SOCI Unit #1 Review

Which of the following best describes the sociological perspective?

• Its major focus is on individual differences.

• Its major focus is the intelligence of individuals.

• It focuses on people at a group level.

• It has little interest in group behavior.

What is the sociological imagination?

• A method sociologists use to uncover new sources of information.

• The ability of individuals to adapt to the expectations of a group.

• The way individuals see how events in their own lives relate to events in society.

• A creative way for sociologists to represent the social process.

What term describes the patterns of social behavior in groups of society?

• Power

• Culture

• Social structure

• Functional integration

Which term refers to the ability to control the behavior of others?

• Power

• Culture

• Social action

• Functional integration

What term is used for the language, norms, values, beliefs, knowledge, symbols, and physical objects shared by a group or society?

• Power

• Culture

• Social action

• Social structure

Which sociological theory focuses on the stability and functioning of society as a whole?

• Functionalism

• Conflict Theory

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Ethnocentrism

What does Conflict Theory primarily emphasize in society?

• Cooperation and harmony

• Power struggles and inequality

• Symbolic meanings

• Social stability

Which sociological theory examines the meanings and symbols in social interactions?

• Functionalism

• Conflict Theory

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Subculture

What term describes judging others based on one's own cultural standards?

• Norms

• Ethnocentrism

• Subculture

• Counterculture

Which term refers to rules defining appropriate and inappropriate behavior?

• Values

• Norms

• Beliefs

• Counterculture