DISCOVER SOCIOLOGY FIFTH EDITION
CERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT 2026 VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Protestant Ethic.
Answer: *looked for sign they were in Gods good grace
*financial success-live frugal lives, saving ant investing money "the
spirit of capitalism"
This brought about capitalism
◉ Harriet Martineau.
Answer: *did writings because women were to focus on church,
cooking, children and clothes
*early female sociologist
*viewed sociology as a path to reform and improve society (stop
lynchings, integrate immigrants, improve working conditions)
◉ W.E.B. DuBois.
Answer: black sociologist
◉ Jane Adams.
Answer: Sociologist and social reformer
,*came from wealth and privilege
*founded Hull House with Ellen Gates Starr
◉ C. Wright Mills.
Answer: pushed sociologist to go back to push social reform
◉ Basic (or pure) sociology.
Answer: sociological research for the purpose of making discoveries
about life in human groups, not for making changes in those groups
◉ Applied Sociology.
Answer: the use of sociology to solve problems from classroom
integration and family relationships to crime and pollution
◉ Public Sociology.
Answer: applying sociology for the public good; especially
sociological perspective (how things relate to one another) to guide
politicians and policy makers
◉ Theory.
Answer: general statement about how some parts of the world fit
together and how they work; an explanation of how 2 or more facts
are related to one another
, ◉ 3 major theories.
Answer: Symbolic Interaction
Functional analysis
Conflict Theory
◉ Symbolic Interaction.
Answer: theoretical perspective in which society is viewed as
composed of symbols that people use to establish meaning, develop
their views of the world and communicate with one another
Analyze how social life depends on the ways we define ourselves and
others. Study face to face interactions, examine how people make
sense of their live and place in it
i.e. sister vs girlfriend, brother vs boyfriend
George Herbert os one of the founders
◉ Functional Analysis (functionalism, structural functionalism).
Answer: theoretical from work in which society is viewed as
composed of various parts, each with a function that when fulfilled
contributes to society's equilibrium; also known as functionalism
and structural functionalism
CERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT 2026 VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Protestant Ethic.
Answer: *looked for sign they were in Gods good grace
*financial success-live frugal lives, saving ant investing money "the
spirit of capitalism"
This brought about capitalism
◉ Harriet Martineau.
Answer: *did writings because women were to focus on church,
cooking, children and clothes
*early female sociologist
*viewed sociology as a path to reform and improve society (stop
lynchings, integrate immigrants, improve working conditions)
◉ W.E.B. DuBois.
Answer: black sociologist
◉ Jane Adams.
Answer: Sociologist and social reformer
,*came from wealth and privilege
*founded Hull House with Ellen Gates Starr
◉ C. Wright Mills.
Answer: pushed sociologist to go back to push social reform
◉ Basic (or pure) sociology.
Answer: sociological research for the purpose of making discoveries
about life in human groups, not for making changes in those groups
◉ Applied Sociology.
Answer: the use of sociology to solve problems from classroom
integration and family relationships to crime and pollution
◉ Public Sociology.
Answer: applying sociology for the public good; especially
sociological perspective (how things relate to one another) to guide
politicians and policy makers
◉ Theory.
Answer: general statement about how some parts of the world fit
together and how they work; an explanation of how 2 or more facts
are related to one another
, ◉ 3 major theories.
Answer: Symbolic Interaction
Functional analysis
Conflict Theory
◉ Symbolic Interaction.
Answer: theoretical perspective in which society is viewed as
composed of symbols that people use to establish meaning, develop
their views of the world and communicate with one another
Analyze how social life depends on the ways we define ourselves and
others. Study face to face interactions, examine how people make
sense of their live and place in it
i.e. sister vs girlfriend, brother vs boyfriend
George Herbert os one of the founders
◉ Functional Analysis (functionalism, structural functionalism).
Answer: theoretical from work in which society is viewed as
composed of various parts, each with a function that when fulfilled
contributes to society's equilibrium; also known as functionalism
and structural functionalism
