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SOCIOLOGY 1310 – MIDTERM 2026
ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS.
1. Social interaction - correct answer-behavior between two or
more people that is given meaning
2. Social organization - correct answer-the order established in
social groups
3. Social structure - correct answer-the patterns of social
relationships and social instutitions that make up society
4. Society - correct answer-a system of social interaction that
includes both culture and social organization
5. Status - correct answer-an established position in a social
structure that carries with it a degree of prestige
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6. Status inconsistency - correct answer-exists when the
different statuses occupied by the individual bring with them
significantly different amounts of prestige
7. Status set - correct answer-the complete set of statuses
occupied by a person at a given time
8. Ferdinand Tonnies (1855-1936) - correct answer-German
sociologist who came up with the concepts of gemeinschaft
and gesellschaft. Viewed the process of modernization as a
loss of gemeinschaft (community.) Argued that the Industrial
Revolution destroyed the sense of community and personal
ties associated with an earlier rural life
9. Erving Goffman (1959) - correct answer-symbolic interaction
theorist that coined the term "impression management."
10. Attribution error - correct answer-error made in attributing
the causes for someone's behavior to their membership in a
particular group, such as a racial group
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11. Attribution theory - correct answer-the principle that
dispositional attributions are made about others (what the
other is "really like") under certain conditions, such as out-
group membership.
12. Coercive organization - correct answer-characterized by
membership that is largely involuntary
13. Deindividuation - correct answer-the feeling that one's self
has merged with a group
14. Dyad - correct answer-a group consisting of two people
15. Expressive needs - correct answer-needs for intimacy,
companionship, and emotional support
16. Group - correct answer-a collection of individuals who
interact and communicate, share goals and norms, and who
have a subjective awareness as "we."
SOCIOLOGY 1310 – MIDTERM 2026
ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS.
1. Social interaction - correct answer-behavior between two or
more people that is given meaning
2. Social organization - correct answer-the order established in
social groups
3. Social structure - correct answer-the patterns of social
relationships and social instutitions that make up society
4. Society - correct answer-a system of social interaction that
includes both culture and social organization
5. Status - correct answer-an established position in a social
structure that carries with it a degree of prestige
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6. Status inconsistency - correct answer-exists when the
different statuses occupied by the individual bring with them
significantly different amounts of prestige
7. Status set - correct answer-the complete set of statuses
occupied by a person at a given time
8. Ferdinand Tonnies (1855-1936) - correct answer-German
sociologist who came up with the concepts of gemeinschaft
and gesellschaft. Viewed the process of modernization as a
loss of gemeinschaft (community.) Argued that the Industrial
Revolution destroyed the sense of community and personal
ties associated with an earlier rural life
9. Erving Goffman (1959) - correct answer-symbolic interaction
theorist that coined the term "impression management."
10. Attribution error - correct answer-error made in attributing
the causes for someone's behavior to their membership in a
particular group, such as a racial group
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11. Attribution theory - correct answer-the principle that
dispositional attributions are made about others (what the
other is "really like") under certain conditions, such as out-
group membership.
12. Coercive organization - correct answer-characterized by
membership that is largely involuntary
13. Deindividuation - correct answer-the feeling that one's self
has merged with a group
14. Dyad - correct answer-a group consisting of two people
15. Expressive needs - correct answer-needs for intimacy,
companionship, and emotional support
16. Group - correct answer-a collection of individuals who
interact and communicate, share goals and norms, and who
have a subjective awareness as "we."
