SOC 185 EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
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SOC 185 EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
Sociology - Answer- systematic and scientific study of human society, social
structure/institutions/interactions
> social structure and change = social processes...
SOC 185 EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+ Sociology - Answer - systematic and scientific study of human society, social structure/institutions/interactions > social structure and change = social processes and interactions > building blocks = interactions and behaviors of individuals Sociological Problems - Answer - 1. social order 2. social change 3. indviduals and society Self-Fulfilling Prophecy - Answer - the phenomenon whereby a person's or a group's expectation for the behavior of another person or group serves actually to bring about the prophesied or expected behavior > prediction that comes true at least in part as a result of a person's belief or expectation that said prediction would come true Face -Saving Behavior - Answer - Erving Goffman's term for the strategies we use to rescue our performance when we experience a potential or actual loss of face Social Imagination: C. Wright Mills - Answer - ability to see one's society in the context of history and culture/understand their roles in shaping the individuals > one cannot separate history from culture or society Social Imagination: Peter Berger - Answer - 1. view the general in the particular; discovering each new layer changes perception of the whole 2. view the strange in the familiar; detach self from the "familiar" interpretation of human behavior and accept "strange" notions that behavior is a production of social forces Social Imagination: Overall - Answer - individuals bear responsibility of their own behavior, but it can impact families to political structures Social Imagination: Helps - Answer - avoid applying simple answers to complex issues; encourage critical thinking to see broader picture Theory - Answer - a set of logically interrelated statements that attempts to describe, explain, and (occasionally) predict social events. > provides a framework in which observations may be logically ordered (= overall perspective) Sociology as Social Science - Answer - > observer and observed > unique perspective/insight > world = laboratory > studies = matter of interference as humans as the actors (can infer causality, but event needs to occur) > ensures maximum objectivity/consistency in researching problems Sociology as Social Science: Method - Answer - 1. problem (stated to be researched) 2. background (review relevant -previous research to see what has been said) 3. testable hypothesis (unverified relationship among variables) 4. research design (methodology; collection/analyzation of data) 5. data collection (laying out data) 6. conclusion (report findings and offer suggestions for additional search) Method: Additional Terms - Answer - > empirical data = information verified through senses and subject to observation, measurement, and replication > variables = conditions are subject to change in response to other variables (independent vs dependent) General Designs - Answer - > surveys (questioners based on a scale or range) > existing sources (secondary analysis) > participant observation (ethnography or field search) Limited Experimental Design - Answer - variables too unpredictable since society/culture is not fixed Sociological Theories - Answer - maintain research focus and develop analytical framework needed in order to draw conclusions from data Sociological Theories: Structural Functional Theory - Answer - view society as system of interrelated parts to maintain system as a whole (must contribute as a whole or won't move on); emphasize moving through states of equilibrium (focus on widespread cons ensus/stability) > social solidarity/stability = variables that bind societies together Manifest vs Latent Functions: Robert K. Merton - Answer - intended and/or overtly recognized by the participants in a social unit vs unintended functions that are hidden and remain unacknowledged by participants Sociological Theories: Social Conflict Theory - Answer - [macro] agree with system of interrelated parts (structural functional theory), but argue we can understand social relationships through problems and tension; variables of competition/inequality shape /maintain society > view society as dynamic process generating social change = competition/inequality Sociological Theories: Symbolic Interaction Theory - Answer - [micro] generalize interactions as humans live in a world of meaningful objects (actions, relationships, symbols); examine member's ways of developing and sharing meaning of symbols Study of Suicide: Emile Durkheim - Answer - "The bond attaching [people] to life slackens because the bond which attaches [them] to society is itself slack." = societal strains > intensified job anxiety, higher expectations, and more pressure for individual achievement > Social bonds have been weakened or dissolved as people move away from their families and their community > newer technologies = contributed to the breakdown of traditional family units as communication has become more impersonal and fragmented. Anomie - Answer - a condition in which social control becomes ineffective as a result of the loss of shared values and purpose in society
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