SOCIOLOGY 101 STRAIGHTERLINE FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
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Course
Sociology 101 (SOCIOLOGY101)
Institution
Abacus College, Oxford
What is sociology - ANSWER- the scientific study of social interactions and of social organizations
What is the functionalist perspective? - ANSWER- A system is to survive where certain essential tasks are performed.
What happens to a functionalist system? - ANSWER- If it fails to maintai...
SOCIOLOGY 101
STRAIGHTERLINE FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
What is sociology - ANSWER- the scientific study of social interactions and of
social organizations
What is the functionalist perspective? - ANSWER- A system is to survive where
certain essential tasks are performed.
What happens to a functionalist system? - ANSWER- If it fails to maintain it will
perish.
What is a conflict perspective? - ANSWER- Conflict theorists focus their attention
on society as a whole, studying its institutions and structural arrangements.
What is the interactionist perspective? - ANSWER- It is more concerned with the
micro or small-scale aspects of social life
Why would you use conflict, interactionist and functionalist perspectives together?
- ANSWER- By using all perspectives for full advantages.
What is socialization? - ANSWER- A process of social interaction by which people
acquire knowledge, attitudes, values and behavior essential for effective
participation in society.
, What are agents of socialization? - ANSWER- Family, peers, school and mass
media
What is the sociological theory? - ANSWER- A theory that emphasizes
conditioning and observational theory
What is culture? - ANSWER- Refers to a social heritage of people learning
patterns for thinking, feeling and acting from one generation to the next.
What is society? - ANSWER- Refer to a group of people within the same territory
and share a common culture.
What does it mean to be culture in flux? - ANSWER- Culture groups adapt in
dynamic and unpredictable ways
Whats a subculture? - ANSWER- Religious, racial, ethnic, occupational and age
groups.
What is a counterculture? - ANSWER- Rejects many of the behavioral standards
and guideposts that hold in the dominant culture.
What is ethnocentrism? - ANSWER- Judges the behavior of other groups by the
standards of our own culture
What is a 'status' - ANSWER- A position within a group or society
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