SOCIOLOGY EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
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Society - ANSWER-People who share a culture and territory
Sociological imagination - ANSWER-The way we look at society
Applied sociology - ANSWER-We use our knowledge of sociology to change it
Participant observation - ANSWER-Observing something while being apart of it EX:
gang
Secondary analysis - ANSWER-the analysis of data already collected by other
researchers
Random Sample - ANSWER-a sample in which every element in the population has
an equal chance of being selected
Rapport - ANSWER-making someone feel comfortable before answering the real
questions
Marx beliefs on social change - ANSWER-The economy effect social change
Webers beliefs on social change - ANSWER-Religion effects social change
Symbolic interactionism - ANSWER-a theoretical perspective in which society is
viewed as composed of symbols that people use to establish meaning, develop their
views of the world, and communicate with another
Taboo - ANSWER-an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional
aversion
Subculture - ANSWER-Smaller culture within a larger one
Pluralistic society - ANSWER-a society which consists of several distinct cultures
and groups
Cultural Diffusion - ANSWER-Accepting other cultures into your own
Cultural Leveling - ANSWER-Two cultures become more similar
Cultural lag - ANSWER-Material culture is more advanced than non-material culture
Functionalism - ANSWER-a psychology based on the assumption that all mental
process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
ACCURATE
Society - ANSWER-People who share a culture and territory
Sociological imagination - ANSWER-The way we look at society
Applied sociology - ANSWER-We use our knowledge of sociology to change it
Participant observation - ANSWER-Observing something while being apart of it EX:
gang
Secondary analysis - ANSWER-the analysis of data already collected by other
researchers
Random Sample - ANSWER-a sample in which every element in the population has
an equal chance of being selected
Rapport - ANSWER-making someone feel comfortable before answering the real
questions
Marx beliefs on social change - ANSWER-The economy effect social change
Webers beliefs on social change - ANSWER-Religion effects social change
Symbolic interactionism - ANSWER-a theoretical perspective in which society is
viewed as composed of symbols that people use to establish meaning, develop their
views of the world, and communicate with another
Taboo - ANSWER-an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional
aversion
Subculture - ANSWER-Smaller culture within a larger one
Pluralistic society - ANSWER-a society which consists of several distinct cultures
and groups
Cultural Diffusion - ANSWER-Accepting other cultures into your own
Cultural Leveling - ANSWER-Two cultures become more similar
Cultural lag - ANSWER-Material culture is more advanced than non-material culture
Functionalism - ANSWER-a psychology based on the assumption that all mental
process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment
