SOC 201 EXAM ACTUAL EXAM 2026 | ALL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |
VERIFIED ANSWERS | BRAND NEW
VERSION!
Sociology emerged in the nineteenth century, with the idea of a secular
morality from what thinker?
A. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
B. Alexis de Tocqueville
C. John Stuart Mill
D. Auguste Comte ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------D. Auguste
Comte
Sociology is distinct from other academic disciplines in its attempt to
A. provide evidence rather than rely on rhetoric.
B. ask probing questions about how societies function.
C. detect patterns in how different societies respond to similar
phenomena.
,D. examine human interaction on the micro level. ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------C. detect patterns in how different societies
respond to similar phenomena.
The Chicago School of Sociology emphasized the importance of
A. the social and moral consequences of the division of labor.
B. the social environment in shaping people's behavior and personality.
C. rigorous statistical research.
D. predicting and describing relationships. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----
------------B. the social environment in shaping people's behavior and
personality.
The chapter notes that Duke University has changed its name twice and
yet people accept that it remains the same institution, while the
tobacco company Philip Morris changed its name to Altria in an attempt
to shake its negative reputation as a cigarette manufacturer and
remake itself into a different institution. These two examples highlight
the idea of social identity as
A. a construct that no longer has meaning in the postmodern era.
B. a collection of social roles that an institution will or will not fill.
C. a collection of individual stories told between people.
,D. determined by the social group into which people are born ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------C. a collection of individual stories told
between people.
The contemporary social movement with the slogan "Fight for 15"
seeks a $15 minimum wage and unionization. This attempt to mobilize
and make gains for workers can be viewed as in line with the view of
the social world of which classical sociological theorist?
A. Émile Durkheim
B. Georg Simmel
C. Karl Marx
D. Harriet Martineau ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------C. Karl Marx
Using the sociological imagination helps sociologists (and students of
sociology)
A. create an image of how people in other societies live.
B. focus on individual lives.
C. develop the ability to see the connections between our own personal
experience and the larger forces of history.
, D. understand the theories developed by Karl Marx, Max Weber, and
Émile Durkheim. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------C. develop the
ability to see the connections between our own personal experience
and the larger forces of history.
What is defined as a complex group of interdependent positions that,
together, perform a social role and reproduce themselves over time?
A. a social institution
B. a triad
C. a nation
D. a culture ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A. a social institution
Whether Muslim women veil themselves, especially in countries such
as the United States and France, is often a controversial topic.
Sociological research has found that while some women choose to veil
for religious reasons, others may take up the veil because they are
motivated to claim their Muslim identity in the face of anti-Muslim
sentiment. These different interpretations of the import of veiling
illustrates how meaning is subjective. This emphasis on differences in
subjective interpretations, in turn, is characteristic of
A. postmodernism.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |
VERIFIED ANSWERS | BRAND NEW
VERSION!
Sociology emerged in the nineteenth century, with the idea of a secular
morality from what thinker?
A. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
B. Alexis de Tocqueville
C. John Stuart Mill
D. Auguste Comte ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------D. Auguste
Comte
Sociology is distinct from other academic disciplines in its attempt to
A. provide evidence rather than rely on rhetoric.
B. ask probing questions about how societies function.
C. detect patterns in how different societies respond to similar
phenomena.
,D. examine human interaction on the micro level. ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------C. detect patterns in how different societies
respond to similar phenomena.
The Chicago School of Sociology emphasized the importance of
A. the social and moral consequences of the division of labor.
B. the social environment in shaping people's behavior and personality.
C. rigorous statistical research.
D. predicting and describing relationships. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----
------------B. the social environment in shaping people's behavior and
personality.
The chapter notes that Duke University has changed its name twice and
yet people accept that it remains the same institution, while the
tobacco company Philip Morris changed its name to Altria in an attempt
to shake its negative reputation as a cigarette manufacturer and
remake itself into a different institution. These two examples highlight
the idea of social identity as
A. a construct that no longer has meaning in the postmodern era.
B. a collection of social roles that an institution will or will not fill.
C. a collection of individual stories told between people.
,D. determined by the social group into which people are born ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------C. a collection of individual stories told
between people.
The contemporary social movement with the slogan "Fight for 15"
seeks a $15 minimum wage and unionization. This attempt to mobilize
and make gains for workers can be viewed as in line with the view of
the social world of which classical sociological theorist?
A. Émile Durkheim
B. Georg Simmel
C. Karl Marx
D. Harriet Martineau ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------C. Karl Marx
Using the sociological imagination helps sociologists (and students of
sociology)
A. create an image of how people in other societies live.
B. focus on individual lives.
C. develop the ability to see the connections between our own personal
experience and the larger forces of history.
, D. understand the theories developed by Karl Marx, Max Weber, and
Émile Durkheim. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------C. develop the
ability to see the connections between our own personal experience
and the larger forces of history.
What is defined as a complex group of interdependent positions that,
together, perform a social role and reproduce themselves over time?
A. a social institution
B. a triad
C. a nation
D. a culture ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A. a social institution
Whether Muslim women veil themselves, especially in countries such
as the United States and France, is often a controversial topic.
Sociological research has found that while some women choose to veil
for religious reasons, others may take up the veil because they are
motivated to claim their Muslim identity in the face of anti-Muslim
sentiment. These different interpretations of the import of veiling
illustrates how meaning is subjective. This emphasis on differences in
subjective interpretations, in turn, is characteristic of
A. postmodernism.
