SOC 1305 EXAMINATION TEST VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● Sociology
Answer: For example, studying how social media affects friendships and
communication.
●● The Sociological Perspective
Answer: A way of viewing the world that emphasizes seeing the general
in the particular and the strange in the familiar—understanding how
individual lives are shaped by broader social forces.
●● The Sociological Perspective
Answer: Instead of seeing poverty as just someone's "personal failure,"
the ______________________________________ explores how
education, job markets, and systemic inequality contribute.
●● The Sociological Imagination
Answer: The ability to connect personal experiences ("private troubles")
to larger social structures and historical forces ("public issues").
●● The Sociological Imagination
, Answer: Unemployment may feel like a personal problem, but the
______________________________ reveals how economic recessions
or automation create widespread job loss.
●● Karl Marx
Answer: Focused on class conflict between the bourgeoisie (owners) and
proletariat (workers). Believed economic systems shape society. Major
work: The Communist Manifesto.
●● Max Weber
Answer: Studied bureaucracy, rationalization, and the role of
ideas/values in social change (e.g., The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of
Capitalism).
●● Émile Durkheim
Answer: Focused on social solidarity and the ways social facts shape
individual behavior. Studied suicide as a social phenomenon. Major
work: The Division of Labor in Society.
●● W.E.B. Du Bois
Answer: Studied race, inequality, and "double consciousness" (the
experience of African Americans seeing themselves through their own
eyes and through the lens of a racist society). Major work: The Souls of
Black Folk.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● Sociology
Answer: For example, studying how social media affects friendships and
communication.
●● The Sociological Perspective
Answer: A way of viewing the world that emphasizes seeing the general
in the particular and the strange in the familiar—understanding how
individual lives are shaped by broader social forces.
●● The Sociological Perspective
Answer: Instead of seeing poverty as just someone's "personal failure,"
the ______________________________________ explores how
education, job markets, and systemic inequality contribute.
●● The Sociological Imagination
Answer: The ability to connect personal experiences ("private troubles")
to larger social structures and historical forces ("public issues").
●● The Sociological Imagination
, Answer: Unemployment may feel like a personal problem, but the
______________________________ reveals how economic recessions
or automation create widespread job loss.
●● Karl Marx
Answer: Focused on class conflict between the bourgeoisie (owners) and
proletariat (workers). Believed economic systems shape society. Major
work: The Communist Manifesto.
●● Max Weber
Answer: Studied bureaucracy, rationalization, and the role of
ideas/values in social change (e.g., The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of
Capitalism).
●● Émile Durkheim
Answer: Focused on social solidarity and the ways social facts shape
individual behavior. Studied suicide as a social phenomenon. Major
work: The Division of Labor in Society.
●● W.E.B. Du Bois
Answer: Studied race, inequality, and "double consciousness" (the
experience of African Americans seeing themselves through their own
eyes and through the lens of a racist society). Major work: The Souls of
Black Folk.
