SOCIOLOGY EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWER; LATEST UPDATED VERSION
2026; ALREADY GRADED A+
Agents of Socialization - correct answer-
Individuals or groups that affect our self concept,
attitudes, behaviors, or other orientations towards life.
Family, peers, mass media, neighborhood, daycare,
school, religion, workplace.
Applied sociology - correct answer- The use of
sociology to solve problems from the micro level of
classroom interaction and family relationships to the
macro level of crime and pollution
Augustes Comtes (1798-1857) - correct answer-
-Founder of sociology
-Analyze social order
-Wanted scientific method to apply
,Basic/Pure sociology - correct answer-
Sociological research for the purpose of making
discoveries about life in human groups, not for making
changes in those groups.
Bourgeoisie - correct answer- Marx's term for
capitalists, those who own the means of production
C.Wright Mills (1916-1962) - correct answer- -
Controversial figure in sociology
-Analysis of the role of the power elite in U.S society.
-Analysis taken for granted by sociologists.
Carol Gilliagan - correct answer- Females
evaluate morality in terms of personal relationships.
Class Conflict - correct answer- Marx's term for
the struggle between capitalists and workers.
Common Sense - correct answer- those things
that "everyone knows" are true
, Conflict Theory - correct answer- A theoretical
framework in which society is viewed as composed of
groups that are competing for sacred resources.
Counterculture - correct answer- A group
whose values, beliefs, norms, and related behaviors place
its members in opposition of the broader culture.
Cultural Diffusion - correct answer- The spread
of cultural traits from one group to another, usually
material culture is the first to spread
Cultural leveling - correct answer- The process
by which cultures become similar to one another. Often
refers to western culture being exported and diffused into
other nations
Cultural Relativism - correct answer- The view
that all beliefs, customs, and ethics are relative to the
individual within their own social context
ANSWER; LATEST UPDATED VERSION
2026; ALREADY GRADED A+
Agents of Socialization - correct answer-
Individuals or groups that affect our self concept,
attitudes, behaviors, or other orientations towards life.
Family, peers, mass media, neighborhood, daycare,
school, religion, workplace.
Applied sociology - correct answer- The use of
sociology to solve problems from the micro level of
classroom interaction and family relationships to the
macro level of crime and pollution
Augustes Comtes (1798-1857) - correct answer-
-Founder of sociology
-Analyze social order
-Wanted scientific method to apply
,Basic/Pure sociology - correct answer-
Sociological research for the purpose of making
discoveries about life in human groups, not for making
changes in those groups.
Bourgeoisie - correct answer- Marx's term for
capitalists, those who own the means of production
C.Wright Mills (1916-1962) - correct answer- -
Controversial figure in sociology
-Analysis of the role of the power elite in U.S society.
-Analysis taken for granted by sociologists.
Carol Gilliagan - correct answer- Females
evaluate morality in terms of personal relationships.
Class Conflict - correct answer- Marx's term for
the struggle between capitalists and workers.
Common Sense - correct answer- those things
that "everyone knows" are true
, Conflict Theory - correct answer- A theoretical
framework in which society is viewed as composed of
groups that are competing for sacred resources.
Counterculture - correct answer- A group
whose values, beliefs, norms, and related behaviors place
its members in opposition of the broader culture.
Cultural Diffusion - correct answer- The spread
of cultural traits from one group to another, usually
material culture is the first to spread
Cultural leveling - correct answer- The process
by which cultures become similar to one another. Often
refers to western culture being exported and diffused into
other nations
Cultural Relativism - correct answer- The view
that all beliefs, customs, and ethics are relative to the
individual within their own social context
