SOC 1301 Certification Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

Sociology - The system of study of the ways in which people are affected by, and affect, the social structures and social processes that are associated with the groups, organizations, cultures, societies, and world in which they exist. Globalization - The increasing fluidity of global flows and the structures that expedite and impede those flows. (Expedite: make (action, process) happen sooner or accomplish more quickly) Impede: delay or prevent) Consumption - The process by which people obtain and utilize goods and services (utilize: make practical and effective use of) McDonaldization - The process by which the rational principles of the fast-food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of society and more societies throughout the world (rational: base on or accordance with reason of logic) (dominate: having a commanding influence on, control over)