SOCY 1000 EXAM 1 PRACTICE SOLUTION
TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● There are diffuse relationships in what kind of group?
Answer: primary group
●● Who first described the primary group and secondary group ideal
types?
Answer: Charles Horton Cooley (1864-1929)
●● The size and scope of the things that are studied in a science is its
what?
Answer: level of analysis
●● Relationships which involve a lot of emotion are described as being
what?
Answer: expressive
●● A perfect description which lists all of the characteristics of a social
phenomenon is a what?
Answer: ideal type
, ●● What term indicates that the purpose of the secondary group is
practical and goal-oriented?
Answer: instrumental
●● That which guides people as to what goals they are to pursue and
how they are to pursue them is a what?
Answer: institution
●● An individual in a secondary group and in an institution will know
how to act because he or she is filling a what?
Answer: role
●● When relationships in a primary group involve many aspects of a
person's life, they are described as being what?
Answer: diffuse relationships
●● What kind of sociology has the highest levels of analysis?
Answer: macro sociology
●● By sociological definition, the Auburn city council is a what within
politics?
Answer: organization
TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● There are diffuse relationships in what kind of group?
Answer: primary group
●● Who first described the primary group and secondary group ideal
types?
Answer: Charles Horton Cooley (1864-1929)
●● The size and scope of the things that are studied in a science is its
what?
Answer: level of analysis
●● Relationships which involve a lot of emotion are described as being
what?
Answer: expressive
●● A perfect description which lists all of the characteristics of a social
phenomenon is a what?
Answer: ideal type
, ●● What term indicates that the purpose of the secondary group is
practical and goal-oriented?
Answer: instrumental
●● That which guides people as to what goals they are to pursue and
how they are to pursue them is a what?
Answer: institution
●● An individual in a secondary group and in an institution will know
how to act because he or she is filling a what?
Answer: role
●● When relationships in a primary group involve many aspects of a
person's life, they are described as being what?
Answer: diffuse relationships
●● What kind of sociology has the highest levels of analysis?
Answer: macro sociology
●● By sociological definition, the Auburn city council is a what within
politics?
Answer: organization
