WGU ACADEMY INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS #2
Sociology is - correct answer the systematic study of social behavior and human groups
Which of the following thinkers introduced the concepts of the sociological imagination?
- correct answer Wright Mills
Emile Durkheim's research on suicide suggested that - correct answer suicide rates
seemed to be higher in times of peace than in times of war and revolution
Max Weber taught his students that they should employ which of the following in their
intellectual work? - correct answer Verstehen
Robert Merton's contributions to sociology include - correct answer successfully
combining theory and research, producing a theory that is one of the most frequently
cited explanations of deviant behavior, an attempt to bring macro-level and micro-level
analyses together
Which sociologist made a major contribution to society through his in-depth studies of
urban life, including both Black and Whites? - correct answer W.E.B. dubois
In the late 19th century, before the term "feminist view" was even coined, the ideas
behind this major theoretical approach appeared in the writings of - correct answer Ida
Wells-Barnett
Thinking of society as a living organism in which part of the organism contributes to its
survival is a reflection of which theoretical perspective? - correct answer The
functionalist perspective
Karl Marx's view of the struggle between social classes inspired the contemporary -
correct answer conflict perspective
Erving Goffman's dramaturgical approach, which postulates that people present certain
aspects of their personalities while obscuring other aspects, is a derivative of what
major theoretical perspective? - correct answer The interactionist perspective
Within sociology, a ___ is a set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or
behavior - correct answer theory
In ___ ___'s hierarchy of the sciences, sociology was the "queen" and its practitioners
were "scientist-priests." - correct answer Auguste Comte
In Society in America, originally published in 1837, English scholar ___ ___ examined
religion, politics, child rearing, and immigration in the young nation. - correct answer
Harriet Martineau
ANSWERS #2
Sociology is - correct answer the systematic study of social behavior and human groups
Which of the following thinkers introduced the concepts of the sociological imagination?
- correct answer Wright Mills
Emile Durkheim's research on suicide suggested that - correct answer suicide rates
seemed to be higher in times of peace than in times of war and revolution
Max Weber taught his students that they should employ which of the following in their
intellectual work? - correct answer Verstehen
Robert Merton's contributions to sociology include - correct answer successfully
combining theory and research, producing a theory that is one of the most frequently
cited explanations of deviant behavior, an attempt to bring macro-level and micro-level
analyses together
Which sociologist made a major contribution to society through his in-depth studies of
urban life, including both Black and Whites? - correct answer W.E.B. dubois
In the late 19th century, before the term "feminist view" was even coined, the ideas
behind this major theoretical approach appeared in the writings of - correct answer Ida
Wells-Barnett
Thinking of society as a living organism in which part of the organism contributes to its
survival is a reflection of which theoretical perspective? - correct answer The
functionalist perspective
Karl Marx's view of the struggle between social classes inspired the contemporary -
correct answer conflict perspective
Erving Goffman's dramaturgical approach, which postulates that people present certain
aspects of their personalities while obscuring other aspects, is a derivative of what
major theoretical perspective? - correct answer The interactionist perspective
Within sociology, a ___ is a set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or
behavior - correct answer theory
In ___ ___'s hierarchy of the sciences, sociology was the "queen" and its practitioners
were "scientist-priests." - correct answer Auguste Comte
In Society in America, originally published in 1837, English scholar ___ ___ examined
religion, politics, child rearing, and immigration in the young nation. - correct answer
Harriet Martineau
