WGU C273 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY NEW VERSION
STUDY GUIDE #13
Karl Marx - correct answer Whose ideas are the basis for the conflict perspective?
No one is born knowing how to communicate with one another, and people have to
learn what symbols mean and how to use them. - correct answer What is the best
summary of George Herbert Mead's theory of social interactions?
Football is almost a religious institution that uses rituals to reinforce common American
values, such as competition, and it serves as an outlet for aggression in order to help
maintain social cohesion. A functionalist would say that football serves a specific
purpose in society in order to help it better function. - correct answer How might a
functionalist classify the popularity and prominence of football in American society?
Variables need established operational definitions so that they can be measured and
the data can be analyzed. - correct answer Why are operational definitions of variables
necessary for research?
Correlation - correct answer A researcher tests a sample of elementary school children
in the United States on their reading abilities and also counts the number of books in
their homes. He finds that those children who have books in their home have better
reading skills. What is this an example of?
It can offer a lot of detail about a topic. - correct answer Which of the following is an
advantage of field research?
Survey - correct answer If you wanted to compare the attitudes of Virginia residents
towards gun control with the attitudes of Oregon residents, which research method
would you choose?
Sociological imagination - correct answer The ability to recognize the societal forces
that influence individual behavior and attitude is known as
Informed consent - correct answer The requirement that all participants in a study be
aware of potential risks is known as __________.
Content analysis - correct answer A sociologist analyzing the language of job ads from
the early twentieth century looking for gender bias would be an example of which type
of research?
Expertise - correct answer Luciana is a sociologist who studies the experience of first-
generation Latinx families in St. Louis. She is asked by a non-profit to consult on how to
decrease the stigmatization faced by prisoners upon their release from prison. What
ethical issue does Luciana potentially face?
, Positivism - correct answer Auguste Comte employed which of the following
philosophical systems which studied society through a scientific lens?
Hawthorne effect - correct answer The phenomenon that refers to a change in a
subject's behavior in an experiment or study because they know they are being
observed.
Sociology - correct answer The academic study of social behavior using empirical
investigation and analysis to draw conclusions about social order, disorder, and change.
Double consciousness - correct answer W.E.B. dubois' concept of a feeling of "twoness"
where the experience of one's identity is fragmented into several contradictory facets,
making it hard to develop a sense of self.
Symbols - correct answer Objects, words, or actions that stand for something else.
Sociological imagination - correct answer The term coined by C. Wright Mills to describe
a way of understanding the world that involves thinking about things from different
perspectives and putting personal circumstances into a wider context.
Direct observation - correct answer A type of field research in which the researcher
observes what is being studied.
Descriptive research - correct answer Research that describes a problem or situation.
Positivism - correct answer The application of the scientific approach to the social world
in order to understand it.
Latent function - correct answer The unconscious or unrecognized consequences of an
action within the framework of a social group.
Manifest function - correct answer The stated, intended consequences of an institution,
action, or social group.
Dysfunction - correct answer A process in society that disrupts the social system or
reduces its stability.
Participant observation - correct answer A type of field work in which the researcher
observes and participates in the activity being studied
Quantitative - correct answer A type of research focusing on data that can be measured
numerically (typically emphasizing complex statistical techniques.
Bias - correct answer In statistics, bias is a feature of the statistical technique or inputs,
which causes the study results not to accurately reflect reality.
STUDY GUIDE #13
Karl Marx - correct answer Whose ideas are the basis for the conflict perspective?
No one is born knowing how to communicate with one another, and people have to
learn what symbols mean and how to use them. - correct answer What is the best
summary of George Herbert Mead's theory of social interactions?
Football is almost a religious institution that uses rituals to reinforce common American
values, such as competition, and it serves as an outlet for aggression in order to help
maintain social cohesion. A functionalist would say that football serves a specific
purpose in society in order to help it better function. - correct answer How might a
functionalist classify the popularity and prominence of football in American society?
Variables need established operational definitions so that they can be measured and
the data can be analyzed. - correct answer Why are operational definitions of variables
necessary for research?
Correlation - correct answer A researcher tests a sample of elementary school children
in the United States on their reading abilities and also counts the number of books in
their homes. He finds that those children who have books in their home have better
reading skills. What is this an example of?
It can offer a lot of detail about a topic. - correct answer Which of the following is an
advantage of field research?
Survey - correct answer If you wanted to compare the attitudes of Virginia residents
towards gun control with the attitudes of Oregon residents, which research method
would you choose?
Sociological imagination - correct answer The ability to recognize the societal forces
that influence individual behavior and attitude is known as
Informed consent - correct answer The requirement that all participants in a study be
aware of potential risks is known as __________.
Content analysis - correct answer A sociologist analyzing the language of job ads from
the early twentieth century looking for gender bias would be an example of which type
of research?
Expertise - correct answer Luciana is a sociologist who studies the experience of first-
generation Latinx families in St. Louis. She is asked by a non-profit to consult on how to
decrease the stigmatization faced by prisoners upon their release from prison. What
ethical issue does Luciana potentially face?
, Positivism - correct answer Auguste Comte employed which of the following
philosophical systems which studied society through a scientific lens?
Hawthorne effect - correct answer The phenomenon that refers to a change in a
subject's behavior in an experiment or study because they know they are being
observed.
Sociology - correct answer The academic study of social behavior using empirical
investigation and analysis to draw conclusions about social order, disorder, and change.
Double consciousness - correct answer W.E.B. dubois' concept of a feeling of "twoness"
where the experience of one's identity is fragmented into several contradictory facets,
making it hard to develop a sense of self.
Symbols - correct answer Objects, words, or actions that stand for something else.
Sociological imagination - correct answer The term coined by C. Wright Mills to describe
a way of understanding the world that involves thinking about things from different
perspectives and putting personal circumstances into a wider context.
Direct observation - correct answer A type of field research in which the researcher
observes what is being studied.
Descriptive research - correct answer Research that describes a problem or situation.
Positivism - correct answer The application of the scientific approach to the social world
in order to understand it.
Latent function - correct answer The unconscious or unrecognized consequences of an
action within the framework of a social group.
Manifest function - correct answer The stated, intended consequences of an institution,
action, or social group.
Dysfunction - correct answer A process in society that disrupts the social system or
reduces its stability.
Participant observation - correct answer A type of field work in which the researcher
observes and participates in the activity being studied
Quantitative - correct answer A type of research focusing on data that can be measured
numerically (typically emphasizing complex statistical techniques.
Bias - correct answer In statistics, bias is a feature of the statistical technique or inputs,
which causes the study results not to accurately reflect reality.
