SOCIOLOGY 100 FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS; ALREADY GRADED A; 2026
agents of gender socialization - correct answer-
family education peers, mass media
Anomie Strain - correct answer- developed by
ROBERT MERTON, a theoretical approach to
understanding deviance that states that society
encourages deviance by emphasizing the importance of
cultural goals, ex. conformity: college student, innovation:
drug dealer, ritualism: business men, retreatism: hippies,
rebellion: Malcom X (are legitimate means of reaching
goals equally available? no, so some groups will use
illegitimate means to reach them)
attitudes of sex have changed - correct answer-
porn is new sex education, ex. attitudes are IMPACTED by
changes in mass culture and media
,attitudinal discrimination - correct answer-
discrimination that stems from prejudicial attitudes,
human behaviors with the INTENT to discriminate
blockbusting - correct answer- bankers and
lenders play upon racial or ethnic fear to drive down
neighborhood values, encourage residents to sell, and
profit from the resulting sales, loans and commissions
bureaucratization - correct answer- a way in
which work is organized rationally--the implementation of
recognized rules and procedures in an attempt to make
decision-making processes objective and fair
capitalism - correct answer- a type of economy
that focuses on private ownership, competition, profit,
and noninterference by the government. workers produce
goods or services in exchange for wages. through market
forces, individual self-interest leads to the common good.
, centaurs/integrators - correct answer- 15% gay
100% of the time, sexuality as "complimentary status,"
not hiding or flaunting
central cities - correct answer- original cities in
metro areas, often surrounded by suburbs, "old
communities"
centralized economy - correct answer-
economy where decision-making power is concentrated
among a small number of individuals, firms or the state
chameleons/commuter - correct answer- 100%
gay 15% of the time, transition between gay self and
everyday self
communism - correct answer- all members of a
society have equal say, consideration, power, and access
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS; ALREADY GRADED A; 2026
agents of gender socialization - correct answer-
family education peers, mass media
Anomie Strain - correct answer- developed by
ROBERT MERTON, a theoretical approach to
understanding deviance that states that society
encourages deviance by emphasizing the importance of
cultural goals, ex. conformity: college student, innovation:
drug dealer, ritualism: business men, retreatism: hippies,
rebellion: Malcom X (are legitimate means of reaching
goals equally available? no, so some groups will use
illegitimate means to reach them)
attitudes of sex have changed - correct answer-
porn is new sex education, ex. attitudes are IMPACTED by
changes in mass culture and media
,attitudinal discrimination - correct answer-
discrimination that stems from prejudicial attitudes,
human behaviors with the INTENT to discriminate
blockbusting - correct answer- bankers and
lenders play upon racial or ethnic fear to drive down
neighborhood values, encourage residents to sell, and
profit from the resulting sales, loans and commissions
bureaucratization - correct answer- a way in
which work is organized rationally--the implementation of
recognized rules and procedures in an attempt to make
decision-making processes objective and fair
capitalism - correct answer- a type of economy
that focuses on private ownership, competition, profit,
and noninterference by the government. workers produce
goods or services in exchange for wages. through market
forces, individual self-interest leads to the common good.
, centaurs/integrators - correct answer- 15% gay
100% of the time, sexuality as "complimentary status,"
not hiding or flaunting
central cities - correct answer- original cities in
metro areas, often surrounded by suburbs, "old
communities"
centralized economy - correct answer-
economy where decision-making power is concentrated
among a small number of individuals, firms or the state
chameleons/commuter - correct answer- 100%
gay 15% of the time, transition between gay self and
everyday self
communism - correct answer- all members of a
society have equal say, consideration, power, and access
