Sociology 101 Straighterline final exam (Complete)
What is sociology? - Answer the systematic study of human society
Anthropology (physical) - Answer Human origins/revolution
How does anthropology (physical) differ from sociology? - Answer Stresses biological
characteristics and behaviors rather than contemporary human life.
Anthropology (cultural) - Answer Cultural variations in time and space
How does anthropology (cultural) differ from sociology? - Answer Closest to sociology
Stresses on simple, non-literate cultures rather than contemporary industrialized
societies.
Psychology - Answer Individual human behavior
How does psychology differ from sociology? - Answer Studies individuals rather than
groups.
Economics - Answer Production, distributions and consumption of wealth.
How does economics differ from sociology? - Answer Wealth and resources
Only one aspect of sociology
Political science - Answer Government and politics
How does political science differ from sociology? - Answer Stresses political behavior
Only one aspect of sociology
Functionalist Perspective - Answer Society as a system
A system is to survive where certain essential tasks are performed.
If it fails to maintain it will perish
Benefits society in general by rewarding occupations vital to group welfare. The system
of rewards motivates competent people to sacrifice to become doctors and lawyers.
Conflict Perspective - Answer Society as a whole
Studying institutions and structural arrangements
Viewed as the exploitation of many while rewarding the few. Stratification is an unjust
system inflicted on society by those with power and wealth in order to maintain their
own interests.
Interactionist Perspective - Answer Human beings have the ability to communicate
with one another by means of symbols.
We act toward people, objects, and events on the basis of the meanings we impart to
them.
Interactionists are interested in the importance of social call with regard to an individuals
lifestyle. For example: Not only do the very rich buy more than they need or can use
, Sociology 101 Straighterline final exam (Complete)
(conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure) but many also try to keep the lower
class "away" or "under control"
Feminist Perspective - Answer Effects of inequities based on gender
Critical Theory - Answer Mass culture cannot be a true reflection of peoples beliefs,
tastes and values.
Sociological Imagination - Answer The ability to see the link between society and self
Socialization - Answer Lifelong process of social interaction by which people acquire
knowledge, values, attitudes, and behaviors
Agents of Scoialization - Answer a. Family
b. Peers
c. School
d. Workspace
e. Mass media
Culture - Answer Learned patterns of thinking, feeling and acting transmitted from one
generation to the next.
Totality of a complex whole.
Society - Answer Fairly large number of people who life independently in the same
region.
Participate in common culture.
Norms - Formal - Answer Behaviors that have been written down and specify strict
punishments for violators.
Norms - Informal - Answer Standards of behavior generally understood but not written
down.
Ex: manners, way people dress, greetings.
Norms - Folkways - Answer Norms governing everyday behavior
Ex: Customary rules of conduct but not vital to welfare of society.
Culture in flux - Answer Culture is not static, but always in flux, always changing.
Cultures - Answer 1. Values, beliefs, and attitudes (non-material culture)
2. Objects and power relations (material culture)*Should include
3. Ways of seeing the world (paradigms)
4. Relating to others (interaction styles)
Subcultures - Answer A segment of society that shares a distinctive pattern of values
that differ from the patter of larger society.
What is sociology? - Answer the systematic study of human society
Anthropology (physical) - Answer Human origins/revolution
How does anthropology (physical) differ from sociology? - Answer Stresses biological
characteristics and behaviors rather than contemporary human life.
Anthropology (cultural) - Answer Cultural variations in time and space
How does anthropology (cultural) differ from sociology? - Answer Closest to sociology
Stresses on simple, non-literate cultures rather than contemporary industrialized
societies.
Psychology - Answer Individual human behavior
How does psychology differ from sociology? - Answer Studies individuals rather than
groups.
Economics - Answer Production, distributions and consumption of wealth.
How does economics differ from sociology? - Answer Wealth and resources
Only one aspect of sociology
Political science - Answer Government and politics
How does political science differ from sociology? - Answer Stresses political behavior
Only one aspect of sociology
Functionalist Perspective - Answer Society as a system
A system is to survive where certain essential tasks are performed.
If it fails to maintain it will perish
Benefits society in general by rewarding occupations vital to group welfare. The system
of rewards motivates competent people to sacrifice to become doctors and lawyers.
Conflict Perspective - Answer Society as a whole
Studying institutions and structural arrangements
Viewed as the exploitation of many while rewarding the few. Stratification is an unjust
system inflicted on society by those with power and wealth in order to maintain their
own interests.
Interactionist Perspective - Answer Human beings have the ability to communicate
with one another by means of symbols.
We act toward people, objects, and events on the basis of the meanings we impart to
them.
Interactionists are interested in the importance of social call with regard to an individuals
lifestyle. For example: Not only do the very rich buy more than they need or can use
, Sociology 101 Straighterline final exam (Complete)
(conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure) but many also try to keep the lower
class "away" or "under control"
Feminist Perspective - Answer Effects of inequities based on gender
Critical Theory - Answer Mass culture cannot be a true reflection of peoples beliefs,
tastes and values.
Sociological Imagination - Answer The ability to see the link between society and self
Socialization - Answer Lifelong process of social interaction by which people acquire
knowledge, values, attitudes, and behaviors
Agents of Scoialization - Answer a. Family
b. Peers
c. School
d. Workspace
e. Mass media
Culture - Answer Learned patterns of thinking, feeling and acting transmitted from one
generation to the next.
Totality of a complex whole.
Society - Answer Fairly large number of people who life independently in the same
region.
Participate in common culture.
Norms - Formal - Answer Behaviors that have been written down and specify strict
punishments for violators.
Norms - Informal - Answer Standards of behavior generally understood but not written
down.
Ex: manners, way people dress, greetings.
Norms - Folkways - Answer Norms governing everyday behavior
Ex: Customary rules of conduct but not vital to welfare of society.
Culture in flux - Answer Culture is not static, but always in flux, always changing.
Cultures - Answer 1. Values, beliefs, and attitudes (non-material culture)
2. Objects and power relations (material culture)*Should include
3. Ways of seeing the world (paradigms)
4. Relating to others (interaction styles)
Subcultures - Answer A segment of society that shares a distinctive pattern of values
that differ from the patter of larger society.
