SOCIOLOGY EXAM 1: CHAPTERS 1-3
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS;
100% CORRECT; GRADE A
achieved status - correct answer- a status that
individuals secure on the basis of choice and competition
age norms - correct answer- rules that define
what is appropriate for people to be and do at various
ages
aggregate - correct answer- a collection of
anonymous people who are in one place at the same time
anticipatory socialization - correct answer- the
process in which people think about, experiment with,
and try on the behaviors associated with a new role
archival research - correct answer- the use of
existing records that have been produced or maintained
by persons other than the researcher
,ascribed status - correct answer- a status
assigned to an individual by a group or society
body language - correct answer- physical
motions and gestures that provide social signals
category - correct answer- a collection of
people who share a characteristic that is deemed to be of
social significance
class conflict - correct answer- the view that
society is divided into those who own the means of
producing wealth and those who do not, giving rise to
struggle
communication - correct answer- process by
which people transmit information, ideas, attitudes, and
mental states to one another
, conditioning - correct answer- a form of
learning in which the consequences of behavior
determine the probability of its future occurance
constructed reality - correct answer- each
persons experience of the world, derived from the
interaction that takes place among people in the course of
their lives
control group - correct answer- group that
affords a neutral standard against which the changes in an
experimental group can be measured
correlation - correct answer- a change in one
variable associated with a change in another variable
counterculture - correct answer- a subculture
whose norms and values and substantially at odds with
those of the larger society
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS;
100% CORRECT; GRADE A
achieved status - correct answer- a status that
individuals secure on the basis of choice and competition
age norms - correct answer- rules that define
what is appropriate for people to be and do at various
ages
aggregate - correct answer- a collection of
anonymous people who are in one place at the same time
anticipatory socialization - correct answer- the
process in which people think about, experiment with,
and try on the behaviors associated with a new role
archival research - correct answer- the use of
existing records that have been produced or maintained
by persons other than the researcher
,ascribed status - correct answer- a status
assigned to an individual by a group or society
body language - correct answer- physical
motions and gestures that provide social signals
category - correct answer- a collection of
people who share a characteristic that is deemed to be of
social significance
class conflict - correct answer- the view that
society is divided into those who own the means of
producing wealth and those who do not, giving rise to
struggle
communication - correct answer- process by
which people transmit information, ideas, attitudes, and
mental states to one another
, conditioning - correct answer- a form of
learning in which the consequences of behavior
determine the probability of its future occurance
constructed reality - correct answer- each
persons experience of the world, derived from the
interaction that takes place among people in the course of
their lives
control group - correct answer- group that
affords a neutral standard against which the changes in an
experimental group can be measured
correlation - correct answer- a change in one
variable associated with a change in another variable
counterculture - correct answer- a subculture
whose norms and values and substantially at odds with
those of the larger society
