INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY EXAM #1
WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2026
Conflict Theory - answer-o Who : Karl Marx
o View: Vineyard
o Key terms and concepts
Haves and have not
Exploitation
Struggle for scarce resources
o Macro
Functionalism Theory - answer-o Who : Emile Durkheim
o View: Village
o Key terms and concepts
Parts of society serve function
Interdepdant parts
Society is likeing living organisums
o Macro
Symbolic interactions - answer-o Who: George Herbert Mead
o View : meadow
o Key terms and concepts
Day to day interactions
Signs symbols and patterns
Social meaning arises through process of social interaction
o Macro
,Analysis Level - answer-o Macro level
Conflict
Functionalism
o Micro level
Symbolic Interactions
Conflict Theory - answer-o Macro
o Struggle for scarce resources
o Divorce Application: When men control economic life, the divorce rate is low because
women find a few alternatives to a bad marriage. Rising divorce rate is due to a shift in
the balance of power.
Functionalism - answer-o Macro
o The parts of society are interdependent and related
o Divorce application : as social change erodes the traditional functions of the family,
family ties re weakened and the divorce rate increased
o The bonds that kept the family together weakened and the family fell apart
Symbolic interaction - answer-o Micro
o Face-Face interaction how people use symbols to create social life
o Divorce Application: industrialization and urbanization change marital roles and lead
to redefinition of love, marriage, children, and divorce.
o Redefined these concepts
What is sociology? - answer-o The study of human behavior in society
o The scientific way of thinking about society and its influences on human groups
o Views human behavior in societal context which reveals the underlying basis for many
social issues, problems , and current events
, What is sociology terms - answer-o Haves and have not/statuses
o Diversity and ethnicity issues
o Deviant behavior/ crime
o Stereotypes/labels
o Family patters/system
Sociological Imagination - answer-o Sociological inquiry emerges from sociological
imagination
o The ability to see societal patterns that influences individual and group life
o C .Wright Mills - Distinction between "troubles"(privately felt problems )
and issues (that affect large numbers of people)
o Comprehend the whole human society and its influence on the lives of human beings
- A sociological imagination allows us to see the important relationship between
personal issues which affect an individual ( alcoholic) and social issues which reflect a
problem for the entire society ( alcholoism)
Durkheim and Suicide - answer-o The higher degree of social integration the lower
expected suicide rate
o Patterns of suicide are evident in :
Religious affiliation
• The more autonomous the more suicide
• Catholicism less suicide
Martial affiliation
• Few suicides
Gender affiliation
• More females the fewer suicide
• Female more loving
• Seek help
• Male fatal
WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2026
Conflict Theory - answer-o Who : Karl Marx
o View: Vineyard
o Key terms and concepts
Haves and have not
Exploitation
Struggle for scarce resources
o Macro
Functionalism Theory - answer-o Who : Emile Durkheim
o View: Village
o Key terms and concepts
Parts of society serve function
Interdepdant parts
Society is likeing living organisums
o Macro
Symbolic interactions - answer-o Who: George Herbert Mead
o View : meadow
o Key terms and concepts
Day to day interactions
Signs symbols and patterns
Social meaning arises through process of social interaction
o Macro
,Analysis Level - answer-o Macro level
Conflict
Functionalism
o Micro level
Symbolic Interactions
Conflict Theory - answer-o Macro
o Struggle for scarce resources
o Divorce Application: When men control economic life, the divorce rate is low because
women find a few alternatives to a bad marriage. Rising divorce rate is due to a shift in
the balance of power.
Functionalism - answer-o Macro
o The parts of society are interdependent and related
o Divorce application : as social change erodes the traditional functions of the family,
family ties re weakened and the divorce rate increased
o The bonds that kept the family together weakened and the family fell apart
Symbolic interaction - answer-o Micro
o Face-Face interaction how people use symbols to create social life
o Divorce Application: industrialization and urbanization change marital roles and lead
to redefinition of love, marriage, children, and divorce.
o Redefined these concepts
What is sociology? - answer-o The study of human behavior in society
o The scientific way of thinking about society and its influences on human groups
o Views human behavior in societal context which reveals the underlying basis for many
social issues, problems , and current events
, What is sociology terms - answer-o Haves and have not/statuses
o Diversity and ethnicity issues
o Deviant behavior/ crime
o Stereotypes/labels
o Family patters/system
Sociological Imagination - answer-o Sociological inquiry emerges from sociological
imagination
o The ability to see societal patterns that influences individual and group life
o C .Wright Mills - Distinction between "troubles"(privately felt problems )
and issues (that affect large numbers of people)
o Comprehend the whole human society and its influence on the lives of human beings
- A sociological imagination allows us to see the important relationship between
personal issues which affect an individual ( alcoholic) and social issues which reflect a
problem for the entire society ( alcholoism)
Durkheim and Suicide - answer-o The higher degree of social integration the lower
expected suicide rate
o Patterns of suicide are evident in :
Religious affiliation
• The more autonomous the more suicide
• Catholicism less suicide
Martial affiliation
• Few suicides
Gender affiliation
• More females the fewer suicide
• Female more loving
• Seek help
• Male fatal
