SOCIOLOGY EXAM CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION EXAMS SOLVED QUESTIONS
STUDY GUIDE GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ Please define C. Wright Mill's sociological imagination. Answer:
How individuals understand their own and others' pasts in relation to
history and social structure.
◉ ____ believed that societies grew and changed as a result of the
struggles of different social classes over the means of production and
greatly favored ____. Answer: Karl Marx; Communism
◉ A hypothesis can be defined as: Answer: A testable proposition
◉ After weeks of protest in Zuccotti Park, NYC's "Occupy Wall
Street" divided into two camps: one composed of higher income
protestors, and one composed of lower-income protesters. A ______
would be most interested in the relationship and nature of day-to- day
exchanges between the two groups. Answer: Symbolic interactionist
◉ Which theorist claimed that people rise to their proper level in
society based solely on their belief in a meritocracy? Answer: Émile
Durkheim
, ◉ Which of the following men coined the term positivism, and is
widely considered the father of sociology? Answer: Auguste Comte
◉ A paradigm can be defined as: Answer: Philosophical and
theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories,
generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them.
◉ ____ view society as a structure with interrelated parts designed to
meet the biological and social needs of individuals who make up that
society. Answer: structural Functionalists
◉ Alexis wants to research the 1960's feminist movement. She reads
articles from the time period, watches documentaries, reads scholarly
journals on the topic, and interviews influential women from the
movement. What kind of research method is Alexis using? Answer:
Secondary data analysis
◉ The term interpretive framework can be defined as: Answer: A
sociological research approach that seeks in-depth understanding of a
topic or subject through observation or interaction; this approach is
not based on hypothesis testing.
◉ Thomas wants to better understand the trends in literacy rates in
Baltimore city over the past 50 years using Baltimore city data. What
type of research should Thomas conduct? Answer: Secondary data
analysis
EVALUATION EXAMS SOLVED QUESTIONS
STUDY GUIDE GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ Please define C. Wright Mill's sociological imagination. Answer:
How individuals understand their own and others' pasts in relation to
history and social structure.
◉ ____ believed that societies grew and changed as a result of the
struggles of different social classes over the means of production and
greatly favored ____. Answer: Karl Marx; Communism
◉ A hypothesis can be defined as: Answer: A testable proposition
◉ After weeks of protest in Zuccotti Park, NYC's "Occupy Wall
Street" divided into two camps: one composed of higher income
protestors, and one composed of lower-income protesters. A ______
would be most interested in the relationship and nature of day-to- day
exchanges between the two groups. Answer: Symbolic interactionist
◉ Which theorist claimed that people rise to their proper level in
society based solely on their belief in a meritocracy? Answer: Émile
Durkheim
, ◉ Which of the following men coined the term positivism, and is
widely considered the father of sociology? Answer: Auguste Comte
◉ A paradigm can be defined as: Answer: Philosophical and
theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories,
generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them.
◉ ____ view society as a structure with interrelated parts designed to
meet the biological and social needs of individuals who make up that
society. Answer: structural Functionalists
◉ Alexis wants to research the 1960's feminist movement. She reads
articles from the time period, watches documentaries, reads scholarly
journals on the topic, and interviews influential women from the
movement. What kind of research method is Alexis using? Answer:
Secondary data analysis
◉ The term interpretive framework can be defined as: Answer: A
sociological research approach that seeks in-depth understanding of a
topic or subject through observation or interaction; this approach is
not based on hypothesis testing.
◉ Thomas wants to better understand the trends in literacy rates in
Baltimore city over the past 50 years using Baltimore city data. What
type of research should Thomas conduct? Answer: Secondary data
analysis
