Sociology Midterm Exam (Chapters 1-5)
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Questions & Answers
Sociology - Correct answer The scientific study of human social life, groups and
societies.
Social Facts - Correct answer The aspects of social life that shape our actions as
individuals
Organic solidarity - Correct answer The social cohesion that results from the various
parts of a society functioning as an integrated whole.
Social constraint - Correct answer The conditioning influence on our behavior of the
groups and societies of which we are members
Anomie - Correct answer referring to a situation in which social norms lose their hold
over individual behavior..... When an individual goes astray
,Materialist conception of history - Correct answer develped by Karl Marx, according to
which material or economic factors have a prime role in determining historical change.
capitalism - Correct answer An economic system based on private ownership of
wealth, which is invested and reinvested in order to produce profit.
Social imagination - Correct answer The application of imagnative thought to the
asking and answering of sociological questions
Structuration - Correct answer The two way process by which we shape our social
world through individual actions and by which we are reshaped by society
Natural Science - Correct answer Study of physical features, nature and the ways they
interact and change
Social Science - Correct answer The study of social features of humans and the ways
they interact and change.
, Theory - Correct answer set of statements that seek to explain problems, actions or
behaviors.
symbolic interactionism - Correct answer (G.H Mead) emphasizes the role of symbols
and language as core elements of all human interaction.
Symbol - Correct answer One item used to stand for or represent another.
functionalism - Correct answer the notion that social events can best be explained in
terms of the functions they perform- that is the contributions they make to the
community of a society.
manifest functions - Correct answer the functions of a particular social activity that
are known to and intended by the individuals involved in the activity
latent functions - Correct answer Functional consequences that are not intended or
recognized by the members of a social system in which they occur
(Latest )100% Correct
Questions & Answers
Sociology - Correct answer The scientific study of human social life, groups and
societies.
Social Facts - Correct answer The aspects of social life that shape our actions as
individuals
Organic solidarity - Correct answer The social cohesion that results from the various
parts of a society functioning as an integrated whole.
Social constraint - Correct answer The conditioning influence on our behavior of the
groups and societies of which we are members
Anomie - Correct answer referring to a situation in which social norms lose their hold
over individual behavior..... When an individual goes astray
,Materialist conception of history - Correct answer develped by Karl Marx, according to
which material or economic factors have a prime role in determining historical change.
capitalism - Correct answer An economic system based on private ownership of
wealth, which is invested and reinvested in order to produce profit.
Social imagination - Correct answer The application of imagnative thought to the
asking and answering of sociological questions
Structuration - Correct answer The two way process by which we shape our social
world through individual actions and by which we are reshaped by society
Natural Science - Correct answer Study of physical features, nature and the ways they
interact and change
Social Science - Correct answer The study of social features of humans and the ways
they interact and change.
, Theory - Correct answer set of statements that seek to explain problems, actions or
behaviors.
symbolic interactionism - Correct answer (G.H Mead) emphasizes the role of symbols
and language as core elements of all human interaction.
Symbol - Correct answer One item used to stand for or represent another.
functionalism - Correct answer the notion that social events can best be explained in
terms of the functions they perform- that is the contributions they make to the
community of a society.
manifest functions - Correct answer the functions of a particular social activity that
are known to and intended by the individuals involved in the activity
latent functions - Correct answer Functional consequences that are not intended or
recognized by the members of a social system in which they occur
