GCU SOC102 FINAL EXAM 2025 WITH 140 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
- Which of the following would be considered a cultural universal?
school a family family movie theater
- If a new religious movement emphasizes community gatherings and
shared rituals, which of Durkheim's elements of religion does this exemplify?
individual beliefs sacred texts ceremonies moral community
- What are the three main components of Durkheim's 'Elements of
Religion'?
rituals, ceremonies, moral community values, norms, roles symbols, myths, traditions beliefs, practices, institutions
- The sum total of learned beliefs, values, and customs that direct the 1 / 4
behavior of members of a particular society is referred to as:
a consumption community 2 / 4
a subculture of consumption culture core values
5. "Significant others" is:
George Herbert Mead's term for altering the presentation of the self in order to create distinctive appearances and satisfy particular audiences Charles Horton Cooley's term for the child's awareness of the attitudes, viewpoints, and expectations of society as a whole George Herbert Mead's term for the sum total of people's conscious perception of their identity as distinct from others George Herbert Mead's term for those individuals who are most important in the development of the self
- Anthropologist George Murdock compiled a list of over seventy
categories that included appearance (such as bodily adornment and hairstyles), activities (such as sports, dancing, games, joking, and visiting), and social institutions (such as family, law, and religion), and the customary practices (such as cooking, folklore, gift giving, and
hospitality). These are all examples of:
ethnocentrism cultural universals values folkways
- What trend is observed regarding divorce rates in relation to the number
of marriages?
Divorce rates are unrelated to the number of marriages 3 / 4
Divorce rates remain constant regardless of marriage number Divorce rates decrease with each marriage Divorce rates increase with each marriage
- How does Edwin Sutherland's concept of group association contribute to
our understanding of deviance in society?
Group association is irrelevant to sociological theories.Group association influences individuals' behaviors and norms, leading to deviance.Group association has no impact on individual behavior.Group association only affects criminal behavior, not deviance.
- If a sociologist were to study the impact of divorce rates on family
structures, what hypothesis might they propose based on the trend of increasing divorce rates with each marriage?
Higher divorce rates lead to more single-parent households.Higher divorce rates decrease the number of marriages overall.Higher divorce rates result in stronger family units.Higher divorce rates have no effect on family structures.
- Societies based on close personal relationships of small groups and
communities are:
global societies Gesellschaft (large scale society) Gemeinschaft folk societies
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