WGU ACADEMY - INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY 2024 UPDATE
COMPREHENSIVE BREAK THROUGH QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALL PASSED
In most states in the U.S., an individual is not permitted to marry a parent, a sibling, an
aunt or an uncle, a grandparent, or a first or second cousin. These rules reflect our
societal emphasis on
Select one:
a. the incest taboo.
b. endogamy.
c. exogamy.
d. homogamy. - (correct answer) the incest taboo
Which sociological perspective suggests that the term medicalization of society refers to
the growing role of medicine as a major institution of social control?
Select one:
a. functionalist perspective
b. conflict perspective
c. interactionist perspective
d. labeling perspective - (correct answer) conflict perspective
Which of the following factors has contributed to the rise in the cost of healthcare in the
United States?
Select one:
a. The system is highly efficient.
b. Health care is profit-driven.
c. The young population is consuming less health care that previously thought.
d. Pharmaceutical companies are developing generic, low-cost prescription drugs -
(correct answer) Health care is profit-driven
What is the general term for a marriage in which an individual can have several
husbands or wives at the same time?
Select one:
a. monogamy
b. polygamy
c. polygyny
d. polyandry - (correct answer) polygamy
Which of the following would be an example of a man "redoing" traditional gender?
Select one: a. fist fighting in public
b. organizing a birthday lunch at work
c. not crying when hurt
d. carrying lots of heavy items - (correct answer) organizing a birthday lunch at work
,In Immanuel Wallerstein's view, the global economic system is divided between nations
that control wealth and nations from which resources are taken. This view is referred to
as
Select one:
a. neocolonialism.
b. colonialism.
c. world systems analysis.
d. the world exploitation model - (correct answer) world systems analysis
The failure of various government intelligence-gathering organizations to detect the
terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, illustrates which poorly functioning aspect of
government bureaucracy?
Select one:
a. division of labor
b. hierarchy of authority
c. impersonality
d. employment based on technical qualifications - (correct answer) division of labor
Invention is the
Select one:
a. combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist.
b. process of introducing new elements into a culture.
c. process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality.
d. process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society to society. -
(correct answer) combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not
previously exist
Trying to understand why your roommate prefers a certain genre of music, over others,
is an example of using one's
Select one:
a. cultural capital.
b. conflict perspective.
c. double consciousness.
d. sociological imagination - (correct answer) sociological imagination
A study of divorce rates among the populations of Canada, England, the U.S., and
France, is an example of
Select one:
a. alienation.
b. anomie.
c. microsociology.
d. macrosociology - (correct answer) macrosociology
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels said, "The history of all hitherto existing society is the
history of class struggles.... The ________ have nothing to lose but their chains. They
have a world to win. WORKING MEN OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE!"
, Select one:
a. bourgeoisie
b. proletarians
c. Vulcans
d. middle classes - (correct answer) proletarians
Émile Durkheim's explanation of suicide was scientific because he
Select one:
a. developed conclusions based on a systematic examination of data. b. carefully
studied the personalities of hundreds of suicide victims.
c. worked in a university setting.
d. divided suicide into four distinctive categories. - (correct answer) developed
conclusions based on a systematic examination of data.
In Karl Marx's analysis, society was fundamentally divided between
Select one:
a. separate genders that clash in pursuit of their own interests.
b. economic classes that clash in pursuit of their own class interests. c. different races
that clash in pursuit of their own interests.
d. the religious and the nonreligious who clash in pursuit of their own interests -
(correct answer) economic classes that clash in pursuit of their own class interests
Which of the following statements is true?
Select one:
a. Clinical sociologists take direct responsibility for implementing their ideas.
b. There are no established methods for educating clinical sociologists.
c. Applied and clinical sociology are the same.
d. Clinical sociology has existed for only the last 20 years - (correct answer) Clinical
sociologists take direct responsibility for implementing their ideas.
Which of the following relationships best shows causal logic?
Select one:
a. The time spent reviewing for a test may be directly related to, or produce a greater
likelihood of getting a high score.
b. Being less integrated into society may be directly related to, or produce a lower
likelihood of, suicide.
c. The time spent tending to one's vegetable garden may be directly related to, or
produce a greater likelihood of overgrowth.
d. Being more involved in extracurricular activities may be directly related to, or produce
a lower likelihood of, college admission. - (correct answer) The time spent reviewing
for a test may be directly related to, or produce a greater likelihood of getting a high
score.
Which sociologist argued that sociological research should be open to bringing about
social change and to drawing on relevant research by nonsociologists?
Select one:
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