WGU C273 OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT - INTRODUCTION TO
SOCIOLOGY | EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | LATEST UPDATE 2026/2027
| GUARANTEED PASS.
Who was the founder of conflict theory? -CORRECT ANSWER Karl Marx
(1818 - 1883, theory)
First professor and author of "Suicide" (1897) -CORRECT ANSWER Emile
Durkheim (1858 - 1917, author)
Coined term "Bureaucracy" -CORRECT ANSWER Max Weber (1864 -
1920) coined term?
"Principles of Sociology" (1876) first text book -CORRECT ANSWER
Herbert Spencer (1820 - 1903)
,Which idea did Auguste Comte (1798 - 1857) introduce to the field of
sociology? -
CORRECT ANSWER Positivism
Empirical Evidence -CORRECT ANSWER Information we can verify with
our senses
Macrosociology -CORRECT ANSWER Large scale perspective, looking at
big phenomena that affect big portion of population. Social structures
and institutions, whole civilizations/populations. Looking for patterns
and effects the big picture has on lives on small groups.
Broad social trends in cities, and statistical data (as long as you're
careful about not making wrong interpretations. deals with matters like
poverty, war, health care, world economy
,Conflict theory -CORRECT ANSWER A macroperspective. Which
sociological perspective views society as being made up of groups
competing for scarce resources?
Coined term "sociology" (1838) -CORRECT ANSWER Auguste Comte
(1798 - 1857) coined what term
-The idea society is made of institutions that benefit powerful and
create inequalities
Functionalism -CORRECT ANSWER Macrosociology. Looks at society as a
whole and how institutions that make up the society adapt to keep
society stable and functioning
Microsociology -CORRECT ANSWER Face to face interactions, families,
schools, other social interactions. Interpretive analysis of the society,
look at sample of society and how individual interactions would affect
, larger groups in society. Ex. doctor-patient interactions, or family
dynamics
How would a functionalist theory explain the complexity of American
families in the early twenty-first century? -CORRECT ANSWER The
complex patterns of family life permit greater economic and emotional
security for individuals from diverse backgrounds.
A controlled setting in which specific variables are manipulated and the
outcomes are
measured -CORRECT ANSWER Experiments
A series of questions asked of a sample of people -CORRECT ANSWER
Surveys
Research that takes place while the researcher actively participates in a
setting -
CORRECT ANSWER Participant observation
SOCIOLOGY | EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | LATEST UPDATE 2026/2027
| GUARANTEED PASS.
Who was the founder of conflict theory? -CORRECT ANSWER Karl Marx
(1818 - 1883, theory)
First professor and author of "Suicide" (1897) -CORRECT ANSWER Emile
Durkheim (1858 - 1917, author)
Coined term "Bureaucracy" -CORRECT ANSWER Max Weber (1864 -
1920) coined term?
"Principles of Sociology" (1876) first text book -CORRECT ANSWER
Herbert Spencer (1820 - 1903)
,Which idea did Auguste Comte (1798 - 1857) introduce to the field of
sociology? -
CORRECT ANSWER Positivism
Empirical Evidence -CORRECT ANSWER Information we can verify with
our senses
Macrosociology -CORRECT ANSWER Large scale perspective, looking at
big phenomena that affect big portion of population. Social structures
and institutions, whole civilizations/populations. Looking for patterns
and effects the big picture has on lives on small groups.
Broad social trends in cities, and statistical data (as long as you're
careful about not making wrong interpretations. deals with matters like
poverty, war, health care, world economy
,Conflict theory -CORRECT ANSWER A macroperspective. Which
sociological perspective views society as being made up of groups
competing for scarce resources?
Coined term "sociology" (1838) -CORRECT ANSWER Auguste Comte
(1798 - 1857) coined what term
-The idea society is made of institutions that benefit powerful and
create inequalities
Functionalism -CORRECT ANSWER Macrosociology. Looks at society as a
whole and how institutions that make up the society adapt to keep
society stable and functioning
Microsociology -CORRECT ANSWER Face to face interactions, families,
schools, other social interactions. Interpretive analysis of the society,
look at sample of society and how individual interactions would affect
, larger groups in society. Ex. doctor-patient interactions, or family
dynamics
How would a functionalist theory explain the complexity of American
families in the early twenty-first century? -CORRECT ANSWER The
complex patterns of family life permit greater economic and emotional
security for individuals from diverse backgrounds.
A controlled setting in which specific variables are manipulated and the
outcomes are
measured -CORRECT ANSWER Experiments
A series of questions asked of a sample of people -CORRECT ANSWER
Surveys
Research that takes place while the researcher actively participates in a
setting -
CORRECT ANSWER Participant observation
