SOCIOLOGY 101- FINAL EXAM
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Sociology is the study of... - ANSWER-human society and social interactions
Sociology emerges as a separate field in Europe during the... - ANSWER-19th
century
What is the main focus of sociology? - ANSWER-The group
The first sociological study in France about suicide was preformed by who? -
ANSWER-Emile Durkheim
Sociological imagination - ANSWER-The vivid awareness of the relationship
between personal experience and the wider society
Who was sociological imagination developed by? - ANSWER-C Wright Mills
Who gave sociology it's name? - ANSWER-August Compte
Which theorist believed in the struggle between the higher class owners and lower
class workers? - ANSWER-Karl Marx
Which group of theorists believed in a system of highly related parts? - ANSWER-
Functionalism
What are functions that were intended to happen? - ANSWER-Manifest functions
What are functions that were not intended to happen? - ANSWER-Latent functions
Culture - ANSWER-All that humans learn to do, use, know, and believe
What is happening to the number of traditional families? - ANSWER-Decreasing
Name the six functions of a family: - ANSWER-1. regulating sexual behavior
2. patterning reproduction
3. organizing production/consumption
4. socializing children
5. providing care and protection
6. providing social status
A nuclear family consists of... - ANSWER-Parents and two children
How do Americans trace decent? - ANSWER-Bilateral
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% CORRECT
Sociology is the study of... - ANSWER-human society and social interactions
Sociology emerges as a separate field in Europe during the... - ANSWER-19th
century
What is the main focus of sociology? - ANSWER-The group
The first sociological study in France about suicide was preformed by who? -
ANSWER-Emile Durkheim
Sociological imagination - ANSWER-The vivid awareness of the relationship
between personal experience and the wider society
Who was sociological imagination developed by? - ANSWER-C Wright Mills
Who gave sociology it's name? - ANSWER-August Compte
Which theorist believed in the struggle between the higher class owners and lower
class workers? - ANSWER-Karl Marx
Which group of theorists believed in a system of highly related parts? - ANSWER-
Functionalism
What are functions that were intended to happen? - ANSWER-Manifest functions
What are functions that were not intended to happen? - ANSWER-Latent functions
Culture - ANSWER-All that humans learn to do, use, know, and believe
What is happening to the number of traditional families? - ANSWER-Decreasing
Name the six functions of a family: - ANSWER-1. regulating sexual behavior
2. patterning reproduction
3. organizing production/consumption
4. socializing children
5. providing care and protection
6. providing social status
A nuclear family consists of... - ANSWER-Parents and two children
How do Americans trace decent? - ANSWER-Bilateral
