SOCIOLOGY 111 FINAL EXAM IVY
TECH 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Functionalist Perspective - ANS theoretical perspective that views society as a set of
interrelated parts that work together to produce a stable social system
conflcit theory - ANS Karl Marx's theory sees social life as a competition and focuses on the
distribution of resources, power, and inequality.
symbolic interaction - ANS the ongoing use of language and gestures in anticipation of how
the other will react; a conversation, looks at everyday interactions of people to help explain
society
Communist Manifesto - ANS A socialist manifesto written by Marx and Engels (1848)
describing the history of the working-class movement according to their views.
Comte - ANS coined the term sociology, believed in positivism, divided sociology into social
statistics/dynamics
Weber - ANS combined economic sociology and the sociology of religion, wrote "protestant
ethic", bureaucratic theory, rationalization theory, 3 types of authority
Karl Marx - ANS founded historical materialism, conflict theory, and theorized social classes
and class conflict
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, Durkheim - ANS created the functionalist perspective, developed concept of anomie,
practitioner of positivist sociology
Cooley's Looking Glass Self - ANS a self-image based on how we think others see us, ones self
grows from their interactions and relationships with others
G. H. Mead - ANS developed symbolic interactionist theory, Theory of self,
"I" and "Me" - ANS "me" represents the expectation and attitude of others towards "me", "I"
is the reaction to "Me" or ones individuality
Culture - ANS the beliefs, way of life, art, and customs that are shared and accepted by
people in a particular society
Society - ANS is a group of people with common territory, interaction, and culture.
Organic solidarity - ANS is social unity based on a division of labor that results in people
depending on each other
mechanical solidarity - ANS is the sense of togetherness in a society that arises when people,
performing similar work, share similar experiences, customs, values, and beliefs.
Goffman - ANS "The presentation of self, introduced the dramatugical approach, used
symbolic interaction method
dramaturgy - ANS Approach that depicts human interaction as theatrical performances
cultural relativism - ANS the practice of judging a culture by its own standards instead of
against another culture
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TECH 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Functionalist Perspective - ANS theoretical perspective that views society as a set of
interrelated parts that work together to produce a stable social system
conflcit theory - ANS Karl Marx's theory sees social life as a competition and focuses on the
distribution of resources, power, and inequality.
symbolic interaction - ANS the ongoing use of language and gestures in anticipation of how
the other will react; a conversation, looks at everyday interactions of people to help explain
society
Communist Manifesto - ANS A socialist manifesto written by Marx and Engels (1848)
describing the history of the working-class movement according to their views.
Comte - ANS coined the term sociology, believed in positivism, divided sociology into social
statistics/dynamics
Weber - ANS combined economic sociology and the sociology of religion, wrote "protestant
ethic", bureaucratic theory, rationalization theory, 3 types of authority
Karl Marx - ANS founded historical materialism, conflict theory, and theorized social classes
and class conflict
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, Durkheim - ANS created the functionalist perspective, developed concept of anomie,
practitioner of positivist sociology
Cooley's Looking Glass Self - ANS a self-image based on how we think others see us, ones self
grows from their interactions and relationships with others
G. H. Mead - ANS developed symbolic interactionist theory, Theory of self,
"I" and "Me" - ANS "me" represents the expectation and attitude of others towards "me", "I"
is the reaction to "Me" or ones individuality
Culture - ANS the beliefs, way of life, art, and customs that are shared and accepted by
people in a particular society
Society - ANS is a group of people with common territory, interaction, and culture.
Organic solidarity - ANS is social unity based on a division of labor that results in people
depending on each other
mechanical solidarity - ANS is the sense of togetherness in a society that arises when people,
performing similar work, share similar experiences, customs, values, and beliefs.
Goffman - ANS "The presentation of self, introduced the dramatugical approach, used
symbolic interaction method
dramaturgy - ANS Approach that depicts human interaction as theatrical performances
cultural relativism - ANS the practice of judging a culture by its own standards instead of
against another culture
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