Sociology 1010 Exam 1 with Verified
Solutions
Role Conflict - ANSWER-happens when there is incompatibility in expectations between
two or more statuses
Symbolic Interactionism - ANSWER-focuses on the creation, maintenance, and
communication of meaning among individuals
Self - ANSWER-interactional process where social statuses and roles are presented by
and attributed to individuals. consists of I and Me.
Institutions (conflict and functionalist perspectives of) - ANSWER-large complex, lasting,
social structures
I - ANSWER-self as a subject
Me - ANSWER-self as an object
Microsociology - ANSWER-focuses on the interactions among individuals in specific
situations
Objects - ANSWER-goals, things, social acts, self
Macrosociology - ANSWER-focuses on the larger institutional features of sociology
Fieldwork, participant-observation - ANSWER-researchers observe people in their
natural environments
Surveys - ANSWER-asking populations of people sets of standardized questions
Experiments - ANSWER-test casual hypotheses concerning independent and
dependent variables
Sociological Imagination - ANSWER-the ability to see personal troubles as public issues
Role Taking - ANSWER-viewing ourselves as we believe others do
Ascribed & Achieved Status - ANSWER-ascribed: fixed at birth and unalterable
achieved: obtained and alterable within one's lifetime
Solutions
Role Conflict - ANSWER-happens when there is incompatibility in expectations between
two or more statuses
Symbolic Interactionism - ANSWER-focuses on the creation, maintenance, and
communication of meaning among individuals
Self - ANSWER-interactional process where social statuses and roles are presented by
and attributed to individuals. consists of I and Me.
Institutions (conflict and functionalist perspectives of) - ANSWER-large complex, lasting,
social structures
I - ANSWER-self as a subject
Me - ANSWER-self as an object
Microsociology - ANSWER-focuses on the interactions among individuals in specific
situations
Objects - ANSWER-goals, things, social acts, self
Macrosociology - ANSWER-focuses on the larger institutional features of sociology
Fieldwork, participant-observation - ANSWER-researchers observe people in their
natural environments
Surveys - ANSWER-asking populations of people sets of standardized questions
Experiments - ANSWER-test casual hypotheses concerning independent and
dependent variables
Sociological Imagination - ANSWER-the ability to see personal troubles as public issues
Role Taking - ANSWER-viewing ourselves as we believe others do
Ascribed & Achieved Status - ANSWER-ascribed: fixed at birth and unalterable
achieved: obtained and alterable within one's lifetime
