SOCI 1301 EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Sociology
Answer:
The scientific study of social behavior and human groups
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2. Six social systems (institutions)
Answer:
1) family 2) religion 3) education 4) health care/media 5) government/politics 6) economy
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3. Science
Answer:
Body of knowledge obtained by methods based on systematic observation
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4. Natural science
Answer:
Study of physical features of nature (ex: astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, & physics)
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5. Social science
Answer:
Study of social features of human society (ex: sociology, anthropology, economics, history,
psychology, and political science)
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6. Theory
Answer:
Set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behaviors. Effective ones are explanatory
and predictive.
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7. Anomie
Answer:
Loss of direction that is felt in society when social control of individual behavior has become
ineffective
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8. Emile Durkheim
Answer:
Functionalist theory. Produced first study of suicide.
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9. Karl Marx
Answer:
Conflict theory. Wrote communist manifesto.
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10. Macrosociology
Answer:
Concentrates on large scale or entire civilizations
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11. Microsociology
Answer:
Stresses study of small groups
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12. W.E.B Du Bois
Answer:
An African American view
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13. Three theoretical perspectives (lenses)
Answer:
• functionalist perspective
• conflict perspective
• interactionist perspective
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14. Sociological imagination
Answer:
An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society (C. Wright Mills)
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15. Early thinkers
Answer:
•Auguste Comte
•Harriet Martineau
•Herbert Spencer
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16. Auguste Comte
Answer:
Coined term sociology to apply to science of human behavior
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17. Social inequality
Answer:
Condition in which members of society have differing amounts of wealth, prestige, or power
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Sociology
Answer:
The scientific study of social behavior and human groups
Question:
2. Six social systems (institutions)
Answer:
1) family 2) religion 3) education 4) health care/media 5) government/politics 6) economy
Question:
3. Science
Answer:
Body of knowledge obtained by methods based on systematic observation
Question:
4. Natural science
Answer:
Study of physical features of nature (ex: astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, & physics)
Question:
5. Social science
Answer:
Study of social features of human society (ex: sociology, anthropology, economics, history,
psychology, and political science)
Question:
6. Theory
Answer:
Set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behaviors. Effective ones are explanatory
and predictive.
Question:
7. Anomie
Answer:
Loss of direction that is felt in society when social control of individual behavior has become
ineffective
Question:
8. Emile Durkheim
Answer:
Functionalist theory. Produced first study of suicide.
, Question:
9. Karl Marx
Answer:
Conflict theory. Wrote communist manifesto.
Question:
10. Macrosociology
Answer:
Concentrates on large scale or entire civilizations
Question:
11. Microsociology
Answer:
Stresses study of small groups
Question:
12. W.E.B Du Bois
Answer:
An African American view
Question:
13. Three theoretical perspectives (lenses)
Answer:
• functionalist perspective
• conflict perspective
• interactionist perspective
Question:
14. Sociological imagination
Answer:
An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society (C. Wright Mills)
Question:
15. Early thinkers
Answer:
•Auguste Comte
•Harriet Martineau
•Herbert Spencer
Question:
16. Auguste Comte
Answer:
Coined term sociology to apply to science of human behavior
Question:
17. Social inequality
Answer:
Condition in which members of society have differing amounts of wealth, prestige, or power
