SYG 2000 FINAL EXAM FULL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED STUDY
PACK
●● Verstehen
Answer: Max Weber- A German word used that means "to have insight
into someone's situation" or "to understand"
- someone who can understand the feelings and motivations of the
people being studied
●● Conflict Theory
Answer: Karl Marx- A theoretical framework in which society is viewed
as composed of groups that are competing for scarce resources
●● Symbolic Interaction Theory
Answer: A theoretical perspective that focuses on how people use
symbols to establish meaning, develop their views of the world, and
communicate with one another
●● Social Facts
Answer: Durkheim- Groups recurring patterns of behavior
●● Culture
,Answer: The language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and even
material objects that characterize a group and are passed from one
generation to the next
●● Material Culture
Answer: The material objects that distinguish a group of people, such as
their art, buildings, weapons, utensils, machines, hairstyles, clothing, and
jewelry
●● Nonmaterial Culture
Answer: A group's way of thinking (including its beliefs, values, and
other assumptions about the world) and doing (its common patterns of
behavior, including language and other forms of interaction); also called
symbolic culture
●● Ideology
Answer: Beliefs about the way things ought to be that justify social
arrangements
●● Subculture
Answer: The values and related behaviors of a group that distinguish its
members from the larger culture; a world within a world
●● Counter Culture
, Answer: A group whose values, beliefs, norms, and related behaviors
place its members in opposition to the broader culture
●● Positive sanctions
Answer: An expression of approval for following a norm, ranging from a
smile or a good grade in a class to a material reward such as a prize
●● Negative Sanctions
Answer: An expression of disapproval for breaking a norm, ranging
from a mild, informal reaction such as a frown to a formal reaction such
as getting fired or a prison sentence
●● Cultural Lag
Answer: Ogburn's term for human behavior lagging behind
technological innovations
●● Cultural Leveling
Answer: The process by which cultures become similar to one another;
refers especially to the process by which Western culture is being
exported and diffused into other nations
●● Socialization
AND CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED STUDY
PACK
●● Verstehen
Answer: Max Weber- A German word used that means "to have insight
into someone's situation" or "to understand"
- someone who can understand the feelings and motivations of the
people being studied
●● Conflict Theory
Answer: Karl Marx- A theoretical framework in which society is viewed
as composed of groups that are competing for scarce resources
●● Symbolic Interaction Theory
Answer: A theoretical perspective that focuses on how people use
symbols to establish meaning, develop their views of the world, and
communicate with one another
●● Social Facts
Answer: Durkheim- Groups recurring patterns of behavior
●● Culture
,Answer: The language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and even
material objects that characterize a group and are passed from one
generation to the next
●● Material Culture
Answer: The material objects that distinguish a group of people, such as
their art, buildings, weapons, utensils, machines, hairstyles, clothing, and
jewelry
●● Nonmaterial Culture
Answer: A group's way of thinking (including its beliefs, values, and
other assumptions about the world) and doing (its common patterns of
behavior, including language and other forms of interaction); also called
symbolic culture
●● Ideology
Answer: Beliefs about the way things ought to be that justify social
arrangements
●● Subculture
Answer: The values and related behaviors of a group that distinguish its
members from the larger culture; a world within a world
●● Counter Culture
, Answer: A group whose values, beliefs, norms, and related behaviors
place its members in opposition to the broader culture
●● Positive sanctions
Answer: An expression of approval for following a norm, ranging from a
smile or a good grade in a class to a material reward such as a prize
●● Negative Sanctions
Answer: An expression of disapproval for breaking a norm, ranging
from a mild, informal reaction such as a frown to a formal reaction such
as getting fired or a prison sentence
●● Cultural Lag
Answer: Ogburn's term for human behavior lagging behind
technological innovations
●● Cultural Leveling
Answer: The process by which cultures become similar to one another;
refers especially to the process by which Western culture is being
exported and diffused into other nations
●● Socialization
