SOCS 185 EXAM SCRIPT VERIFIED
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● ____ was the central concern of Durkheim's work in sociology.
Answer: the conflict between social classes
●● _____ refers to solidarity and cooperative interaction, often due to
shared values and interests.
Answer: Consensus
●● A _____ tries to explain an observation.
Answer: theory
●● a politician accepting a bribe that undermines his or her ability to
fairly or effectively govern is an example of social _____
Answer: dysfunction
●● According to Merton, phenomena are sometimes long-standing and
permanent, but they could also be
Answer: dysfunctions
, ●● another term for "sociological perspective" is
Answer: sociological imagination
●● Auguste Comte suggested that societies progressed through stages
Answer: metaphysical, positivist, theological
●● common sayings like "life is what you make of it" provide
Answer: no insight at all
●● Common sense can produce an array of..
Answer: contradictory claims
●● Comparing everday life to a play, the dramaturgical approach to
sociology was made popular by
Answer: Erving Goffman
●● concept of sociological imagination was developed by
Answer: C Wright Mills
●● Durkheim focused on
Answer: social solidarity
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● ____ was the central concern of Durkheim's work in sociology.
Answer: the conflict between social classes
●● _____ refers to solidarity and cooperative interaction, often due to
shared values and interests.
Answer: Consensus
●● A _____ tries to explain an observation.
Answer: theory
●● a politician accepting a bribe that undermines his or her ability to
fairly or effectively govern is an example of social _____
Answer: dysfunction
●● According to Merton, phenomena are sometimes long-standing and
permanent, but they could also be
Answer: dysfunctions
, ●● another term for "sociological perspective" is
Answer: sociological imagination
●● Auguste Comte suggested that societies progressed through stages
Answer: metaphysical, positivist, theological
●● common sayings like "life is what you make of it" provide
Answer: no insight at all
●● Common sense can produce an array of..
Answer: contradictory claims
●● Comparing everday life to a play, the dramaturgical approach to
sociology was made popular by
Answer: Erving Goffman
●● concept of sociological imagination was developed by
Answer: C Wright Mills
●● Durkheim focused on
Answer: social solidarity
