UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Applied Sociology - CORRECT ANSWER - Use of sociology to solve problems
Pure Sociology - CORRECT ANSWER - Research for finding discoveries about life
in human groups, not making changes in them. (Just have the info)
Conflict Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - Society is viewed as competing for
resources, (someone has to pay, so constant conflict) (Karl Marx)
Functional Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - Everything in society performs a
function. Just like a grandfather clock, they all make the society work.
Symbolic Interaction - CORRECT ANSWER - View that society is a set of symbols
used to establish meaning, develop views, and communicate with each other.
Macro/Micro Level Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - Macro: Large scale patterns
Mirco: Small scale patterns
Social Integration - CORRECT ANSWER - The degree which people are tied to their
social groups (Durkheim and suicide relations).
Social Interaction - CORRECT ANSWER - One persons actions influencing someone
else
Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - A general statement of how some parts in the world
fit and work together.
, Sociology - CORRECT ANSWER - Study of Society
Society - CORRECT ANSWER -
Anomie - CORRECT ANSWER - Normlessness (People with high anomie tend to
have high drug use)
Norms - CORRECT ANSWER - The oughtness of a situation (what you ought to do),
expectations of right behavior
Values - CORRECT ANSWER - standards by which people define what is desirable/
undesirable
Value Free - CORRECT ANSWER -
C Wright Mills - CORRECT ANSWER - Sociological perspective (Society as a whole
+ subject)
Karl Marx - CORRECT ANSWER - Wrote communist manifesto, Believed key to
understanding society was through ECONOMICS, conflict theory
Auguste Comte - CORRECT ANSWER - Father of sociology, coined the term
sociology
Emile Durkheim - CORRECT ANSWER - Implenment scientific method to soc.
Sought to find most personal behavior (Loss of life/ suicide), viewed societies trends with
these. Goals to make soc. its on area, and show how social forces affect behavior.