Soc 200 Chapter 1 Actual Exam Questions With Detailed Answers

SOC 200 CHAPTER 1 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
ANSWERS

Question 1.
After weeks of protests 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.

Correct Answer: Symbolic Interactionist


Question 2.
Jeremy wrote an essay the college admissions arguing that heavy tion and limited
educational sources make admission cult for the average Which perspective my's
argument fall

Correct Answer: criticizing Conflict Theory process, competirediffistudent. would
Jereunder?


Question 3.
Qualitative sociology fined as:

Correct Answer: can be de- In-depth interviews, focus groups, and/pr analysis of
content sources as the source of its data


Question 4.
____ believed that and changed as a the struggles of different classes over the means
duction and greatly

Correct Answer: societies grew Karl Marx; Communism result of social of
profavored ____.


Question 5.
What approach is understand what's deviant within a society?

Correct Answer: often used to Constructivism defined as


Question 6.
Which of the following men coined the term positivism, and is widely considered the father
of sociology?

Correct Answer: Auguste Comte