SOC 100 (Purdue) Exam 1 Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The study of human society - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Sociology
Applying analytical tools to something you have always done without much conscious
thought - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Thinking like a sociologist
Making the familiar strange - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- sociological imagination
the quality of mind that enables one to see the connection between personal troubles and
social structures. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Sociological Imagination
Who "invented" the sociological imagination? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C. Wright Mills
A complex group of interdependent positions that, together, perform a social role and
reproduce themselves over time. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Social Institution
Who are the founding fathers of sociological theory? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Karl
Marx, Max Weber, and Émile Durkheim.
Some would say Georg Simmel too.
French scholar who invented what he called "social physics" or "positivism." - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Auguste Comte
An English social theorist who was the first to translate Comte into English. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Harriet Martineau
Wrote the Theory and Practice of Society in America and How to Observe Morals and
Manners - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Harriet Martineau
, Created Marxism (an ideological alternative to capitalism) which provided the theoretical
basis for Communism. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Karl Marx
elaborated a theory of what drives history, now called Historical Materialism. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Karl Marx
Theory which believed that it was primarily the conflicts between classes that drove social
change throughout history - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Historical Materialism, by Karl
Marx
Lived during the time of the Industrial Revolution and the emergence of modern capitalism -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Karl Marx
Criticized Karl Marx for his exclusive focus on the economy and social class - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Max Weber
most famous for his two-volume work Economy and Society and "The Protestant Ethic and
the Spirit of Capitalism" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Max Weber
Suggests that sociologists approach social behavior from the perspective of those engaging in
it. In other words, a sociologist must understand the meanings people attach to their actions. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Verstehen, by Max Weber
Wished to understand how society holds together and how modern capitalism and
industrialization have transformed the ways people relate to one another. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Émile Durkheim
Wrote The Division of Labor in Society and contributed work on Suicide to sociology. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Émile Durkheim
Argument that one of the main social forces leading to suicide is a sense of normlessness
resulting from drastic changes in living conditions or arrangements. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Anomie, by Émile Durkheim
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The study of human society - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Sociology
Applying analytical tools to something you have always done without much conscious
thought - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Thinking like a sociologist
Making the familiar strange - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- sociological imagination
the quality of mind that enables one to see the connection between personal troubles and
social structures. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Sociological Imagination
Who "invented" the sociological imagination? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C. Wright Mills
A complex group of interdependent positions that, together, perform a social role and
reproduce themselves over time. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Social Institution
Who are the founding fathers of sociological theory? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Karl
Marx, Max Weber, and Émile Durkheim.
Some would say Georg Simmel too.
French scholar who invented what he called "social physics" or "positivism." - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Auguste Comte
An English social theorist who was the first to translate Comte into English. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Harriet Martineau
Wrote the Theory and Practice of Society in America and How to Observe Morals and
Manners - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Harriet Martineau
, Created Marxism (an ideological alternative to capitalism) which provided the theoretical
basis for Communism. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Karl Marx
elaborated a theory of what drives history, now called Historical Materialism. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Karl Marx
Theory which believed that it was primarily the conflicts between classes that drove social
change throughout history - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Historical Materialism, by Karl
Marx
Lived during the time of the Industrial Revolution and the emergence of modern capitalism -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Karl Marx
Criticized Karl Marx for his exclusive focus on the economy and social class - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Max Weber
most famous for his two-volume work Economy and Society and "The Protestant Ethic and
the Spirit of Capitalism" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Max Weber
Suggests that sociologists approach social behavior from the perspective of those engaging in
it. In other words, a sociologist must understand the meanings people attach to their actions. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Verstehen, by Max Weber
Wished to understand how society holds together and how modern capitalism and
industrialization have transformed the ways people relate to one another. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Émile Durkheim
Wrote The Division of Labor in Society and contributed work on Suicide to sociology. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Émile Durkheim
Argument that one of the main social forces leading to suicide is a sense of normlessness
resulting from drastic changes in living conditions or arrangements. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Anomie, by Émile Durkheim
