SOC 203 Week 1 Quiz

SOC 203 Week 1 Quiz

1.    Who was disproportionately affected by the U.S. housing crisis?

Women  

Hispanics  

Students  

Asian Americans  

 2.    The U.S. Census is an example of a qualitative method of analysis.

True 

False  

 3.    Which of the following is NOT a method of qualitative analysis?

Interviews  

Focus groups  

Census  

Observation 

 4.    ALL BUT ONE of the following developed nations has more upward mobility than the United States:

Norway  

Spain  

Canada  

France  

 5.    According to the text, the difference between individual __________________ and a social problem depends on the societal condition reflected by the issue.

responsibility  

capabilities  

violations  

deviance  

6.    In an attempt to completely understand a social problem, which theory might be best applied?

The Marxist Conflict Perspective  

Weber’s Conflict Perspective  

The Functionalist Perspective  

A combination of theories should be applied.  

 7.    Which type of interaction defines other groups as morally or intellectually inferior?

Defensive othering

Oppressive othering  

Trading power for patronage  

Boundary maintenance  

 8.    What type of consumption reflects economic inequality and contributes to social inequity?

cultural  

materialist  

governmental  

conspicuous  

 9.    The symbolic meaning of gestures is culturally relative.

True 

False  

 10.    What allows us to distinguish a societal problem from an individual problem?

The sociological lens  

The sociological imagination  

Public issues debates  

Personal testimonies