Sociology 101 Straighterline final exam
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What is sociology - CORRECT ANSWER - the scientific study of social interactions and
of social organizations
What is the functionalist perspective? - CORRECT ANSWER - A system is to survive
where certain essential tasks are performed.
What happens to a functionalist system? - CORRECT ANSWER - If it fails to maintain it
will perish.
What is a conflict perspective? - CORRECT ANSWER - Conflict theorists focus their
attention on society as a whole, studying its institutions and structural arrangements.
What is the interactionist perspective? - CORRECT ANSWER - It is more concerned with
the micro or small-scale aspects of social life
Why would you use conflict, interactionist and functionalist perspectives together? - CORRECT
ANSWER - By using all perspectives for full advantages.
What is socialization? - CORRECT ANSWER - A process of social interaction by which
people acquire knowledge, attitudes, values and behavior essential for effective participation in
society.
What are agents of socialization? - CORRECT ANSWER - Family, peers, school and
mass media
What is the sociological theory? - CORRECT ANSWER - A theory that emphasizes
conditioning and observational theory
, What is culture? - CORRECT ANSWER - Refers to a social heritage of people learning
patterns for thinking, feeling and acting from one generation to the next.
What is society? - CORRECT ANSWER - Refer to a group of people within the same
territory and share a common culture.
What does it mean to be culture in flux? - CORRECT ANSWER - Culture groups adapt in
dynamic and unpredictable ways
Whats a subculture? - CORRECT ANSWER - Religious, racial, ethnic, occupational and
age groups.
What is a counterculture? - CORRECT ANSWER - Rejects many of the behavioral
standards and guideposts that hold in the dominant culture.
What is ethnocentrism? - CORRECT ANSWER - Judges the behavior of other groups by
the standards of our own culture
What is a 'status' - CORRECT ANSWER - A position within a group or society
What is a 'role' - CORRECT ANSWER - A status carried with a set of culturally defined
right and duties
What are social structures? - CORRECT ANSWER - roles, statuses, groups and
institutions.
What are family structures? - CORRECT ANSWER - A way in which we define the
family determines the kinds of family we consider to be normal or deviant.
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What is sociology - CORRECT ANSWER - the scientific study of social interactions and
of social organizations
What is the functionalist perspective? - CORRECT ANSWER - A system is to survive
where certain essential tasks are performed.
What happens to a functionalist system? - CORRECT ANSWER - If it fails to maintain it
will perish.
What is a conflict perspective? - CORRECT ANSWER - Conflict theorists focus their
attention on society as a whole, studying its institutions and structural arrangements.
What is the interactionist perspective? - CORRECT ANSWER - It is more concerned with
the micro or small-scale aspects of social life
Why would you use conflict, interactionist and functionalist perspectives together? - CORRECT
ANSWER - By using all perspectives for full advantages.
What is socialization? - CORRECT ANSWER - A process of social interaction by which
people acquire knowledge, attitudes, values and behavior essential for effective participation in
society.
What are agents of socialization? - CORRECT ANSWER - Family, peers, school and
mass media
What is the sociological theory? - CORRECT ANSWER - A theory that emphasizes
conditioning and observational theory
, What is culture? - CORRECT ANSWER - Refers to a social heritage of people learning
patterns for thinking, feeling and acting from one generation to the next.
What is society? - CORRECT ANSWER - Refer to a group of people within the same
territory and share a common culture.
What does it mean to be culture in flux? - CORRECT ANSWER - Culture groups adapt in
dynamic and unpredictable ways
Whats a subculture? - CORRECT ANSWER - Religious, racial, ethnic, occupational and
age groups.
What is a counterculture? - CORRECT ANSWER - Rejects many of the behavioral
standards and guideposts that hold in the dominant culture.
What is ethnocentrism? - CORRECT ANSWER - Judges the behavior of other groups by
the standards of our own culture
What is a 'status' - CORRECT ANSWER - A position within a group or society
What is a 'role' - CORRECT ANSWER - A status carried with a set of culturally defined
right and duties
What are social structures? - CORRECT ANSWER - roles, statuses, groups and
institutions.
What are family structures? - CORRECT ANSWER - A way in which we define the
family determines the kinds of family we consider to be normal or deviant.
