SOC 1301 FINAL EXAM UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
sociology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the study of being with others
who coined the term "sociology" - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅auguste comte
who thought that class conflict was the key to understanding history? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅karl marx
Marx's view of religion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅political tool, makes us feel better by numbing our pain
what did Marx call religion? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the opiate of the people
who coined the term, "survival of the fittest"? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅herbert spencer
what is a hypothesis? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a testable prediction coming from a theory
what is a theory? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅making a prediction about the future ; helps explain social
situation
what is the relationship between correlation and causation? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅correlation is
connection between two or more things ; causation is relationship between two things, cause and effect
; correlation does not equal causation
what does the word "sociology" mean? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the study of being with others
the most common symbol that holds society together, according to the symbolic interactionists, is: -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅language
I believed that sociology should be used to help people who were less fortunate. I started the
Hull House in Chicago for the elderly, sick, handicapped, and mentally handicapped. My name
, was: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅jane addams
I believed that the main problem of the 20th century was the "color line." Who am I? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅W.E.B. Dubois
A sociologist studies the play behavior of fourth-grade children by watching groups during
recess at school. Which type of research is she using? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅observation ; natural field
observation
A sociologist following the _____________ approach would be likely to ask the following
questions: What are the major parts of society? How are these parts linked? What does
each part do to help society work? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅functionalist
C. Wright Mills wanted people to develop a sociological imagination - the ability to look
beyond the individual as the cause for success and failure and see instead: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the
connection between the larger world and our personal lives
I had a radical idea! I thought that men and women should be treated equally! My name was: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅harriet martineau
what are norms? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅rules about behaviors
what does "tabula rasa" mean? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅blank slate
what is the central principle of sociology? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅social factors: values, religion, and
social class determines people's behavior
what is cultural relativism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅going into a new culture and looking at it without
prejudice
sociology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the study of being with others
who coined the term "sociology" - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅auguste comte
who thought that class conflict was the key to understanding history? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅karl marx
Marx's view of religion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅political tool, makes us feel better by numbing our pain
what did Marx call religion? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the opiate of the people
who coined the term, "survival of the fittest"? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅herbert spencer
what is a hypothesis? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a testable prediction coming from a theory
what is a theory? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅making a prediction about the future ; helps explain social
situation
what is the relationship between correlation and causation? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅correlation is
connection between two or more things ; causation is relationship between two things, cause and effect
; correlation does not equal causation
what does the word "sociology" mean? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the study of being with others
the most common symbol that holds society together, according to the symbolic interactionists, is: -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅language
I believed that sociology should be used to help people who were less fortunate. I started the
Hull House in Chicago for the elderly, sick, handicapped, and mentally handicapped. My name
, was: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅jane addams
I believed that the main problem of the 20th century was the "color line." Who am I? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅W.E.B. Dubois
A sociologist studies the play behavior of fourth-grade children by watching groups during
recess at school. Which type of research is she using? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅observation ; natural field
observation
A sociologist following the _____________ approach would be likely to ask the following
questions: What are the major parts of society? How are these parts linked? What does
each part do to help society work? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅functionalist
C. Wright Mills wanted people to develop a sociological imagination - the ability to look
beyond the individual as the cause for success and failure and see instead: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the
connection between the larger world and our personal lives
I had a radical idea! I thought that men and women should be treated equally! My name was: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅harriet martineau
what are norms? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅rules about behaviors
what does "tabula rasa" mean? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅blank slate
what is the central principle of sociology? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅social factors: values, religion, and
social class determines people's behavior
what is cultural relativism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅going into a new culture and looking at it without
prejudice
