SOCIOLOGY 1000 OHIO UNIVERSITY EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE 2025/2026
What is a society? (3 things) - Answers 1. People who live in the same area
2. Interact with one another
3. Sharing the same customs/culture
The Sociological Imagination - Answers The way of looking at the world through a combination
of two lenses. (lenses are individual and society)
Primary Socialization - Answers -happens first
-takes place during parental figures
-emotionally charged
~Child can accept or rebel against it, but they can't escape it
Secondary Socialization - Answers -less emotional
-has to work with primary socialization
-influenced by peers, school, work, religion, media, etc.
anticipatory socialization - Answers preparing for a new role
ex- a child playing make believe about a future career
Thomas Theorem - Answers "if men define situations as real, they are real in their
consequences"
(interpretation causes the action)
looking glass self - Answers we base our own image on what we think other people see
Achieved Status - Answers obtained by choice
Ascribed Status - Answers born into it, not by choice
Master Status - Answers first thing people see when they look at you (male vs. female)
Role Stain - Answers overwhelmed by responsibilities in that role
Role Conflict - Answers multiple roles are contradictory to each other (student-athlete)
Role Performance - Answers playing your part
What two events came about sociological theory? - Answers -enlightenment
, -industrial revolution
Auguste Comte? - Answers "The father of sociology"
He studied positivism- study of social patterns
Harriet Martinaue? - Answers "The mother of sociology"
first female sociologist
interested in politics, economics and how women played a part
Describe the two levels of theory - Answers macro- large groups
micro- small groups/ individuals
functionalism - Answers -macro level
Basics: Society is made up on interrelated parts, these parts meet the needs of society
members
Manifest Function - Answers something that is intended or expected
*opposite of latent function
Latent Function - Answers Unintended or unexpected (promotion or raise)
*opposite of Manifest function
Conflict theory - Answers basics: Society is a competition for limited resources. Focuses on
inequality of all types
-macro level
Name and describe the three types of inequality - Answers class- economic class (bill gates)
status- Social Status (The pope)
party- political party (trump)
Symbolic Interactionism - Answers micro level
basics- focuses on relationships among individuals within a society.
Ideal culture vs. real culture - Answers how we would like out society to be vs. the way our
society actually is
material culture - Answers objects or belongings that represent an aspect of nonmaterial culture
(flag, baseball, apple pie)
UPDATE 2025/2026
What is a society? (3 things) - Answers 1. People who live in the same area
2. Interact with one another
3. Sharing the same customs/culture
The Sociological Imagination - Answers The way of looking at the world through a combination
of two lenses. (lenses are individual and society)
Primary Socialization - Answers -happens first
-takes place during parental figures
-emotionally charged
~Child can accept or rebel against it, but they can't escape it
Secondary Socialization - Answers -less emotional
-has to work with primary socialization
-influenced by peers, school, work, religion, media, etc.
anticipatory socialization - Answers preparing for a new role
ex- a child playing make believe about a future career
Thomas Theorem - Answers "if men define situations as real, they are real in their
consequences"
(interpretation causes the action)
looking glass self - Answers we base our own image on what we think other people see
Achieved Status - Answers obtained by choice
Ascribed Status - Answers born into it, not by choice
Master Status - Answers first thing people see when they look at you (male vs. female)
Role Stain - Answers overwhelmed by responsibilities in that role
Role Conflict - Answers multiple roles are contradictory to each other (student-athlete)
Role Performance - Answers playing your part
What two events came about sociological theory? - Answers -enlightenment
, -industrial revolution
Auguste Comte? - Answers "The father of sociology"
He studied positivism- study of social patterns
Harriet Martinaue? - Answers "The mother of sociology"
first female sociologist
interested in politics, economics and how women played a part
Describe the two levels of theory - Answers macro- large groups
micro- small groups/ individuals
functionalism - Answers -macro level
Basics: Society is made up on interrelated parts, these parts meet the needs of society
members
Manifest Function - Answers something that is intended or expected
*opposite of latent function
Latent Function - Answers Unintended or unexpected (promotion or raise)
*opposite of Manifest function
Conflict theory - Answers basics: Society is a competition for limited resources. Focuses on
inequality of all types
-macro level
Name and describe the three types of inequality - Answers class- economic class (bill gates)
status- Social Status (The pope)
party- political party (trump)
Symbolic Interactionism - Answers micro level
basics- focuses on relationships among individuals within a society.
Ideal culture vs. real culture - Answers how we would like out society to be vs. the way our
society actually is
material culture - Answers objects or belongings that represent an aspect of nonmaterial culture
(flag, baseball, apple pie)
