WGU C273 Pre-Assessment Introduction to
Sociology (PQYC) Questions and Answers
1.What did Emile Durkheim's research on suicide reveal?
Suicide rates were higher in areas where an individual's ties to their group
were disrupted or distorted.
Suicide rates were not related to community ties.
Suicide rates were similar across social groups.
Suicide rates were lowest in areas with strong individual identity.
Answer Suicide rates were higher in areas where an individual's ties to
their group were disrupted or distorted.
2.Which idea did Auguste Comte introduce to the field of
sociology? Positivism
Ethical standards
Subjective interpretations
Applied sociology
Answer Positivism
3.Which sociological perspective assumes that social life is shaped by
the meanings people associate with things?
Symbolic interactionism
Functional analysis
Conflict
,Macrosociology
Answer Symbolic interactionism
4.Which sociological perspective views society as being made up of
groups competing for scarce resources?
Symbolic
interactionism
Functional analysis
Conflict Microsociology
Answer Conflict
5.Which ethical dilemma in sociological research does Laud Humphry's
study on social interactions between men in public restrooms highlight?
Misleading research subjects
Revealing the names of research subjects
Falsifying results
Plagiarism
Answer Misleading research subjects
6.Sociologists must consider the potential physical and emotional risks that
participants may be exposed to during a research study.Which issue does
this consideration address?
Data validity
Data analysis
Ethical
, standards
Personal values
Answer Ethical standards
7.What are sociologists practicing when they evaluate cultures without
judg- ing them?
Cultural relativism
Ethnocentrism
Symbolic culture
Culture shock
Answer Cultural relativism
8.A group of teachers teaching in the same neighborhood of Los Angeles
meet regularly about family and ethnicity issues they encounter in their
daily work. What is this an example of?
Subculture
Counterculture
Taboo
More
Answer Subculture
9.What role do a culture's values play in social interactions?
Values define a culture's standards for good and bad, beautiful and ugly, righ
and wrong.
Values are the primary way people communicate with one another.
Sociology (PQYC) Questions and Answers
1.What did Emile Durkheim's research on suicide reveal?
Suicide rates were higher in areas where an individual's ties to their group
were disrupted or distorted.
Suicide rates were not related to community ties.
Suicide rates were similar across social groups.
Suicide rates were lowest in areas with strong individual identity.
Answer Suicide rates were higher in areas where an individual's ties to
their group were disrupted or distorted.
2.Which idea did Auguste Comte introduce to the field of
sociology? Positivism
Ethical standards
Subjective interpretations
Applied sociology
Answer Positivism
3.Which sociological perspective assumes that social life is shaped by
the meanings people associate with things?
Symbolic interactionism
Functional analysis
Conflict
,Macrosociology
Answer Symbolic interactionism
4.Which sociological perspective views society as being made up of
groups competing for scarce resources?
Symbolic
interactionism
Functional analysis
Conflict Microsociology
Answer Conflict
5.Which ethical dilemma in sociological research does Laud Humphry's
study on social interactions between men in public restrooms highlight?
Misleading research subjects
Revealing the names of research subjects
Falsifying results
Plagiarism
Answer Misleading research subjects
6.Sociologists must consider the potential physical and emotional risks that
participants may be exposed to during a research study.Which issue does
this consideration address?
Data validity
Data analysis
Ethical
, standards
Personal values
Answer Ethical standards
7.What are sociologists practicing when they evaluate cultures without
judg- ing them?
Cultural relativism
Ethnocentrism
Symbolic culture
Culture shock
Answer Cultural relativism
8.A group of teachers teaching in the same neighborhood of Los Angeles
meet regularly about family and ethnicity issues they encounter in their
daily work. What is this an example of?
Subculture
Counterculture
Taboo
More
Answer Subculture
9.What role do a culture's values play in social interactions?
Values define a culture's standards for good and bad, beautiful and ugly, righ
and wrong.
Values are the primary way people communicate with one another.
