SOCIOLOGY 101 STRAIGHTERLINE FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What is sociology - Answer - the scientific study of social interactions and of social
organizations
What is the functionalist perspective? - Answer - A system is to survive where certain
essential tasks are performed.
What happens to a functionalist system? - Answer - If it fails to maintain it will perish.
What is a conflict perspective? - Answer - Conflict theorists focus their attention on
society as a whole, studying its institutions and structural arrangements.
What is the interactionist perspective? - Answer - It is more concerned with the micro or
small-scale aspects of social life
Why would you use conflict, interactionist and functionalist perspectives together? -
Answer - By using all perspectives for full advantages.
What is socialization? - Answer - A process of social interaction by which people
acquire knowledge, attitudes, values and behavior essential for effective participation in
society.
What are agents of socialization? - Answer - Family, peers, school and mass media
What is the sociological theory? - Answer - A theory that emphasizes conditioning and
observational theory
What is culture? - Answer - Refers to a social heritage of people learning patterns for
thinking, feeling and acting from one generation to the next.
, What is society? - Answer - Refer to a group of people within the same territory and
share a common culture.
What does it mean to be culture in flux? - Answer - Culture groups adapt in dynamic
and unpredictable ways
Whats a subculture? - Answer - Religious, racial, ethnic, occupational and age groups.
What is a counterculture? - Answer - Rejects many of the behavioral standards and
guideposts that hold in the dominant culture.
What is ethnocentrism? - Answer - Judges the behavior of other groups by the
standards of our own culture
What is a 'status' - Answer - A position within a group or society
What is a 'role' - Answer - A status carried with a set of culturally defined right and
duties
What are social structures? - Answer - roles, statuses, groups and institutions.
What are family structures? - Answer - A way in which we define the family determines
the kinds of family we consider to be normal or deviant.
What would be considered challenges to a family? - Answer - Incest, family violence
and child abuse.
Define government - Answer - Political process that have to do with authoritative
formulating of rules and policies.
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What is sociology - Answer - the scientific study of social interactions and of social
organizations
What is the functionalist perspective? - Answer - A system is to survive where certain
essential tasks are performed.
What happens to a functionalist system? - Answer - If it fails to maintain it will perish.
What is a conflict perspective? - Answer - Conflict theorists focus their attention on
society as a whole, studying its institutions and structural arrangements.
What is the interactionist perspective? - Answer - It is more concerned with the micro or
small-scale aspects of social life
Why would you use conflict, interactionist and functionalist perspectives together? -
Answer - By using all perspectives for full advantages.
What is socialization? - Answer - A process of social interaction by which people
acquire knowledge, attitudes, values and behavior essential for effective participation in
society.
What are agents of socialization? - Answer - Family, peers, school and mass media
What is the sociological theory? - Answer - A theory that emphasizes conditioning and
observational theory
What is culture? - Answer - Refers to a social heritage of people learning patterns for
thinking, feeling and acting from one generation to the next.
, What is society? - Answer - Refer to a group of people within the same territory and
share a common culture.
What does it mean to be culture in flux? - Answer - Culture groups adapt in dynamic
and unpredictable ways
Whats a subculture? - Answer - Religious, racial, ethnic, occupational and age groups.
What is a counterculture? - Answer - Rejects many of the behavioral standards and
guideposts that hold in the dominant culture.
What is ethnocentrism? - Answer - Judges the behavior of other groups by the
standards of our own culture
What is a 'status' - Answer - A position within a group or society
What is a 'role' - Answer - A status carried with a set of culturally defined right and
duties
What are social structures? - Answer - roles, statuses, groups and institutions.
What are family structures? - Answer - A way in which we define the family determines
the kinds of family we consider to be normal or deviant.
What would be considered challenges to a family? - Answer - Incest, family violence
and child abuse.
Define government - Answer - Political process that have to do with authoritative
formulating of rules and policies.
