INTRODUCTION TO
SOCIOLOGY CHAPTER 1
ACTUAL EXAM WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Beginner's mind - answer- Approaching the world without preconceptions in order to see
things in a new way (BERNARD MCGRANE)
Culture Shock - answer- A sense of disorientation that occurs when you enter a radically
new social or cultural environment
Sociology - answer- The systematic or scientific study of human society and social
behavior, from large-scale institutions and mass culture to small groups and individual
interactions.
Society - answer- A group of people who shape their lives in aggregated and patterned
ways that distinguish their group from other groups.
Social Sciences - answer- The disciplines that use the scientific method to examine the
social world, in contrast to the natural sciences, which examine the physical world.
Sociological Perspective - answer- A way of looking at the world through a sociological
lens
, Sociological imagination - answer- A quality of the mind that allows us to understand the
relationship between our individual circumstances and larger social forces. (C. WRIGHT MILLS)
Structural Functionalism - answer- A paradigm that begins with the assumption that
society is a unified whole that functions because of the contributions of its separate structures.
Mechanical Solidarity - answer- Term developed by Emile Durkheim to describe the type
of social bongs present in premodern, agrarian societies, in which shared traditions and beliefs
created a sense of social cohesion.
Agrarian Societies - answer- Societies that depends on agriculture as their primary means
for support and sustenance.
Organic Solidarity - answer- Term developed by Emile Durkheim to describe the type of
social bongs present in modern societies based on difference, interdependence, and individual
rights.
Anomie - answer- "Normlessness"; term used to describe the alienation and loss of
purpose as a result from weaker social bonds and an increased pace of change.
Solidarity - answer- The degree of integration or unity within a particular society; the
extent to which individuals feel connected to other members of a group.
Sacred - answer- The holy, divine, or supernatural
Profane - answer- The ordinary, mundane, or everyday.
SOCIOLOGY CHAPTER 1
ACTUAL EXAM WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Beginner's mind - answer- Approaching the world without preconceptions in order to see
things in a new way (BERNARD MCGRANE)
Culture Shock - answer- A sense of disorientation that occurs when you enter a radically
new social or cultural environment
Sociology - answer- The systematic or scientific study of human society and social
behavior, from large-scale institutions and mass culture to small groups and individual
interactions.
Society - answer- A group of people who shape their lives in aggregated and patterned
ways that distinguish their group from other groups.
Social Sciences - answer- The disciplines that use the scientific method to examine the
social world, in contrast to the natural sciences, which examine the physical world.
Sociological Perspective - answer- A way of looking at the world through a sociological
lens
, Sociological imagination - answer- A quality of the mind that allows us to understand the
relationship between our individual circumstances and larger social forces. (C. WRIGHT MILLS)
Structural Functionalism - answer- A paradigm that begins with the assumption that
society is a unified whole that functions because of the contributions of its separate structures.
Mechanical Solidarity - answer- Term developed by Emile Durkheim to describe the type
of social bongs present in premodern, agrarian societies, in which shared traditions and beliefs
created a sense of social cohesion.
Agrarian Societies - answer- Societies that depends on agriculture as their primary means
for support and sustenance.
Organic Solidarity - answer- Term developed by Emile Durkheim to describe the type of
social bongs present in modern societies based on difference, interdependence, and individual
rights.
Anomie - answer- "Normlessness"; term used to describe the alienation and loss of
purpose as a result from weaker social bonds and an increased pace of change.
Solidarity - answer- The degree of integration or unity within a particular society; the
extent to which individuals feel connected to other members of a group.
Sacred - answer- The holy, divine, or supernatural
Profane - answer- The ordinary, mundane, or everyday.
