Final Exam: Principles of Sociology
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Sociology - CORRECT ANSWERS the systematic study of human society and social
interaction
Socialization - CORRECT ANSWERS the lifelong social experience by which people
develop their human potential and learn culture
feral children - CORRECT ANSWERS children assumed to have been raised by animals,
in the wilderness, isolated from humans
Genie the Wild Child - CORRECT ANSWERS Raised in isolation and abuse, her critical
period had passed by the time she was
rescued and she never reached her language potential.
Aguste Comte - CORRECT ANSWERS coined the term sociology
C. Wright Mills - CORRECT ANSWERS coined the term sociological imagination
Emilie Durkheim - CORRECT ANSWERS Functionalism
Sociological Research - CORRECT ANSWERS the systematic collection and analysis of
information for the purpose of testing or creating sociological theories
Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWERS A series of steps followed to solve problems
including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating
conclusions.
, Functionalist Perspective - CORRECT ANSWERS A sociological approach that
emphasizes the way in which the parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability.
conflict perspective - CORRECT ANSWERS approach emphasizing the role of conflict,
competition, and constraint within a society
Symbolic Interactionism - CORRECT ANSWERS a micro-level theory in which shared
meanings, orientations, and assumptions form the basic motivations behind people's actions
crime - CORRECT ANSWERS the violation of a society's formally enacted criminal law
white collar crime - CORRECT ANSWERS crime committed by people of high social
position in the course of their occupations
gender socialization - CORRECT ANSWERS the learning of gender roles through social
factors such as schooling, the media, and family
Resocialization - CORRECT ANSWERS the process of learning new norms, values,
attitudes, and behaviors
Topics in Sociology - CORRECT ANSWERS Race, Gender, Marriage, social Inequality,
etc.
Robert Merton's Strain Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS deviance occurs when a society
does not give all its members equal ability to achieve socially acceptable goals
Ritualist - CORRECT ANSWERS individual who rejects socially defined goals but not the
means
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Sociology - CORRECT ANSWERS the systematic study of human society and social
interaction
Socialization - CORRECT ANSWERS the lifelong social experience by which people
develop their human potential and learn culture
feral children - CORRECT ANSWERS children assumed to have been raised by animals,
in the wilderness, isolated from humans
Genie the Wild Child - CORRECT ANSWERS Raised in isolation and abuse, her critical
period had passed by the time she was
rescued and she never reached her language potential.
Aguste Comte - CORRECT ANSWERS coined the term sociology
C. Wright Mills - CORRECT ANSWERS coined the term sociological imagination
Emilie Durkheim - CORRECT ANSWERS Functionalism
Sociological Research - CORRECT ANSWERS the systematic collection and analysis of
information for the purpose of testing or creating sociological theories
Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWERS A series of steps followed to solve problems
including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating
conclusions.
, Functionalist Perspective - CORRECT ANSWERS A sociological approach that
emphasizes the way in which the parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability.
conflict perspective - CORRECT ANSWERS approach emphasizing the role of conflict,
competition, and constraint within a society
Symbolic Interactionism - CORRECT ANSWERS a micro-level theory in which shared
meanings, orientations, and assumptions form the basic motivations behind people's actions
crime - CORRECT ANSWERS the violation of a society's formally enacted criminal law
white collar crime - CORRECT ANSWERS crime committed by people of high social
position in the course of their occupations
gender socialization - CORRECT ANSWERS the learning of gender roles through social
factors such as schooling, the media, and family
Resocialization - CORRECT ANSWERS the process of learning new norms, values,
attitudes, and behaviors
Topics in Sociology - CORRECT ANSWERS Race, Gender, Marriage, social Inequality,
etc.
Robert Merton's Strain Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS deviance occurs when a society
does not give all its members equal ability to achieve socially acceptable goals
Ritualist - CORRECT ANSWERS individual who rejects socially defined goals but not the
means
