SOCIOLOGY 205 TAMU TEST 1 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
Society - ANS Grouping of people, often by region or territory, sharing a common
characteristic
-language,laws,beliefs,traditions,values
Everyday Actor - ANS Someone who approaches the world by using knowledge that is
practical or taken for granted (not scientific)
Social Analyst - ANS someone who approaches the world by using reasoning and questions to
gain deeper insights
Sociology - ANS The systematic or scientific study of human society and social behavior, from
large-scale institutions and mass culture to small groups and individual interactions
Microsociology - ANS the level of analysis that studies face-to-face and small group
interactions in order to understand how they affect the larger patterns and structures of society
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, Symbolic Interactionism - ANS Sees interaction and meaning as central to society and
assumes that meanings are not inherent but rather are created through interaction
3 basic tenets of symbolic interactionism - ANS - act towards things on the basis of their
meanings
- meanings aren't inherent but are negotiated through interaction with others (something can
mean two different things to two different people)
- meanings can change or be modified via interaction
Conversation analysis - ANS a sociological approach that looks at how we create meaning in
naturally occurring conversation, often by taping conversations and examining them
Pragmatism - ANS a perspective that assumes organisms (including humans) make practical
adaptations to their environments; humans do this through cognition, interpretation, and
interaction
Macrosociology - ANS the level of analysis that studies large-scale social structures in order
to determine how they affect the lives of groups and individuals
Theories - ANS abstract propositions that explain the social world and make predictions
about the future
Paradigms - ANS a set of assumptions, theories, and perspectives that make up a way of
understanding social reality
Social Sciences - ANS the disciplines that use the scientific method to examine to social world
Roots of sociology - ANS -influenced by philosophers,historians, theologist
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
Society - ANS Grouping of people, often by region or territory, sharing a common
characteristic
-language,laws,beliefs,traditions,values
Everyday Actor - ANS Someone who approaches the world by using knowledge that is
practical or taken for granted (not scientific)
Social Analyst - ANS someone who approaches the world by using reasoning and questions to
gain deeper insights
Sociology - ANS The systematic or scientific study of human society and social behavior, from
large-scale institutions and mass culture to small groups and individual interactions
Microsociology - ANS the level of analysis that studies face-to-face and small group
interactions in order to understand how they affect the larger patterns and structures of society
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Symbolic Interactionism - ANS Sees interaction and meaning as central to society and
assumes that meanings are not inherent but rather are created through interaction
3 basic tenets of symbolic interactionism - ANS - act towards things on the basis of their
meanings
- meanings aren't inherent but are negotiated through interaction with others (something can
mean two different things to two different people)
- meanings can change or be modified via interaction
Conversation analysis - ANS a sociological approach that looks at how we create meaning in
naturally occurring conversation, often by taping conversations and examining them
Pragmatism - ANS a perspective that assumes organisms (including humans) make practical
adaptations to their environments; humans do this through cognition, interpretation, and
interaction
Macrosociology - ANS the level of analysis that studies large-scale social structures in order
to determine how they affect the lives of groups and individuals
Theories - ANS abstract propositions that explain the social world and make predictions
about the future
Paradigms - ANS a set of assumptions, theories, and perspectives that make up a way of
understanding social reality
Social Sciences - ANS the disciplines that use the scientific method to examine to social world
Roots of sociology - ANS -influenced by philosophers,historians, theologist
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