sociology 1301 with correct answer 2025
antipositivism - CORRECT ANSWER-the view that social researchers should strive for
subjectivity as they worked to represent social processes, cultural norms, and societal
values
Conflict Theory - CORRECT ANSWER-a theory that looks at society as a competition
for limited resources
Constructivism - CORRECT ANSWER-an extension of symbolic interaction theory
which proposes that reality is what humans cognitively construct it to be
dramaturgical analysis - CORRECT ANSWER-a technique sociologists use in which
they view society through the metaphor of theatrical performance
dynamic equilibrium - CORRECT ANSWER-a stable state in which all parts of a healthy
society work together properly
Dysfunstion - CORRECT ANSWER-social patterns that have undesirable
consequences for the operation of society
figuration - CORRECT ANSWER-the process of simultaneously analyzing the behavior
of individuals and the society that shapes that behavior
function - CORRECT ANSWER-the part a recurrent activity plays in the social life as a
whole and the contribution it makes to structural continuity
Functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER-a theoretical approach that sees society as a
structure with interrelated parts designed to meet the biological and social needs of
individuals that make up that society
generalized others - CORRECT ANSWER-the organized and generalized attitude of a
social group
grand theories - CORRECT ANSWER-an attempt to explain large-scale relationships
and answer fundamental questions such as why societies form and why they change
Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER-A testable prediction, often implied by a theory
, latent functions - CORRECT ANSWER-the unrecognized and unintended
consequences of any social pattern
macro level - CORRECT ANSWER-a wide-scale view of the role of social structures
within a society
manifest functions - CORRECT ANSWER-sought consequences of a social process
micro-level theories - CORRECT ANSWER-the study of specific relationships between
individuals or small groups
Paradigms - CORRECT ANSWER-philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within
a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in
support of them
Positivism - CORRECT ANSWER-the scientific study of social patterns
qualitive sociology - CORRECT ANSWER-in-depth interview, focus groups and analysis
of content sources as the source of its data
quantitive sociology - CORRECT ANSWER-uses statistical methods such as surveys
with large numbers of participants
Reification - CORRECT ANSWER-an error of treating an abstract concept as though it
has a real, material existence
significant others - CORRECT ANSWER-specific individuals that impact a person's life
social facts - CORRECT ANSWER-the laws, morals, values, religious beliefs, customs,
fashions, rituals, and all of the cultural rules that govern social life
social institutions - CORRECT ANSWER-patterns of beliefs and behaviors focused on
meeting social needs
social solidarity - CORRECT ANSWER-the social ties that bind a group of people
together such as kinship, shared location, and religion
society - CORRECT ANSWER-a group of people who live in a defined geographical
area who interact with one another and who share a common culture
sociological imagination - CORRECT ANSWER-the ability to understand how your own
past relates to that of other people such as history in general and societal structures in
particular.
antipositivism - CORRECT ANSWER-the view that social researchers should strive for
subjectivity as they worked to represent social processes, cultural norms, and societal
values
Conflict Theory - CORRECT ANSWER-a theory that looks at society as a competition
for limited resources
Constructivism - CORRECT ANSWER-an extension of symbolic interaction theory
which proposes that reality is what humans cognitively construct it to be
dramaturgical analysis - CORRECT ANSWER-a technique sociologists use in which
they view society through the metaphor of theatrical performance
dynamic equilibrium - CORRECT ANSWER-a stable state in which all parts of a healthy
society work together properly
Dysfunstion - CORRECT ANSWER-social patterns that have undesirable
consequences for the operation of society
figuration - CORRECT ANSWER-the process of simultaneously analyzing the behavior
of individuals and the society that shapes that behavior
function - CORRECT ANSWER-the part a recurrent activity plays in the social life as a
whole and the contribution it makes to structural continuity
Functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER-a theoretical approach that sees society as a
structure with interrelated parts designed to meet the biological and social needs of
individuals that make up that society
generalized others - CORRECT ANSWER-the organized and generalized attitude of a
social group
grand theories - CORRECT ANSWER-an attempt to explain large-scale relationships
and answer fundamental questions such as why societies form and why they change
Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER-A testable prediction, often implied by a theory
, latent functions - CORRECT ANSWER-the unrecognized and unintended
consequences of any social pattern
macro level - CORRECT ANSWER-a wide-scale view of the role of social structures
within a society
manifest functions - CORRECT ANSWER-sought consequences of a social process
micro-level theories - CORRECT ANSWER-the study of specific relationships between
individuals or small groups
Paradigms - CORRECT ANSWER-philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within
a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in
support of them
Positivism - CORRECT ANSWER-the scientific study of social patterns
qualitive sociology - CORRECT ANSWER-in-depth interview, focus groups and analysis
of content sources as the source of its data
quantitive sociology - CORRECT ANSWER-uses statistical methods such as surveys
with large numbers of participants
Reification - CORRECT ANSWER-an error of treating an abstract concept as though it
has a real, material existence
significant others - CORRECT ANSWER-specific individuals that impact a person's life
social facts - CORRECT ANSWER-the laws, morals, values, religious beliefs, customs,
fashions, rituals, and all of the cultural rules that govern social life
social institutions - CORRECT ANSWER-patterns of beliefs and behaviors focused on
meeting social needs
social solidarity - CORRECT ANSWER-the social ties that bind a group of people
together such as kinship, shared location, and religion
society - CORRECT ANSWER-a group of people who live in a defined geographical
area who interact with one another and who share a common culture
sociological imagination - CORRECT ANSWER-the ability to understand how your own
past relates to that of other people such as history in general and societal structures in
particular.
