SOCI 1000 - FINAL EXAM 2025
VERIFIED STUDY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Which statement best defines sociology? - ANSWER-It asks us to trust the
experts.
What is the sociological imagination? - ANSWER-It looks at the intersection of
biography and history.
Who first coined the term sociology? - ANSWER-Auguste Comte
Which statement best describes a critical approach to sociology? - ANSWER-It
explores the role that power plays in social processes and the reasons why
some people's understandings of the world become dominant.
Which approach to theorizing stems from the natural sciences? - ANSWER-
positivist
Which sociological perspective takes a "rosy" lens to society? - ANSWER-
functionalism
What type of thinking do small children usually engage in? - ANSWER-lower-
order thinking
Which of the following is NOT a way of practising sociology? - ANSWER-
corporate
You and your sociology classmates decide to petition the university for better
transportation options for students living off-campus. After a year of writing
letters, holding public talks, and meeting with chancellors, the university
finally agrees to provide students with free shuttle service to and from the
centre of town. What is this an example of? - ANSWER-agency
If a sociologist were to study a phenomenon like tattoos, which of the
following questions would likely NOT be considered? - ANSWER-Why did this
particular person decide to get a tattoo?
How are sociological research methods empirical? - ANSWER-They generate
findings that can be verified by other members of the academic community.
, Which of the following might stem from a positivist approach to sociology? -
ANSWER-developing more effective prevention and intervention efforts
based on knowledge of factors that contribute to hate crimes
Why do feminist theorists argue that academic research has traditionally
been androcentric? - ANSWER-It has treated men's experiences as the
normative "human" experience.
In which scenario is anomie unlikely to occur? - ANSWER-in a town that just
won an award for cleanest streets
Which two ways of practising sociology bring researchers' work to an outside
audience? - ANSWER-policy and academic sociology
Which statement best describes deductive reasoning? - ANSWER-It starts
with theories and follows a top-down approach.
Which statement best describes inductive reasoning? - ANSWER-It starts with
observations and follows a bottom-up approach.
Which statement best describes a research design? - ANSWER-It is a detailed
outline of all the proposed components of a study.
Which of the following is NOT one of the three main ethical principles? -
ANSWER-fair compensation
Which statement best represents a key ethical guideline for researchers? -
ANSWER-Researchers should strive to keep participants identities
anonymous, and where this is not possible, they should at least be
confidential.
Which type of researcher is more likely to already know what they are
looking for? - ANSWER-quantitative
What is one of the main ways to achieve rigor in qualitative methods? -
ANSWER-triangulation
What is the greatest advantage of experiments? - ANSWER-They allow for
tests of causality.
Which term refers to the various forms of fieldwork designed to describe
everyday behaviour in natural settings? - ANSWER-ethnography
Which statement best describes systematic procedures? - ANSWER-They are
used in both the natural sciences and the social sciences
VERIFIED STUDY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Which statement best defines sociology? - ANSWER-It asks us to trust the
experts.
What is the sociological imagination? - ANSWER-It looks at the intersection of
biography and history.
Who first coined the term sociology? - ANSWER-Auguste Comte
Which statement best describes a critical approach to sociology? - ANSWER-It
explores the role that power plays in social processes and the reasons why
some people's understandings of the world become dominant.
Which approach to theorizing stems from the natural sciences? - ANSWER-
positivist
Which sociological perspective takes a "rosy" lens to society? - ANSWER-
functionalism
What type of thinking do small children usually engage in? - ANSWER-lower-
order thinking
Which of the following is NOT a way of practising sociology? - ANSWER-
corporate
You and your sociology classmates decide to petition the university for better
transportation options for students living off-campus. After a year of writing
letters, holding public talks, and meeting with chancellors, the university
finally agrees to provide students with free shuttle service to and from the
centre of town. What is this an example of? - ANSWER-agency
If a sociologist were to study a phenomenon like tattoos, which of the
following questions would likely NOT be considered? - ANSWER-Why did this
particular person decide to get a tattoo?
How are sociological research methods empirical? - ANSWER-They generate
findings that can be verified by other members of the academic community.
, Which of the following might stem from a positivist approach to sociology? -
ANSWER-developing more effective prevention and intervention efforts
based on knowledge of factors that contribute to hate crimes
Why do feminist theorists argue that academic research has traditionally
been androcentric? - ANSWER-It has treated men's experiences as the
normative "human" experience.
In which scenario is anomie unlikely to occur? - ANSWER-in a town that just
won an award for cleanest streets
Which two ways of practising sociology bring researchers' work to an outside
audience? - ANSWER-policy and academic sociology
Which statement best describes deductive reasoning? - ANSWER-It starts
with theories and follows a top-down approach.
Which statement best describes inductive reasoning? - ANSWER-It starts with
observations and follows a bottom-up approach.
Which statement best describes a research design? - ANSWER-It is a detailed
outline of all the proposed components of a study.
Which of the following is NOT one of the three main ethical principles? -
ANSWER-fair compensation
Which statement best represents a key ethical guideline for researchers? -
ANSWER-Researchers should strive to keep participants identities
anonymous, and where this is not possible, they should at least be
confidential.
Which type of researcher is more likely to already know what they are
looking for? - ANSWER-quantitative
What is one of the main ways to achieve rigor in qualitative methods? -
ANSWER-triangulation
What is the greatest advantage of experiments? - ANSWER-They allow for
tests of causality.
Which term refers to the various forms of fieldwork designed to describe
everyday behaviour in natural settings? - ANSWER-ethnography
Which statement best describes systematic procedures? - ANSWER-They are
used in both the natural sciences and the social sciences
