Sociology 001 - Introduction to Sociology » Spring 2022 » Final Exam

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Question #1
Who determines which illnesses are stigmatized?
A.   The patients themselves
B.   Therapists
C.   All of these
D.   Society
Question #2
Which program is an example of socialized medicine?
A.   The United States’ new system under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
B.   The United States’ Veteran’s Health Administration
C.   Canada’s system
D.   Medicaid
Question #3
Which of the following is not part of the rights and responsibilities of a sick person under the functionalist perspective?
A.   The sick person must try to get better
B.   The sick person is exempt from the normal duties of society
C.   The sick person can take as long as she wants to get better
D.   The sick person is not responsible for his condition
Question #4
The class, race, and gender inequalities in our healthcare system support the ____________ perspective.
A.   Conflict
B.   Interactionist
C.   all these are correct
D.   Functionalist
Question #5
A sociologist is studying how the population of certain countries influences and affects the population and environment of other neighboring countries. This sociologist is most likely a:
A.   Functionalists.
B.   all these are correct
C.   Interactionists
D.   Conflict
Question #6
What is one way the people of the United States, and the world, are reaching and abusing the Earth’s carrying capacity?
A.   We show little concern about contaminating water with our garbage and waste.
B.   We have created parks and protected forested areas, sometimes in vain.
C.   We eat animals when we should really only eat plants which are much more renewable.
D.   We spend money ejecting trash into outer space.
Question #7
What three factors did Malthus believe would limit human population?
A.   Violence, new diseases, and old age
B.   War, famine, and disease
C.   Self-preservation, old age, and illness
D.   Natural cycles, illness, and immigration
Question #8
“Climate change” is a less politicized phrase that has replaced:
A.   Recycling
B.   Global Warming
C.   Pollution
D.   Weather Prediction
Question #9
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is an animal rights group that has over 2 million members across the country and spends millions of dollars on advertising (print, broadcast and social media) in order to spread social awareness about their cause each year. Which theory attempts to explain PETA’s success?
A.   Collective behavior theory
B.   Resource mobilization theory
C.   Frame alignment process
D.   New social movement theory
Question #10
Sociologists using conflict perspective might study what?
A.   What motivates inequitably treated people to join a movement
B.   What social purposes a movement serves
C.   How social movements develop
D.   What individuals hope to gain from taking part in a social movement
Question #11
According to Neil Smelser, several conditions must be in place for _________________ to occur?
A.   Collective behavior
B.   Singular protest
C.   Effective interpretation
D.   Social revolt
Question #12
Which of the following is the best definition of social change?
A.   An act of a bill passing in the House and the Senate.
B.   The change in society created through social movements as well as external factors like environmental shifts or technological innovations.
C.   A group of people gathered to protest or rally in favor of a bill or law.
D.   An act of military rebellion.
Question #13
When sociologists think about technology as an agent of social change, which of the following is not an example?
A.   Genetically engineered food
B.   The internet
C.   Medical advances
D.   Population growth
Question #14
Which of the following best defines a social movement?
A.   A group of people organized at a meeting, such as a town hall or a courtroom.
B.   A purposeful organized group hoping to work toward a common social goal.
C.   A collection of rights and laws aimed at the silent majority.
D.   All politicians and elected officials.
Question #15
In addition to social movements, social change is also caused by technology, social institutions, population, and __________________.
A.   Modernization
B.   The environment
C.   New social movements
D.   Social structure

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