Sociology 101 (Exam 1) Question &
Answers 2026
C. Wright Mills - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔coined the
term "The sociological imagination" and allows us to
comprehend the change happening around us.
Sociological Imagination - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Ability to see the connection between the larger world
and our personal lives (C. Wright Mills)
Auguste Comte (1798-1857) - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔"Father of Sociology" - invented what he called "social
physics" to understand the world. We could determine
what is right and wrong without reference to higher
powers or other religious concepts.
Social Institution - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Any
institution in a society that works to shape the behavior
of the groups of people within it
Theoretical Stage - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Society
seemed to be the result of divine will
"It was God's plan
Metaphysical Stage - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔human
behavior governed by natural, biological instincts
,Sociology 101 (Exam 1) Question &
Answers 2026
Scientific Stage - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔develop a
social physics to understand human behavior
Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔In 1853 she translated Auguste Comte's work from
French to English. *one of the earliest feminist social
scientists
Karl Marx (1818-83) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔founder
of "Marxism" the ideological alternative to capitalism
Max Weber (1864-1920) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔first
to use sociological imagination. created Verstehen
("understanding"). To truly understand why people act the
way they do, a sociologist must understand the meanings
people attach to their actions.
Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔studied suicide and showed how individual acts are
conditioned by social forces.
Anomie - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔too little social
regulation; normlessness
, Sociology 101 (Exam 1) Question &
Answers 2026
Georg Simmel - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Established a
sociology of numbers, how people conduct themselves
differently depending how many people are involved
Sociology "cousins" - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Psychology, anthropology, History, political science
Symbolic Interactionism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A
micro-level theory in which shared means and
assumptions form the basic motivations behind people's
actions
Quantitative Methods - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔uses
statistical analysis to examine numerical data
(data that can be converted to numerical form)
Qualitative methods - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔methods that attempt to collect information about the
social world that cannot be readily converted to numeric
form.
Sociology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The study of
human society. The general goal of sociology is to allow
Answers 2026
C. Wright Mills - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔coined the
term "The sociological imagination" and allows us to
comprehend the change happening around us.
Sociological Imagination - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Ability to see the connection between the larger world
and our personal lives (C. Wright Mills)
Auguste Comte (1798-1857) - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔"Father of Sociology" - invented what he called "social
physics" to understand the world. We could determine
what is right and wrong without reference to higher
powers or other religious concepts.
Social Institution - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Any
institution in a society that works to shape the behavior
of the groups of people within it
Theoretical Stage - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Society
seemed to be the result of divine will
"It was God's plan
Metaphysical Stage - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔human
behavior governed by natural, biological instincts
,Sociology 101 (Exam 1) Question &
Answers 2026
Scientific Stage - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔develop a
social physics to understand human behavior
Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔In 1853 she translated Auguste Comte's work from
French to English. *one of the earliest feminist social
scientists
Karl Marx (1818-83) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔founder
of "Marxism" the ideological alternative to capitalism
Max Weber (1864-1920) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔first
to use sociological imagination. created Verstehen
("understanding"). To truly understand why people act the
way they do, a sociologist must understand the meanings
people attach to their actions.
Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔studied suicide and showed how individual acts are
conditioned by social forces.
Anomie - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔too little social
regulation; normlessness
, Sociology 101 (Exam 1) Question &
Answers 2026
Georg Simmel - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Established a
sociology of numbers, how people conduct themselves
differently depending how many people are involved
Sociology "cousins" - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Psychology, anthropology, History, political science
Symbolic Interactionism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A
micro-level theory in which shared means and
assumptions form the basic motivations behind people's
actions
Quantitative Methods - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔uses
statistical analysis to examine numerical data
(data that can be converted to numerical form)
Qualitative methods - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔methods that attempt to collect information about the
social world that cannot be readily converted to numeric
form.
Sociology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The study of
human society. The general goal of sociology is to allow
