SYG 2000 UCF EXAM 1 LATEST ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A
Sociology - (ANSWER)The study of society and human interaction with society
Sociology Seeks to understand - (ANSWER)General human behavior, social relationships and social
institutions
Sociological Imagination - (ANSWER)The ability to grasp the relationship between individual lives and
the larger social forces that shape them. Put things into context, personal beliefs aside, be objective.
Agency - (ANSWER)ability for an individual to exercise free will
Structure - (ANSWER)patterned social arrangements that effect agency (ex: a woman's place is in the
home)
4 Interrelated historical developments in sociological thinking - (ANSWER)Scientific revolution, the
enlightenment, industrial revolution, urbanization
Anomie - (ANSWER)When you don't know the social norms and get stressed/confused
Functionalism - (ANSWER)How people should come together to avoid anomie
Auguste Comte - (ANSWER)Coined the term "sociology" and created the idea of positivism (knowledge
gained from scientific fact and reasoning)
Harriet Martineau - (ANSWER)First female sociologist, said we need to focus on underrepresented
groups to ensure social justice
, SYG 2000 UCF EXAM 1 LATEST ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A
Max Weber - (ANSWER)Bureaucracies, first person to talk about capitalism
Karl Marx - (ANSWER)Conflict, economic and political thinker, thought powerful people should exploit
less powerful for personal benefit and to keep power
Emile Durkheim - (ANSWER)Pioneered methodology, ideas of suicide, looked at mechanical and organic
bonds
Mechanical Bonds - (ANSWER)Bonds created because of similarity
Organic Bonds - (ANSWER)Bonds based on specialization and independence
Robert Ezra Park - (ANSWER)Pioneer of urban sociology, the chicago school
WEB Dubois - (ANSWER)African American male, talked about racial stigma, double consciousness, aware
that they are a different race but more aware that they are americans
Robert Merton - (ANSWER)First person to come up with theory of deviance, created middle range
theories
C. Wright Mills - (ANSWER)Founded the Hull House and was the first to study neighborhoods
Functionalism - (ANSWER)Theory that everything in society has a function, everything serves a purpose,
if it doesn't serve a function it will go away
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A
Sociology - (ANSWER)The study of society and human interaction with society
Sociology Seeks to understand - (ANSWER)General human behavior, social relationships and social
institutions
Sociological Imagination - (ANSWER)The ability to grasp the relationship between individual lives and
the larger social forces that shape them. Put things into context, personal beliefs aside, be objective.
Agency - (ANSWER)ability for an individual to exercise free will
Structure - (ANSWER)patterned social arrangements that effect agency (ex: a woman's place is in the
home)
4 Interrelated historical developments in sociological thinking - (ANSWER)Scientific revolution, the
enlightenment, industrial revolution, urbanization
Anomie - (ANSWER)When you don't know the social norms and get stressed/confused
Functionalism - (ANSWER)How people should come together to avoid anomie
Auguste Comte - (ANSWER)Coined the term "sociology" and created the idea of positivism (knowledge
gained from scientific fact and reasoning)
Harriet Martineau - (ANSWER)First female sociologist, said we need to focus on underrepresented
groups to ensure social justice
, SYG 2000 UCF EXAM 1 LATEST ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A
Max Weber - (ANSWER)Bureaucracies, first person to talk about capitalism
Karl Marx - (ANSWER)Conflict, economic and political thinker, thought powerful people should exploit
less powerful for personal benefit and to keep power
Emile Durkheim - (ANSWER)Pioneered methodology, ideas of suicide, looked at mechanical and organic
bonds
Mechanical Bonds - (ANSWER)Bonds created because of similarity
Organic Bonds - (ANSWER)Bonds based on specialization and independence
Robert Ezra Park - (ANSWER)Pioneer of urban sociology, the chicago school
WEB Dubois - (ANSWER)African American male, talked about racial stigma, double consciousness, aware
that they are a different race but more aware that they are americans
Robert Merton - (ANSWER)First person to come up with theory of deviance, created middle range
theories
C. Wright Mills - (ANSWER)Founded the Hull House and was the first to study neighborhoods
Functionalism - (ANSWER)Theory that everything in society has a function, everything serves a purpose,
if it doesn't serve a function it will go away
