WGU C273 Objective Assessments,Pre-Assessments &
Final Exams (Latest 2024/ 2025 Updates STUDY
BUNDLE SET) Introduction to Sociology| Questions and
Verified Answers| Grade A| 100% Correct
Sociological Perspective - ANSWERUnderstanding human behavior by placing it
within its broader social context
Society - ANSWERPeople who share a culture and a territory
Social Location - ANSWERThe group memberships that people have because of their
location in history and society
Science - ANSWERThe application of systematic methods to obtain knowledge and
the knowledge obtained by those methods
Natural Sciences - ANSWERThe intellectual and academic disciplines designed to
comprehend, explain, and predict events in our natural environments
What makes sociology different from anthropology, economists/political scientists,
and psychologists? - ANSWERThey focus primarily on industrialized and
postindustrialized societies, they do not concentrate on a single social institution,
and they stress factors external to the individual to determine what influences
people and how they adjust to life.
Generalization - ANSWERA statement that goes beyond the individual case and is
applied to a broader group or situation.
Common Sense - ANSWERThose things that "everyone knows" are true
Positivism - ANSWERThe application of the scientific approach to the social world
Sociology - ANSWERThe scientific study of society and human behavior
Who is credited as the founder of sociology? - ANSWERAuguste Comte (1798-1857)
Who is considered the second founder of sociology? - ANSWERHerbert Spencer
(1820-1903), coined the term "Survival of the Fittest"
Class Conflict - ANSWERMarx's term for the struggle between capitalists and workers
Bourgeoisie - ANSWERMarx's term for capitalists, those who own the means of
production
, Proletariat - ANSWERMarx's term for the exploited class, the mass of workers who
do not own the means of production
Social Integration - ANSWERThe degree to which members of a group or a society
feel united by shared values and other social bonds; also known as social cohesion
Patterns of Behavior - ANSWERRecurring characteristics or events
What principle was central in Durkheim's research? - ANSWER"Human behavior
cannot be understood only in terms of the individual; we must always examine the
social forces that affect people's lives." pg. 12
Value Free - ANSWERThe view that a sociologist's personal values or beliefs should
not influence social research
Values - ANSWERThe standards by which people define what is desirable or
undesirable, good or bad, beautiful or ugly
Objectivity - ANSWERValue neutrality in research
Replication - ANSWERThe repetition of a study in order to test its findings
Verstehen - ANSWERA German word used by Weber that is perhaps best understood
as "to have insight into someone's situation"
Subjective Meanings - ANSWERThe meanings that people give their own behavior
Social Facts - ANSWERDurkheim's term for a group's patterns of behavior
Basic/Pure Sociology - ANSWERSociological research for the purpose of making
discoveries about life in human groups, not for making changes in those groups
Applied Sociology - ANSWERThe Use of sociology to solve problems-from the micro
level of classroom interaction and family relationships to the macro level of crime
and pollution
Public Sociology - ANSWERApplying sociology for the public good; especially the use
of the sociological perspective (how things are related to one another) to guide
politicians and policy makers
Theory - ANSWERA general statement about how some parts of the world fit
together and how they work; an explanation of how two or more facts are related to
one another
Symbolic Interactionism - ANSWERA theoretical perspective in which society is
viewed as composed of symbols that people use to establish meaning, develop their
views of the world, and communication with one another
Final Exams (Latest 2024/ 2025 Updates STUDY
BUNDLE SET) Introduction to Sociology| Questions and
Verified Answers| Grade A| 100% Correct
Sociological Perspective - ANSWERUnderstanding human behavior by placing it
within its broader social context
Society - ANSWERPeople who share a culture and a territory
Social Location - ANSWERThe group memberships that people have because of their
location in history and society
Science - ANSWERThe application of systematic methods to obtain knowledge and
the knowledge obtained by those methods
Natural Sciences - ANSWERThe intellectual and academic disciplines designed to
comprehend, explain, and predict events in our natural environments
What makes sociology different from anthropology, economists/political scientists,
and psychologists? - ANSWERThey focus primarily on industrialized and
postindustrialized societies, they do not concentrate on a single social institution,
and they stress factors external to the individual to determine what influences
people and how they adjust to life.
Generalization - ANSWERA statement that goes beyond the individual case and is
applied to a broader group or situation.
Common Sense - ANSWERThose things that "everyone knows" are true
Positivism - ANSWERThe application of the scientific approach to the social world
Sociology - ANSWERThe scientific study of society and human behavior
Who is credited as the founder of sociology? - ANSWERAuguste Comte (1798-1857)
Who is considered the second founder of sociology? - ANSWERHerbert Spencer
(1820-1903), coined the term "Survival of the Fittest"
Class Conflict - ANSWERMarx's term for the struggle between capitalists and workers
Bourgeoisie - ANSWERMarx's term for capitalists, those who own the means of
production
, Proletariat - ANSWERMarx's term for the exploited class, the mass of workers who
do not own the means of production
Social Integration - ANSWERThe degree to which members of a group or a society
feel united by shared values and other social bonds; also known as social cohesion
Patterns of Behavior - ANSWERRecurring characteristics or events
What principle was central in Durkheim's research? - ANSWER"Human behavior
cannot be understood only in terms of the individual; we must always examine the
social forces that affect people's lives." pg. 12
Value Free - ANSWERThe view that a sociologist's personal values or beliefs should
not influence social research
Values - ANSWERThe standards by which people define what is desirable or
undesirable, good or bad, beautiful or ugly
Objectivity - ANSWERValue neutrality in research
Replication - ANSWERThe repetition of a study in order to test its findings
Verstehen - ANSWERA German word used by Weber that is perhaps best understood
as "to have insight into someone's situation"
Subjective Meanings - ANSWERThe meanings that people give their own behavior
Social Facts - ANSWERDurkheim's term for a group's patterns of behavior
Basic/Pure Sociology - ANSWERSociological research for the purpose of making
discoveries about life in human groups, not for making changes in those groups
Applied Sociology - ANSWERThe Use of sociology to solve problems-from the micro
level of classroom interaction and family relationships to the macro level of crime
and pollution
Public Sociology - ANSWERApplying sociology for the public good; especially the use
of the sociological perspective (how things are related to one another) to guide
politicians and policy makers
Theory - ANSWERA general statement about how some parts of the world fit
together and how they work; an explanation of how two or more facts are related to
one another
Symbolic Interactionism - ANSWERA theoretical perspective in which society is
viewed as composed of symbols that people use to establish meaning, develop their
views of the world, and communication with one another
