SOCIOLOGY UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS And
CORRECT Answers
Sociology - CORRECT ANSWERS Systematic and scientific study of human social behavior
(including its origins, development, organization, networks, and institutions).
Sociology particularly places special emphasis on studying societies, both as individual entities
and as elements of a global perspective.
Auguste Comte - CORRECT ANSWERS 1798-1857; Father of Sociology.
Began studying as a result of the chaos following the French and Industrial Revolutions.
Most of his finding have been disregarded as they were based on personal observation rather
than objective investigation.
Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWERS A logical, systematic approach to the solution of a
problem that entails a series of steps, including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing
the hypothesis, and stating conclusions.
Positivism - CORRECT ANSWERS The application of the scientific method towards the
analysis of society.
The belief that knowledge should be derived from scientific observation, in this case particularly
that society can best be understood through scientific inquiry.
Sociology was first taught... - CORRECT ANSWERS University of Kansas in 1890.
,University of Chicago in 1892.
Atlanta University in 1897.
First Department of Sociology founded at... - CORRECT ANSWERS McGill University in
Montreal, Canada in 1922.
Harvard in 1930.
University of California at Berkeley in 1950s.
Qualitative Sociology - CORRECT ANSWERS Understands societies by immersing oneself in
the group's experiences.
Including in-depth interviews, focus groups, and/or analysis of content sources as the source of
its data.
developed by Albion Small.
Quantitative Sociology - CORRECT ANSWERS Understands societies by observing the
group.
Relies on statistical analysis to understand experiences and trends.
Albion Small - CORRECT ANSWERS 1854-1926
developed qualitative sociology.
,Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWERS The study of individual cultures in a society, rather
than the society as a whole.
Traditionally, it focuses on "primitive" cultures and their languages, kinship patterns, and
cultural artifacts.
Political Science - CORRECT ANSWERS The study of government in societies.
Psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS The study of the mental processes that occur within an
individual and how society effects them, specifically.
Particularly brain functions, memory, dreams, learning, and perception.
Economics - CORRECT ANSWERS The study of production and distribution of a society's
goods and services.
Social Work v. Sociology - CORRECT ANSWERS Social Work is an applied science, as it is
designed to solve a specific problem using knowledge gleaned from sociological study.
Society - CORRECT ANSWERS group of people with common territory, interaction, and
culture.
Social Groups - CORRECT ANSWERS two or more peoplewho interact with one another.
What is necessary for a society? - CORRECT ANSWERS Territory, Interaction, Culture
, Territory - CORRECT ANSWERS ...does not require geographic borders, only that members
of a society- as well as nonmembers- recognize that land as belonging to that society.
Interaction - CORRECT ANSWERS Members of a society must come in contact with one
another.
Geographic distance and language barriers can separate societies within a country.
Culture - CORRECT ANSWERS The shared language, values, beliefs, behavior, and material
that constitute a society's way of life.
Pluralistic Society - CORRECT ANSWERS A society which consists of several distinct
cultures and groups
Assimilation - CORRECT ANSWERS The process of shedding one's original traditions in
order to fit into a new society.
Melting Pot - CORRECT ANSWERS a society consisting of peoples from different societies
who blend together into a single mass society.
Equality - CORRECT ANSWERS The idea/belief that all people are of equal worth.
Informal mechanisms such as prejudice and discrimination, work to elevate certain groups and
oppress others, thusly eliminating equality.
What are the basic characteristics of a hunter-gatherer society? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Family-based and driven,
Small and nomadic,
CORRECT Answers
Sociology - CORRECT ANSWERS Systematic and scientific study of human social behavior
(including its origins, development, organization, networks, and institutions).
Sociology particularly places special emphasis on studying societies, both as individual entities
and as elements of a global perspective.
Auguste Comte - CORRECT ANSWERS 1798-1857; Father of Sociology.
Began studying as a result of the chaos following the French and Industrial Revolutions.
Most of his finding have been disregarded as they were based on personal observation rather
than objective investigation.
Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWERS A logical, systematic approach to the solution of a
problem that entails a series of steps, including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing
the hypothesis, and stating conclusions.
Positivism - CORRECT ANSWERS The application of the scientific method towards the
analysis of society.
The belief that knowledge should be derived from scientific observation, in this case particularly
that society can best be understood through scientific inquiry.
Sociology was first taught... - CORRECT ANSWERS University of Kansas in 1890.
,University of Chicago in 1892.
Atlanta University in 1897.
First Department of Sociology founded at... - CORRECT ANSWERS McGill University in
Montreal, Canada in 1922.
Harvard in 1930.
University of California at Berkeley in 1950s.
Qualitative Sociology - CORRECT ANSWERS Understands societies by immersing oneself in
the group's experiences.
Including in-depth interviews, focus groups, and/or analysis of content sources as the source of
its data.
developed by Albion Small.
Quantitative Sociology - CORRECT ANSWERS Understands societies by observing the
group.
Relies on statistical analysis to understand experiences and trends.
Albion Small - CORRECT ANSWERS 1854-1926
developed qualitative sociology.
,Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWERS The study of individual cultures in a society, rather
than the society as a whole.
Traditionally, it focuses on "primitive" cultures and their languages, kinship patterns, and
cultural artifacts.
Political Science - CORRECT ANSWERS The study of government in societies.
Psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS The study of the mental processes that occur within an
individual and how society effects them, specifically.
Particularly brain functions, memory, dreams, learning, and perception.
Economics - CORRECT ANSWERS The study of production and distribution of a society's
goods and services.
Social Work v. Sociology - CORRECT ANSWERS Social Work is an applied science, as it is
designed to solve a specific problem using knowledge gleaned from sociological study.
Society - CORRECT ANSWERS group of people with common territory, interaction, and
culture.
Social Groups - CORRECT ANSWERS two or more peoplewho interact with one another.
What is necessary for a society? - CORRECT ANSWERS Territory, Interaction, Culture
, Territory - CORRECT ANSWERS ...does not require geographic borders, only that members
of a society- as well as nonmembers- recognize that land as belonging to that society.
Interaction - CORRECT ANSWERS Members of a society must come in contact with one
another.
Geographic distance and language barriers can separate societies within a country.
Culture - CORRECT ANSWERS The shared language, values, beliefs, behavior, and material
that constitute a society's way of life.
Pluralistic Society - CORRECT ANSWERS A society which consists of several distinct
cultures and groups
Assimilation - CORRECT ANSWERS The process of shedding one's original traditions in
order to fit into a new society.
Melting Pot - CORRECT ANSWERS a society consisting of peoples from different societies
who blend together into a single mass society.
Equality - CORRECT ANSWERS The idea/belief that all people are of equal worth.
Informal mechanisms such as prejudice and discrimination, work to elevate certain groups and
oppress others, thusly eliminating equality.
What are the basic characteristics of a hunter-gatherer society? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Family-based and driven,
Small and nomadic,
