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Sociology Exam (limited questions)Program Evaluation - Answer -This is the systematic application of scientific methods to assess the
design, implementation, improvement or outcomes of a program.
Sociology - Answer -___________________ is the study of the social world around us, the social causes,
and consequences of human behavior.
culture - Answer -What term refers to the norms, values, beliefs, behaviors and meanings given to
symbols in a society?
subculture - Answer -A culture in which the groups have different folkways, mores, and norms that
exists within but is not at odds with the mainstream culture is ___________________.
Auguste Comte - Answer -Who is considered to be the founder of sociology and is credited with coining
the term?
counterculture - Answer -A culture in which the values, norms, and beliefs are in conflict with the
mainstream culture is _________________.
culture lag - Answer -When medicine, technology or the government changes faster than or slower than
another part of our society to which it is related, this can cause ethical and cultural dilemmas. This issue
is called:
Karl Marx - Answer -Whose writings reflected the conflict in society wherein the poor masses are
exploited by the wealthy elite?
, Functionalist theory - Answer -Which theoretical perspective claims that society is in a state of balance
and kept that way through the function of society's component parts?
symbols - Answer -__________________are anything that meaningfully represents something else.
Symbolic Interactionism - Answer -Charles H. Cooley's and George Herbert Mead's work gave
tremendous support to the _______________ Theory, which originally focused on how we form our
sense of the "I" and the "me", the looking-glass self and the self-concept.
Participant observation - Answer -If a sociologist goes and lives undercover for a long period of time with
a subculture in order to study that subculture, what type of research is he doing?
Emile Durkheim - Answer -Who was the first social scholar who helped sociology become part of higher
education's academic culture?
Charles Cooley - Answer -Which sociologists proposed the theory of The Looking-Glass Self?
Total Institutions - Answer -Which of the following is NOT one of the four primary agents of
socialization?
A human's temperament development is part nature and part nurture. - Answer -Which of the following
statements is true according to present-day sociologists?
We are born with a self-concept. - Answer -Which of the following is NOT a step to the Looking-Glass
Self:
Role Conflict - Answer -An adult who is torn between spending time at work and spending time with her
family is experiencing:
Bureaucracy - Answer -This is an organizational model characterized by a hierarchy of authority, a clear
division of labor, explicit rules and procedures, and impersonality in personnel matters:
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