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SOC 1113 OU EXAM 1 QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS UPDATED 2024 - 2025
What is sociology? ANS - the study of society and social interaction
Wright Mills once said that sociologists need to develop a sociological _________ to study how society
affects individuals ANS - imagination
A sociologist defines society as a group of people who reside in a defined area, share a culture, and who:
ANS - interact
Seeing patterns means that a sociologist needs to be able to: ANS - identify similarities in how social
groups respond to social pressure
What was a topic of study in early sociology? ANS - economics
Which founder of sociology believed societies changed due to class struggle? ANS - Karl Marx
The difference between positivism and antipositivism relates to: ANS - whether sociological studies can
predict or improve society
What would a quantitative sociologists use to gather data? ANS - a large survey
Weber believed humans could not be studied purely objectively because they were influenced by: ANS -
their culture
What theory is most likely to look at the social world on a micro level? ANS - Symbolic interactionism
Who believed that the history of society was one of class struggle? ANS - Karl Marx
, Who coined the phrase symbolic interactionism? ANS - Herbert Blumer
A symbolic interactionist may compare social interactions to: ANS - theatrical roles
What research technique would most likely be used by a symbolic interactionist? ANS - Participant
observation
Kenneth and Mamie Clark used sociological research to show that segregation was: ANS - harmful
Studying Sociology helps people analyze data because they learn: ANS - interview techniques, to apply
statistics, and to generate theories
Berger describes sociologists as concerned with: ANS - monumental moments in people's lives and
common everyday life events
A systematic study can show ANS - us what actually happens
sociological imagination ANS - is how we understand our own and others' past in relation to history and
social structure
microsociology ANS - small-scale patterns of individuals' social interaction in specific settings
macrosociology ANS - large-scale patterns and processes that characterize society as a whole
Why is sociology important? ANS - informed decisions and understanding diversity
theory ANS - a set of statements that explain why a phenomenon occurs
empirical information ANS - information based on observation, experiments, or experiences
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