SOC 101 Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
What is sociology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The systematic study of
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society and social interaction. Sociologists identify social forces and
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cultural patterns and determine how they affect individuals and groups.
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They apply these findings to the real world.
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The scientific, systematic study of society as a whole. A way of thinking
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about individuals, the world, and how they relate.
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The systematic study of human societies
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The history of sociology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Sociology was
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developed as a way to study and try to understand the changes to
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society brought on by the Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th
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centuries. Some of the earliest sociologists thought that societies and
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individuals' roles in society could be studied using the same scientific
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methodologies that were used in the natural sciences, while others
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believed that it was impossible to predict human behavior scientifically.
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Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Sociologists develop theories to explain social events, interactions, and
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,patterns. A theory is a proposed explanation of these social interactions.
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|Theories have different scales. Macro-level theories, such as structural
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functionalism and conflict theory, attempt to explain how societies | | | | | | | | |
operate as a whole. Micro-level theories, such as symbolic
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interactionism, focus on interactions between individuals. | | | | |
Why study sociology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-By studying sociology
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people learn how to think critically about social issues and problems
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that confront our society. The study of sociology enriches' students lives
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and prepares them for careers in an increasingly diverse world. Society
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benefits because people with sociological training are better prepared
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to make informed decisions about social issues and take effective action
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to deal with them.
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Macro vs. Micro - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Macro - big (like the forest), a
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system
Micro - small (like the tree)
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sociological imagination - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A way of thinking
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about macro/micro, also known as the sociological perspective
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the ability to understand how your own past relates to that of other
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people, as well as to history in general and societal structures in
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particular
,History vs. Biography - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-History - social context,
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macro (ex: health of the economy)
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biography - individual experience, micro (ex: experiences of
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employment/unemployment)
Troubles vs. Issues - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Troubles - occur within the
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individual (ex: takes me a while to get to work)
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Issues - have to do with the institutions of the society as a whole, a
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public matter (ex: the city has bad infrastructure)
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How do history & biography/ trouble & issue relate? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Broad trends impact individual lives, individual events | | | | | | |
reflect broader trends
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How did we get sociology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Western Intellectual
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|Tradition. The Catholic Church used to have complete control of social
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life & didn't like anything that challenged it's authority. But then, the
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Black Death led to a decline in Church power & the Protestant
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Reformation. There was a decline of monarchies due to revolutions like
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the American Revolution and French Revolution. This led to changing
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power structures and economic relations. This led to the enlightenment
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(reason, individualism), which led to the development of modern
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science (objectivity, logic, testable theories). The changes in Europe led
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, to changes in how people related to each other, the government, and
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the economy. It was a fundamental change in how society works.
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Decline in religious and monarchical power, development of modern
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science
Sociology as a science - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Comte's positivism -
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"information derived from sensory experience, as interpreted through
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reason and logic, forms the exclusive source of all certain knowledge"
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Relationship to modern science | | |
Early social thinkers (outside of Europe) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Ma
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Tuan-Lin (13th century Chinese) - recognizes social factors in historical
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development
Ibn Khaldun (14th century Tunisian) - writes about social conflict,
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comparative study of types of societies, interest in power
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Academic v. Activist Sociology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Academic - study
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the social world without affecting it
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Activist - use what we learn to improve society
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Correct Answers
What is sociology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The systematic study of
| | | | | | | | |
society and social interaction. Sociologists identify social forces and
| | | | | | | | |
cultural patterns and determine how they affect individuals and groups.
| | | | | | | | | |
They apply these findings to the real world.
| | | | | | |
The scientific, systematic study of society as a whole. A way of thinking
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
about individuals, the world, and how they relate.
| | | | | | |
The systematic study of human societies
| | | | |
The history of sociology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Sociology was
| | | | | | | |
developed as a way to study and try to understand the changes to
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
society brought on by the Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th
| | | | | | | | | | | |
centuries. Some of the earliest sociologists thought that societies and
| | | | | | | | | |
individuals' roles in society could be studied using the same scientific
| | | | | | | | | | |
methodologies that were used in the natural sciences, while others
| | | | | | | | | |
believed that it was impossible to predict human behavior scientifically.
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Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Sociologists develop theories to explain social events, interactions, and
| | | | | | | | |
,patterns. A theory is a proposed explanation of these social interactions.
| | | | | | | | | |
|Theories have different scales. Macro-level theories, such as structural
| | | | | | | | |
functionalism and conflict theory, attempt to explain how societies | | | | | | | | |
operate as a whole. Micro-level theories, such as symbolic
| | | | | | | | |
interactionism, focus on interactions between individuals. | | | | |
Why study sociology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-By studying sociology
| | | | | | | |
people learn how to think critically about social issues and problems
| | | | | | | | | | |
that confront our society. The study of sociology enriches' students lives
| | | | | | | | | |
and prepares them for careers in an increasingly diverse world. Society
| | | | | | | | | | | |
benefits because people with sociological training are better prepared
| | | | | | | | |
to make informed decisions about social issues and take effective action
| | | | | | | | | | |
to deal with them.
| | |
Macro vs. Micro - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Macro - big (like the forest), a
| | | | | | | | | | | |
system
Micro - small (like the tree)
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sociological imagination - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A way of thinking
| | | | | | | |
about macro/micro, also known as the sociological perspective
| | | | | | |
the ability to understand how your own past relates to that of other
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
people, as well as to history in general and societal structures in
| | | | | | | | | | | |
particular
,History vs. Biography - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-History - social context,
| | | | | | | | |
macro (ex: health of the economy)
| | | | |
biography - individual experience, micro (ex: experiences of
| | | | | | | |
employment/unemployment)
Troubles vs. Issues - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Troubles - occur within the
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individual (ex: takes me a while to get to work)
| | | | | | | | |
Issues - have to do with the institutions of the society as a whole, a
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
public matter (ex: the city has bad infrastructure)
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How do history & biography/ trouble & issue relate? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Broad trends impact individual lives, individual events | | | | | | |
reflect broader trends
| |
How did we get sociology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Western Intellectual
| | | | | | | |
|Tradition. The Catholic Church used to have complete control of social
| | | | | | | | | | |
life & didn't like anything that challenged it's authority. But then, the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Black Death led to a decline in Church power & the Protestant
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Reformation. There was a decline of monarchies due to revolutions like
| | | | | | | | | | |
the American Revolution and French Revolution. This led to changing
| | | | | | | | | |
power structures and economic relations. This led to the enlightenment
| | | | | | | | | |
(reason, individualism), which led to the development of modern
| | | | | | | | |
science (objectivity, logic, testable theories). The changes in Europe led
| | | | | | | | | |
, to changes in how people related to each other, the government, and
| | | | | | | | | | | |
the economy. It was a fundamental change in how society works.
| | | | | | | | | | |
Decline in religious and monarchical power, development of modern
| | | | | | | | |
science
Sociology as a science - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Comte's positivism -
| | | | | | | |
"information derived from sensory experience, as interpreted through
| | | | | | | | |
reason and logic, forms the exclusive source of all certain knowledge"
| | | | | | | | | |
Relationship to modern science | | |
Early social thinkers (outside of Europe) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Ma
| | | | | | | | |
Tuan-Lin (13th century Chinese) - recognizes social factors in historical
| | | | | | | | | |
development
Ibn Khaldun (14th century Tunisian) - writes about social conflict,
| | | | | | | | | |
comparative study of types of societies, interest in power
| | | | | | | |
Academic v. Activist Sociology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Academic - study
| | | | | | | |
the social world without affecting it
| | | | | |
Activist - use what we learn to improve society
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