SOCIOLOGY 101- FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS &
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Sociology is the study of... Answer - human society and social interactions
Sociology emerges as a separate field in Europe during the... Answer - 19th
century
What is the main focus of sociology? Answer - The group
The first sociological study in France about suicide was preformed by who?
Answer - Emile Durkheim
Sociological imagination Answer - The vivid awareness of the relationship
between personal experience and the wider society
Who was sociological imagination developed by? Answer - C Wright Mills
Who gave sociology it's name? Answer - August Compte
Which theorist believed in the struggle between the higher class owners and
lower class workers? Answer - Karl Marx
Which group of theorists believed in a system of highly related parts? Answer -
Functionalism
, What are functions that were intended to happen? Answer - Manifest
functions
What are functions that were not intended to happen? Answer - Latent
functions
Culture Answer - All that humans learn to do, use, know, and believe
What is happening to the number of traditional families? Answer - Decreasing
Name the six functions of a family: Answer - 1. regulating sexual behavior
2. patterning reproduction
3. organizing production/consumption
4. socializing children
5. providing care and protection
6. providing social status
A nuclear family consists of... Answer - Parents and two children
How do Americans trace decent? Answer - Bilateral
Marriage is... Answer - D [all of the above]
Is romantic love necessary for marriage? Answer - No
Marrying someone outside your group... Answer - Exogamy
ANSWERS RATED 100% CORRECT.
Sociology is the study of... Answer - human society and social interactions
Sociology emerges as a separate field in Europe during the... Answer - 19th
century
What is the main focus of sociology? Answer - The group
The first sociological study in France about suicide was preformed by who?
Answer - Emile Durkheim
Sociological imagination Answer - The vivid awareness of the relationship
between personal experience and the wider society
Who was sociological imagination developed by? Answer - C Wright Mills
Who gave sociology it's name? Answer - August Compte
Which theorist believed in the struggle between the higher class owners and
lower class workers? Answer - Karl Marx
Which group of theorists believed in a system of highly related parts? Answer -
Functionalism
, What are functions that were intended to happen? Answer - Manifest
functions
What are functions that were not intended to happen? Answer - Latent
functions
Culture Answer - All that humans learn to do, use, know, and believe
What is happening to the number of traditional families? Answer - Decreasing
Name the six functions of a family: Answer - 1. regulating sexual behavior
2. patterning reproduction
3. organizing production/consumption
4. socializing children
5. providing care and protection
6. providing social status
A nuclear family consists of... Answer - Parents and two children
How do Americans trace decent? Answer - Bilateral
Marriage is... Answer - D [all of the above]
Is romantic love necessary for marriage? Answer - No
Marrying someone outside your group... Answer - Exogamy
