a lack of moral rules / social norms.
B.   Anomie is a term used to describe a society that is functioning at an optimal level.
C.   Anomie is a term that refers to a society of people who are especially committed to the well being of their neighbors.
D.   People living in primitive societies tended to exist in a state of anomie.
Question #14
How did Marx think workers developed class consciousness?
A.   Through praxis / talking with each other.
B.   When they listen to sermons put forth by members of the clergy.
C.   When a society's thieves and beggars begin to commit violent crimes.
D.   When a charismatic leader convinces people that they need to revolt against their oppressive government.
Question #15
As discussed in the book Outliers, what are the "Kipp Schools?"
A.   A charter school in the city of Los Angeles.
B.   A Catholic school in Boston
C.   A Jewish school in Israel.
D.   An set of experimental Public Schools across the United States.
Question #16
Which item below best describes Marx's way of thinking?
A.   Individuals who live in societies that practice socialism have little to no self- esteem.
B.   A person develops a sense of self-esteem and self-confidence by attaining lots of material goods.
C.   People living in feudal societies had higher levels of self-esteem than did people living in hunting and gathering societies.
D.   A person develops a sense of self-esteem and self confidence by becoming proficient in some sort of activity e.g. art, music, carpentry, writing etcetera
Question #17
Which item below best describes Marx's way of thinking?
A.   The petty bourgeoisie will never revolt against the bourgeoisie because they tend to believe everything the bourgeoisie tells them.
B.   When people buy into the ideology put forth by the bourgeoisie, in an attempt to keep them from revolting, they are operating under a state of false consciousness.
C.   The mentally ill are the group of people who are mostly likely to succumb to false consciousness.
D.   A society's thieves are the group of people who are most likely to succumb to false consciousness.
Question #18
According to Durkheim, what type of suicide is common among primitive peoples?
A.   Altruistic
B.   Anomic
C.   Egoistic.
D.   Fatalistic
Question #19
Why does Malcolm Gladwell, author of the book Outliers, believe that people from Asian cultures do so well in math?
A.   Their mathematical abilities are based on the cultural legacy of cultivating lotus flowers
B.   The cultural legacy of farming rice paddies prepared them for the exacting work that math requires
C.   Their mathematical abilities corresponds with the philosophy of Wabi Sabi
D.   Asian people have a genetic programmed to do well in math.
Question #20
Which item below best describes Marx's way of thinking?
A.   People who live in the Republic of Gilead have n prominent ideologies at all.
B.   A society's most prominent ideologies are the ideologies of the ruling class. (https://canvas.csun.edu/courses/59522/question_banks/247176#)
C.   Every answer to this question is correct.
D.   A society's most prominent ideologies are crafted by the lumpenproletariat.
Question #21
Which item below best describes Durkheim's way of thinking about very strict and rigid moral rules.
A.   Societies with very rigid moral rules have very low crime rates because people are especially fearful of being punished for committing crimes.
B.   Societies with very rigid moral rules have very low suicide rates.
C.   Societies with very rigid moral rules always run smoothly.
D.   Over-regulation drives people to despair and subsequently induces some of them to commit fatalistic suicide.
Question #22
Which item below is true of Marx's way of thinking?
A.   Marx believed that people living in capitalist societies were likely to commit egoistic suicide.
B.   Marx believed that most people living in capitalist societies were alienated from the products they produced.
C.   Marx was very pessimistic about the future and thought the world would come to an end in the very near future.
D.   Marx believed that a powerful charismatic leader would prevent people from becoming brainwashed by the bourgeoisie.
Question #23
According to Malcolm Gladwell, author of the book Outliers, which item below is not a major factor in how successful a person is?
A.   A person's cultural background.
B.   Having a extremely high IQ
C.   Hard Work!!!
D.   A person's social class background.
Question #24
According to the book, Outliers, What are the Kipp school most famous for?
A.   English and Writing
B.   It's incredibly high fees.
C.   A mass shooting that occurred there in 2002.
D.   Mathematics
Question #25
Which item below is true of Durkheim's way of thinking?
A.   Every answer to this question is correct.
B.   Moral rules which stipulate how to treat fellow humans are what make social life possible
C.   People who live together in societies cannot work together cooperatively unless they have guiding principles.
D.   Societies are made up of cooperative units of people behaving in an organized fashion.
Question #26
According to Weber, what is an especially negative feature of capitalist societies?
A.   Rampant Social Inequality
B.   A lack of morals.
C.   Bureaucracies
D.   High Suicide Rates

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