SOCIOLOGY 1310 – MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
Conflict theory - ANS sees society as organized around the unequal distribution of resources,
and held together through power and coercion
Debunking - ANS looking behind the facades of everyday life. According to Peter Berger,
examining the most controversial topics (the "unmasking tendency of sociology.")
Empirical - ANS refers to something that is based on careful and systematic observation
Enlightenment - ANS the period in eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe, characterized
by faith in the ability of human reason to solve society's problems
Functionalism - ANS a theoretical perspective that interprets each part of society in terms of
how it contributes to the stability of the whole society
Issues - ANS Problems that affect large numbers of people and have their origins in the
institutional arrangements and history of a society
Social institution - ANS an established and organized system of social behavior with a
recognized purpose
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, Social interaction - ANS behavior between two or more people that is given meaning
Social structure - ANS the patterns of social relationships and social institutions that make up
society
Sociological imagination - ANS the ability to see the societal patterns that influence individual
and group life
Sociology - ANS the study of human behavior in society
Symbolic interaction theory - ANS a theoretical perspective claiming that people act toward
things because of the meaning things have for them
Troubles - ANS privately felt problems that come from events or feelings in one individual's
life
Verstehen - ANS the process of understanding social behavior from the point of view of those
engaged in it
Jane Addams (1860-1935) - ANS only practicing sociologist to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Began the "Settlement House Movement," which provided social services to groups in need,
while providing a social laboratory in which to observe the sociological dimensions of problems
such as poverty.
Auguste Comte (1798-1857) - ANS a French philosopher who coined the term "sociology."
Believed that sociology could discover the laws of human social behavior and, thus, help solve
society's problems.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
Conflict theory - ANS sees society as organized around the unequal distribution of resources,
and held together through power and coercion
Debunking - ANS looking behind the facades of everyday life. According to Peter Berger,
examining the most controversial topics (the "unmasking tendency of sociology.")
Empirical - ANS refers to something that is based on careful and systematic observation
Enlightenment - ANS the period in eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe, characterized
by faith in the ability of human reason to solve society's problems
Functionalism - ANS a theoretical perspective that interprets each part of society in terms of
how it contributes to the stability of the whole society
Issues - ANS Problems that affect large numbers of people and have their origins in the
institutional arrangements and history of a society
Social institution - ANS an established and organized system of social behavior with a
recognized purpose
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Social interaction - ANS behavior between two or more people that is given meaning
Social structure - ANS the patterns of social relationships and social institutions that make up
society
Sociological imagination - ANS the ability to see the societal patterns that influence individual
and group life
Sociology - ANS the study of human behavior in society
Symbolic interaction theory - ANS a theoretical perspective claiming that people act toward
things because of the meaning things have for them
Troubles - ANS privately felt problems that come from events or feelings in one individual's
life
Verstehen - ANS the process of understanding social behavior from the point of view of those
engaged in it
Jane Addams (1860-1935) - ANS only practicing sociologist to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Began the "Settlement House Movement," which provided social services to groups in need,
while providing a social laboratory in which to observe the sociological dimensions of problems
such as poverty.
Auguste Comte (1798-1857) - ANS a French philosopher who coined the term "sociology."
Believed that sociology could discover the laws of human social behavior and, thus, help solve
society's problems.
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
