INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY EXAM
PREP GUIDE 2026 CORE TOPIC
BREAKDOWN AND SOLVED ITEMS
◉ Dramaturgy
Answer: an approach ,by Goffman, in which social life is analyzed in
terms of drama or the stage
◉ Gemeinschaft
Answer: a type of society in which life is intimate; a community in
which everyone knows everyone else and people share a sense of
togetherness
◉ Gesellschaft
Answer: a type of society that is dominated by impersonal
relationships, individual accomplishments, and self-interest
◉ Group
Answer: people who have something in common and who believe
what they have in common is significant; also called "social group."
◉ Impression management
, Answer: people's efforts to control the impressions that others
receive of them.
◉ Macrosociology
Answer: analysis of social life that focuses on broad features of
society, such as social class and the relationships of groups to one
another; usually used by functionalists and conflict theorists.
◉ Master status
Answer: a status that cuts across the other statuses that an
individual occupies
◉ Organic solidarity
Answer: Durkheim's term for the interdependence that results from
the division of labor; people depending on others to fulfill their jobs
◉ Roles
Answer: the behaviors, obligations, and privileges attached to a
status
◉ Mechanical Solidarity
Answer: Durkheim's term for the unity that people feel as a result of
performing the same or similar tasks
PREP GUIDE 2026 CORE TOPIC
BREAKDOWN AND SOLVED ITEMS
◉ Dramaturgy
Answer: an approach ,by Goffman, in which social life is analyzed in
terms of drama or the stage
◉ Gemeinschaft
Answer: a type of society in which life is intimate; a community in
which everyone knows everyone else and people share a sense of
togetherness
◉ Gesellschaft
Answer: a type of society that is dominated by impersonal
relationships, individual accomplishments, and self-interest
◉ Group
Answer: people who have something in common and who believe
what they have in common is significant; also called "social group."
◉ Impression management
, Answer: people's efforts to control the impressions that others
receive of them.
◉ Macrosociology
Answer: analysis of social life that focuses on broad features of
society, such as social class and the relationships of groups to one
another; usually used by functionalists and conflict theorists.
◉ Master status
Answer: a status that cuts across the other statuses that an
individual occupies
◉ Organic solidarity
Answer: Durkheim's term for the interdependence that results from
the division of labor; people depending on others to fulfill their jobs
◉ Roles
Answer: the behaviors, obligations, and privileges attached to a
status
◉ Mechanical Solidarity
Answer: Durkheim's term for the unity that people feel as a result of
performing the same or similar tasks
