LSU SOCIOLOGY 2001 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS LATEST 2025-2026 UPDATE
organization - Answer-large, complex network of positions created for a
specific purpose and characterized by a hierarchial division of labor
normative organization - Answer-people voluntarily join for personal
satisfaction
coercive organization - Answer-people are forced to join
utilitarian organization - Answer-people voluntarily join for a material
reward
out-group - Answer-the groups we don't have a sense of loyalty to, and
we feel a certain amount of antagonism towards
primary group - Answer-collection of individuals who are together for a
relatively long period, whose members have direct contact with and feel
emotional attachment to one another
role - Answer-set of expectations associated with a particular status
role conflict - Answer-when the demands of one role interfere with the
demands of another
, role strain - Answer-lack of resources to fulfill the demands of a
particular role
secondary group - Answer-relatively impersonal collection of
individuals that is established to perform a specific task
social institution - Answer-stable set of roles, statuses, groups and
organizations that provide a foundation for behavior in some major area
of social life
society - Answer-a population of people living in the same geographic
area who share a culture and a common identity and whose members are
subject to the same political authority
status - Answer-any named social position that a person can occupy
structural-functionalist perspective - Answer-the perspective that posits
that social institutions are structured to maintain stability and order in
society
symbol - Answer-something used to represent something else
symbolic interactionsim - Answer-theoretical perspective that explains
society and social structure through an examination of the microlevel,
personal, day-to-day exchanges of people as individuals, pairs or groups
AND ANSWERS LATEST 2025-2026 UPDATE
organization - Answer-large, complex network of positions created for a
specific purpose and characterized by a hierarchial division of labor
normative organization - Answer-people voluntarily join for personal
satisfaction
coercive organization - Answer-people are forced to join
utilitarian organization - Answer-people voluntarily join for a material
reward
out-group - Answer-the groups we don't have a sense of loyalty to, and
we feel a certain amount of antagonism towards
primary group - Answer-collection of individuals who are together for a
relatively long period, whose members have direct contact with and feel
emotional attachment to one another
role - Answer-set of expectations associated with a particular status
role conflict - Answer-when the demands of one role interfere with the
demands of another
, role strain - Answer-lack of resources to fulfill the demands of a
particular role
secondary group - Answer-relatively impersonal collection of
individuals that is established to perform a specific task
social institution - Answer-stable set of roles, statuses, groups and
organizations that provide a foundation for behavior in some major area
of social life
society - Answer-a population of people living in the same geographic
area who share a culture and a common identity and whose members are
subject to the same political authority
status - Answer-any named social position that a person can occupy
structural-functionalist perspective - Answer-the perspective that posits
that social institutions are structured to maintain stability and order in
society
symbol - Answer-something used to represent something else
symbolic interactionsim - Answer-theoretical perspective that explains
society and social structure through an examination of the microlevel,
personal, day-to-day exchanges of people as individuals, pairs or groups
