WGU C273 PRE-ASSESSMENT INTRO TO
SOCIOLOGY NEW VERSION EXAM 2024-
2025 WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND
QUESTIONS
Suicide rates were higher in areas where an individual's ties to their group were disrupted or distorted. -
ANS-What did Emile Durkheim's research on suicide reveal?
Positivism - ANS-Which idea did Auguste Comte introduce to the field of sociology?
Symbolic interactionism - ANS-Which sociological perspective assumes that social life is shaped by the
meanings people associate with things?
Conflict - ANS-Which sociological perspective views society as being made up of groups competing for
scarce resources?
Misleading research subjects - ANS-Which ethical dilemma in sociological research does Laud Humphry's
study on social interactions between men in public restrooms highlight?
Ethical standards - ANS-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?
, Cultural relativism - ANS-What are sociologists practicing when they evaluate cultures without judging
them?
Subculture - ANS-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?
Values define a culture's standards for good and bad, beautiful and ugly, right and wrong. - ANS-What
role do a culture's values play in social interactions?
It is an environment where one can acquire new perspectives of the world. - ANS-How does the
workplace act as an agent of socialization?
Adolescents, ages 13 to 17 - ANS-According to studies of socialization through the "life course" in
modern society, which group characteristically grapples most with the question "Who am I?" and
struggles to carve out a group identity?
Family - ANS-Where do most people first encounter gender socialization?
Perception of the norms, values, attitudes, and expectations of others in general - ANS-What does
George Herbert Mead's term "generalized other" refer to in relation to the development of the self?
Third - ANS-If Mateo feels happy because he thinks his classmates will approve of his new shoes, which
phase of the looking-glass self is Mateo in?
The looking-glass self - ANS-Which concept reflects sociological ways of thinking about the development
of self?
A group that is created through similar interests, activities, or professions - ANS-What is a secondary
group?
Role strain - ANS-A student is well prepared for a class assignment, and she feels confident she knows
the correct answers to the questions the teacher will ask during a group discussion. However, the
SOCIOLOGY NEW VERSION EXAM 2024-
2025 WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND
QUESTIONS
Suicide rates were higher in areas where an individual's ties to their group were disrupted or distorted. -
ANS-What did Emile Durkheim's research on suicide reveal?
Positivism - ANS-Which idea did Auguste Comte introduce to the field of sociology?
Symbolic interactionism - ANS-Which sociological perspective assumes that social life is shaped by the
meanings people associate with things?
Conflict - ANS-Which sociological perspective views society as being made up of groups competing for
scarce resources?
Misleading research subjects - ANS-Which ethical dilemma in sociological research does Laud Humphry's
study on social interactions between men in public restrooms highlight?
Ethical standards - ANS-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?
, Cultural relativism - ANS-What are sociologists practicing when they evaluate cultures without judging
them?
Subculture - ANS-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?
Values define a culture's standards for good and bad, beautiful and ugly, right and wrong. - ANS-What
role do a culture's values play in social interactions?
It is an environment where one can acquire new perspectives of the world. - ANS-How does the
workplace act as an agent of socialization?
Adolescents, ages 13 to 17 - ANS-According to studies of socialization through the "life course" in
modern society, which group characteristically grapples most with the question "Who am I?" and
struggles to carve out a group identity?
Family - ANS-Where do most people first encounter gender socialization?
Perception of the norms, values, attitudes, and expectations of others in general - ANS-What does
George Herbert Mead's term "generalized other" refer to in relation to the development of the self?
Third - ANS-If Mateo feels happy because he thinks his classmates will approve of his new shoes, which
phase of the looking-glass self is Mateo in?
The looking-glass self - ANS-Which concept reflects sociological ways of thinking about the development
of self?
A group that is created through similar interests, activities, or professions - ANS-What is a secondary
group?
Role strain - ANS-A student is well prepared for a class assignment, and she feels confident she knows
the correct answers to the questions the teacher will ask during a group discussion. However, the
