WGU C273 PRE- ASSESSMENT INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY
NEW VERSION | 2025/26 UPDATED | QUESTIONS
WITH PASSED SOLUTIONS.
What did Emile Durkheim's research on suicide reveal? Answer - Suicide rates
were higher in areas where an individual's ties to their group were disrupted or
distorted.
Which idea did Auguste Comte introduce to the field of sociology? Answer -
Positivism
Which sociological perspective assumes that social life is shaped by the
meanings people associate with things? Answer - Symbolic interactionism
Which sociological perspective views society as being made up of groups
competing for scarce resources? Answer - Conflict
Which ethical dilemma in sociological research does Laud Humphry's study on
social interactions between men in public restrooms highlight? Answer -
Misleading research subjects
Sociologists must consider the potential physical and emotional risks that
participants may be exposed to during a research study.Which issue does this
consideration address? Answer - Ethical standards
, What are sociologists practicing when they evaluate cultures without judging
them? Answer - Cultural relativism
A group of teachers teaching in the same neighborhood of Los Angeles meet
regularly about family and ethnicity issues they encounter in their daily work.
What is this an example of? Answer - Subculture
What role do a culture's values play in social interactions? Answer - Values
define a culture's standards for good and bad, beautiful and ugly, right and
wrong.
How does the workplace act as an agent of socialization? Answer - It is an
environment where one can acquire new perspectives of the world.
According to studies of socialization through the "life course" in modern
society, which group characteristically grapples most with the question "Who
am I?" and struggles to carve out a group identity? Answer - Adolescents, ages
13 to 17
Where do most people first encounter gender socialization? Answer - Family
What does George Herbert Mead's term "generalized other" refer to in relation
to the development of the self? Answer - Perception of the norms, values,
attitudes, and expectations of others in general
If Mateo feels happy because he thinks his classmates will approve of his new
shoes, which phase of the looking-glass self is Mateo in? Answer - Third
Which concept reflects sociological ways of thinking about the development of
self? Answer - The looking-glass self
NEW VERSION | 2025/26 UPDATED | QUESTIONS
WITH PASSED SOLUTIONS.
What did Emile Durkheim's research on suicide reveal? Answer - Suicide rates
were higher in areas where an individual's ties to their group were disrupted or
distorted.
Which idea did Auguste Comte introduce to the field of sociology? Answer -
Positivism
Which sociological perspective assumes that social life is shaped by the
meanings people associate with things? Answer - Symbolic interactionism
Which sociological perspective views society as being made up of groups
competing for scarce resources? Answer - Conflict
Which ethical dilemma in sociological research does Laud Humphry's study on
social interactions between men in public restrooms highlight? Answer -
Misleading research subjects
Sociologists must consider the potential physical and emotional risks that
participants may be exposed to during a research study.Which issue does this
consideration address? Answer - Ethical standards
, What are sociologists practicing when they evaluate cultures without judging
them? Answer - Cultural relativism
A group of teachers teaching in the same neighborhood of Los Angeles meet
regularly about family and ethnicity issues they encounter in their daily work.
What is this an example of? Answer - Subculture
What role do a culture's values play in social interactions? Answer - Values
define a culture's standards for good and bad, beautiful and ugly, right and
wrong.
How does the workplace act as an agent of socialization? Answer - It is an
environment where one can acquire new perspectives of the world.
According to studies of socialization through the "life course" in modern
society, which group characteristically grapples most with the question "Who
am I?" and struggles to carve out a group identity? Answer - Adolescents, ages
13 to 17
Where do most people first encounter gender socialization? Answer - Family
What does George Herbert Mead's term "generalized other" refer to in relation
to the development of the self? Answer - Perception of the norms, values,
attitudes, and expectations of others in general
If Mateo feels happy because he thinks his classmates will approve of his new
shoes, which phase of the looking-glass self is Mateo in? Answer - Third
Which concept reflects sociological ways of thinking about the development of
self? Answer - The looking-glass self
