Sociology 101 Straighterline final exam
Define government - ANS-Political process that have to do with authoritative formulating of rules
and policies.
\What are agents of socialization? - ANS-Family, peers, school and mass media
\What are family structures? - ANS-A way in which we define the family determines the kinds of
family we consider to be normal or deviant.
\What are social structures? - ANS-roles, statuses, groups and institutions.
\What are the types social movements - ANS-Ideology, revolutionary, reform, resistance and
expressive movements
\What defines a minority group - ANS-racial and ethnic of groups are often minority groups.
minority groups lack power
\What does education do - ANS-Transmission of particular attitudes, knowledge and skills to the
members of a society through formal and systematic training.
\What does it mean to be culture in flux? - ANS-Culture groups adapt in dynamic and
unpredictable ways
\What happens to a functionalist system? - ANS-If it fails to maintain it will perish.
\What is a 'role' - ANS-A status carried with a set of culturally defined right and duties
\What is a 'status' - ANS-A position within a group or society
\What is a capitalist economy? - ANS-Government oversees and sets parameters for the
economy
\What is a conflict perspective? - ANS-Conflict theorists focus their attention on society as a
whole, studying its institutions and structural arrangements.
\What is a counterculture? - ANS-Rejects many of the behavioral standards and guideposts that
hold in the dominant culture.
\What is a political party? - ANS-organization designed to gain control of the government by
putting its people in public office
\What is a political system? - ANS-Political parties, interest group and mass media
\What is a quantitative research method - ANS-including discussion of surveys, pre/post
designs, pre-existing data, pilot studies, and experiments as well as examples
\What is a social movement by definition - ANS-People influence the course of human events
through formal organizations.
\What is a socialist economy? - ANS-Government directly controls the economy
\What is an interest group? - ANS-organization of people who share common concerns or points
of view
\What is authoritarianism - ANS-A political system in which government tolerates little or no
opposition to its rule but permits nongovernmental center of influence
\What is collective behavior - ANS-Not organized in terms of being established norms and
institutionalized lines of action
\What is culture? - ANS-Refers to a social heritage of people learning patterns for thinking,
feeling and acting from one generation to the next.
Define government - ANS-Political process that have to do with authoritative formulating of rules
and policies.
\What are agents of socialization? - ANS-Family, peers, school and mass media
\What are family structures? - ANS-A way in which we define the family determines the kinds of
family we consider to be normal or deviant.
\What are social structures? - ANS-roles, statuses, groups and institutions.
\What are the types social movements - ANS-Ideology, revolutionary, reform, resistance and
expressive movements
\What defines a minority group - ANS-racial and ethnic of groups are often minority groups.
minority groups lack power
\What does education do - ANS-Transmission of particular attitudes, knowledge and skills to the
members of a society through formal and systematic training.
\What does it mean to be culture in flux? - ANS-Culture groups adapt in dynamic and
unpredictable ways
\What happens to a functionalist system? - ANS-If it fails to maintain it will perish.
\What is a 'role' - ANS-A status carried with a set of culturally defined right and duties
\What is a 'status' - ANS-A position within a group or society
\What is a capitalist economy? - ANS-Government oversees and sets parameters for the
economy
\What is a conflict perspective? - ANS-Conflict theorists focus their attention on society as a
whole, studying its institutions and structural arrangements.
\What is a counterculture? - ANS-Rejects many of the behavioral standards and guideposts that
hold in the dominant culture.
\What is a political party? - ANS-organization designed to gain control of the government by
putting its people in public office
\What is a political system? - ANS-Political parties, interest group and mass media
\What is a quantitative research method - ANS-including discussion of surveys, pre/post
designs, pre-existing data, pilot studies, and experiments as well as examples
\What is a social movement by definition - ANS-People influence the course of human events
through formal organizations.
\What is a socialist economy? - ANS-Government directly controls the economy
\What is an interest group? - ANS-organization of people who share common concerns or points
of view
\What is authoritarianism - ANS-A political system in which government tolerates little or no
opposition to its rule but permits nongovernmental center of influence
\What is collective behavior - ANS-Not organized in terms of being established norms and
institutionalized lines of action
\What is culture? - ANS-Refers to a social heritage of people learning patterns for thinking,
feeling and acting from one generation to the next.
