Sociology 101 Straighterline final exam
What is sociology - ANSWER the scientific study of social interactions and of social
organizations
What is the functionalist perspective? - ANSWER A system is to survive where
certain essential tasks are performed.
What happens to a functionalist system? - ANSWER If it fails to maintain it will
perish.
What is a conflict perspective? - ANSWER Conflict theorists focus their attention on
society as a whole, studying its institutions and structural arrangements.
What is the interactionist perspective? - ANSWER It is more concerned with the
micro or small-scale aspects of social life
Why would you use conflict, interactionist and functionalist perspectives together? -
ANSWER By using all perspectives for full advantages.
What is socialization? - ANSWER A process of social interaction by which people
acquire knowledge, attitudes, values and behavior essential for effective participation
in society.
What are agents of socialization? - ANSWER Family, peers, school and mass media
What is the sociological theory? - ANSWER A theory that emphasizes conditioning
and observational theory
What is culture? - ANSWER Refers to a social heritage of people learning patterns
for thinking, feeling and acting from one generation to the next.
What is society? - ANSWER Refer to a group of people within the same territory and
share a common culture.
What does it mean to be culture in flux? - ANSWER Culture groups adapt in dynamic
and unpredictable ways
Whats a subculture? - ANSWER Religious, racial, ethnic, occupational and age
groups.
What is a counterculture? - ANSWER Rejects many of the behavioral standards and
guideposts that hold in the dominant culture.
What is ethnocentrism? - ANSWER Judges the behavior of other groups by the
standards of our own culture
What is sociology - ANSWER the scientific study of social interactions and of social
organizations
What is the functionalist perspective? - ANSWER A system is to survive where
certain essential tasks are performed.
What happens to a functionalist system? - ANSWER If it fails to maintain it will
perish.
What is a conflict perspective? - ANSWER Conflict theorists focus their attention on
society as a whole, studying its institutions and structural arrangements.
What is the interactionist perspective? - ANSWER It is more concerned with the
micro or small-scale aspects of social life
Why would you use conflict, interactionist and functionalist perspectives together? -
ANSWER By using all perspectives for full advantages.
What is socialization? - ANSWER A process of social interaction by which people
acquire knowledge, attitudes, values and behavior essential for effective participation
in society.
What are agents of socialization? - ANSWER Family, peers, school and mass media
What is the sociological theory? - ANSWER A theory that emphasizes conditioning
and observational theory
What is culture? - ANSWER Refers to a social heritage of people learning patterns
for thinking, feeling and acting from one generation to the next.
What is society? - ANSWER Refer to a group of people within the same territory and
share a common culture.
What does it mean to be culture in flux? - ANSWER Culture groups adapt in dynamic
and unpredictable ways
Whats a subculture? - ANSWER Religious, racial, ethnic, occupational and age
groups.
What is a counterculture? - ANSWER Rejects many of the behavioral standards and
guideposts that hold in the dominant culture.
What is ethnocentrism? - ANSWER Judges the behavior of other groups by the
standards of our own culture
