GVSU SOC 105 Exam 1 Review Guide –
Campbell correctly answered to pass
Social Problem - correct answer ✔✔any condition or behavior that has negative consequences
for large numbers of people and that is generally recognized as a condition or behavior that
needs to be addressed
society - correct answer ✔✔A community of people who share a common culture
Sociology - correct answer ✔✔the social study of human society
marginalized - correct answer ✔✔occurs when certain groups of people get denied access to
areas of society
social structure - correct answer ✔✔a pattern of organized relationships among groups of
people within a society
institution - correct answer ✔✔a system for organizing standardized patterns of social behavior
social movement - correct answer ✔✔a persistent and organized effort involving the
mobilization of large numbers of people to work together to either bring about what they
believe to be beneficial social change or resist or reverse what they believe to be harmful social
change
social constructionism - correct answer ✔✔observes how the interactions of individuals with
their society and the world around them gives meaning to otherwise worthless things and
creates the reality of the society.
, fixed mindset vs. growth mindset - correct answer ✔✔fixed mindset = intelligence is biologically
set and unchanging
growth mindset = intelligence is changeable if you learn more
Objective vs. Subjective - correct answer ✔✔impersonal, unemotional vs. personal, emotional
Empathy (social awareness) - correct answer ✔✔a person's ability to understand how others
are feeling even without being explicitly told
Melinda is researching the effects that sex, gender, race, and income have on educational
attainment. Melinda's research is focusing on ______. - correct answer ✔✔intersectionality
The sociological imagination was derived from which social theorist? - correct answer ✔✔C.
Wright Mills
Which of the following is a function of the family? - correct answer ✔✔support
Joseph R. Gusfield's examination of middle-class evangelical protestant's attempts to preserve
their own culture by outlawing alcohol illustrates the _______. - correct answer ✔✔importance
of political power in maintaining class position
t/f To be considered a social problem, conditions, events, or behaviors that occur must cause
global harm. - correct answer ✔✔False
Sociologists engage a local university in implementing a community garden, as well as tutoring
and mentoring services after surveying a local impoverished neighborhood. This is an example
of _____. - correct answer ✔✔service sociology
Campbell correctly answered to pass
Social Problem - correct answer ✔✔any condition or behavior that has negative consequences
for large numbers of people and that is generally recognized as a condition or behavior that
needs to be addressed
society - correct answer ✔✔A community of people who share a common culture
Sociology - correct answer ✔✔the social study of human society
marginalized - correct answer ✔✔occurs when certain groups of people get denied access to
areas of society
social structure - correct answer ✔✔a pattern of organized relationships among groups of
people within a society
institution - correct answer ✔✔a system for organizing standardized patterns of social behavior
social movement - correct answer ✔✔a persistent and organized effort involving the
mobilization of large numbers of people to work together to either bring about what they
believe to be beneficial social change or resist or reverse what they believe to be harmful social
change
social constructionism - correct answer ✔✔observes how the interactions of individuals with
their society and the world around them gives meaning to otherwise worthless things and
creates the reality of the society.
, fixed mindset vs. growth mindset - correct answer ✔✔fixed mindset = intelligence is biologically
set and unchanging
growth mindset = intelligence is changeable if you learn more
Objective vs. Subjective - correct answer ✔✔impersonal, unemotional vs. personal, emotional
Empathy (social awareness) - correct answer ✔✔a person's ability to understand how others
are feeling even without being explicitly told
Melinda is researching the effects that sex, gender, race, and income have on educational
attainment. Melinda's research is focusing on ______. - correct answer ✔✔intersectionality
The sociological imagination was derived from which social theorist? - correct answer ✔✔C.
Wright Mills
Which of the following is a function of the family? - correct answer ✔✔support
Joseph R. Gusfield's examination of middle-class evangelical protestant's attempts to preserve
their own culture by outlawing alcohol illustrates the _______. - correct answer ✔✔importance
of political power in maintaining class position
t/f To be considered a social problem, conditions, events, or behaviors that occur must cause
global harm. - correct answer ✔✔False
Sociologists engage a local university in implementing a community garden, as well as tutoring
and mentoring services after surveying a local impoverished neighborhood. This is an example
of _____. - correct answer ✔✔service sociology
