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Set 1
Question 1. (TCO 8) Which sociological approach would emphasize
that inequalities in healthcare have clear life-and-death consequences for
some due to the unequal distribution of resources?
Question 2. (TCO 8) Critics of the functionalist view of the sick role
suggest:
Question 3. (TCO 9) Which type of medicine refers to therapies in
which the health care practitioner considers the person’s physical,
mental, emotional, and spiritual characteristics?
Question 4. (TCO 9) Which area of study is concerned with the
interrelationships among people in their spatial setting and physical
environment?
Question 5. (TCO 8) The concept “zero population growth” refers to
the level of reproduction that

Question 6. (TCO 9) Which theory of social change holds that society
is moving in a definite direction?
Question 7. (TCO 9) Which term is used to refer to the ways in which
a social movement utilizes such resources as money, political influence,
access to the media, and personnel?
Question 8. (TCO 8) Which term refers to the period of
maladjustment when the nonmaterial culture is still adapting to new
material conditions?
Question 9. (TCO 9) David Riesman described other-directed social
character as which of the following?
Question 10. (TCO 8) Scholars who take a postmodernist approach
claim that
Question 1. (TCO 1, 2, 3, 4) Identify the seven basic principles put
forth in the American Sociological Association’s Code of Ethics.
Choose three of these principles, and anticipate how a researcher might
encounter controversy by abiding by these principles.
Question 2. (TCO 3, 8, 9) You have been asked by a committee of
student success coaches to investigate why the rate at which freshman
students post to their course threaded discussions is lower than the rate
for other groups of students. Explain how the interactionist perspective
would analyze and explain the low posting rate. (In other words,
consider the contributing factors that the interactionist perspective would
focus on in trying to explain the reasons for the low rate of students

posting to their threads.) Then discuss a solution that an interactionist
might use to encourage freshman students to post.
Question 3. (TCO 6, 7) The local newspaper reports that a middle
school had been broken into, damaged, and vandalized to the tune of
$50,000. Security cameras show the vandals were four high school
students, three of whom are on the honor roll. Compare and contrast the
explanation given by labeling theory to the explanation given by anomie
theory of deviance.
Question 4. (TCO 3, 4, 6) List Weber’s six characteristics of a
bureaucracy. Explain a positive and a negative consequence for an
organization from each of these characteristics.
Question 5. (TCO 5, 6, 8) Define and give examples of ascribed
status, achieved status, master status, role conflict, role strain, and role
exit.
Set 2
Question 1: The natural growth rate of a population is derived from
the subtraction of the
Question 2: The basic idea behind demographic transition theory is
Question 3: A riot differs from a mob in that the riot
Question 4: Durkheim’s _____ is similar toTennies’ _____.
Question 5: Which English economist and clergyman warned that
rapid population increase would lead to social chaos?

Question 6: What is a criticism that is sometimes made of Weber’s
work?
Question 7: Which theory states that social movements arise among
people who feel they lack enough income, basic rights, or human
dignity?
Question 8: Which sociologist pointed out that material culture
changes faster than nonmaterial culture?
Question 9: The concept postmodernity refers to which of the
following?
Question 10: Which type of social movement seeks radical change in
all of society?
Question 11: Describe and give an example of each of sociology’s
three research orientations.
Question 12: You have been asked by a committee of student success
coaches to investigate why the rate at which freshman students post to
their course threaded discussions is lower than the rate for other groups
of students. Explain how the structural-functionalist perspective would
analyze and explain the low posting rate. (In other words, consider the
contributing factors that the structural-functionalist perspective would
posting to their threads.) Then discuss a solution that a functionalist
Question 13: Explain each of Peter Berger’s four major characteristics
of modernization.
Question 14: List and describe the stages that societies go through in
Lenski’s sociocultural evolution.

Question 15: Identify and briefly explain the four principles that
underlie social stratification.
Set 3
Question 1: _____ is the incidence of childbearing in a country’s
population, while _____ refers to maximum possible childbearing.
Question 2: According to Emile Durkheim, while traditional, rural
societies were built on _____, modern urban societies are held together
by _____.
Question 6: David Riesman believes that pre-industrial societies
promote _____, while modern societies promote _____.
Question 7: Which term is used to refer to the ways in which a social
movement utilizes such resources as money, political influence, access
to the media, and personnel?
Question 8: Medical science can keep a person’s body alive, on
machines, long after their vital organs have failed. However, there is no
agreement among religious and ethical leaders about how to decide
when to unplug those machines. This example illustrates _____.

Question 9: David Riesman described other-directed social character
as which of the following?
all of society?
Question 11: Explain the steps in the process of carrying out
sociological investigation. What specific questions must be answered as
a researcher moves through their investigation?
of students. Explain how the symbolic-interactionist perspective would
contributing factors that the symbolic-interactionist perspective would
Question 13: Contrast mass-society theory with class-society theory
and give a criticism of each.
Question 14: Identify and describe the three leadership styles. Provide
examples of these styles in society.
SOCS 185 Final Exam Set 1

Question 1. (TCO 8) Which sociological approach would emphasize
that inequalities in healthcare have clear life-and-death consequences for
some due to the unequal distribution of resources?
Question 2. (TCO 8) Critics of the functionalist view of the sick role
suggest:
Question 3. (TCO 9) Which type of medicine refers to therapies in
which the health care practitioner considers the person’s physical,
mental, emotional, and spiritual characteristics?
Question 4. (TCO 9) Which area of study is concerned with the
interrelationships among people in their spatial setting and physical
environment?
Question 5. (TCO 8) The concept “zero population growth” refers to
the level of reproduction that
Question 6. (TCO 9) Which theory of social change holds that society
is moving in a definite direction?
Question 7. (TCO 9) Which term is used to refer to the ways in which
a social movement utilizes such resources as money, political influence,
access to the media, and personnel?

Question 8. (TCO 8) Which term refers to the period of
maladjustment when the nonmaterial culture is still adapting to new
material conditions?
Question 9. (TCO 9) David Riesman described other-directed social
character as which of the following?
Question 10. (TCO 8) Scholars who take a postmodernist approach
claim that
Question 1. (TCO 1, 2, 3, 4) Identify the seven basic principles put
forth in the American Sociological Association’s Code of Ethics.
Choose three of these principles, and anticipate how a researcher might
encounter controversy by abiding by these principles.
Question 2. (TCO 3, 8, 9) You have been asked by a committee of
student success coaches to investigate why the rate at which freshman
students post to their course threaded discussions is lower than the rate
for other groups of students. Explain how the interactionist perspective
would analyze and explain the low posting rate. (In other words,
consider the contributing factors that the interactionist perspective would
Question 3. (TCO 6, 7) The local newspaper reports that a middle
school had been broken into, damaged, and vandalized to the tune of
$50,000. Security cameras show the vandals were four high school
students, three of whom are on the honor roll. Compare and contrast the

explanation given by labeling theory to the explanation given by anomie
theory of deviance.
Question 4. (TCO 3, 4, 6) List Weber’s six characteristics of a
bureaucracy. Explain a positive and a negative consequence for an
organization from each of these characteristics.
Question 5. (TCO 5, 6, 8) Define and give examples of ascribed
status, achieved status, master status, role conflict, role strain, and role
exit.
Question 1: The natural growth rate of a population is derived from
the subtraction of the
Question 2: The basic idea behind demographic transition theory is

Question 1: _____ is the incidence of childbearing in a country’s
population, while _____ refers to maximum possible childbearing.
Question 2: According to Emile Durkheim, while traditional, rural
societies were built on _____, modern urban societies are held together
by _____.
Question 6: David Riesman believes that pre-industrial societies
promote _____, while modern societies promote _____.
Question 7: Which term is used to refer to the ways in which a social
movement utilizes such resources as money, political influence, access
to the media, and personnel?

Question 8: Medical science can keep a person’s body alive, on
machines, long after their vital organs have failed. However, there is no
agreement among religious and ethical leaders about how to decide
when to unplug those machines. This example illustrates _____.
Question 9: David Riesman described other-directed social character
as which of the following?
all of society?
Question 11: Explain the steps in the process of carrying out
sociological investigation. What specific questions must be answered as
a researcher moves through their investigation?
of students. Explain how the symbolic-interactionist perspective would
contributing factors that the symbolic-interactionist perspective would
Question 13: Contrast mass-society theory with class-society theory
and give a criticism of each.
Question 14: Identify and describe the three leadership styles. Provide
examples of these styles in society.

SOCS 185 Week 1 Assignment Sociological
Imagination
Sociological Imagination Assignment
Our decisions do not simply result from what philosophers call “free
will.” Sociology teaches us that the social world guides our life choices
in much the same way that the physical world guides influence our
choice of clothing or the type of food we feel like eating. C. Wright
Mills pointed to the power of what he called the sociological
imagination to help us understand everyday events. As he saw it, society
—not people’s personal failings—is the main cause of poverty and other
social problems.
For this assignment explain how a personal problem can be caused by a
larger social issue. It can be a problem that you, a friend or family
member, or someone you have read about has experienced. Describe the
situation, putting both the personal problem and the larger social issue in
boldface, then explain the relationship in terms of cause and effect.
Limit your response to a single double spaced page.

SOCS 185 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2
SOCS 185 Week 1
Developing a Sociological
Imagination (graded)
Sociologist C. Wright Mills preferred to call the sociological perspective
“the sociological imagination” and he saw it transforming personal
troubles into public issues. Let’s begin our discussion this week by
considering homelessness. Why are a high percentage of the homeless
veterans? What situations might be a cause in someone being homeless?
Use the sociological imagination to explain your observations, and how
the sociological imagination helps us consider the causes and possible
solutions to homelessness..
devry socs185 dq2
Stanford Prison
Experiment (graded)
In 1971, Philip Zimbardo’s experiment demonstrated the power of the
situation and the interaction between social interaction and social
structure. There are many videos of the experiment, search two or three
videos on internet to see different perspectives about this
experiment. After viewing the videos, if you had been a guard, do you
think you would have been more likely to go along with the other guards
or would you have resisted or spoken up about treating the prisoners the
way you would have wanted to be treated if the roles had been
reversed??

SOCS 185 Week 1-7 All DQs
SOCS 185 Week 7 DQ 1
SOCS 185 Week 2
The Changing Meaning of
Symbols (graded)
Symbols can have more than one meaning.
1. 1. The battle flag of the Confederate States of America is viewed
by some as the rebel flag and is a symbol for individualism against

authority. To others, it is a powerful symbol of repression, hate, and
slavery.
2. 2. Someone wearing the hat or jersey of their favorite team might
be perceived as a gang member (friend or foe) because of the symbolic
meaning of the colors to another group.
3. 3. What examples can you think of where symbols can have more
than one meaning?
SOCS 185
The Games Children
Play (graded)
In the article, “Games Children Play: An Exercise Illustrating Agents of
Socialization” (Teaching Sociology, 26, April, 1998: 130-
139). DavitaSilfenGlasberg, Florence Maatita, Barbara Nangle, and
Tracy Schauer pointed out that most introductory sociology textbooks
identify the main socialization agents as family, peers, schools, media,
work, and religion. “…what is far less often acknowledged is the
contribution that children’s toys and games play in representing and
reinforcing dominant conceptions of ‘appropriate’ social identities found
in social discourse and in institutional arrangements.” Toys and games
can allow us to experience the subtleties of race, class, gender, and
political socialization that are embedded in play. Sometimes players may
challenge and subvert these images and messages at the delight or
disgust of other players.
What toys did you have as a child that you think of as agents of
socialization? How did you use toys to understand relationships or
prepare for new ones?

SOCS 185 Week 3
The Milgram Experiments (graded)
The Milgram experiments on obedience to authority, discussed in
chapter five were conducted with groups of subjects who had not met
before the experimental session. Here is a brief video from the original
experiment: Milgram Experiment. Do you think that groups of people
who already knew each other would demonstrate more or less
conformity if placed in these experimental situations? What if the
teachers were men and the learners were women? Would teenagers
conform the same as adults?
Sexuality and Social Inequality (graded)
How could sexuality play a part in social inequality? Watch the
following video: Girl’s Self-Esteem. Does society hold women to a
different set of expectations than they do for men?
SOCS 185 Week 3 You Decide
SOCS 185 Week 3 You Decide Activity
by

1. Do you agree with Shirley Wright’s comment that “boys will be boys”
that there is a general expectation men will occasionally behave, and that
as long as the behavior is kept between themselves privately, this type of
behavior should be ignored?
2. Do you agree with Ron DesVue’s perspective where he says you
ought to confront the individuals? What problems might arise if you take
this course of action?
3. Do you agree or disagree with Rudy Day on using a smart phone to
make a recording? Why do you feel this is a good or bad idea?
4. Should you take Frieda choose’s advise and bring the complaint up to
the boss? Why do you suppose she says it isn’t a big deal and yet she
recommends bringing the matter up to the boss?
5. What is the problem existing in the organization shown in the scenario
above, and what should organizations do to resolve inappropriate
behavior complaints?
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Social Mobility (graded)
Has your family experienced significant upward or downward mobility
over the past three or four generations? How do you think your values
and behavior might differ had you experienced the opposite pattern of

mobility? How might it have been different had your family been of a
different ethnic or racial origin?
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One of the more interesting topics of study is the area of deviance and
social control. Choose a form of deviance with which you are familiar
(not necessarily something you’ve done, but something someone you
know did) and discuss why society views that behavior as deviant and
whether perceptions of that behavior have changed over time. Explain
which theory of deviance you think works best for understanding the
deviant behavior you’ve chosen to discuss.
SOCS 185 Week 4 Homework Assignment
SOCS 185 Week 5 Assignment
Socioautobiography Assignment

Socioautobiography Assignment
Your socioautobiography assignment is due this week. The purpose of
this assignment is to give you the opportunity to apply the sociological
imagination to your everyday life: to make connections between your
everyday life and the broad sociocultural structures within which you
live. In this assignment, you will reference appropriate Terminal Course
Objectives (TCOs) that relate to your socioautobiography. You can find
the TCOs in this course listed in the Syllabus and in the weekly
objectives. This assignment can be related to any and all of the TCOs.
The Socioautobiography is a reflective paper that allows you the
opportunity to explore the interconnections between biography (a slice
of your life), the social structure, and culture. In preparation for this
paper, please read Socioautobiography Guidelines posted in Doc Sharing
for detailed assignment instructions and grading rubric.
Submit your assignment to the Dropbox, located at the top of this
page. For instructions on how to use the Dropbox, read
these .equella.ecollege.com/file/8ff9f27a-3772-48cf-9855-
4bec4e6706bf/1/Dropbox.html”>step-by-step instructions.
See the Syllabus section “Due Dates for Assignments & Exams” for due
date information.

SOCS 185 Week 5
Definitions of Race and Ethnicity (graded)
What is meant by the social construction of race? Take a look at the
this video link:.youtube.com/watch?v=EivX77ORIIs”>Kiri Davis: A
Girl Like Me. Is your race more a matter of how you view yourself
or of how others view you? In what ways is how you view yourself
influenced by our society and culture?
Man’s Work Versus Woman’s Work (graded)
How are household chores (cooking, cleaning, laundry, child care,
auto maintenance, yard work, home repair, etc.) divided up along
gender lines in your current residence? How were chores divided up
in the home where you grew up? Is the time spent each week on the
total about evenly divided or skewed one way or the other?

Week 6
We Are Family. Get Online And Post With Me... (graded)
Sociologists stress that family life is not just a reflection of individual
decisions but also the social structure of the broader society. Using
concepts from this week’s reading to support your points, discuss how
society shapes family life.
What is Religion? (graded)
How would you define a religion? What characteristics must a belief
system have in order for it to be considered a religion? If a belief system
did not include faith, a God, heaven, or hell, would it still be a religion?
How much of a belief system do you have to believe in order to be
considered a member of a religion, 100%, 90%, less?

SOCS 185 Week 7 DQ 1
Think Globally, Act Locally (graded)
What steps do you or your families take to lessen your impact on the
environment? What items do you reduce your usage of, recycle back
into other products, or reuse for another purpose?

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