SOCIOLOGY 201 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
According to Emile Durkheim, a category of people with a higher suicide rate typically
has: - Answers - lower social integration
The United States falls within which category of the world's nations? - Answers - high-
income nations
Making use of the sociological perspective encourages: - Answers - challenging
commonly held beliefs
To evaluate a theory, sociologists: - Answers - gather data or facts
A statement of how and why specific facts are related is called a: - Answers - theory
_ is a way of understanding the world based on science. - Answers - positivism
The social-conflict approach draws attention to: - Answers - patterns of social inequality
The main characteristic of the _____ approach is its view of society as orderly and
stable. - Answers - structural-functional
The theoretical approach in sociology that assumes society is a complex system whose
parts work together to promote solidarity and stability is th - Answers - structural-
functional approach
W.E.B. Du Bois claimed that _____ was the major problem facing the United States
during the twentieth century. - Answers - race
Critical sociology can best be described as a(n) ________ approach. - Answers -
activist
Qualitative research has special appeal to investigators who favor which theoretical
approach? - Answers - the symbolic-interaction approach
A researcher doing participant observation may "break in" to a setting more easily with
the help of a: - Answers - key informant
The sociologist who called on his colleagues to be value free was: - Answers - Max
Weber
ANSWERS
According to Emile Durkheim, a category of people with a higher suicide rate typically
has: - Answers - lower social integration
The United States falls within which category of the world's nations? - Answers - high-
income nations
Making use of the sociological perspective encourages: - Answers - challenging
commonly held beliefs
To evaluate a theory, sociologists: - Answers - gather data or facts
A statement of how and why specific facts are related is called a: - Answers - theory
_ is a way of understanding the world based on science. - Answers - positivism
The social-conflict approach draws attention to: - Answers - patterns of social inequality
The main characteristic of the _____ approach is its view of society as orderly and
stable. - Answers - structural-functional
The theoretical approach in sociology that assumes society is a complex system whose
parts work together to promote solidarity and stability is th - Answers - structural-
functional approach
W.E.B. Du Bois claimed that _____ was the major problem facing the United States
during the twentieth century. - Answers - race
Critical sociology can best be described as a(n) ________ approach. - Answers -
activist
Qualitative research has special appeal to investigators who favor which theoretical
approach? - Answers - the symbolic-interaction approach
A researcher doing participant observation may "break in" to a setting more easily with
the help of a: - Answers - key informant
The sociologist who called on his colleagues to be value free was: - Answers - Max
Weber
