SOCI 1301 EXAM 1 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | WINTER 2026 | 100% CORRECT.
Sociology - (ANSWER)The scientific study of social behavior and human groups
Six social systems (institutions) - (ANSWER)1) family 2) religion 3) education 4) health care/media 5)
government/politics 6) economy
Science - (ANSWER)Body of knowledge obtained by methods based on systematic observation
Natural science - (ANSWER)Study of physical features of nature (ex: astronomy, biology, chemistry,
geology, & physics)
Social science - (ANSWER)Study of social features of human society (ex: sociology, anthropology,
economics, history, psychology, and political science)
Theory - (ANSWER)Set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behaviors. Effective
ones are explanatory and predictive.
Anomie - (ANSWER)Loss of direction that is felt in society when social control of individual behavior has
become ineffective
Emile Durkheim - (ANSWER)Functionalist theory. Produced first study of suicide.
Karl Marx - (ANSWER)Conflict theory. Wrote communist manifesto.
Macrosociology - (ANSWER)Concentrates on large scale or entire civilizations
Microsociology - (ANSWER)Stresses study of small groups
W.E.B Du Bois - (ANSWER)An African American view
Sociology - (ANSWER)The scientific study of social behavior and human groups
Six social systems (institutions) - (ANSWER)1) family 2) religion 3) education 4) health care/media 5)
government/politics 6) economy
Science - (ANSWER)Body of knowledge obtained by methods based on systematic observation
Natural science - (ANSWER)Study of physical features of nature (ex: astronomy, biology, chemistry,
geology, & physics)
Social science - (ANSWER)Study of social features of human society (ex: sociology, anthropology,
economics, history, psychology, and political science)
Theory - (ANSWER)Set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behaviors. Effective
ones are explanatory and predictive.
Anomie - (ANSWER)Loss of direction that is felt in society when social control of individual behavior has
become ineffective
Emile Durkheim - (ANSWER)Functionalist theory. Produced first study of suicide.
Karl Marx - (ANSWER)Conflict theory. Wrote communist manifesto.
Macrosociology - (ANSWER)Concentrates on large scale or entire civilizations
Microsociology - (ANSWER)Stresses study of small groups
W.E.B Du Bois - (ANSWER)An African American view
