Sociology Exam #2 Brent Ur Blinn
College Exam Q&A 100% Pass
Resocialization - ✔✔The Process of altering or replacing an existing role.
(Inception, Extreme Conditions, Trauma)
2 institutions that have mastered Resocialization - ✔✔Military & Prison
Brainwashing - ✔✔Reprogramming an identity completely. THIS IS BULLSHIT
Society - ✔✔A system of social interactions that includes culture and
institutions.
Social Interaction - ✔✔Behavior between 2 or more people that is given
meaning.
Macro-Analysis - ✔✔Large scale approach to studying societal patterns (Ex:
War)
Micro-Analysis - ✔✔Small scale approach to studying societal patterns (Ex:
Divorce)
Social Institution - ✔✔An established and organized system of behavior with a
designated purpose.
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, The fuctions of a social insititution - ✔✔Socialize new members | Produce and
distribute some kind of good/service | Replace members | Maintain stability |
Provide a sense of purpose
Social Structure - ✔✔Combinations of relationships and solutions that compose
society
Collective Consciousness - ✔✔Collection of beliefs binding individuals together
by giving them a sense of purpose.
Mechanical Solidarity - ✔✔All doing the same job, all in it together
Organic Solidarity - ✔✔Depending on someone else to do their job so you can
do your job.
Preindustrial Society - ✔✔Most important resource is land. Dawn of man ->
1800's (Foraging, Pastoral, Horticultural, Agricultural)
Preindustrialists - ✔✔Economic System = Barter & Trade
Horticultural - ✔✔Begin to domesticate plants.
Agricultural - ✔✔We have mastered the land and animals. (arrogant)
Industrial - ✔✔The land is no longer the most important resource, it is now the
machine.
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©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
College Exam Q&A 100% Pass
Resocialization - ✔✔The Process of altering or replacing an existing role.
(Inception, Extreme Conditions, Trauma)
2 institutions that have mastered Resocialization - ✔✔Military & Prison
Brainwashing - ✔✔Reprogramming an identity completely. THIS IS BULLSHIT
Society - ✔✔A system of social interactions that includes culture and
institutions.
Social Interaction - ✔✔Behavior between 2 or more people that is given
meaning.
Macro-Analysis - ✔✔Large scale approach to studying societal patterns (Ex:
War)
Micro-Analysis - ✔✔Small scale approach to studying societal patterns (Ex:
Divorce)
Social Institution - ✔✔An established and organized system of behavior with a
designated purpose.
1|Page
©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
, The fuctions of a social insititution - ✔✔Socialize new members | Produce and
distribute some kind of good/service | Replace members | Maintain stability |
Provide a sense of purpose
Social Structure - ✔✔Combinations of relationships and solutions that compose
society
Collective Consciousness - ✔✔Collection of beliefs binding individuals together
by giving them a sense of purpose.
Mechanical Solidarity - ✔✔All doing the same job, all in it together
Organic Solidarity - ✔✔Depending on someone else to do their job so you can
do your job.
Preindustrial Society - ✔✔Most important resource is land. Dawn of man ->
1800's (Foraging, Pastoral, Horticultural, Agricultural)
Preindustrialists - ✔✔Economic System = Barter & Trade
Horticultural - ✔✔Begin to domesticate plants.
Agricultural - ✔✔We have mastered the land and animals. (arrogant)
Industrial - ✔✔The land is no longer the most important resource, it is now the
machine.
2|Page
©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
