Clemson Sociology 2010 Exam 1 Questions With Correct Answers 2026

CLEMSON SOCIOLOGY 2010 EXAM 1
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
Sociology - CORRECT ANSWER -
study of groups and group interactions (both small and large)



Society - CORRECT ANSWER -
a group of people who live in a defined geographic area, who interact with one another, a
nd who share a common culture



Micro-level - CORRECT ANSWER -small groups and individual interactions



Macro-level - CORRECT ANSWER -large groups and societies



Sociological imagination - CORRECT ANSWER -
an awareness of the relationship between a person's behavior and experience and the wid
er culture that shaped the person's choices and perceptions



Reification - CORRECT ANSWER -
an error of treating an abstract concept as though it has a real, material existence



Figuration - CORRECT ANSWER -
the process of simultaneously analyzing the behavior of individuals and the society that sha
pes that behavior



Auguste Comte (1798-1857) - CORRECT ANSWER --
believed in the potential of social scientists to work toward the betterment of society

-named the scientific study of social patterns positivism

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described his philosophy in a series of books called The Course in Positive Philosophy (1830
-1842) and A General View of Positivism (1848)

, Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) - CORRECT ANSWER --first woman sociologist
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first to translate Comte's writing from French to English and thereby introduced sociology
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t o English-speaking scholars
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thought capitalism contradicted the moral values of Americans (exploited workers, greedy
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b usiness owners etc.)
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Karl Marx (1818-1883) - CORRECT ANSWER --German philosopher and economist
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-coauthored the Communist Manifesto with Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)
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-rejected positivism X 2




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Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) - CORRECT ANSWER --
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English philosopher Herbert Spencer published The Study of Sociology, the first book with
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t he term "sociology"
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rejected much of Comte's philosophy as well as Marx's theory of class struggle and his s
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up port of communism
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-supported government that allowed market forces to control capitalism
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Georg Simmel (1858-1918) - CORRECT ANSWER --German art critic
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-wrote widely on social and political issues
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addressed topics such as social conflict, the function of money, individual identity in city l
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if e, and the European fear of outsiders
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-work focused on the micro-level theories
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