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PRE-ASSESSMENT: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY (PQYC)
Attempt #1
Status: Passed
1. What did Emile Durkheim’s research on suicide reveal?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Suicide rates were higher in areas where an individual’s ties to their group
were disrupted or distorted.
Suicide rates were not related to community ties.
Suicide rates were similar across social groups.
Suicide rates were lowest in areas with strong individual identity.
2. Which idea did Auguste Comte introduce to the field of sociology?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Positivism
Ethical standards
Subjective interpretations
Applied sociology
3. Which sociological perspective assumes that social life is shaped by the meanings people associate with
things?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Symbolic interactionism
Functional analysis
Conflict
Macrosociology
4. Which sociological perspective views society as being made up of groups competing for scarce resources?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
https://my.wgu.edu/coaching-report/preassessment-report/v1/studentPidm/1253850/assessmentCode/PQYC/testDate/1665776409 1/19
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YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Symbolic interactionism
Functional analysis
Conflict
Microsociology
5. Which ethical dilemma in sociological research does Laud Humphry’s study on social interactions between
men in public restrooms highlight?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Misleading research subjects
Revealing the names of research subjects
Falsifying results
Plagiarism
6. Sociologists must consider the potential physical and emotional risks that participants may be exposed to
during a research study.
Which issue does this consideration address?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Data validity
Data analysis
Ethical standards
Personal values
7. What are sociologists practicing when they evaluate cultures without judging them?
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ANSWER ANSWER
https://my.wgu.edu/coaching-report/preassessment-report/v1/studentPidm/1253850/assessmentCode/PQYC/testDate/1665776409 2/19
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YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Cultural relativism
Ethnocentrism
Symbolic culture
Culture shock
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?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Subculture
Counterculture
Taboo
More
9. What role do a culture’s values play in social interactions?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Values define a culture’s standards for good and bad, beautiful and ugly,
right and wrong.
Values are the primary way people communicate with one another.
Values are the expectations for behavior in a society.
Values can take the form of positive or negative sanctions.
10. How does the workplace act as an agent of socialization?
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ANSWER ANSWER
https://my.wgu.edu/coaching-report/preassessment-report/v1/studentPidm/1253850/assessmentCode/PQYC/testDate/1665776409 3/19
WGU KNOWLEDGE CENTER
PRE-ASSESSMENT: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY (PQYC)
Attempt #1
Status: Passed
1. What did Emile Durkheim’s research on suicide reveal?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Suicide rates were higher in areas where an individual’s ties to their group
were disrupted or distorted.
Suicide rates were not related to community ties.
Suicide rates were similar across social groups.
Suicide rates were lowest in areas with strong individual identity.
2. Which idea did Auguste Comte introduce to the field of sociology?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Positivism
Ethical standards
Subjective interpretations
Applied sociology
3. Which sociological perspective assumes that social life is shaped by the meanings people associate with
things?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Symbolic interactionism
Functional analysis
Conflict
Macrosociology
4. Which sociological perspective views society as being made up of groups competing for scarce resources?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
https://my.wgu.edu/coaching-report/preassessment-report/v1/studentPidm/1253850/assessmentCode/PQYC/testDate/1665776409 1/19
,11/28/22, 5:09 AM WGU Student Portal
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Symbolic interactionism
Functional analysis
Conflict
Microsociology
5. Which ethical dilemma in sociological research does Laud Humphry’s study on social interactions between
men in public restrooms highlight?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Misleading research subjects
Revealing the names of research subjects
Falsifying results
Plagiarism
6. Sociologists must consider the potential physical and emotional risks that participants may be exposed to
during a research study.
Which issue does this consideration address?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Data validity
Data analysis
Ethical standards
Personal values
7. What are sociologists practicing when they evaluate cultures without judging them?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
https://my.wgu.edu/coaching-report/preassessment-report/v1/studentPidm/1253850/assessmentCode/PQYC/testDate/1665776409 2/19
, 11/28/22, 5:09 AM WGU Student Portal
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Cultural relativism
Ethnocentrism
Symbolic culture
Culture shock
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?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Subculture
Counterculture
Taboo
More
9. What role do a culture’s values play in social interactions?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Values define a culture’s standards for good and bad, beautiful and ugly,
right and wrong.
Values are the primary way people communicate with one another.
Values are the expectations for behavior in a society.
Values can take the form of positive or negative sanctions.
10. How does the workplace act as an agent of socialization?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
https://my.wgu.edu/coaching-report/preassessment-report/v1/studentPidm/1253850/assessmentCode/PQYC/testDate/1665776409 3/19
