WGU C273 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY OBJECTIVE EXAM QUESTIONS
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3 major theories - Answer-Symbolic Interaction
Functional analysis
Conflict Theory
.8 steps of Research Model - Answer-1-select a topic (what do you want to learn about)
2-define the problem (what do you want to learn about the topic)
3-Reviewing the literature (helps pinpoint questions)
4-Formulate a hypothesis (what do you expect to find according to predictions from a
theory)
5-Choose a research method
6-Collecting the data (assure the validity and reliability)
7-Analyzing the results
8-Sharing the results
.Adolescents (13-17) - Answer-Adolescents face difficult issues as they try to
understand who they truly are and identify their place in society. They sometimes
develop their own standards of clothing, hairstyles, language, music, and other markers
of identity.
.agents of socialization. - Answer-People and groups that influence our behaviors,
attitudes, emotions, and self concept
.aggregate - Answer-individuals who temporarily share the same physical space but
who do not see themselves as belonging together
,.alienation - Answer-Marx's term for workers' lack of connection to the product of their
labor; caused by workers being assigned repetitive tasks on a small part of a product—
this leads to a sense of powerlessness and normlessness; others use the term in the
general sense of not feeling a part of something
.anticipatory socialization - Answer-learning to play a role before entering it.
Social interactions are tuned to be acceptable and in line with the culture of an
organization.
.Applied Sociology - Answer-the use of sociology to solve problems from classroom
integration and family relationships to crime and pollution
.Applying Durkheim - Answer-Patterns of behavior or recurring patterns or events
.Auguste Conte - Answer-Suggested we apply scientific method to social world, which is
known as Positivism
Viewed society as a living organism, similar to an animals body - must function together
to function smoothly. (functional analysis)
.authoritarian leader - Answer-an individual who leads by giving orders
.Basic (or pure) sociology - Answer-sociological research for the purpose of making
discoveries about life in human groups, not for making changes in those groups
.Bourgeoisie - Answer-Capitalists
they own the means of production - money, land, factories, and machines.
, .bureaucracy - Answer-a formal organization with a hierarchy of authority and a clear
division of labor; emphasis on impersonality of positions and written rules,
communications, and records
-separate levels
-a division of labor
-written rules
.C. Wright Mills - Answer-pushed sociologist to go back to push social reform
.category - Answer-people, objects, and events that have similar characteristics and are
classified together
.Charles Horton Cooley - Answer-known for his theory of the "looking-glass self."
.Childhood (birth-12) - Answer-Children are guided toward physical, emotional, and
social development by their parents, who also ensure protection, comfort, and care.
.clique (cleek) - Answer-a cluster of people within a larger group who choose to interact
with one another
.coalition - Answer-the alignment of some members of a group against others
.Conflict Theory - Answer-suggests that society is composed of groups that compete
with one another for scarce resources
on the surface it shows cooperation, under the surface struggle for power
Karl Marx - founder of conflict theory witness the Industrial Revolution
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
3 major theories - Answer-Symbolic Interaction
Functional analysis
Conflict Theory
.8 steps of Research Model - Answer-1-select a topic (what do you want to learn about)
2-define the problem (what do you want to learn about the topic)
3-Reviewing the literature (helps pinpoint questions)
4-Formulate a hypothesis (what do you expect to find according to predictions from a
theory)
5-Choose a research method
6-Collecting the data (assure the validity and reliability)
7-Analyzing the results
8-Sharing the results
.Adolescents (13-17) - Answer-Adolescents face difficult issues as they try to
understand who they truly are and identify their place in society. They sometimes
develop their own standards of clothing, hairstyles, language, music, and other markers
of identity.
.agents of socialization. - Answer-People and groups that influence our behaviors,
attitudes, emotions, and self concept
.aggregate - Answer-individuals who temporarily share the same physical space but
who do not see themselves as belonging together
,.alienation - Answer-Marx's term for workers' lack of connection to the product of their
labor; caused by workers being assigned repetitive tasks on a small part of a product—
this leads to a sense of powerlessness and normlessness; others use the term in the
general sense of not feeling a part of something
.anticipatory socialization - Answer-learning to play a role before entering it.
Social interactions are tuned to be acceptable and in line with the culture of an
organization.
.Applied Sociology - Answer-the use of sociology to solve problems from classroom
integration and family relationships to crime and pollution
.Applying Durkheim - Answer-Patterns of behavior or recurring patterns or events
.Auguste Conte - Answer-Suggested we apply scientific method to social world, which is
known as Positivism
Viewed society as a living organism, similar to an animals body - must function together
to function smoothly. (functional analysis)
.authoritarian leader - Answer-an individual who leads by giving orders
.Basic (or pure) sociology - Answer-sociological research for the purpose of making
discoveries about life in human groups, not for making changes in those groups
.Bourgeoisie - Answer-Capitalists
they own the means of production - money, land, factories, and machines.
, .bureaucracy - Answer-a formal organization with a hierarchy of authority and a clear
division of labor; emphasis on impersonality of positions and written rules,
communications, and records
-separate levels
-a division of labor
-written rules
.C. Wright Mills - Answer-pushed sociologist to go back to push social reform
.category - Answer-people, objects, and events that have similar characteristics and are
classified together
.Charles Horton Cooley - Answer-known for his theory of the "looking-glass self."
.Childhood (birth-12) - Answer-Children are guided toward physical, emotional, and
social development by their parents, who also ensure protection, comfort, and care.
.clique (cleek) - Answer-a cluster of people within a larger group who choose to interact
with one another
.coalition - Answer-the alignment of some members of a group against others
.Conflict Theory - Answer-suggests that society is composed of groups that compete
with one another for scarce resources
on the surface it shows cooperation, under the surface struggle for power
Karl Marx - founder of conflict theory witness the Industrial Revolution
