SOCIOLOGY 101 PRACTICE GUIDE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
social distance - ANSWER-degree of sympathetic understanding between person
and person, person and group, or group and group; created when people don't take
the time the learn about other people
ethnocentrism - ANSWER-thinking your society is the center of all societies
feminism - ANSWER-philosophy that advocates social, political, and economic
equality for men and women
second shift - ANSWER-the phenomenon of employed women still having primary
responsibility for housework and childcare
discrimination - ANSWER-an act; can do this even if you are not prejudice
role distance - ANSWER-the way people behave when they are playing a role they
do not like (musician taking business courses)
master status - ANSWER-social position that is overwhelmingly significant,
powerfully influences a person's social experience, and typically overshadows all the
other social positions that person may occupy
service economy - ANSWER-an economic system or sector based on buying and
selling of services
mores - ANSWER-moral laws (don't have sex in front of parents)
cultural transmission theory - ANSWER-also called Subcultural Conformity;
conforming to a subculture; operating to the norms of another culture
doing gender - ANSWER-creating gender through interactions in particular social
settings; ideas about gender can be created or changed in the individual interactions
and institutional settings
patriachy - ANSWER-social system dominated by men
formal organizations - ANSWER-organizes society in a new way when corporations
become more important
pre-verbal stage - ANSWER-0-18 months old; find things out from the way other
people talk about it
play stage - ANSWER-2-7 years old; learning things based off of what you see done;
empathy is learned
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
social distance - ANSWER-degree of sympathetic understanding between person
and person, person and group, or group and group; created when people don't take
the time the learn about other people
ethnocentrism - ANSWER-thinking your society is the center of all societies
feminism - ANSWER-philosophy that advocates social, political, and economic
equality for men and women
second shift - ANSWER-the phenomenon of employed women still having primary
responsibility for housework and childcare
discrimination - ANSWER-an act; can do this even if you are not prejudice
role distance - ANSWER-the way people behave when they are playing a role they
do not like (musician taking business courses)
master status - ANSWER-social position that is overwhelmingly significant,
powerfully influences a person's social experience, and typically overshadows all the
other social positions that person may occupy
service economy - ANSWER-an economic system or sector based on buying and
selling of services
mores - ANSWER-moral laws (don't have sex in front of parents)
cultural transmission theory - ANSWER-also called Subcultural Conformity;
conforming to a subculture; operating to the norms of another culture
doing gender - ANSWER-creating gender through interactions in particular social
settings; ideas about gender can be created or changed in the individual interactions
and institutional settings
patriachy - ANSWER-social system dominated by men
formal organizations - ANSWER-organizes society in a new way when corporations
become more important
pre-verbal stage - ANSWER-0-18 months old; find things out from the way other
people talk about it
play stage - ANSWER-2-7 years old; learning things based off of what you see done;
empathy is learned
