WGU C273 PRE- ASSESSMENT INTRODUCTION TO
03/21/2026
SOCIOLOGY OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT EXAM
WGU C273 PRE- ASSESSMENT INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY OBJECTIVE
ASSESSMENT EXAM 2026 Q& A, Exams of Nursing NEW VERSION
What did Emile Durkheim's research on suicide reveal?
Suicide rates were higher in areas where an individual's ties to their group were disrupted or
distorted.
Which idea did Auguste Comte introduce to the field of sociology?
Positivism
Which sociological perspective assumes that social life is shaped by the meanings people associate with
things?
Symbolic interactionism
Which sociological perspective views society as being made up of groups competing for scarce
resources?
Conflict
Which ethical dilemma in sociological research does Laud Humphry's study on social interactions
between men in public restrooms highlight?
Misleading research subjects
3/21/2026
Sociologists must consider the potential physical and emotional risks that participants may be exposed
to during a research study.Which issue does this consideration address?
1
, WGU C273 PRE- ASSESSMENT INTRODUCTION TO
03/21/2026
SOCIOLOGY OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT EXAM
Ethical standards
What are sociologists practicing when they evaluate cultures without judging them?
Cultural relativism
A group of teachers teaching in the same neighborhood of Los Angeles meet regularly about family and
ethnicity issues they encounter in their daily work. What is this an example of?
Subculture
What role do a culture's values play in social interactions?
Values define a culture's standards for good and bad, beautiful and ugly, right and wrong.
How does the workplace act as an agent of socialization?
It is an environment where one can acquire new perspectives of the world.
According to studies of socialization through the "life course" in modern society, which group
characteristically grapples most with the question "Who am I?" and struggles to carve out a group
identity?
Adolescents, ages 13 to 17
Where do most people first encounter gender socialization?
3/21/2026
Family
2
03/21/2026
SOCIOLOGY OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT EXAM
WGU C273 PRE- ASSESSMENT INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY OBJECTIVE
ASSESSMENT EXAM 2026 Q& A, Exams of Nursing NEW VERSION
What did Emile Durkheim's research on suicide reveal?
Suicide rates were higher in areas where an individual's ties to their group were disrupted or
distorted.
Which idea did Auguste Comte introduce to the field of sociology?
Positivism
Which sociological perspective assumes that social life is shaped by the meanings people associate with
things?
Symbolic interactionism
Which sociological perspective views society as being made up of groups competing for scarce
resources?
Conflict
Which ethical dilemma in sociological research does Laud Humphry's study on social interactions
between men in public restrooms highlight?
Misleading research subjects
3/21/2026
Sociologists must consider the potential physical and emotional risks that participants may be exposed
to during a research study.Which issue does this consideration address?
1
, WGU C273 PRE- ASSESSMENT INTRODUCTION TO
03/21/2026
SOCIOLOGY OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT EXAM
Ethical standards
What are sociologists practicing when they evaluate cultures without judging them?
Cultural relativism
A group of teachers teaching in the same neighborhood of Los Angeles meet regularly about family and
ethnicity issues they encounter in their daily work. What is this an example of?
Subculture
What role do a culture's values play in social interactions?
Values define a culture's standards for good and bad, beautiful and ugly, right and wrong.
How does the workplace act as an agent of socialization?
It is an environment where one can acquire new perspectives of the world.
According to studies of socialization through the "life course" in modern society, which group
characteristically grapples most with the question "Who am I?" and struggles to carve out a group
identity?
Adolescents, ages 13 to 17
Where do most people first encounter gender socialization?
3/21/2026
Family
2
