SOCIOLOGY 1301 STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What concept refers to the lifelong social experience by which human beings
develop their potential and learn culture? - ✔✔Socialization
✔✔Through their social interaction, people create the reality they experience. - ✔✔True
✔✔Social structure, including status and role, provides a guide for everyday living. -
✔✔True
✔✔A "role set" refers to all the roles a person has over the course of a lifetime. -
✔✔True
✔✔"Role Conflict" refers to the conflict or incompatibility among the roles linked to two
or more statuses. - ✔✔True
✔✔"Role Strain" refers to differences between the same roles when performed by two
different people. - ✔✔False
✔✔The Thomas theorem states that situations that are defined as real become real in
their consequences. - ✔✔True
✔✔Erving Goffman is the sociologist who developed the approach known as
dramaturgical analysis. - ✔✔True
✔✔A person's effort to foster certain impressions in the minds of others is called the
"presentation of self". - ✔✔True
✔✔In addition to keeping their individuality, members of a social group also think of
themselves as a special "we". - ✔✔True
✔✔The leadership style that allows group members the most autonomy is "laissez-faire.
- ✔✔True
✔✔Asch's experiment in group conformity showed that most people would not
compromise their personal judgement in order to avoid being seen as different. -
✔✔False
✔✔"Groupthink" is a form of social conformity among members of groups. - ✔✔True
✔✔A social network is really a web of weak social ties. - ✔✔True
, ✔✔Expressive leaders are more likely than instrumental leaders to enjoy more personal
affection from group members. - ✔✔True
✔✔The "McDonaldization" of society thesis echoes Weber's belief that rational systems
are efficient, but also dehumanizing. - ✔✔True
✔✔Social media such as Facebook and Instagram help people create large social
networks. - ✔✔True
✔✔Standards of human beauty are exactly the same for people everywhere in the
world. - ✔✔False
✔✔Sociobiologists point out that, in every society throughout the world, people are
attracted to youthfulness. - ✔✔True
✔✔Primary sex characteristics refer to reproductive organs. - ✔✔True
✔✔Every state in the United States permits lawful marriage between a woman and a
man who are first cousins. - ✔✔False
✔✔Homosexuality and heterosexuality are mutually exclusive, meaning that all people
fall into one category or the other. - ✔✔False
✔✔Transgender is a concept that refers to appearance or behavior in ways that
challenge conventional gender norms. - ✔✔True
✔✔Transgender is a simple matter of sexual orientation. - ✔✔False
✔✔Teenage pregnancy raises the risk of girls not finishing school and becoming poor. -
✔✔True
✔✔This course consists of - ✔✔2 Exams
✔✔There are only 5 weeks in this summer course so you must study hard - ✔✔True
✔✔When send an email to Dr. K, sublime must include SOCI 1301 90 L - ✔✔True
✔✔Salutation of email must be - ✔✔Dear Dr. K
✔✔There is not "I" in this course - ✔✔True
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What concept refers to the lifelong social experience by which human beings
develop their potential and learn culture? - ✔✔Socialization
✔✔Through their social interaction, people create the reality they experience. - ✔✔True
✔✔Social structure, including status and role, provides a guide for everyday living. -
✔✔True
✔✔A "role set" refers to all the roles a person has over the course of a lifetime. -
✔✔True
✔✔"Role Conflict" refers to the conflict or incompatibility among the roles linked to two
or more statuses. - ✔✔True
✔✔"Role Strain" refers to differences between the same roles when performed by two
different people. - ✔✔False
✔✔The Thomas theorem states that situations that are defined as real become real in
their consequences. - ✔✔True
✔✔Erving Goffman is the sociologist who developed the approach known as
dramaturgical analysis. - ✔✔True
✔✔A person's effort to foster certain impressions in the minds of others is called the
"presentation of self". - ✔✔True
✔✔In addition to keeping their individuality, members of a social group also think of
themselves as a special "we". - ✔✔True
✔✔The leadership style that allows group members the most autonomy is "laissez-faire.
- ✔✔True
✔✔Asch's experiment in group conformity showed that most people would not
compromise their personal judgement in order to avoid being seen as different. -
✔✔False
✔✔"Groupthink" is a form of social conformity among members of groups. - ✔✔True
✔✔A social network is really a web of weak social ties. - ✔✔True
, ✔✔Expressive leaders are more likely than instrumental leaders to enjoy more personal
affection from group members. - ✔✔True
✔✔The "McDonaldization" of society thesis echoes Weber's belief that rational systems
are efficient, but also dehumanizing. - ✔✔True
✔✔Social media such as Facebook and Instagram help people create large social
networks. - ✔✔True
✔✔Standards of human beauty are exactly the same for people everywhere in the
world. - ✔✔False
✔✔Sociobiologists point out that, in every society throughout the world, people are
attracted to youthfulness. - ✔✔True
✔✔Primary sex characteristics refer to reproductive organs. - ✔✔True
✔✔Every state in the United States permits lawful marriage between a woman and a
man who are first cousins. - ✔✔False
✔✔Homosexuality and heterosexuality are mutually exclusive, meaning that all people
fall into one category or the other. - ✔✔False
✔✔Transgender is a concept that refers to appearance or behavior in ways that
challenge conventional gender norms. - ✔✔True
✔✔Transgender is a simple matter of sexual orientation. - ✔✔False
✔✔Teenage pregnancy raises the risk of girls not finishing school and becoming poor. -
✔✔True
✔✔This course consists of - ✔✔2 Exams
✔✔There are only 5 weeks in this summer course so you must study hard - ✔✔True
✔✔When send an email to Dr. K, sublime must include SOCI 1301 90 L - ✔✔True
✔✔Salutation of email must be - ✔✔Dear Dr. K
✔✔There is not "I" in this course - ✔✔True
