SOC 101 FINAL EXAM, SOCIOLOGY
COMPREHENSIVE COURSE ASSESSMENT.
strain theory - answer ✔✔-A student cheats on their exam because they did not have time to study
because they were working two different jobs during the semester to try and pay for the class.
Systematic and scientific study of human social behavior (including its origins, development,
organization, networks, and institutions).
Sociology particularly places special emphasis on studying societies, both as individual entities and as
elements of a global perspective. - answer ✔✔-Sociology
labeling theory - answer ✔✔-If someone is arrested for drunk driving, they will always be referred to as
a drunk.
1798-1857; Father of Sociology.
Began studying as a result of the chaos following the French and Industrial Revolutions.
Most of his finding have been disregarded as they were based on personal observation rather than
objective investigation. - answer ✔✔-Auguste Comte
differential association theory - answer ✔✔-Suppose you are employed by a grocery store and you work
the deli counter. In all the years you have worked there, you never pack a lunch because you and your
coworkers sample the food (potato salads, meats, cheeses, etc.) in order to explain to customers how
they taste. You know it is wrong to eat lunch from the deli counter each day, for free, but since everyone
does it - you're in!
A logical, systematic approach to the solution of a problem that entails a series of steps, including
collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions. - answer ✔✔-
Scientific Method
,true - answer ✔✔-Deviance can be a violation of a social norm, more, or law.
The application of the scientific method towards the analysis of society.
The belief that knowledge should be derived from scientific observation, in this case particularly that
society can best be understood through scientific inquiry. - answer ✔✔-Positivism
true - answer ✔✔-Deviance is function for a society
true - answer ✔✔-Someone's status, either ascribed or achieved, may be defined as deviant.
false - answer ✔✔-Deviance is socially constructed but independent on the time and social context.
Understands societies by immersing oneself in the group's experiences.
Including in-depth interviews, focus groups, and/or analysis of content sources as the source of its data.
developed by Albion Small. - answer ✔✔-Qualitative Sociology
true - answer ✔✔-The rate of recidivism in the United States is very high.
"Within three years of release, about two-thirds (67.8 percent) of released prisoners were rearrested.
Within five years of release, about three-quarters (76.6 percent) of released prisoners were rearrested.
Of those prisoners who were rearrested, more than half (56.7 percent) were arrested by the end of the
first year."
Understands societies by observing the group.
, Relies on statistical analysis to understand experiences and trends. - answer ✔✔-Quantitative Sociology
absolute poverty - answer ✔✔-Not being able to meet basic needs, such as food, water, and shelter best
describes
false, Because of family income, neighborhoods, education, etc. our socialization widely varries. - answer
✔✔-Because we are all apart of the same society and are exposed to the same social events,
socialization is the same regardless of social class.
The study of individual cultures in a society, rather than the society as a whole.
Traditionally, it focuses on "primitive" cultures and their languages, kinship patterns, and cultural
artifacts. - answer ✔✔-Anthropology
false - answer ✔✔-TRUE OR FLASE:
According to the World Bank, in 2012, because of changes in education, gender, equality, health care,
environmental degradation, and hunger, there has been an increase in both the overall poverty rate and
the number of poor.
social standing for individuals is based on personal effort - answer ✔✔-Meritocracy
individuals are born into this system and have no opportunity for movement - answer ✔✔-caste system
social stratification based on both birth and individual achievement, can move - answer ✔✔-class
system
housing market crash of 08 - answer ✔✔-structural mobility example
group of people with common territory, interaction, and culture. - answer ✔✔-Society
jeremy worked for 10 years at a diner, then he purchased the diner - answer ✔✔-upward mobility
example
COMPREHENSIVE COURSE ASSESSMENT.
strain theory - answer ✔✔-A student cheats on their exam because they did not have time to study
because they were working two different jobs during the semester to try and pay for the class.
Systematic and scientific study of human social behavior (including its origins, development,
organization, networks, and institutions).
Sociology particularly places special emphasis on studying societies, both as individual entities and as
elements of a global perspective. - answer ✔✔-Sociology
labeling theory - answer ✔✔-If someone is arrested for drunk driving, they will always be referred to as
a drunk.
1798-1857; Father of Sociology.
Began studying as a result of the chaos following the French and Industrial Revolutions.
Most of his finding have been disregarded as they were based on personal observation rather than
objective investigation. - answer ✔✔-Auguste Comte
differential association theory - answer ✔✔-Suppose you are employed by a grocery store and you work
the deli counter. In all the years you have worked there, you never pack a lunch because you and your
coworkers sample the food (potato salads, meats, cheeses, etc.) in order to explain to customers how
they taste. You know it is wrong to eat lunch from the deli counter each day, for free, but since everyone
does it - you're in!
A logical, systematic approach to the solution of a problem that entails a series of steps, including
collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions. - answer ✔✔-
Scientific Method
,true - answer ✔✔-Deviance can be a violation of a social norm, more, or law.
The application of the scientific method towards the analysis of society.
The belief that knowledge should be derived from scientific observation, in this case particularly that
society can best be understood through scientific inquiry. - answer ✔✔-Positivism
true - answer ✔✔-Deviance is function for a society
true - answer ✔✔-Someone's status, either ascribed or achieved, may be defined as deviant.
false - answer ✔✔-Deviance is socially constructed but independent on the time and social context.
Understands societies by immersing oneself in the group's experiences.
Including in-depth interviews, focus groups, and/or analysis of content sources as the source of its data.
developed by Albion Small. - answer ✔✔-Qualitative Sociology
true - answer ✔✔-The rate of recidivism in the United States is very high.
"Within three years of release, about two-thirds (67.8 percent) of released prisoners were rearrested.
Within five years of release, about three-quarters (76.6 percent) of released prisoners were rearrested.
Of those prisoners who were rearrested, more than half (56.7 percent) were arrested by the end of the
first year."
Understands societies by observing the group.
, Relies on statistical analysis to understand experiences and trends. - answer ✔✔-Quantitative Sociology
absolute poverty - answer ✔✔-Not being able to meet basic needs, such as food, water, and shelter best
describes
false, Because of family income, neighborhoods, education, etc. our socialization widely varries. - answer
✔✔-Because we are all apart of the same society and are exposed to the same social events,
socialization is the same regardless of social class.
The study of individual cultures in a society, rather than the society as a whole.
Traditionally, it focuses on "primitive" cultures and their languages, kinship patterns, and cultural
artifacts. - answer ✔✔-Anthropology
false - answer ✔✔-TRUE OR FLASE:
According to the World Bank, in 2012, because of changes in education, gender, equality, health care,
environmental degradation, and hunger, there has been an increase in both the overall poverty rate and
the number of poor.
social standing for individuals is based on personal effort - answer ✔✔-Meritocracy
individuals are born into this system and have no opportunity for movement - answer ✔✔-caste system
social stratification based on both birth and individual achievement, can move - answer ✔✔-class
system
housing market crash of 08 - answer ✔✔-structural mobility example
group of people with common territory, interaction, and culture. - answer ✔✔-Society
jeremy worked for 10 years at a diner, then he purchased the diner - answer ✔✔-upward mobility
example
