SOCL 2001 EVALUATION EXAM 2026 SET QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔coalition - ✔✔subgroup of a triad, formed when two of the members unite against
the third
✔✔conflict perspective - ✔✔views the structure of society as a source of inequality that
always benefits some groups at the expense of other groups
✔✔culture - ✔✔language, values, beliefs, etc that characterize a society
✔✔dyad - ✔✔group consisting of two people
✔✔feminist perspective - ✔✔theoretical perspective that focuses on gender as the most
important source of conflict and inequality in social life
✔✔globalization - ✔✔the process when people's lives all around the world become
economically, politically, environmentally and culturally interconnected
✔✔group - ✔✔a set of people who interact more or less on a regular basis and who are
conscious of their identity as a unit
✔✔in-groups - ✔✔groups where we feel we belong, and a sense of loyalty
✔✔latent functions - ✔✔unintended, unrecognized consequences of activities that help
some part of the social system
✔✔manifest function - ✔✔intended, obvious consequences of activities that help some
part of the social system
✔✔norm - ✔✔culturally defined standard or rule of conduct
✔✔organization - ✔✔large, complex network of positions created for a specific purpose
and characterized by a hierarchial division of labor
✔✔normative organization - ✔✔people voluntarily join for personal satisfaction
✔✔coercive organization - ✔✔people are forced to join
✔✔utilitarian organization - ✔✔people voluntarily join for a material reward
✔✔out-group - ✔✔the groups we don't have a sense of loyalty to, and we feel a certain
amount of antagonism towards
, ✔✔primary group - ✔✔collection of individuals who are together for a relatively long
period, whose members have direct contact with and feel emotional attachment to one
another
✔✔role - ✔✔set of expectations associated with a particular status
✔✔role conflict - ✔✔when the demands of one role interfere with the demands of
another
✔✔role strain - ✔✔lack of resources to fulfill the demands of a particular role
✔✔secondary group - ✔✔relatively impersonal collection of individuals that is
established to perform a specific task
✔✔social institution - ✔✔stable set of roles, statuses, groups and organizations that
provide a foundation for behavior in some major area of social life
✔✔society - ✔✔a population of people living in the same geographic area who share a
culture and a common identity and whose members are subject to the same political
authority
✔✔status - ✔✔any named social position that a person can occupy
✔✔structural-functionalist perspective - ✔✔the perspective that posits that social
institutions are structured to maintain stability and order in society
✔✔symbol - ✔✔something used to represent something else
✔✔symbolic interactionsim - ✔✔theoretical perspective that explains society and social
structure through an examination of the microlevel, personal, day-to-day exchanges of
people as individuals, pairs or groups
✔✔triad - ✔✔group consisting of three people
✔✔value - ✔✔standard of judgement by which people decide on desirable goals and
outcomes
✔✔analysis of existing data - ✔✔unobtrusive research that relies on data gathered
earlier by someone else for some other purpose
✔✔content analysis - ✔✔form of unobtrusive research that studies the content of
recorded messages, such as books, speeches, poems, songs, television shows,
websites and advertisements
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔coalition - ✔✔subgroup of a triad, formed when two of the members unite against
the third
✔✔conflict perspective - ✔✔views the structure of society as a source of inequality that
always benefits some groups at the expense of other groups
✔✔culture - ✔✔language, values, beliefs, etc that characterize a society
✔✔dyad - ✔✔group consisting of two people
✔✔feminist perspective - ✔✔theoretical perspective that focuses on gender as the most
important source of conflict and inequality in social life
✔✔globalization - ✔✔the process when people's lives all around the world become
economically, politically, environmentally and culturally interconnected
✔✔group - ✔✔a set of people who interact more or less on a regular basis and who are
conscious of their identity as a unit
✔✔in-groups - ✔✔groups where we feel we belong, and a sense of loyalty
✔✔latent functions - ✔✔unintended, unrecognized consequences of activities that help
some part of the social system
✔✔manifest function - ✔✔intended, obvious consequences of activities that help some
part of the social system
✔✔norm - ✔✔culturally defined standard or rule of conduct
✔✔organization - ✔✔large, complex network of positions created for a specific purpose
and characterized by a hierarchial division of labor
✔✔normative organization - ✔✔people voluntarily join for personal satisfaction
✔✔coercive organization - ✔✔people are forced to join
✔✔utilitarian organization - ✔✔people voluntarily join for a material reward
✔✔out-group - ✔✔the groups we don't have a sense of loyalty to, and we feel a certain
amount of antagonism towards
, ✔✔primary group - ✔✔collection of individuals who are together for a relatively long
period, whose members have direct contact with and feel emotional attachment to one
another
✔✔role - ✔✔set of expectations associated with a particular status
✔✔role conflict - ✔✔when the demands of one role interfere with the demands of
another
✔✔role strain - ✔✔lack of resources to fulfill the demands of a particular role
✔✔secondary group - ✔✔relatively impersonal collection of individuals that is
established to perform a specific task
✔✔social institution - ✔✔stable set of roles, statuses, groups and organizations that
provide a foundation for behavior in some major area of social life
✔✔society - ✔✔a population of people living in the same geographic area who share a
culture and a common identity and whose members are subject to the same political
authority
✔✔status - ✔✔any named social position that a person can occupy
✔✔structural-functionalist perspective - ✔✔the perspective that posits that social
institutions are structured to maintain stability and order in society
✔✔symbol - ✔✔something used to represent something else
✔✔symbolic interactionsim - ✔✔theoretical perspective that explains society and social
structure through an examination of the microlevel, personal, day-to-day exchanges of
people as individuals, pairs or groups
✔✔triad - ✔✔group consisting of three people
✔✔value - ✔✔standard of judgement by which people decide on desirable goals and
outcomes
✔✔analysis of existing data - ✔✔unobtrusive research that relies on data gathered
earlier by someone else for some other purpose
✔✔content analysis - ✔✔form of unobtrusive research that studies the content of
recorded messages, such as books, speeches, poems, songs, television shows,
websites and advertisements
