SOCIOLOGY 101 STRAIGHTERLINE FINAL EXAM |2026/2027
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Sociology 101 Straighterline final exam |2026/2027
questions and correct answers [exams of sociology
What is sociology - Correct answer-the scientific study of social interactions and of social organizations
What is the functionalist perspective? - Correct answer-A system is to survive where certain essential
tasks are performed.
What happens to a functionalist system? - Correct answer-If it fails to maintain it will perish.
What is a conflict perspective? - Correct answer-Conflict theorists focus their attention on society as a
whole, studying its institutions and structural arrangements.
What is the interactionist perspective? - Correct answer-It is more concerned with the micro or small-
scale aspects of social life
Why would you use conflict, interactionist and functionalist perspectives together? - Correct answer-By
using all perspectives for full advantages.
What is socialization? - Correct answer-A process of social interaction by which people acquire
knowledge, attitudes, values and behavior essential for effective participation in society.
What are agents of socialization? - Correct answer-Family, peers, school and mass media
What is the sociological theory? - Correct answer-A theory that emphasizes conditioning and
observational theory
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, SOCIOLOGY 101 STRAIGHTERLINE FINAL EXAM |2026/2027
01/23/2026
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is culture? - Correct answer-Refers to a social heritage of people learning patterns for thinking,
feeling and acting from one generation to the next.
What is society? - Correct answer-Refer to a group of people within the same territory and share a
common culture.
What does it mean to be culture in flux? - Correct answer-Culture groups adapt in dynamic and
unpredictable ways
Whats a subculture? - Correct answer-Religious, racial, ethnic, occupational and age groups.
What is a counterculture? - Correct answer-Rejects many of the behavioral standards and guideposts
that hold in the dominant culture.
What is ethnocentrism? - Correct answer-Judges the behavior of other groups by the standards of our
own culture
What is a 'status' - Correct answer-A position within a group or society
What is a 'role' - Correct answer-A status carried with a set of culturally defined right and duties
What are social structures? - Correct answer-roles, statuses, groups and institutions.
What are family structures? - Correct answer-A way in which we define the family determines the
kinds of family we consider to be normal or deviant.
What would be considered challenges to a family? - Correct answer-Incest, family violence and child
abuse.
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Define government - Correct answer-Political process that have to do with authoritative formulating of
rules and policies.
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Sociology 101 Straighterline final exam |2026/2027
questions and correct answers [exams of sociology
What is sociology - Correct answer-the scientific study of social interactions and of social organizations
What is the functionalist perspective? - Correct answer-A system is to survive where certain essential
tasks are performed.
What happens to a functionalist system? - Correct answer-If it fails to maintain it will perish.
What is a conflict perspective? - Correct answer-Conflict theorists focus their attention on society as a
whole, studying its institutions and structural arrangements.
What is the interactionist perspective? - Correct answer-It is more concerned with the micro or small-
scale aspects of social life
Why would you use conflict, interactionist and functionalist perspectives together? - Correct answer-By
using all perspectives for full advantages.
What is socialization? - Correct answer-A process of social interaction by which people acquire
knowledge, attitudes, values and behavior essential for effective participation in society.
What are agents of socialization? - Correct answer-Family, peers, school and mass media
What is the sociological theory? - Correct answer-A theory that emphasizes conditioning and
observational theory
1/23/2026
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, SOCIOLOGY 101 STRAIGHTERLINE FINAL EXAM |2026/2027
01/23/2026
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is culture? - Correct answer-Refers to a social heritage of people learning patterns for thinking,
feeling and acting from one generation to the next.
What is society? - Correct answer-Refer to a group of people within the same territory and share a
common culture.
What does it mean to be culture in flux? - Correct answer-Culture groups adapt in dynamic and
unpredictable ways
Whats a subculture? - Correct answer-Religious, racial, ethnic, occupational and age groups.
What is a counterculture? - Correct answer-Rejects many of the behavioral standards and guideposts
that hold in the dominant culture.
What is ethnocentrism? - Correct answer-Judges the behavior of other groups by the standards of our
own culture
What is a 'status' - Correct answer-A position within a group or society
What is a 'role' - Correct answer-A status carried with a set of culturally defined right and duties
What are social structures? - Correct answer-roles, statuses, groups and institutions.
What are family structures? - Correct answer-A way in which we define the family determines the
kinds of family we consider to be normal or deviant.
What would be considered challenges to a family? - Correct answer-Incest, family violence and child
abuse.
1/23/2026
Define government - Correct answer-Political process that have to do with authoritative formulating of
rules and policies.
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