Sociology 101 Straighter line final exam WGU C273
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1. What is sociology: the scientific study of social interactions and of social orga- nizations
2. What is the functionalist perspective?: A system is to survive where certain essential
tasks are performed.
3. What happens to a functionalist system?: If it fails to maintain it will perish.
4. What is a conflict perspective?: Conflict theorists focus their attention on soci- ety as a
whole, studying its institutions and structural arrangements.
5. What is the interactionist perspective?: It is more concerned with the micro or small-
scale aspects of social life
6. Why would you use conflict, interactionist and functionalist perspectives together?:
By using all perspectives for full advantages.
7. What is socialization?: A process of social interaction by which people acquire
knowledge, attitudes, values and behavior essential for effective participation in society.
8. What are agents of socialization?: Family, peers, school and mass media
9. What is the sociological theory?: A theory that emphasizes conditioning and
observational theory
10. What is culture?: Refers to a social heritage of people learning patterns for thinking,
feeling and acting from one generation to the next.
11. What is society?: Refer to a group of people within the same territory and share a common
culture.
12. What does it mean to be culture in flux?: Culture groups adapt in dynamic and
unpredictable ways
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, 13. Whats a subculture?: Religious, racial, ethnic, occupational and age groups.
14. What is a counterculture?: Rejects many of the behavioral standards and
guideposts that hold in the dominant culture.
15. What is ethnocentrism?: Judges the behavior of other groups by the standards of our own
culture
16. What is a 'status': A position within a group or society
17. What is a 'role': A status carried with a set of culturally defined right and duties
18. What are social structures?: roles, statuses, groups and institutions.
19. What are family structures?: A way in which we define the family determines the kinds
of family we consider to be normal or deviant.
20. What would be considered challenges to a family?: Incest, family violence and child
abuse.
21. Define government: Political process that have to do with authoritative formu- lating of
rules and policies.
22. What is totalitarianism: Government takes control of all part of the society and all
aspects of social life.
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Questions and Answers 100% Verified
1. What is sociology: the scientific study of social interactions and of social orga- nizations
2. What is the functionalist perspective?: A system is to survive where certain essential
tasks are performed.
3. What happens to a functionalist system?: If it fails to maintain it will perish.
4. What is a conflict perspective?: Conflict theorists focus their attention on soci- ety as a
whole, studying its institutions and structural arrangements.
5. What is the interactionist perspective?: It is more concerned with the micro or small-
scale aspects of social life
6. Why would you use conflict, interactionist and functionalist perspectives together?:
By using all perspectives for full advantages.
7. What is socialization?: A process of social interaction by which people acquire
knowledge, attitudes, values and behavior essential for effective participation in society.
8. What are agents of socialization?: Family, peers, school and mass media
9. What is the sociological theory?: A theory that emphasizes conditioning and
observational theory
10. What is culture?: Refers to a social heritage of people learning patterns for thinking,
feeling and acting from one generation to the next.
11. What is society?: Refer to a group of people within the same territory and share a common
culture.
12. What does it mean to be culture in flux?: Culture groups adapt in dynamic and
unpredictable ways
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, 13. Whats a subculture?: Religious, racial, ethnic, occupational and age groups.
14. What is a counterculture?: Rejects many of the behavioral standards and
guideposts that hold in the dominant culture.
15. What is ethnocentrism?: Judges the behavior of other groups by the standards of our own
culture
16. What is a 'status': A position within a group or society
17. What is a 'role': A status carried with a set of culturally defined right and duties
18. What are social structures?: roles, statuses, groups and institutions.
19. What are family structures?: A way in which we define the family determines the kinds
of family we consider to be normal or deviant.
20. What would be considered challenges to a family?: Incest, family violence and child
abuse.
21. Define government: Political process that have to do with authoritative formu- lating of
rules and policies.
22. What is totalitarianism: Government takes control of all part of the society and all
aspects of social life.
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