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CLEMSON SOCIOLOGY 2010 EXAM 1-
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QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
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Sociology h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
study h h of h h groups h h and h h group h h interactions h h (both h h small h h and h h large)



Society h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
a h h group h h of h h people h h who h h live h h in h h a h h defined h h geographic h h area, h h who h h interact h h with
h h one h h another, h h a hhnd h h who h h share h h a h h common h h culture




Micro-level h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -small h h groups h h and h h individual h h interactions



Macro-level h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -large h h groups h h and h h societies



Sociological h h imagination h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
an h h awareness h h of h h the h h relationship h h between h h a h h person's h h behavior h h and h h experience
h h and h h the h h wid hher h h culture h h that h h shaped h h the h h person's h h choices h h and h h perceptions




Reification h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
an h h error h h of h h treating h h an h h abstract h h concept h h as h h though h h it h h has h h a h h real, h h material
h h existence




Figuration h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
the h h process h h of h h simultaneously h h analyzing h h the h h behavior h h of h h individuals h h and h h the
h h society h h that h h sha hhpes h h that h h behavior




Auguste h h Comte h h (1798-1857) h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h --
believed h h in h h the h h potential h h of h h social h h scientists h h to h h work h h toward h h the h h betterment
h h of h h society



-named h h the h h scientific h h study h h of h h social h h patterns h h positivism

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described h h his h h philosophy h h in h h a h h series h h of h h books h h called h h The h h Course h h in h h Positive
h h Philosophy h h (1830


-1842) h h and h h A h h General h h View h h of h h Positivism h h (1848)

, Harriet h h Martineau h h (1802-1876) h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h --first h h woman h h sociologist

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first h h to h h translate h h Comte's h h writing h h from h h French h h to h h English h h and h h thereby
h h introduced h h sociology h h t hho h h English-speaking h h scholars



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thought h h capitalism h h contradicted h h the h h moral h h values h h of h h Americans h h (exploited
h h workers, h h greedy h h b hhusiness h h owners h h etc.)




Karl h h Marx h h (1818-1883) h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h --German h h philosopher h h and
h h economist



-coauthored h h the h h Communist h h Manifesto h h with h h Friedrich h h Engels h h (1820-1895)

-rejected h h positivism

-believed h h that h h social h h conflict h h leads h h to h h change



Herbert h h Spencer h h (1820-1903) h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h --
English h h philosopher h h Herbert h h Spencer h h published h h The h h Study h h of h h Sociology, h h the h h first
h h book h h with h h t hhhe h h term h h "sociology"



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rejected h h much h h of h h Comte's h h philosophy h h as h h well h h as h h Marx's h h theory h h of h h class
h h struggle h h and h h his h h sup hhport h h of h h communism



-supported h h government h h that h h allowed h h market h h forces h h to h h control h h capitalism



Georg h h Simmel h h (1858-1918) h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h --German h h art h h critic

-wrote h h widely h h on h h social h h and h h political h h issues

-anti-positivism h h stance

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addressed h h topics h h such h h as h h social h h conflict, h h the h h function h h of h h money, h h individual
h h identity h h in h h city h h lif hhe, h h and h h the h h European h h fear h h of h h outsiders



-work h h focused h h on h h the h h micro-level h h theories