Soc 101 - Introduction to Sociology » Fall 2022 » Quiz 1 Chapter 1

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Question #1
A group of people who live in a defined geographic area, who interact with one another, and who share a common culture
A.   Society
B.   Social Facts
C.   Social Institutions
D.   Figuration
Question #2
The process of simultaneously analyzing individual behavior and the society that shaped that behavior
A.   Social Facts
B.   Culture
C.   Figuration
D.   Sociology
Question #3
A group of people who have come together for a common purpose (politics, education, economy, family, religion, etc.)
A.   Social Facts
B.   Sociology
C.   Social Institutions
D.   Sociological Imagination
Question #4
The laws, morals, values, religious beliefs, customs, fashions, rituals, and cultural rules that govern a social life
A.   Social Facts
B.   Sociological Imagination
C.   Sociology
D.   Culture
Question #5
The scientific and systematic study of groups and group interactions, societies and social interactions from small and personal groups to very large groups
A.   Social Institutions
B.   Society
C.   Figuration
D.   Sociology
Question #6
A group’s shared practices, values, and beliefs that contribute to a group’s way of life
A.   Social Facts
B.   Figuration
C.   Society
D.   Culture
Question #7
An awareness of the relationship between a person’s behavior and experience and the wider culture and society that shaped a person’s choices and perceptions
A.   Social Facts
B.   Social Institutions
C.   Sociological Imagination
D.   Figuration
Question #8
Sees society as a structure within interrelated parts designed to meet biological and social needs of the individuals in that society
A.   Conflict Theory
B.   Symbolic Interactionism
C.   Functionalism
Question #9
Believes too much dysfunction leads to anomie
A.   Conflict Theory
B.   Symbolic Interactionism
C.   Functionalism
Question #10
Focuses on the way each part of society functions together to contribute to the functioning of society as a whole
A.   Symbolic Interactionism
B.   Conflict Theory
C.   Functionalism
Question #11
Wants society to function smoothly because when society functions smoothly, we reach a state of social equilibrium
A.   Symbolic Interactionism
B.   Conflict Theory
C.   Functionalism
Question #12
Macro level of analysis
A.   Symbolic Interactionism
B.   Conflict Theory
C.   Functionalism
Question #13
Believes society has manifest and latent functions
A.   Symbolic Interactionism
B.   Functionalism
C.   Conflict Theory
Question #14
Believe the best way of getting rid of instability is by creating more equitable distribution of wealth
A.   Conflict Theory
B.   Symbolic Interactionism
C.   Functionalism
Question #15
Also Macro-level analysis
A.   Symbolic Interactionism
B.   Conflict Theory
C.   Functionalism
Question #16
Sees society as a competition for limited resources - a constant power struggle
A.   Functionalism
B.   Conflict Theory
C.   Symbolic Interactionism
Question #17
Analyzes the way inequities and inequalities contribute to the social, political, and power differences and how they perpetuate power
A.   Symbolic Interactionism
B.   Functionalism
C.   Conflict Theory
Question #18
Believes that those who have resources will fight to maintain them and those who do not have resources will fight to get them
A.   Functionalism
B.   Conflict Theory
C.   Symbolic Interactionism
Question #19
Believes that social institutions like government, education, and religion reflect this competition in their inherent inequalities and help maintain the unequal social structure
A.   Functionalism
B.   Symbolic Interactionism
C.   Conflict Theory
Question #20
Believe that we give meaning to things based on social interactions and experiences
A.   Symbolic Interactionism
B.   Conflict Theory
C.   Functionalism
Question #21
Micro level of analysis
A.   Functionalism
B.   Symbolic Interactionism
C.   Conflict Theory
Question #22
Proposes that reality is what humans cognitively construct it to be and that humans develop social constructs based on interactions with others and give them meanings that are widely agreed upon and generally accepted within society (Constructivism)
A.   Functionalism
B.   Symbolic Interactionism
C.   Conflict Theory
Question #23
Focuses on meaning and the way one-on-one interactions and communications impact society
A.   Functionalism
B.   Symbolic Interactionism
C.   Conflict Theory
Question #24
Believes that symbols are subject to change
A.   Functionalism
B.   Conflict Theory
C.   Symbolic Interactionism
Question #25
Believe our definition of who we are is based on our perception of what others think of us (looking glass theory)
A.   Symbolic Interactionism
B.   Conflict Theory
C.   Functionalism

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