SOC 104 Exam 1 Questions and Answers Already Passed
What is sociology? - Answers The study of human groups
Patterns in groups of peoples actions and how they vary across time, cultures, and social
groups
What do sociologists study? - Answers Inequality in the modern world
Broad range of topics
Address social problems and make the world a better place
What is the difference b/n sociology and common sense? - Answers Common sense vs.
systematic analysis of facts
Ex: Research on differences men and women regarding talkativeness
How did sociology form (history)? - Answers Sociological inquiry and the Industrial Revolution
Reorganization of social life and rapid social change
-Not just geographical location
-Affects access to resources and education
-Also encompasses cultural elements of our lives: religious and political beliefs
-Each of us has a unique social location - Answers Social location
Actions, life chances, and treatment of person or group of people due to their placement within
the social structure - Answers Social location
The intersecting number of larger social forces that affect individual's lives and gives individuals
a unique understanding and perception of the world - Answers Social location
What is social location affected by? - Answers Social structure and Social Institutions
-Framework of society
-Enduring patterns of behavior and relationships within a society that comes from interaction
b/n groups, individuals, and social institutions
-Comprised of social institutions - Answers Social Structure
Examples of Social Institutions - Answers Economy, religion, media, gender, race, education,
class
, How we organize our society
created pragmatically - Answers Social institutions
norms, values, and beliefs are different for each institutional sphere
are created from organizations and communities - Answers Social institutions
Structure and Agency:
Avoid...
Individuals can exercise some choice
HOWEVER, these individual choices are constrained by larger _____ and the ____ one is born into
- Answers Avoid dichotomous thinking
...larger social structure and the social location
Social structures and institutions are socially constructed - Answers Social constructs
Derived and maintained from social interactions - Answers Social constructed reality
Examples of social constructs - Answers Money $$$$
Socialization: Berger & Luckman - Answers How socialization relates to social reality
2 types of socialization:
Primary Socialization
Secondary Socialization
Internalization, externalization, objectification - Answers Socialization
Socialization: Berger & Luckman
Once generalized other internalized, primary socialization ends
Other terms:
Subjective reality
Objective reality - Answers Socialization
C. Wright Mills
What is sociology? - Answers The study of human groups
Patterns in groups of peoples actions and how they vary across time, cultures, and social
groups
What do sociologists study? - Answers Inequality in the modern world
Broad range of topics
Address social problems and make the world a better place
What is the difference b/n sociology and common sense? - Answers Common sense vs.
systematic analysis of facts
Ex: Research on differences men and women regarding talkativeness
How did sociology form (history)? - Answers Sociological inquiry and the Industrial Revolution
Reorganization of social life and rapid social change
-Not just geographical location
-Affects access to resources and education
-Also encompasses cultural elements of our lives: religious and political beliefs
-Each of us has a unique social location - Answers Social location
Actions, life chances, and treatment of person or group of people due to their placement within
the social structure - Answers Social location
The intersecting number of larger social forces that affect individual's lives and gives individuals
a unique understanding and perception of the world - Answers Social location
What is social location affected by? - Answers Social structure and Social Institutions
-Framework of society
-Enduring patterns of behavior and relationships within a society that comes from interaction
b/n groups, individuals, and social institutions
-Comprised of social institutions - Answers Social Structure
Examples of Social Institutions - Answers Economy, religion, media, gender, race, education,
class
, How we organize our society
created pragmatically - Answers Social institutions
norms, values, and beliefs are different for each institutional sphere
are created from organizations and communities - Answers Social institutions
Structure and Agency:
Avoid...
Individuals can exercise some choice
HOWEVER, these individual choices are constrained by larger _____ and the ____ one is born into
- Answers Avoid dichotomous thinking
...larger social structure and the social location
Social structures and institutions are socially constructed - Answers Social constructs
Derived and maintained from social interactions - Answers Social constructed reality
Examples of social constructs - Answers Money $$$$
Socialization: Berger & Luckman - Answers How socialization relates to social reality
2 types of socialization:
Primary Socialization
Secondary Socialization
Internalization, externalization, objectification - Answers Socialization
Socialization: Berger & Luckman
Once generalized other internalized, primary socialization ends
Other terms:
Subjective reality
Objective reality - Answers Socialization
C. Wright Mills
