Name:____________________________________ Period:________________ Date:_________
SOC CH 3 REVIEW
Match each item in the left column with its description in the right column.
Write the letter of the correct description in the space provided.
______ 1. self-fulfillment
______ 2. norms
f. American value suggested by sociologist James M.
Henslin
______ 3. narcissism
______ 4. positive sanction
g. process by which a norm becomes a part of an
individual’s personality
______ 5. personal achievement
______ 6. freedom
______ 7. sanction
______ 8. formal sanction
______ 9. efficiency and practicality
______10. equality and democracy
h. American value that includes a belief in personal
choice and little direct government interference in
daily life
i. American value that includes leisure, physical
fitness, and youthfulness
j. enforced by internalization and sanctions
______11. negative sanction
______12. self-control
k. American value often measured in terms of power
and wealth
______13. progress and material comfort
______14. internalization
l. principal means of social control in all societies,
which is learned through internalization of norms
______15. education
m. extreme self-centeredness
a. American value that goes handin- hand with the
belief in the ability of science to make the world a
better place
b. reward or punishment used to
enforce conformity to norms
c. American belief that citizens have the
right to participate freely in choosing
their representatives in government
d. American value reflected in the belief
that every problem has a solution
e. a parent’s praise of a child for good behavior, for
example
n. reward or punishment given by an organization or
regulatory agency, such as schools, businesses, or
government
o. frowns, ridicule, or imprisonment, for example
Name:____________________________________ Period:________________ Date:_________
______ 16. A system of beliefs or ideas that justifies the
social, moral, religious, political, or economic interests
held by a group or by society is called
a. diffusion.
b. cultural lag.
c. ideology.
d. social movement.
______ 23. The recognition of new uses
for existing elements in the world or a new
understanding of these elements is called
a. assimilation.
b. invention.
c. technology.
d. discovery.
______ 17. Ideologies are often spread through
a. social movements.
b. values.
c. beliefs.
d. technology.
______ 24. Cultural lag occurs because
a. culture traits spread rapidly from one society to
another.
b. not everyone internalizes the existing norms of
society to the same degree.
c. some aspects of society change less rapidly than
other aspects.
d. the size of the population is constantly changing.
______ 18. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is an
example of social change brought about by
a. new technology.
b. the civil rights movement.
c. a population shift.
d. wars and conquests.
______ 19. Changes in population can result in any of
the following EXCEPT
a. need for specialized services.
b. increased demand for resources.
c. increases or decreases in the economy.
d. cultural lag.
______ 20. Today, mass transportation and instant
communication through radio, television, telephone, and
the Internet result in constant
a. resistance to change.
b. cultural lag.
c. diffusion.
d. ethnocentrism.
______ 21. People may resist cultural change for any of
the following reasons EXCEPT
a. ethnocentrism.
b. reformulation.
c. cultural lag.
d. vested interests.
______ 22. The “Buy American” campaign was an
example of
a. ethnocentrism.
b. cultural lag.
c. diffusion.
d. reformulation.
______ 25. Negative sanctions are
a. punishments or threats of punishment used to enforce
conformity to norms.
b. events such as tornadoes, floods, and earthquakes
that bring about rapid change.
c. ways of resisting social change.
d. values and beliefs that run counter to traditional
American values and beliefs.
______ 26. Sanctions that take the form of reward are
called
a. negative sanctions.
b. positive sanctions.
c. social sanctions.
d. formal sanctions.
______ 27. All of the following are sources
of resistance to social change except
a. vested interests.
b. ethnocentrism.
c. cultural lag.
d. wars and conquests.
______ 28. The source of social change involving
natural disasters is
a. the population.
b. wars and conquests.
c. technology.
d. the physical environment.