SOCI 201 DUMAS - MIDTERM I
EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 - 2027
Hawthorne Effect - ANSWERS-A change in a subject's behaviour
caused by their awareness of being studied.
What do sociologists strive to identify? - ANSWERS-1) A type of
behavior that for personal, political, or intellectual reasons that they
regard as interesting or important; 2) the specifically large social
forces that influence that behavior; 3) the larger institutional, political,
or other changes that might effectively improve human welfare with
respect to the behavior
Determinism - ANSWERS-the belief that everything happens the way
it does because it was destiny to happen in just that way
Volunteerism - ANSWERS-The belief that we control our own
destiny
Credentialism - ANSWERS-A process of social selection in which
class advantage and social status are linked to the possession of
academic qualifications
,Credential Inflation Theory - ANSWERS-A theory stating that
educational requirements serve as a function of the interest employers
have in locating well socialized and respectable employees
Abstraction - ANSWERS-The human ability to create symbols in
order to classify experience and generalize from it
Culture - ANSWERS-Consists of symbols that people use to
communicate and organize their life
Social interaction - ANSWERS-Is symbolic communication between
people
social structure - ANSWERS-relatively stable patterns of social
relations
3 main models of socialization - ANSWERS-1) Developmental
2)Interactive 3) Normative
Developmental model - ANSWERS-Likens people to acorns that have
growth potential and develop in stages set by their inherent
characteristics
Interactive model - ANSWERS-Regards socialization as a creative
process that takes place in groups
, Normative model - ANSWERS-Likens people to empty bowls into
which society and culture pour a defined assortment of beliefs
symbols, values, and roles
Origins of the Sociological Imagination - ANSWERS-Scientific
revolution, Democratic revolution, Industrial revolution
Scientific Revolution - ANSWERS--began in 1550
-encouraged the view that sound conclusions about the workings of
society must be based on solid evidence, not just on speculation
Ethnomethodology - ANSWERS-The study of how people make
sense of what others do but stresses that norms exist independently of
individual social actors
Industrial Revolution - ANSWERS--began in 1780
-created a host of new and serious social problems that attracted the
attention of many social thinkers
Democratic Revolution - ANSWERS--began in 1750
-suggested that people are responsible for organizing society and that
human intervention can therefore solve social problems
problem of induction - ANSWERS-- Consider the statement: All
swans are white.
- Impossible to prove
EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 - 2027
Hawthorne Effect - ANSWERS-A change in a subject's behaviour
caused by their awareness of being studied.
What do sociologists strive to identify? - ANSWERS-1) A type of
behavior that for personal, political, or intellectual reasons that they
regard as interesting or important; 2) the specifically large social
forces that influence that behavior; 3) the larger institutional, political,
or other changes that might effectively improve human welfare with
respect to the behavior
Determinism - ANSWERS-the belief that everything happens the way
it does because it was destiny to happen in just that way
Volunteerism - ANSWERS-The belief that we control our own
destiny
Credentialism - ANSWERS-A process of social selection in which
class advantage and social status are linked to the possession of
academic qualifications
,Credential Inflation Theory - ANSWERS-A theory stating that
educational requirements serve as a function of the interest employers
have in locating well socialized and respectable employees
Abstraction - ANSWERS-The human ability to create symbols in
order to classify experience and generalize from it
Culture - ANSWERS-Consists of symbols that people use to
communicate and organize their life
Social interaction - ANSWERS-Is symbolic communication between
people
social structure - ANSWERS-relatively stable patterns of social
relations
3 main models of socialization - ANSWERS-1) Developmental
2)Interactive 3) Normative
Developmental model - ANSWERS-Likens people to acorns that have
growth potential and develop in stages set by their inherent
characteristics
Interactive model - ANSWERS-Regards socialization as a creative
process that takes place in groups
, Normative model - ANSWERS-Likens people to empty bowls into
which society and culture pour a defined assortment of beliefs
symbols, values, and roles
Origins of the Sociological Imagination - ANSWERS-Scientific
revolution, Democratic revolution, Industrial revolution
Scientific Revolution - ANSWERS--began in 1550
-encouraged the view that sound conclusions about the workings of
society must be based on solid evidence, not just on speculation
Ethnomethodology - ANSWERS-The study of how people make
sense of what others do but stresses that norms exist independently of
individual social actors
Industrial Revolution - ANSWERS--began in 1780
-created a host of new and serious social problems that attracted the
attention of many social thinkers
Democratic Revolution - ANSWERS--began in 1750
-suggested that people are responsible for organizing society and that
human intervention can therefore solve social problems
problem of induction - ANSWERS-- Consider the statement: All
swans are white.
- Impossible to prove
