Exam 3: SOC 1305 (Latest 2026/2027 Update) Introduction to Sociology Questions with Verified Answers | 100% Correct| Graded A+ Galen.

Exam 3: SOC 1305 (Latest 2026/2027
Update) Introduction to Sociology
Questions with Verified Answers | 100%
Correct| Graded A+ Galen.
Question:
The German sociologist Max Weber was highly influential in sociology for
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his studies of
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a) race relations
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b) suicide
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c) bureaucracies
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d) gender relations?
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Answer:
suicide




Question:

According to our class discussion, which main social theory views society
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as a well-oiled machine (or organism), with each part working in concert
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with the other parts?
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a) Functionalism
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b) Conflict Theory
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,c) Symbolic Interactionism?
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Answer:

functionalism




Question:

The Stanford Prison Experiment was a poor example of social science
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research primarily because _______________.
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a) it used survey methodology.
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b) it was performed on animals.
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c) it was unethical.?
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Answer:
it was unethical
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Question:

Research that relies on interviews, accounts, or observations is best
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a) qualitative
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b) quantitative?
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Answer:
qualitative

,Question:

A society that includes more than one distinct cultural or linguistic group,
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where no group is dominant over the others, is characterized by
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a) functionalism
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b) ethnocentrism
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c) multiculturalism?
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Answer:

multiculturalism




Question:
Kendrick studies which human behaviors might be innate and which
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might be learned through social processes. His studies contribute most to
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which sociological debate?
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a) functionalist vs. conflict
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b) nature vs. nurture
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c) economics vs. culture?
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Answer:

nature vs. nurture
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Question:

, According to the class lecture, an corporate organization would be
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a) secondary group
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b) primary group?
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Answer:
secondary




Question:

In "No Way My Boys Are Going to be Like That!" by Emily W. Kane, the
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author argued that _______ face greater pressure to conform to gender
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norms in later adolescence, as opposed to early childhood.
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a) girls
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b) boys?
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Answer:
girls


Question:

Following C. Wright Mills, sociologists refer to breaking free from the
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immediacy of personal circumstances and putting things in a wider social
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context as the...
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a) sociological imagination
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b) materialist conception of history
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c) recognition of self
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