Sociology 205 Final Exam Open Book March 25, 2020 Fill in the blank. (Use your textbook and mainly the study guide on Moodle. The study guide is posted on Moodle at the bottom of the page. ) 1. By Auguste comte coined the term sociology. 2. by Jane Addams founded the Hull House. 3. W.E. Bubois founded the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 4. By Max Weber coined the term Protestant Work Ethic. 5. The theory of sociology was coined by Emile Durkheim. 6. The Conflict Theory was coined by Karl Marx. 7. The cross is a necklace often worn by people around their necks. It also is often placed on church grounds. The cross is a symbol of Christ’s death to save sinners. This symbol is often discussed among Christians face to face. The “Cross” is therefore representing the theory of symbolic interactionism. 8. Divorce is an example of an issue in America according to the study guide. 9. Little Italy is an example of a subculture culture in America. 10. Opening the door for a woman on the first date is labeled a folkway way in many parts of the southern United State. 11. Displaced Palestinians pass on memories of their homeland by showing their children their keys. 12. These keys are a part of Palestinians collective memory. 13. Viewing a person’s culture from one’s own personal viewpoints is termed cultural ethnocentrism. The answer on the study guide is wrong. It is a True/False question. The answer is false, not true. 14. The most extreme form of ethnocentrism is cultural genocide 15. King Leopold II practice cultural Congo. 16. The Looking glass self-reports that humans often view themselves from listening to other peoples’ comments. List three effective characteristics of people who learn to socialize appropriately. Name three qualities on your study guide on the first page that people should possess. (#25) 17. It requires the use of memory 18. It requires meaningful interaction with others 19. It helps if people can learn to empathize 20. Having swatch watch at one time was considered a fashion (fad/or fashion). 21. A tattoo is now considered a fashion by many cultures and sociologists. 22. Jews committing suicide would be demonstrating fatalistic suicide. 23. A Japanese bomber who crashed into a U.S. Naval ship would be demonstrating Altruistic suicide. 24. South Korea is often labeled a top 15 economy. 25. North Korea is often very is ___________. 26. Towels, faucets, and showers are often labeled as material culture. 27. Beliefs and values are often labeled by sociologists as material culture. 28. A society is a group of people who share, interact, and create a culture. 29. Children who accompany their mother in the shower in South Korea are demonstrating a type of norm termed a folkway. 30. Some sociologists believe that being forced to take and learn English is demonstrating Cultural imperialism around the world. 31. Eating French fries with.

1. Sociology 205
Final Exam
Open Book
March 25, 2020
Fill in the blank. (Use your textbook and mainly the study
guide on Moodle. The study guide is posted on Moodle at the
bottom of the page. )
1. By Auguste comte coined the term sociology.
2. by Jane Addams founded the Hull House.
3. W.E. Bubois founded the NAACP (National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People.
4. By Max Weber coined the term Protestant Work Ethic.
5. The theory of sociology was coined by Emile Durkheim.
6. The Conflict Theory was coined by Karl Marx.
7. The cross is a necklace often worn by people around their
necks. It also is often placed on church grounds. The cross is a
symbol of Christ’s death to save sinners. This symbol is often
discussed among Christians face to face. The “Cross” is
therefore representing the theory of symbolic interactionism.
8. Divorce is an example of an issue in America according to
the study guide.
9. Little Italy is an example of a subculture culture in America.
10. Opening the door for a woman on the first date is labeled a
folkway way in many parts of the southern United State.
11. Displaced Palestinians pass on memories of their homeland
by showing their children their keys.
12. These keys are a part of Palestinians collective memory.
13. Viewing a person’s culture from one’s own personal
viewpoints is termed cultural ethnocentrism. The answer on the
study guide is wrong. It is a True/False question. The answer is
false, not true.
14. The most extreme form of ethnocentrism is cultural
genocide
15. King Leopold II practice cultural Congo.

2. 16. The Looking glass self-reports that humans often view
themselves from listening to other peoples’ comments.
List three effective characteristics of people who learn to
socialize appropriately. Name three qualities on your study
guide on the first page that people should possess. (#25)
17. It requires the use of memory
18. It requires meaningful interaction with others
19. It helps if people can learn to empathize
20. Having swatch watch at one time was considered a
fashion (fad/or fashion).
21. A tattoo is now considered a fashion by many cultures
and sociologists.
22. Jews committing suicide would be demonstrating fatalistic
suicide.
23. A Japanese bomber who crashed into a U.S. Naval ship
would be demonstrating Altruistic suicide.
24. South Korea is often labeled a top 15 economy.
25. North Korea is often very is ___________.
26. Towels, faucets, and showers are often labeled as material
culture.
27. Beliefs and values are often labeled by sociologists as
material culture.
28. A society is a group of people who share, interact, and
create a culture.
29. Children who accompany their mother in the shower in
South Korea are demonstrating a type
of norm termed a folkway.
30. Some sociologists believe that being forced to take and
learn English is demonstrating
Cultural imperialism around the world.
31. Eating French fries with salsa is demonstrating cultural
diffusion.
32. Lucy in the film often labels her interviewing boss as a
wolf.
List three tasks from your study guide that demonstrate the
second shift in sociology.

3. 33.
34.
35.
36. Often people are skeptical of people from other cultures,
for people cannot predict
the behaviors of other people in another culture.
37. The AIDS virus was said to have originated in the Congo.
38. King Leopold’s reign over the Congo was around the 1880s.
39. Joseph Conrad wrote the book Hear of Darkness.
40. According to sociologists and the film, the
____________was mechanically solid before
King Leopold came and took it over. It possessed people who
had uniform tasks/behaviors.
41. When King Leopold transformed the Congo into a brutal
camp, the Congolese people were
sent to other parts to perform specialized tasks in their jobs.
These specialized tasks were part
of the ________________ of labor set up.
42. As a result of the division of labor, the Congo had to
become _______________solid in order
to function and meet the demands of collecting raw rubber
and other natural resources. The
natives were divided up and given specialized tasks.
43. A human created position in society that identifies a
person is termed a social status.
44. An ascribed status results from chance.
45. An achieved status results from effort and ability.
46. Sociologists classify formal organizations as secondary
groups.
47. Friends and military groups of people are often labeled
primary groups.
List three strategies used by McDonald’s to increase their profit
margins.
48.
49.
50.

4. 51. According to sociologist Emile Durkheim, it is impossible
for any society to exist
free of deviance.
52. The theory of differential association focuses on how a
person learns
the norms of a deviant subculture.
53. Censorship is a method employed to prevent information
from reaching an audi-
ence.
54. In Britain, sometimes managers allow food to be picked up
off of the floor and drinks to be
watered down. These are part of the informal dimensions of
an organization.
55. In an oligarchy, decision making is held in the hands of a
few people.
56. If a child or a person steals a piece of gum from a store
while an employee is not looking,
this may qualify as an illegitimate opportunity structure.
57. Most jobs are obtained through weak ties to people such as
former classmates.
58. A woman who does not shave her legs in the southern part
of the U.S. may be ostracized by
people: In essence, she is given an Informal sanction.
59. Sanctions enforced the law are termed formal sanctions.
60. According to Modernization theory, poor people are poor
because their nation is not
modernized.
61. The level of respect or admiration for a status regardless of
any person who occupies it is
Termed social prestige.
62. Social stratification is a systematic process ranked on a
scale of social worth and
awarded access to valued resources and experiences.
63. Comparable worth states that occupational categories that
are agreed to be equivalently valuable within a firm, the
compensation must be equivalent across those categories.

5. 64. Race is socially constructed.
65. According to Racial formation Theory, people do not
question basic assumptions
that they hold about race.
66. stereotypes are inaccurate generalizations about people who
belong to a group.
67. If people of different races are not interacting, some people
or sociologists may think that
these people are se___________________ated due to racial
differences and racial prejudices.
68. Men in the country of Samoa will dress as women to make
money for a job.
69. The positively privileged class are people who often rely on
seasonal employment.
70. Modern racism emerged as a way to justify European
exploitation of
people and resources in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
71. Eugenics presented itself as a science seeking to improve
itself
through the betterment of living conditions.
72. For many in the United States, it seems logical and natural
to place Barack Obama in the
racial category of “black,” even in the face of clear
evidence that he is of mixed biological
heritage. This is an example of racial common sense.
Name three factors that are emphasized in a capitalistic society:
73.
74.
75.
Name four factors that are considered in the tracking process
among students in public schools.

6. 76.
77.
78.
79.
80. Many minority students drop out of school for they have to
work.
81. Quality teachers should cover 150% of the required material
according to some educa-
tors.
Religion has been used to control (answer to numbers 82/83)
82. kill virgin women in order to appease angry gods.
83. start wars
84. The _________________ of Sweden is the
85. ____________________church.
86. The ecclesia of ______________ is the
87._________________church.
88. Teacher ________________ often prevent performance
based
89___________________.

7. Questions 90-100 are fill in the blank. They are from the
textbook.
90. Globalization is the ever-increasing flow of goods, services,
money, people, technology,
Information, across national borders. (Chapter 1)
91. C. Wright Mills defined trouble as personal needs,
problems, or difficulties
brought on individual short comings. (Chapter 1)
92. Two types of norms are written (Chapter 3) and
93 unwritten Chapter 3)
94. Many sociologists would say that King Leopold’s
_______________ status was King over Belgium
and the Congo (Chapter 5). It overshadowed all other
characteristics and was distracting. (Chapter 5)
95. McDonald’s is a formal organization that attracts people
seeking some sort of
material gain. (Chapter 6)
96. In order to gain social control _______________sanctions
are expressions of approval for complian-
ce. (Chapter 7)
97. A secondary deviant includes those whose rule breaking is
treated as something so signifi-
cant that it cannot be overlooked or explained away.
(Chapter 7)
98. democratic is a system of government in which power is
vested in the citizens or the
“people”. (Chapter 11)
99. Jihad as used by those in some political organizations
means “armed struggle against
non-Muslims”. (Chapter 14).
100. According to Islam activists, Muslim societies fail when
they depart from Islamic ways and follow
the secular and materialistic ways of the west. (Chapter
14; Hint: p. 314 ).

8. YOUR LEARNING STYLE PROFILE
What are Your Sensory Preferences?
(Put a check beside those statements that seem true of you.)
1.
I learn best by reading on my own.
____
2.
I get a lot from listening to a lecture.

9. ____
3.
I enjoy courses where there is some physical activity involved.
____
4.
I can learn how to do something by watching someone
demonstrate
____
how it is done.
5.
Class discussions are helpful to me.
____
6.
I like to type and use computers.
____

10. 7.
Illustrations, charts and diagrams improve my understanding.
____
8.
I'd rather listen to the instructor's explanation than do the
assigned
____
reading.
9.
I get more out of labs than classes because of the hands-on
approach.
____
10.
"How-To" manuals and printed directions are helpful to me.
____
11.
I like to use audiocassette tapes of lessons and exercises.
____
12.
I prefer to work with machines and equipment than to listen to

11. ____
or read explanations.
13.
I can do anything if someone shows me how.
____
14.
I can follow directions best when someone reads them to me.
____
15.
It's not enough to show me; I have to do it myself.
____
Circle the numbers corresponding to the checks.
Visual = 1,4,7,10,13
Auditory = 2,5,8,11,14
Tactile = 3,6,9,12,15

12. My Sensory Style is:
Adapted from: The Confident Student by Carol C. Kanar
Houghton Mifflin Company - 1991
How Does Your Body React?
(Put a check beside those statements that seem true of you.)
1.
I feel most alert in the morning hours.
_____
2.
I don't "come alive" until afternoon or early evening.
_____
3.
I am definitely a night person.
_____

13. 4.
I concentrate and work best in a brightly-lit room.
_____
5.
Bright light distracts me; I prefer natural or dim lighting.
_____
6.
Overhead lighting is never right; I need an adjustable lamp.
_____
7.
I am usually strongly aware of the temperature in a classroom.
_____
8.
I can't work or concentrate in a room that is too hot or too cold.
_____
9.
I usually get the chills next to a fan, air conditioner, or open
window.
_____
10.
If my chair or desk in the class is uncomfortable, I am usually

14. able to
_____
ignore it and concentrate.
11.
If my chair is not the right height, my back or neck aches.
_____
12.
If feel a little ill or headachy, I can't think of anything else.
_____
13.
I can ignore feelings of hunger or tiredness long enough to keep
my
_____
attention on my work.
14.
Mild feelings of illness usually don't distract me from my work.
_____
Time of day when you are most alert = 1-3
Lighting preferences = 4-6
Temperature preferences = 10,11

15. Extent to which hunger, tiredness and illness affect your ability
to concentrate = 12-14
Your Instructor Preference
(Check those statements that describe the type of instructor you
prefer to be taught by.)
1.
A formal, business-like attitude.
_____
2.
Informal, casual attitude.
_____
3.
Encourages competition among students.

16. _____
4.
Encourages cooperation among students.
_____
5.
Lectures most of the time.
_____
6.
Holds class discussions most of the time
.
_____
7.
Stresses importance of individual effort.

17. _____
8.
Stresses importance of group effort.
_____
9.
Often uses visual aids.
_____
10.
Rarely uses visual aids.
_____
11.
Calls on students.

18. _____
12.
Asks for volunteers.
_____
13.
Expects students to ask for help.
_____
14.
Guides students step-by-step.

19. _____
15.
Sticks mainly to facts.
_____
16.
Often shares personal experiences.
_____
17.
"Tells" the class what to do; gives directions.
_____
18.
"Shows" the class what to do; gives directions.

20. _____
· Add up the number of odd and even checks
Odd numbered items = Independent style
Even numbered items = Interactive style
· What teaching style do you prefer?
What is Your Focus of Control?
(Check Yes if you agree with a statement, No if you don't agree)
Yes
No
1. If I can do the work, I can get a good grade in any
(
(
course no matter what.
2. If the teacher isn't a good speaker or doesn't keep me
(
(
interested, I probably won't do well in the class.

21. 3. I believe that I have the power to control what
(
(
happens to me.
4. I believe that I have very little control over what
(
(
what happens to me.
5. When I make a mistake it's usually my fault.
(
(
6. When I make a mistake, it is usually because someone
(
(
didn't make clear what I was supposed to do.
7. My grades are a result of how much studying I do.
(
(

22. 8. My grades don't seem to be affected by the amount of
(
(
studying I do.
9. I can adapt easily to change of plans or events.
(
(
10. Adapting to change has always been difficult for me I like
(
(
things to be as predictable and orderly as possible.
11. When I fail a test, it's either because I didn't study or I
(
(
didn't understand the material.
12. When I fail a test, it's either because the test was unfair or
(
(
the instructor didn't cover the material.
13. I usually don't need anyone to push me or make me study.

23. (
(
14. I can't seem to make myself study.
(
(
15. I am a self-motivated person.
(
(
16. I need someone to motivate me.
(
(
· Circle the numbers corresponding to "yes" statements.
Internal Locus of Control = 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15 External
Locus of Control = 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16
· Are you more internally or externally motivated?