SOCS 185 FINAL EXAM 1 AND 2 2026
COMPREHENSIVE NOTES AND STUDY
WORKBOOK A+
◉ Emile Durkheim. Answer: Saw society as a set of independent
parts that maintain the system throughout time, and viewed these
independent parts in terms of their functions. Also, he wrote a book
on how geographical area and events can trigger suicide.
◉ Symbolic interaction. Answer: interaction between people that
takes place through the use of symbols
◉ Social Statistics. Answer: Auguste Comte- states that certain
processes hold society together.
◉ Social psychology. Answer: study of how an individual's behavior
and personality are affected by the social enviornment
◉ Social phenomena. Answer: study of how an individuals behavior
and personality are affected by the social environment
◉ Theoretical perspective. Answer: a general set of assumptions
about the nature of things
, ◉ Manifest functions. Answer: the intended and recognized
consequence of some element of society.
◉ Sociological perspective. Answer: the viewing of the behavior of a
group in a systematic way.
◉ Cultural relativism. Answer: belief that cultures should be judged
by their own standards
◉ Material culture. Answer: the physical objects that people create
and use
◉ Ethnocentrism. Answer: tendency to view one's own culture or
group as superior to all other cultures and groups
◉ Margaret Med. Answer: conducted a now-class study of cultural
variations. The purpose was to determine whether differences in
basic temperament (fundamental emotional dispersion of a person)
result mainly from inherited characteristics or from cultural
influences.
◉ Folkways. Answer: norms that describe socially acceptable
behavior but do not have great moral significance attached to them
COMPREHENSIVE NOTES AND STUDY
WORKBOOK A+
◉ Emile Durkheim. Answer: Saw society as a set of independent
parts that maintain the system throughout time, and viewed these
independent parts in terms of their functions. Also, he wrote a book
on how geographical area and events can trigger suicide.
◉ Symbolic interaction. Answer: interaction between people that
takes place through the use of symbols
◉ Social Statistics. Answer: Auguste Comte- states that certain
processes hold society together.
◉ Social psychology. Answer: study of how an individual's behavior
and personality are affected by the social enviornment
◉ Social phenomena. Answer: study of how an individuals behavior
and personality are affected by the social environment
◉ Theoretical perspective. Answer: a general set of assumptions
about the nature of things
, ◉ Manifest functions. Answer: the intended and recognized
consequence of some element of society.
◉ Sociological perspective. Answer: the viewing of the behavior of a
group in a systematic way.
◉ Cultural relativism. Answer: belief that cultures should be judged
by their own standards
◉ Material culture. Answer: the physical objects that people create
and use
◉ Ethnocentrism. Answer: tendency to view one's own culture or
group as superior to all other cultures and groups
◉ Margaret Med. Answer: conducted a now-class study of cultural
variations. The purpose was to determine whether differences in
basic temperament (fundamental emotional dispersion of a person)
result mainly from inherited characteristics or from cultural
influences.
◉ Folkways. Answer: norms that describe socially acceptable
behavior but do not have great moral significance attached to them
