SOC 185 EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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SOC 185
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SOC 185
Sociology 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
2. Sociological
Problems
1. social order
2. social cha...
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1. Sociology 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 individ-
uals
2. Sociological 1. social order
Problems 2. social change
3. indviduals and society
3. Self-Fulfilling the phenomenon whereby a person's or a group's ex-
Prophecy pectation 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
4. Face-Saving Be- Erving Goffman's term for the strategies we use to rescue
havior our performance when we experience a potential or actu-
al loss of face
5. Social Imagina- ability to see one's society in the context of history and
tion: C. Wright culture/understand their roles in shaping the individuals
Mills
> one cannot separate history from culture or society
6. Social Imagina- 1. view the general in the particular; discovering each new
tion: Peter Berg- layer changes perception of the whole
er 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
7.
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Social Imagina- individuals bear responsibility of their own behavior, but it
tion: Overall can impact families to political structures
8. Social Imagina- avoid applying simple answers to complex issues; encour-
tion: Helps age critical thinking to see broader picture
9. Theory 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)
10. Sociology as So- > observer and observed
cial Science > 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 research-
ing problems
11. Sociology as 1. problem (stated to be researched)
Social Science: 2. background (review relevant-previous research to see
Method what has been said)
3. testable hypothesis (unverified relationship among vari-
ables)
4. research design (methodology; collection/analyzation
of data)
5. data collection (laying out data)
6. conclusion (report findings and offer suggestions for
additional search)
12. Method: Addi- > empirical data = information verified through senses
tional Terms and subject to observation, measurement, and replication
> variables = conditions are subject to change in response
to other variables (independent vs dependent)
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13. General Designs > surveys (questioners based on a scale or range)
> existing sources (secondary analysis)
> participant observation (ethnography or field search)
14. Limited Experi- variables too unpredictable since society/culture is not
mental Design fixed
15. Sociological The- maintain research focus and develop analytical frame-
ories work needed in order to draw conclusions from data
16. Sociological The- view society as system of interrelated parts to maintain
ories: Structural system as a whole (must contribute as a whole or won't
Functional Theo- move on); emphasize moving through states of equilibri-
ry um (focus on widespread consensus/stability)
> social solidarity/stability = variables that bind societies
together
17. Manifest vs La- intended and/or overtly recognized by the participants in
tent Functions: a social unit
Robert K. Merton vs
unintended functions that are hidden and remain unac-
knowledged by participants
18. Sociological The- [macro] agree with system of interrelated parts (structural
ories: Social functional theory), but argue we can understand social
Conflict Theory relationships through problems and tension; variables of
competition/inequality shape/maintain society
> view society as dynamic process generating social
change = competition/inequality
19. Sociological The- [micro] generalize interactions as humans live in a world
ories: Symbolic of meaningful objects (actions, relationships, symbols);
Interaction Theo- examine member's ways of developing and sharing
ry meaning of symbols
20.
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Study of Suicide: "The bond attaching [people] to life slackens because the
Emile Durkheim 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.
21. Anomie a condition in which social control becomes ineffective
as a result of the loss of shared values and purpose in
society
> Durkheim = most likely to occur during a period of rapid
social change
22. Industrialization process by which societies go from depending on agri-
vs Urbanization culture/handmade products to manufacturing and related
industries (Industrial Revolution in Britain between 1760
and 1850 and soon throughout Western Europe)
vs
process by which an increasing proportion of a population
lives in cities rather than in rural areas; influenced from
development factories/factory systems (more producers
than consumers)
23. Karl Marx German economist and philosopher who believed that
society should not just be studied but should also be
changed (status quo = the oppression of the population
by a small group of wealthy people)
24. Class Conflict struggle between the capitalist class and the working
class; capitalist class controls and exploits the masses of
struggling workers by paying less than the value of their
labor
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