Human Society and Social Behavior
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Course Introduction
Human Society and Social Behavior explores the fundamental principles that shape human interaction within societal structures. The course examines how individuals and groups influence and are influenced by social norms, values, institutions, and cultural traditions. Students will analyze key concepts such as socialization, group dynamics, social stratification, and the impact of factors like class, race, and gender on social behavior. Through the lens of major sociological theories and empirical research, the course provides insight into the complexities of social relationships, collective behavior, and the ways societies adapt to change.
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Sociology The Core 8th Edition by Michael Hughes
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Chapter 1: Developing a Sociological Consciousness
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Q1) From a sociological perspective,what we think,how we feel,and what we say and do are shaped by our social interactions.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Max Weber emphasized the importance of a A) culturally biased sociology.
B) personally defined sociology.
C) value-free sociology.
D) subjective sociology.
Answer: C
Q3) Experiments,surveys,observation,and archival research represent A) theories.
B) hypotheses.
C) samples.
D) research designs.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Culture and Social Structure
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Q1) __________ are the actions we can legitimately insist that others perform.
A) Statuses
B) Roles
C) Duties
D) Rights
Answer: D
Q2) We ___________ a status and ____________ a role.
A) play;occupy
B) occupy;play
C) enhance;play
D) play;emulate
Answer: B
Q3) Those expectations that define appropriate or inappropriate behavior for the occupant of a status are
A) simple norms.
B) complex norms.
C) values.
D) roles.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Socialization
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Q1) The diversity and uniqueness of human beings make socialization possible.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) In Piaget's theory,the formal operations stage
A) includes children's sudden realization that they exist independently of the people and things around them.
B) is where children learn language.
C) is where children learn abstract thought.
D) is marked by a deeper,more complex way of viewing the world,including the ability to critically evaluate others' points of view.
Answer: D
Q3) If we take special steps to influence how another person views us,Goffman would say we probably are engaging in
A) vulgar deceit.
B) superficiality.
C) impression management.
D) self-esteem development.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Social Groups and Formal Organizations
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Q1) "Work expands to fill the time available for its completion." This statement is known as
A) the Thomas Theorem.
B) Parkinson's Law.
C) the Peter Principle.
D) Vander Zanden's Law.
Q2) Which of the following does not characterize Max Weber's ideal type of bureaucracy?
A) clearly defined duties
B) offices organized into a hierarchy of authority
C) positions filled on the basis of personal considerations
D) rules and procedures recorded in written documents
Q3) Bureaucracies
A) are not an inherent feature of capitalism,but they are characteristic of socialistic societies.
B) are not an inherent feature of socialism,but they are characteristic of capitalistic societies.
C) are an inherent feature of both capitalism and socialism.
D) serve to make people's lives in a capitalistic society relatively unpredictable.
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Chapter 5: Deviance and Crime
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT one of the categories of crime outlined by Richard Quinney?
A) crimes of ultimatum
B) crimes of domination
C) crimes of resistance
D) predatory crime
Q2) Gambling,drug use,and prostitution are considered
A) corporate crimes.
B) victimless crimes.
C) white-collar crimes.
D) violent crimes.
Q3) Deviance can be viewed as having positive,or "integrative," consequences for social life.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Internalization occurs when
A) norms are "intuited" from the behavior of others.
B) the individual questions the legitimacy of the norms.
C) normative expectations are sharpened.
D) we understand and believe in the norms.
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Chapter 6: Social Stratification
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Q1) Max Weber is given credit for developing the roles that conspicuous leisure and conspicuous consumption have in revealing social ranking.
A)True
B)False
Q2) __________ is the difference between the value that workers create (as determined by the labor-time embodied in a commodity that they produce)and the value that they receive (as determined by the subsistence level of their wages).
A) False consciousness
B) Surplus value
C) Class consciousness
D) The "haves-have nots thesis"
Q3) Describe the variations in people's style of life based on their social class.
Q4) The "underclass"
A) typifies most urban populations in the United States today.
B) constitutes a minority of the poor in the United States.
C) has drastically declined in number during the 1980s.
D) has grown mainly in the outlying areas of America's cities.
Q5) Contrast the objective,subjective,and reputational methods of determining social classes.
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Chapter 7: Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity
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Q1) By the beginning of the 20<sup>th</sup> century,the U.S.population of Indians had dropped to 250,000.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Feelings that African Americans ask for too much,don't play by the rules,and exploit welfare could be referred to as
A) "Deep South" racism.
B) symbolic interactionism at its worst.
C) symbolic racism.
D) institutional discrimination.
Q3) One reason sociologists study the concept "race" to understand the social significance people attach to such various traits as skin color.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Asian Americans are less likely than non-Hispanic whites to live in central cities.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Contrast race,ethnic,and minority in terms of their sociological significance.
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Chapter 8: Gender Inequality
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Q1) According to Sylvia Ann Hewlett,the economic advancement of women is complicated by
A) the modern conception of the housewife.
B) the social organization of child care.
C) our confusion of equal rights with identical treatment.
D) the social organization of child care and our confusion of equal rights with identical treatment are correct.
Q2) Recently,studies of gender differences on standardized tests indicate that differences in female vs.male performance on
A) verbal and math tests have disappeared.
B) verbal and math tests have become slightly greater.
C) verbal tests have disappeared and on math tests have lessened.
D) verbal and math tests have become significantly greater.
Q3) According to the interactionist perspective,
A) gender is socially constructed.
B) cultural meanings are continuously emerging and changing through social interaction.
C) everyday sexist language helps to perpetuate sexual inequality.
D) All of the choices are correct.
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Chapter 9: Political and Economic Power
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Q1) Political parties
A) are basically the same thing as interest groups.
B) operate out of a philosophy of separation of the individual from the state.
C) are after control of the government as an end.
D) end up being dramatically different from one another.
Q2) According to the text,alienation is a pervasive sense of A) powerlessness.
B) meaninglessness.
C) self-estrangement.
D) All of the choices are correct.
Q3) According to conflict theorists,the production of social surplus benefits the A) masses.
B) elite.
C) state.
D) poor.
Q4) Germany is an example of a(n)_________ economy.
A) liberal market
B) coordinated market
C) socialist market
D) None of the choices are correct.
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Chapter 10: The Family
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Q1) Early in marriage,women are more likely than men to feel the need for more "private time" but later on,the pattern reverses.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In one cross-cultural sample in the text,monogamy was the preferred or ideal type of marriage in fewer than 20 percent of the 862 societies involved.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Increasing numbers of mothers are locating alternatives to day care,including A) a sequencing process where the person organizes a lifestyle that provides time to work,time to have kids and stay home with them,and time to re-enter the outside workforce.
B) part-time work and/or in-home work.
C) the "four-thirds solution."
D) All of the choices are correct.
Q4) The number of Americans living alone declined between 1970 and 2000.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Religion, Education, and Medicine
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Q1) According to the Department of Education,American students seem to do more poorly than Japanese students because
A) American students spend more time watching television.
B) Japanese students spend more class time on science and math.
C) Japanese teachers are more likely to develop math concepts in the classroom,whereas American teachers simply state the concepts without developing them.
D) American students spend more time watching television and Japanese students spend more class time on science and math are correct.
Q2) In practice,U.S.medical care has provided equal care to the members of all social classes.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Families with a child in a private college spend a third of their income on college costs.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Contrast the functionalist and conflict theory views of medicine.
Q5) Explain the meaning of "civil religion," and discuss its role in society.
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Chapter 12: Population and Environment
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Q1) The _________ model of urban development was originated in and represented by the city of Chicago.
A) concentric circle
B) sector
C) multiple nuclei
D) "doughnut structure"
Q2) Functionalists emphasize that human beings must become more sensitive to both the manifest and latent consequences of their actions on the environment to avoid damaging the ecosystem.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The primary processes fostering the development of the global city are
A) gentrification and squalor.
B) invasion and organization.
C) dispersal and concentration.
D) suburbanization and exurbanization.
Q4) The three classic models of city growth are the concentric circle model,edge cities,and the single nuclei model.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Social Change
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Q1) The inventor of ideas is often referred to as a revolutionary.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A(n)______________ crowd is an aggregation of people who have gotten together for self-stimulation and personal gratification.
A) casual
B) conventional
C) expressive
D) acting
Q3) Spencer and Social Darwinists represent the _________ approach to social change.
A) evolutionary
B) cyclical
C) functionalist
D) conflict theory
Q4) Arnold Toynbee suggested that civilizations arise in response to some challenge that can be met with an adequate response by a creative minority.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Contrast the evolutionary theory of social change with the cyclical theory.
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