SOCIOLOGY 101 STRAIGHTERLINE FINAL 2026
EXAM REVIEW STUDY GUIDE BUNDLED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PREMIUM
◉ Culture Answer: Learned patterns of thinking, feeling and acting
transmitted from one generation to the next.
Totality of a complex whole.
◉ Society Answer: Fairly large number of people who life
independently in the same region.
Participate in common culture.
◉ Norms - Formal Answer: Behaviors that have been written down
and specify strict punishments for violators.
◉ Norms - Informal Answer: Standards of behavior generally
understood but not written down.
Ex: manners, way people dress, greetings.
◉ Norms - Folkways Answer: Norms governing everyday behavior
Ex: Customary rules of conduct but not vital to welfare of society.
, ◉ Culture in flux Answer: Culture is not static, but always in flux,
always changing.
◉ Cultures Answer: 1. Values, beliefs, and attitudes (non-material
culture)
2. Objects and power relations (material culture)*Should include
3. Ways of seeing the world (paradigms)
4. Relating to others (interaction styles)
◉ Subcultures Answer: A segment of society that shares a distinctive
pattern of values that differ from the patter of larger society.
Ex: Argot - specialized language for insiders (ex. - rap)
◉ Counterculture Answer: Thrives among young people. Perceive
themselves as anti-establishment (against norms/values)
◉ Ethnocentrism Answer: Tendency to assume that ones own
culture is normal/superior to all others
◉ Statuses Answer: Position within a group
Ascribed status - assigned at birth (age, race, gender)
Achieved status - choice and competition (graduation, job)
Master status - determines a persons position in society
EXAM REVIEW STUDY GUIDE BUNDLED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PREMIUM
◉ Culture Answer: Learned patterns of thinking, feeling and acting
transmitted from one generation to the next.
Totality of a complex whole.
◉ Society Answer: Fairly large number of people who life
independently in the same region.
Participate in common culture.
◉ Norms - Formal Answer: Behaviors that have been written down
and specify strict punishments for violators.
◉ Norms - Informal Answer: Standards of behavior generally
understood but not written down.
Ex: manners, way people dress, greetings.
◉ Norms - Folkways Answer: Norms governing everyday behavior
Ex: Customary rules of conduct but not vital to welfare of society.
, ◉ Culture in flux Answer: Culture is not static, but always in flux,
always changing.
◉ Cultures Answer: 1. Values, beliefs, and attitudes (non-material
culture)
2. Objects and power relations (material culture)*Should include
3. Ways of seeing the world (paradigms)
4. Relating to others (interaction styles)
◉ Subcultures Answer: A segment of society that shares a distinctive
pattern of values that differ from the patter of larger society.
Ex: Argot - specialized language for insiders (ex. - rap)
◉ Counterculture Answer: Thrives among young people. Perceive
themselves as anti-establishment (against norms/values)
◉ Ethnocentrism Answer: Tendency to assume that ones own
culture is normal/superior to all others
◉ Statuses Answer: Position within a group
Ascribed status - assigned at birth (age, race, gender)
Achieved status - choice and competition (graduation, job)
Master status - determines a persons position in society
