WGU C273 Pre-Assessment Version 1
(New2024/ 2025 Update) Introduction to
Sociology| Questions and Verified
Answers| Grade A| 100% Correct
QUESTION
What is one factor psychologists, in contrast to sociologists, favor when explaining
deviant behavior?
Answer:
Personality disorders
QUESTION
What is a secondary group?
Answer:
A group that is created through similar interests, activities, or professions
QUESTION
Which social theorist was the first to analyze bureaucracies as powerful forms of
socialorganization that are concerned with the "bottom line?"
Answer:
Max Weber
QUESTION
A student is well prepared for a class assignment, and she feels confident she knows the
correct answers to the questions the teacher will ask during a group discussion. However, the
,student is reluctant to raise her hand to answer the questions to avoid making her classmates
look bad.
Answer:
Role strain
QUESTION
Which social structure concept did Emile Durkheim refer to as a shared consciousness
that develops from groups performing similar tasks?
Answer:
Mechanical solidarity
QUESTION
Which type of influence could convince good people to participate in heinous acts, according
toStanley Milgram's research
Answer:
Authority
QUESTION
How does ranking nations by their level of global industry or their ability to
industrializedescribe global stratification?
Answer:
The greater a country's global industrialization, the more likely it is to be a first world country.
QUESTION
What is a primary cause of global stratification?
, Answer:
Colonialism
QUESTION
How do educational disparities relate to economic disparities that cause global stratification?
Answer:
Less industrialized countries do not have the economic resources to advance their
educationalsystems because they owe too much money to the most industrialized nations;
they have to allocate too many resources toward servicing that debt
QUESTION
Why do conflict theorists argue that social stratification is universal?
Answer:
The powerful use society's resources to their benefit and to oppress others.
QUESTION
According to the sociologists who draw upon Max Weber's ideas, which three
components make up social class?
Answer:
• Property
• Prestige
• Power
QUESTION
What is an example of a status inconsistency?
Answer:
A teacher has a low income and high level of education.
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