C273 - Sociology – WGU Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct
1. Who was the founder of conflict theory?: Karl Marx
2. Which idea did Auguste Comte introduce to the field of sociology?: Posi- tivism
3. Which sociological perspective views society as being made up of groups competing
for scarce resources?: Conflict theory
4. How would a functionalist theory explain the complexity of American fami- lies in the
early twenty-first century?: The complex patterns of family life permit greater economic
and emotional security for individuals from diverse backgrounds.
5. A series of questions asked of a sample of people: Surveys
6. Research that takes place while the researcher actively participates in a setting:
Participant observation
7. A controlled setting in which specific variables are manipulated and the outcomes
are measured: Experiments
8. The study of data that have already been collected: Secondary analysis
9. What is the purpose of having ethical standards in social research?: To protect
human subjects
10. Why is it considered unethical for sociologists to mislead their research
participants?: Because people have the right to give informed consent before participating
in research
11. What is an example of nonmaterial culture?: Language
12. Which concept do sociologists use to describe a group whose values and goals are in
opposition to mainstream culture?: Counterculture
13. What role do a culture's values play in social interactions?: Values define a culture's
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, standards for good and bad, beautiful and ugly, right and wrong.
14. How does the workplace act as an agent of socialization?: It is an environ- ment where
one can acquire new perspectives of the world.
15. Where do most people first encounter gender socialization?: Family
16. How might Charles Horton Cooley use the concept of the looking-glass self to explain
the influence of media on identity and behavior?: Media affects the way that people
perceive themselves because media reflects society's views of itself.
17. Which area of social life would be analyzed from the perspective of
macrosociology?: Social class
18. Which agent of socialization focuses primarily on establishing norms of moral
behavior?: Religion
19. How do sociologists describe the role of peers across the different stages of life?: They
serve as agents of socialization.
20. Which two concepts reflect sociological ways of thinking about the devel- opment of
self?: The looking-glass self
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1. Who was the founder of conflict theory?: Karl Marx
2. Which idea did Auguste Comte introduce to the field of sociology?: Posi- tivism
3. Which sociological perspective views society as being made up of groups competing
for scarce resources?: Conflict theory
4. How would a functionalist theory explain the complexity of American fami- lies in the
early twenty-first century?: The complex patterns of family life permit greater economic
and emotional security for individuals from diverse backgrounds.
5. A series of questions asked of a sample of people: Surveys
6. Research that takes place while the researcher actively participates in a setting:
Participant observation
7. A controlled setting in which specific variables are manipulated and the outcomes
are measured: Experiments
8. The study of data that have already been collected: Secondary analysis
9. What is the purpose of having ethical standards in social research?: To protect
human subjects
10. Why is it considered unethical for sociologists to mislead their research
participants?: Because people have the right to give informed consent before participating
in research
11. What is an example of nonmaterial culture?: Language
12. Which concept do sociologists use to describe a group whose values and goals are in
opposition to mainstream culture?: Counterculture
13. What role do a culture's values play in social interactions?: Values define a culture's
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, standards for good and bad, beautiful and ugly, right and wrong.
14. How does the workplace act as an agent of socialization?: It is an environ- ment where
one can acquire new perspectives of the world.
15. Where do most people first encounter gender socialization?: Family
16. How might Charles Horton Cooley use the concept of the looking-glass self to explain
the influence of media on identity and behavior?: Media affects the way that people
perceive themselves because media reflects society's views of itself.
17. Which area of social life would be analyzed from the perspective of
macrosociology?: Social class
18. Which agent of socialization focuses primarily on establishing norms of moral
behavior?: Religion
19. How do sociologists describe the role of peers across the different stages of life?: They
serve as agents of socialization.
20. Which two concepts reflect sociological ways of thinking about the devel- opment of
self?: The looking-glass self
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