SOCIOLOGY 111 LATEST 2026 EXAM COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔11. _____ is the knowledge, language, values, customs, and material objects that
are passed from person to person and from one generation to the next in a human
group or society. - ✔✔Culture
✔✔12. _____ is essential for our individual survival and our communication with other
people. We rely on it because we are not born with the information we need to survive.
We must learn through interaction, observation, and imitation in order to participate as
members of the group. - ✔✔Culture
✔✔13. _____ consists of physical or tangible creations that members of a society make,
use, and share. - ✔✔Material Culture
✔✔14. Some norms are considered to be highly essential to the stability of society.
_____ are strongly held norms with moral and ethical connotations that may not be
violated without serious consequences in a particular culture. - ✔✔Mores
✔✔15. _____ norms state what behavior is appropriate or acceptable. For example,
persons making a certain amount of money are expected to file a tax return and pay any
taxes they owe. - ✔✔Prescriptive
✔✔16. _____ are collective ideas about what is right and wrong, good or bad, and
desirable or undesirable in a particular culture. - ✔✔Values
✔✔17. _____ is the disorientation that people feel when they encounter cultures
radically different from their own and believe they cannot depend on their own taken-for-
granted assumption about life. - ✔✔Culture Shock
✔✔18. A(n) _____ is anything that meaningfully represents something else. Culture
could not exist without them because there would be no shared meanings among
people. - ✔✔Symbol
✔✔19. _____ theorists view language as a source of power and social control; it
perpetuates inequalities between people and between groups because words are used
to "keep people in their place." - ✔✔Conflict
✔✔20. "American society stands for equal opportunity for all." This statement
exemplifies _____ culture, which refers to the values and standards that people in a
society profess to hold. - ✔✔Ideal
,✔✔21. People may claim to be law-abiding, but they engage in behaviors that are
illegal. This exemplifies _____ culture, which refers to the values and standards of
behavior that people actually follow. - ✔✔Real
✔✔22. The strongest mores are referred to as _____. They are so strong that their
violation is considered to be extremely offensive and even unmentionable. - ✔✔Taboos
✔✔23. _____ are values that conflict with one another or are mutually exclusive
(achieving one makes it difficult, if not impossible, to achieve another). - ✔✔Value
Contradictions
✔✔1. According to sociologist George Hebert Mead, during the _____ stage of self-
development, children understand not only their own social position but also the
positions of others around them. - ✔✔Game
✔✔2. Psychologist Jean Piaget was a pioneer in the field of _____ which relates to
changes over time in how people think. - ✔✔Cognitive development
✔✔3. A person with very long hair plans to enlist in the armed forces. Prior to the date
of his/her enlistment, this individual goes to a stylist and instructs the barber or
beautician to cut his/her hair to military specifications. This exemplifies _____ -
✔✔Anticipatory
✔✔4. According to the text, the _____ is the most import agent of socialization in all
societies. - ✔✔Family
✔✔5. _____ are the persons, groups, or institutions that teach us what we need to know
in order to participate in society. - ✔✔Agents of socialization
✔✔6. _____ is the lifelong process of social interaction through which individuals
acquire a self-identity and the physical, mental, and social skills needed for survival in
society. - ✔✔Socialization
✔✔7. _____ is the aspect of socialization that contains specific messages and practices
concerning the nature of one's racial or ethnic status as it relates to our identity,
interpersonal relationships, and location in the social hierarchy. - ✔✔Racial
Socialization
✔✔8. According to sociologist Charles Horton Cooley, the _____ refers to the way in
which a person's sense of self is derived from the perceptions of others. - ✔✔Looking
Glass Self
, ✔✔9. George Herbert Mead breaks down the development of the self into three stages.
Which is not one of them? - ✔✔Conventional. The stages are: preparatory, play, and
game
✔✔10. _____ is the totality of our beliefs and feelings about ourselves. - ✔✔Self
Concept
✔✔11. From a _____ perspective, individual conformity to existing norms is not taken
for granted; rather basic individual needs and desires must be balanced against the
needs of the social structure. - ✔✔Funtionalist
✔✔12. Joe has decided to join a monastery. At this monastery there will be silence for
eight hours a day and fast from food on a regular basis. Joe will experience _____
resocialization. - ✔✔Voluntary
✔✔13. _____ is the aspect of socialization that contains specific messages and
practices concerning the nature of being female or male in a specific group or society. -
✔✔Gender Socialization
✔✔14. In the "nature versus nurture" debate regarding socialization, the "nature"
component refers to _____. - ✔✔Hereditary
✔✔15. According to _____, we do not know who we are until we see ourselves as we
believe that others see us. This perspective helps us understand how our self-identity is
developed through our contact with others. - ✔✔Symbolic Interactionists
✔✔16. _____ occurs when children's basic needs including emotional warmth and
security, adequate shelter, food, health care, education, clothing, and protection are not
met, regardless of cause. - ✔✔Child Neglect
✔✔17. _____ theorists stress that socialization contributes to false consciousness,
which is a lack of awareness and a distorted perception of the reality of class as it
affects all aspects of social life. Socialization reaffirms and reproduces the class
structure in the next generation rather than challenging the condition that presently
exist. - ✔✔Conflict
✔✔18. _____ focus on how humans design their own culture and transmit it from
generation to generation through socialization. By contrast, _____ assert that nature, in
the form of our genetic makeup, is a major factor in shaping human behavior. -
✔✔Sociologists
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔11. _____ is the knowledge, language, values, customs, and material objects that
are passed from person to person and from one generation to the next in a human
group or society. - ✔✔Culture
✔✔12. _____ is essential for our individual survival and our communication with other
people. We rely on it because we are not born with the information we need to survive.
We must learn through interaction, observation, and imitation in order to participate as
members of the group. - ✔✔Culture
✔✔13. _____ consists of physical or tangible creations that members of a society make,
use, and share. - ✔✔Material Culture
✔✔14. Some norms are considered to be highly essential to the stability of society.
_____ are strongly held norms with moral and ethical connotations that may not be
violated without serious consequences in a particular culture. - ✔✔Mores
✔✔15. _____ norms state what behavior is appropriate or acceptable. For example,
persons making a certain amount of money are expected to file a tax return and pay any
taxes they owe. - ✔✔Prescriptive
✔✔16. _____ are collective ideas about what is right and wrong, good or bad, and
desirable or undesirable in a particular culture. - ✔✔Values
✔✔17. _____ is the disorientation that people feel when they encounter cultures
radically different from their own and believe they cannot depend on their own taken-for-
granted assumption about life. - ✔✔Culture Shock
✔✔18. A(n) _____ is anything that meaningfully represents something else. Culture
could not exist without them because there would be no shared meanings among
people. - ✔✔Symbol
✔✔19. _____ theorists view language as a source of power and social control; it
perpetuates inequalities between people and between groups because words are used
to "keep people in their place." - ✔✔Conflict
✔✔20. "American society stands for equal opportunity for all." This statement
exemplifies _____ culture, which refers to the values and standards that people in a
society profess to hold. - ✔✔Ideal
,✔✔21. People may claim to be law-abiding, but they engage in behaviors that are
illegal. This exemplifies _____ culture, which refers to the values and standards of
behavior that people actually follow. - ✔✔Real
✔✔22. The strongest mores are referred to as _____. They are so strong that their
violation is considered to be extremely offensive and even unmentionable. - ✔✔Taboos
✔✔23. _____ are values that conflict with one another or are mutually exclusive
(achieving one makes it difficult, if not impossible, to achieve another). - ✔✔Value
Contradictions
✔✔1. According to sociologist George Hebert Mead, during the _____ stage of self-
development, children understand not only their own social position but also the
positions of others around them. - ✔✔Game
✔✔2. Psychologist Jean Piaget was a pioneer in the field of _____ which relates to
changes over time in how people think. - ✔✔Cognitive development
✔✔3. A person with very long hair plans to enlist in the armed forces. Prior to the date
of his/her enlistment, this individual goes to a stylist and instructs the barber or
beautician to cut his/her hair to military specifications. This exemplifies _____ -
✔✔Anticipatory
✔✔4. According to the text, the _____ is the most import agent of socialization in all
societies. - ✔✔Family
✔✔5. _____ are the persons, groups, or institutions that teach us what we need to know
in order to participate in society. - ✔✔Agents of socialization
✔✔6. _____ is the lifelong process of social interaction through which individuals
acquire a self-identity and the physical, mental, and social skills needed for survival in
society. - ✔✔Socialization
✔✔7. _____ is the aspect of socialization that contains specific messages and practices
concerning the nature of one's racial or ethnic status as it relates to our identity,
interpersonal relationships, and location in the social hierarchy. - ✔✔Racial
Socialization
✔✔8. According to sociologist Charles Horton Cooley, the _____ refers to the way in
which a person's sense of self is derived from the perceptions of others. - ✔✔Looking
Glass Self
, ✔✔9. George Herbert Mead breaks down the development of the self into three stages.
Which is not one of them? - ✔✔Conventional. The stages are: preparatory, play, and
game
✔✔10. _____ is the totality of our beliefs and feelings about ourselves. - ✔✔Self
Concept
✔✔11. From a _____ perspective, individual conformity to existing norms is not taken
for granted; rather basic individual needs and desires must be balanced against the
needs of the social structure. - ✔✔Funtionalist
✔✔12. Joe has decided to join a monastery. At this monastery there will be silence for
eight hours a day and fast from food on a regular basis. Joe will experience _____
resocialization. - ✔✔Voluntary
✔✔13. _____ is the aspect of socialization that contains specific messages and
practices concerning the nature of being female or male in a specific group or society. -
✔✔Gender Socialization
✔✔14. In the "nature versus nurture" debate regarding socialization, the "nature"
component refers to _____. - ✔✔Hereditary
✔✔15. According to _____, we do not know who we are until we see ourselves as we
believe that others see us. This perspective helps us understand how our self-identity is
developed through our contact with others. - ✔✔Symbolic Interactionists
✔✔16. _____ occurs when children's basic needs including emotional warmth and
security, adequate shelter, food, health care, education, clothing, and protection are not
met, regardless of cause. - ✔✔Child Neglect
✔✔17. _____ theorists stress that socialization contributes to false consciousness,
which is a lack of awareness and a distorted perception of the reality of class as it
affects all aspects of social life. Socialization reaffirms and reproduces the class
structure in the next generation rather than challenging the condition that presently
exist. - ✔✔Conflict
✔✔18. _____ focus on how humans design their own culture and transmit it from
generation to generation through socialization. By contrast, _____ assert that nature, in
the form of our genetic makeup, is a major factor in shaping human behavior. -
✔✔Sociologists
