SOCIOLOGY 100 EXAM 1 (CH. 1-5)
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
\.sociological imagination - ANSWERS✔-It's the ability to realize that there's a
greater social force in our lives that affects our decisions, behavior, and
experiences. / A vivid awareness that individual choices are actually influenced by
historical, structural and political forces.
\.What is the "task and promise" of the sociological imagination, according to
Mills? - ANSWERS✔-To grasp history and biography and the relations between the
two within society.
\.Difference between troubles and issues? - ANSWERS✔-Troubles are individual
problems
Issues are a public matter that deals with broader factors. It's when values that
are cherished by the public are threatened.
\.What is the social world model? - ANSWERS✔-Way of viewing society to be able
to study different levels of social units that interact with each other.
, \.Randal Collin's two core commitments of sociology - ANSWERS✔-The
sociological eye and social activism. (understanding how society operates and
actively participating in making it better)
\.Social issue at Duke University? - ANSWERS✔-The students realized the clothing
in the bookstore was being manufactured in sweatshops. They wanted to bring an
end to that, and they did.
\.What is the Social Justice League and what did they accomplish? - ANSWERS✔-
It's a student group to help make positive social change in the Bridgewater State
University campus and their community. Through "Tent City" they raised
awareness and money for homeless shelters. Also raised awareness about
sweatshops.
\.Theory - ANSWERS✔-Statements for why and how specific facts are related.
\.Evidence - ANSWERS✔-Support/proof/explanations for theories
\.Functionalism - ANSWERS✔-A major theoretical paradigm. Says society is a
whole unit made up of smaller parts that work together that make up a larger unit
(human body with organs that make up entire body)
\.Manifest - ANSWERS✔-intended funtions that contribute to society
\.Latent - ANSWERS✔-Unintended functions that go along with the manifest. (like
networking in college)
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
\.sociological imagination - ANSWERS✔-It's the ability to realize that there's a
greater social force in our lives that affects our decisions, behavior, and
experiences. / A vivid awareness that individual choices are actually influenced by
historical, structural and political forces.
\.What is the "task and promise" of the sociological imagination, according to
Mills? - ANSWERS✔-To grasp history and biography and the relations between the
two within society.
\.Difference between troubles and issues? - ANSWERS✔-Troubles are individual
problems
Issues are a public matter that deals with broader factors. It's when values that
are cherished by the public are threatened.
\.What is the social world model? - ANSWERS✔-Way of viewing society to be able
to study different levels of social units that interact with each other.
, \.Randal Collin's two core commitments of sociology - ANSWERS✔-The
sociological eye and social activism. (understanding how society operates and
actively participating in making it better)
\.Social issue at Duke University? - ANSWERS✔-The students realized the clothing
in the bookstore was being manufactured in sweatshops. They wanted to bring an
end to that, and they did.
\.What is the Social Justice League and what did they accomplish? - ANSWERS✔-
It's a student group to help make positive social change in the Bridgewater State
University campus and their community. Through "Tent City" they raised
awareness and money for homeless shelters. Also raised awareness about
sweatshops.
\.Theory - ANSWERS✔-Statements for why and how specific facts are related.
\.Evidence - ANSWERS✔-Support/proof/explanations for theories
\.Functionalism - ANSWERS✔-A major theoretical paradigm. Says society is a
whole unit made up of smaller parts that work together that make up a larger unit
(human body with organs that make up entire body)
\.Manifest - ANSWERS✔-intended funtions that contribute to society
\.Latent - ANSWERS✔-Unintended functions that go along with the manifest. (like
networking in college)
