WGU C273 INTRODUCTION TO
SOCIOLOGY PRE-ASSESSMENT LATEST
2022/2021 Q&A
1. What did Emile Durkheim's research on suicide reveal?
Suicide rates were higher in areas where an individual's ties to their group were disrupted or distorted
2.Which idea did Auguste Comte introduce to the field of sociology? Positivism
3.Which sociological perspective assumes that social life is shaped by the meanings people associate
with things? Symbolic interactionism
4.Which sociological perspective views society as being made up of groups competing for scarce
resources? Conflict
5.Which ethical dilemma in sociological research does Laud Humphry's study on social interactions
between men in public restrooms highlight?
Misleading research subjects
6.Which issue does this consideration address?
Ethical standards Sociologists must consider the potential physical and emotional risks that participants
may be exposed to during a research study
7.What are sociologists practicing when they evaluate cultures without judging them?
Cultural relativism
8.A group of teachers teaching in the same neighborhood of Los Angeles meet regularly about family
and ethnicity issues they encounter in their daily work. What is this an example of? Subculture
9.What role do a culture's values play in social interactions?
Values define a culture's standards for good and bad, beautiful and ugly, right and wrong.
10. How does the workplace act as an agent of socialization?
It is an environment where one can acquire new perspectives of the world
SOCIOLOGY PRE-ASSESSMENT LATEST
2022/2021 Q&A
1. What did Emile Durkheim's research on suicide reveal?
Suicide rates were higher in areas where an individual's ties to their group were disrupted or distorted
2.Which idea did Auguste Comte introduce to the field of sociology? Positivism
3.Which sociological perspective assumes that social life is shaped by the meanings people associate
with things? Symbolic interactionism
4.Which sociological perspective views society as being made up of groups competing for scarce
resources? Conflict
5.Which ethical dilemma in sociological research does Laud Humphry's study on social interactions
between men in public restrooms highlight?
Misleading research subjects
6.Which issue does this consideration address?
Ethical standards Sociologists must consider the potential physical and emotional risks that participants
may be exposed to during a research study
7.What are sociologists practicing when they evaluate cultures without judging them?
Cultural relativism
8.A group of teachers teaching in the same neighborhood of Los Angeles meet regularly about family
and ethnicity issues they encounter in their daily work. What is this an example of? Subculture
9.What role do a culture's values play in social interactions?
Values define a culture's standards for good and bad, beautiful and ugly, right and wrong.
10. How does the workplace act as an agent of socialization?
It is an environment where one can acquire new perspectives of the world
