1st Day Student Survey

Introduction to Sociology: Professor John Rice

1. Sex◦ Male (M)◦ Female (F)

2. Race◦ White (W)◦ Black (B)◦ Hispanic (H)◦ Native American (N)

3. Political Affiliation◦ Democrat (D)◦ Republican (R)◦ Independent (I)

4. Religion◦ Protestant (P)◦ Catholic (C)◦ Jewish (J)◦ Other (O)

Demographic Questions

5. I plan to get married someday. (True/False)

6. I want to love the person I marry. (T/F)

7. I would like to have 4 or more children. (T/F)

8. I would like to have 2, maybe 3, children. (T/F)

9. I would like to have 1 child. (T/F)

10. I do not want to have children. (T/F)

Attitudinal/Opinion Questions

11. People are born with the personality they will have throughout their lives. (T/F)

12. Society doesn’t really have much impact on what people are like. (T/F)

13. The richest 20% of Americans own 80% of all the private wealth in the country. (T/F)

14. It doesn’t really matter what your background is; everyone can succeed if they just work hard. (T/F)

15. A female college professor will make the same amount of $ over the course of her career as her male colleagues. (T/F)

Attitudinal/Opinion Questions

16. Religion is primarily a source of social stability, rather than social change. (T/F)

17. There is no real conflict between religious and scientific ways of understanding. (T/F)

18. There is no real conflict between a religious world view and the profit motive in business. (T/F)

19. Criminals are born, not made. (T/F)

20. Some actions/behaviors are just considered wrong by all people, and always have been. (T/F)

21. Crime is always a bad thing, and can and must be eliminated. (T/F)

Attitudinal/Opinion Questions

23. Men and women are different in their behaviors mainly because of their biological differences. (T/F)

24. Northeastern states have the highest divorce rates. (T/F)

25. The divorce rate in the United States is 1:2 (50% end in divorce). (T/F)

Attitudinal/Opinion Questions