WGU C273 Introduction to Sociology / C273 Unit
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1. Anti- Malthusians - ANSWER population will stabilize as least
industrialized nations modernize and food production increases. They
believe these changes will prevent the economic and social disasters
2. gentrification - ANSWER is the movement of middle class people into
rundown areas of the city
3. urbanization - ANSWER process of masses of people moving to the city
4. Individuals moving from rural areas to urban areas - ANSWER seek
upward mobility
5. An exponential curve is best described as numbers that increase - ANSWER
extraordinarily
,6. Who bears most of the economic costs of urban sprawl? - ANSWER
Longtime residents of a community
7. Peripheral model of urbanization - ANSWER people and services tend to
move away from the city center
8. Urban dwellers protect themselves from strangers by engaging in - ANSWER
diffusion of responsibility
9. Generalized other - ANSWER Meads term for the expectation of people
in general
10.study of sociology - ANSWER How people learn to be members of their
social group
11.Mead 3 stages learning roles of others - ANSWER Imitations, play,
games
12.a status that overrides other statuses a person may have - ANSWER
master status
13.In sociology, people that share a trait or characteristic, such as age or eye
color - ANSWER category
,14.Preferences, advantages, and favorable judgement given to members of
one's in-group over members of an out-group - ANSWER In-group
favoritism
15.When an organization redefines its goals, mission, and purpose after it has
reached its objectives in order to maintain its existence. - ANSWER Goal
displacement
16.a smaller group within a larger group - ANSWER Faction
17.People that come together in proximity for a short period of time without
regularity and without knowing one another - ANSWER aggregate
18.A leader focused on completing the task at hand, reaching goals, and
ensuring that each individual is completing his or her work. - ANSWER
Instrumental leader
19.The behaviors and attitudes expected of someone inhabiting a certain
status - ANSWER role
20.Any group to which and individual compares him or herself - ANSWER
Reference group
21.The set of behaviors, actions and qualities expected of a certain role -
ANSWER role expectation
, 22.A position given by society - ANSWER Status
23.In sociology, a group comprising two people - ANSWER Dyad
24.People with whom an individual shares a functional relationship; the length
of interaction is typically shorter and oriented around a common task -
ANSWER Secondary group
25.Groups comprised of secondary members that organize for an explicit
purpose - ANSWER formal organizations
26.The act of judging another group's heritage or culture by the standards and
values inherent in one's own culture - ANSWER Ethnocentrism
27.All the statuses that one person has - ANSWER Status set
28.When members of a group exert less effort on a common task then they
would if they were working individually - ANSWER Social loafing
29.Occurs when an individual or group must weigh personal benefit against the
well-being of society - ANSWER Social dilemma
Assessments (Prep for OA)
Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace 2026-2027
Includes Frequently Tested Questions With ELABORATED
100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!!
Current Update!!
1. Anti- Malthusians - ANSWER population will stabilize as least
industrialized nations modernize and food production increases. They
believe these changes will prevent the economic and social disasters
2. gentrification - ANSWER is the movement of middle class people into
rundown areas of the city
3. urbanization - ANSWER process of masses of people moving to the city
4. Individuals moving from rural areas to urban areas - ANSWER seek
upward mobility
5. An exponential curve is best described as numbers that increase - ANSWER
extraordinarily
,6. Who bears most of the economic costs of urban sprawl? - ANSWER
Longtime residents of a community
7. Peripheral model of urbanization - ANSWER people and services tend to
move away from the city center
8. Urban dwellers protect themselves from strangers by engaging in - ANSWER
diffusion of responsibility
9. Generalized other - ANSWER Meads term for the expectation of people
in general
10.study of sociology - ANSWER How people learn to be members of their
social group
11.Mead 3 stages learning roles of others - ANSWER Imitations, play,
games
12.a status that overrides other statuses a person may have - ANSWER
master status
13.In sociology, people that share a trait or characteristic, such as age or eye
color - ANSWER category
,14.Preferences, advantages, and favorable judgement given to members of
one's in-group over members of an out-group - ANSWER In-group
favoritism
15.When an organization redefines its goals, mission, and purpose after it has
reached its objectives in order to maintain its existence. - ANSWER Goal
displacement
16.a smaller group within a larger group - ANSWER Faction
17.People that come together in proximity for a short period of time without
regularity and without knowing one another - ANSWER aggregate
18.A leader focused on completing the task at hand, reaching goals, and
ensuring that each individual is completing his or her work. - ANSWER
Instrumental leader
19.The behaviors and attitudes expected of someone inhabiting a certain
status - ANSWER role
20.Any group to which and individual compares him or herself - ANSWER
Reference group
21.The set of behaviors, actions and qualities expected of a certain role -
ANSWER role expectation
, 22.A position given by society - ANSWER Status
23.In sociology, a group comprising two people - ANSWER Dyad
24.People with whom an individual shares a functional relationship; the length
of interaction is typically shorter and oriented around a common task -
ANSWER Secondary group
25.Groups comprised of secondary members that organize for an explicit
purpose - ANSWER formal organizations
26.The act of judging another group's heritage or culture by the standards and
values inherent in one's own culture - ANSWER Ethnocentrism
27.All the statuses that one person has - ANSWER Status set
28.When members of a group exert less effort on a common task then they
would if they were working individually - ANSWER Social loafing
29.Occurs when an individual or group must weigh personal benefit against the
well-being of society - ANSWER Social dilemma
