49 Multiple Choice Questions for Advanced Research Methods | FYC 6802, Exams of Introduction to Sociology

Download 49 Multiple Choice Questions for Advanced Research Methods | FYC 6802 and more Exams Introduction to Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! 1) Gans suggests that the individual is most influenced by ___________. A) The heterogeneity of the urban area B) The density of the population C) The size of the city D) His or her local community and peer group 2) The theory that there is not one urban way of life but many urban lifestyles is called _______. A) Compositional theory B) Urbanist theory C) Determinist theory D) Subculture theory 3) Claude Fischer claims that _______. A) Urbanism strengthens subcultural groups B) Urbanism breaks down and destroys social groups C) Subcultures are broken down by the mainstream of society D) Urbanism does not shape social life 4) In developed countries the following pattern tends to emerge: A) More males leave the countryside for heavily administration-oriented cities. B) A greater number of women migrate to urban places C) Unmarried females are less socially integrated D) There are 3 males for every 2 females in the cities 5) The higher incidence of crime in the city is most related to the following characteristic of urban populations: A) Age B) Income C) Race D) Ethnicity 6) In urban areas socioeconomic status is most frequently measured by _________. A) Income, education and occupation B) Family, national origin and religion C) Religion, race and ethnicity D) Schools, friends and group membership 7) Working class ethnic populations (ethnic villagers)_______________. A) Are socially and psychologically integrated into the city as a whole B) Have a strong sense of territory C) Are unlikely to know their next door neighbors D) Are not family oriented 8) “Big city urban sophisticates” would best describe what Gans referred to as “__________”. A) Cosmopolites B) Working class C) Urbanites D) Urban gentry 9) According to the text, the working class views the home as __________. A) An extension of one’s personality B) A place of show for consumer goods C) A place of comfort D) A status symbol representing one’s accomplishments in life 10) According to the text, the middle class frequently views housing ___________. A) As a place of refuge B) As a place of comfort C) As an extension of one’s personality D) As a money pit 11) Why is Wirth’s theory of social disorganization referred to as “deterministic theory”? A) Wirth believed that size, density and heterogeneity resulted from urbanism B) Wirth believed that size, density and heterogeneity automatically produced the characteristics associated with the urban way of life C) Wirth was determined that size, density and homogeneity explained social disorganization D) His research indicated that the city was composed of just one urban way of life 12) Lofland suggests we deal with strangers by ________. A) Identifying them on the basis of their appearance and spatial location in the city. B) Identifying them on their politics C) Identifying their code of behavior D) Avoidance behavior 13) Of the following, the best example of an urban code of behavior is _____________. A) Following the “rules of the road” B) Dating only within one’s neighborhood C) Being a “real neighbor” D) Establishing close community ties 14) Fischer suggests that persons who neighbor are likely to be ____________. A) Home during the day B) Older and more settled C) Raising a family D) All of the above 29) Today, the majority of Black migration is from ____________. A) Rural north to rural south B) Urban north to the midwest C) Rural south to rural north D) Urban north to urban (metro) south 30) Which of the following statements is true: A) The federal government has never encouraged racially restrictive neighborhoods. B) The federal government first ceased to encourage racially restrictive neighborhoods in 1918, following World War I. C) The federal government encouraged racially restrictive neighborhoods up until the 1968 Fair Housing Act. D) None of the above 31) A “restrictive covenant” is ___________. A) A mortgage lending institution’s design of an urban area as “high risk”, making it difficult to secure loans to purchase or improve property in that area. B) An unwritten practice of real estate agents that keeps minority buyers away from (or directs them to) certain neighborhoods. C) A document attached to a deed that legally prevents sale of the property to certain racial or ethnic minority groups. D) A legal document preventing racial or ethnic discrimination in the advertising and sale of real estate. 32) “Redlining” refers to______________. A) A mortgage lending institution’s designation of an urban area as “high risk”, making it difficult to secure loans to purchase or improve property in that area. B) An unwritten practice of real estate agents that keeps minority buyers away from (or directs them to) certain neighborhoods. C) Attaching to a deed, a document that legally prevents the sale of property to certain racial or ethnic minority groups. D) All of the above 33) “Steering” refers to __________________. A) A mortgage lending institution’s designation of an urban area as “high risk”, making it difficult to secure loans to purchase or improve property in that area. B) An unwritten practice of real estate agents that keeps minority buyers away from (or directs them to) certain neighborhoods. C) Attaching to a deed, a document that legally prevents sale of property to certain racial or ethnic minority groups. D) Legally preventing racial or ethnic discrimination in the advertising and sale of real estate. 34) In the Spike Lee video, “Do the Right Thing,” we saw a group of neighbors retaliate against a man perceived to be an “outsider” in the scene “Go back to Brooklyn.” This demonstrates which of the following concepts: A) Ethnocentrism B) Determinism C) The defended neighborhood D) Conscious Community 35) The 1968 Fair Housing Act___________. A) Provided for urban redevelopment B) Put the government into the housing business C) Declared racially restrictive covenants illegal D) Was designed to hold middle-class families in the city 36) After the presentation on “Little Haiti,” the class discussed which of the following concepts: A) Housing Inequality B) Immigration policy C) Food safety D) The meaning of ethnic enclaves 37) The presentation on the changes of St. Petersburg, Florida focused on: A) our perceptions of a rural and urban way of life B) community politics C) advances in technology D) ethical decisions regarding new growth 38) Sociologists consider women a minority because: A) of their smaller numbers B) they are less visible in public places C) they prefer to be considered as such D) of their subordinate status in society 39) According to the text, in the early 20th century progressive era, household ideology was ______________. A) “Shared domesticity” B) “Gender segregation” C) “Gender equality” D) “Uni-sex” 40) Which of the following is true of U.S. middle and upper class homes in the late 1800s? A) Physical spaces in the home came to be divided by age. B) Physical spaces in the home came to be identified by gender. C) Rooms were pretty much shared by all members of the family without regard to gender or age. D) There was no clear pattern associated with the use of physical space in the home. 41) The Irish, German, and Scandinavian are called ________. A) Old immigrants B) New immigrants C) Third wave immigrants D) Founding fathers 42) Why did WASP rural and small-town Americans react so negatively to U.S. cities at the beginning of the 20th century? A) Cities were contributing very little to the nation’s economy. B) Their children were leaving the farm for the big city lights. C) They were carrying foreword the beliefs of their ancestors. D) Cities were filled with “foreigners” and were regarded as centers of “rum, Romanism, and Rebellion”. 43) According to the text, arguments for excluding certain immigrants at the turn of the century were based on __________. A) Ethnicity B) Genetic inferiority C) The superiority of the American culture and its industrial strength D) All of the above