SOCI 1301 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
Sociology - Answers The scientific study of social behavior and human groups
Six social systems (institutions) - Answers 1) family 2) religion 3) education 4) health care/media 5)
government/politics 6) economy
Science - Answers Body of knowledge obtained by methods based on systematic observation
Natural science - Answers Study of physical features of nature (ex: astronomy, biology, chemistry,
geology, & physics)
Social science - Answers Study of social features of human society (ex: sociology, anthropology,
economics, history, psychology, and political science)
Theory - Answers Set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behaviors. Effective
ones are explanatory and predictive.
Anomie - Answers Loss of direction that is felt in society when social control of individual behavior
has become ineffective
Emile Durkheim - Answers Functionalist theory. Produced first study of suicide.
Karl Marx - Answers Conflict theory. Wrote communist manifesto.
Macrosociology - Answers Concentrates on large scale or entire civilizations
Microsociology - Answers Stresses study of small groups
W.E.B Du Bois - Answers An African American view
Three theoretical perspectives (lenses) - Answers • functionalist perspective
• conflict perspective
• interactionist perspective
Sociological imagination - Answers An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the
wider society (C. Wright Mills)
Early thinkers - Answers •Auguste Comte
•Harriet Martineau
•Herbert Spencer
Auguste Comte - Answers Coined term sociology to apply to science of human behavior
Social inequality - Answers Condition in which members of society have differing amounts of wealth,
prestige, or power
Queer theory - Answers Study of society from the perspective of a broad spectrum of sexual
identities including, heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual
Feminist perspective - Answers Sees inequity in gender as central to all behavior and organization
Dysfunction - Answers Element or process of a society that may actually disrupt the social system or
reduce its stability
Conflict perspective - Answers Assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of tension
between groups over power or the allocation of resources
Interactionist perspective - Answers Generalize about everyday forms of social interaction in order to
explain society as a whole
Functionalist perspective - Answers Emphasizes the way in which parts of a society are structured to
maintain its stability
Double consciousness - Answers Division of an individual's identity into two or more social realities
Applied sociology - Answers Use of the discipline of sociology with intent of yielding practical
applications for human behavior and organizations
Basic sociology - Answers Sociology inquiry conducted with the objective of gaining a more profound
knowledge of the fundamental aspects of social phenomena
Clinical sociology - Answers The use of sociology to alter social relationships or restructure social
institutions
Manifest function - Answers Open, stated, and conscious function
Latent function - Answers Unconscious or unintended function that may reflect hidden purposes
Ideal type - Answers Construct or model for evaluating specific cases
Cultural capital - Answers Noneconomic goods such as family background and education, which are
reflected in knowledge of language and the arts
Dramaturgical approach - Answers View of social interaction in which people are seen as theatrical
performers (Erving Goffman)
Globalization - Answers Worldwide integration of government policies, cultures, social movements,
and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas
Sociology - Answers The scientific study of social behavior and human groups
Six social systems (institutions) - Answers 1) family 2) religion 3) education 4) health care/media 5)
government/politics 6) economy
Science - Answers Body of knowledge obtained by methods based on systematic observation
Natural science - Answers Study of physical features of nature (ex: astronomy, biology, chemistry,
geology, & physics)
Social science - Answers Study of social features of human society (ex: sociology, anthropology,
economics, history, psychology, and political science)
Theory - Answers Set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behaviors. Effective
ones are explanatory and predictive.
Anomie - Answers Loss of direction that is felt in society when social control of individual behavior
has become ineffective
Emile Durkheim - Answers Functionalist theory. Produced first study of suicide.
Karl Marx - Answers Conflict theory. Wrote communist manifesto.
Macrosociology - Answers Concentrates on large scale or entire civilizations
Microsociology - Answers Stresses study of small groups
W.E.B Du Bois - Answers An African American view
Three theoretical perspectives (lenses) - Answers • functionalist perspective
• conflict perspective
• interactionist perspective
Sociological imagination - Answers An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the
wider society (C. Wright Mills)
Early thinkers - Answers •Auguste Comte
•Harriet Martineau
•Herbert Spencer
Auguste Comte - Answers Coined term sociology to apply to science of human behavior
Social inequality - Answers Condition in which members of society have differing amounts of wealth,
prestige, or power
Queer theory - Answers Study of society from the perspective of a broad spectrum of sexual
identities including, heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual
Feminist perspective - Answers Sees inequity in gender as central to all behavior and organization
Dysfunction - Answers Element or process of a society that may actually disrupt the social system or
reduce its stability
Conflict perspective - Answers Assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of tension
between groups over power or the allocation of resources
Interactionist perspective - Answers Generalize about everyday forms of social interaction in order to
explain society as a whole
Functionalist perspective - Answers Emphasizes the way in which parts of a society are structured to
maintain its stability
Double consciousness - Answers Division of an individual's identity into two or more social realities
Applied sociology - Answers Use of the discipline of sociology with intent of yielding practical
applications for human behavior and organizations
Basic sociology - Answers Sociology inquiry conducted with the objective of gaining a more profound
knowledge of the fundamental aspects of social phenomena
Clinical sociology - Answers The use of sociology to alter social relationships or restructure social
institutions
Manifest function - Answers Open, stated, and conscious function
Latent function - Answers Unconscious or unintended function that may reflect hidden purposes
Ideal type - Answers Construct or model for evaluating specific cases
Cultural capital - Answers Noneconomic goods such as family background and education, which are
reflected in knowledge of language and the arts
Dramaturgical approach - Answers View of social interaction in which people are seen as theatrical
performers (Erving Goffman)
Globalization - Answers Worldwide integration of government policies, cultures, social movements,
and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas
