WGU C273 INTRODUCTION TO
SOCIOLOGY FINAL EXAM 2024-2025
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS | A+
GRADE STUDY
Émile Durkheim agreed with Comte that
A)sociology is the scientific study of social dynamics.
B)sociological research should be subjective.
C)social solidarity can be maintained by a division of labor.
D)societies are characterized by unity and cohesion.
E)sociology is the scientific study of social statics. Correct
Answer D)societies are characterized by unity and
cohesion.
Auguste Comte saw sociology as the scientific study of
two aspects of society, namely
A)ideology and intuition.
B)self-assessment and self-realization.
C)conventional wisdom and facts.
D)history and biography.
E)social statics and social dynamics. Correct Answer
E)social statics and social dynamics.
,According to Marx, in _____ systems, workers feel _____
because they don't own or control either the means of
production or the product.
A)socialist; alienated
B)communist; relieved
C)industrial capitalist; relieved
D)socialist; relieved
E)industrial capitalist; alienated Correct Answer
E)industrial capitalist; alienated
Karl Marx, like Auguste Comte and Émile Durkheim, tried
to explain
the societal changes that were taking place during
A)the Great War.
B)the discovery of the New World.
C)the French Revolution.
D)the Enlightenment.
E)the Industrial Revolution. Correct Answer E)the
Industrial Revolution.
Durkheim relied on extensive data collection to draw
conclusions about the relationship between
A)social integration and suicide.
B)social stability and capitalism.
C)education and upward mobility.
D)socioeconomic status and segregation.
E)social disruption and crime. Correct Answer A)social
integration and suicide.
,Durkheim maintained that, to be scientific, sociology had
to study
A)externalities.
B)theoretical correlates.
C)societal determinants.
D)social facts.
E)intervening variables. Correct Answer D)social facts.
Martineau described American women as being socialized
to be
A)feminists.
B)aggressive and ambitious.
C)subservient and dependent.
D)equal partners in marriage.
E)career-oriented. Correct Answer C)subservient and
dependent.
Auguste Comte maintained that the study of society must
be
A)spiritual.
B)intuitive.
C)personal.
D)empirical.
E)ideological. Correct Answer D)empirical.
, For Marx, _____ is a class system in which conflict
between the classes is common and society is anything
but cohesive.
A)altruism
B)communism
C)fascism
D)socialism
E)capitalism Correct Answer E)capitalism
One of the common criticisms of the functionalist theory is
that it
A)often focuses too much on discrimination and inequality.
B)is too focused on social change and often ignores social
cohesion.
C)is too focused on micro-level factors.
D)is so focused on order and stability that it often ignores
social change.
E)often ignores the contribution of gender in
understanding social change. Correct Answer D)is so
focused on order and stability that it often ignores social
change.
A(n) _____ is a set of statements that explains why a
phenomenon occurs.
A)construct
B)variable
C)assertion
D)analysis
SOCIOLOGY FINAL EXAM 2024-2025
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS | A+
GRADE STUDY
Émile Durkheim agreed with Comte that
A)sociology is the scientific study of social dynamics.
B)sociological research should be subjective.
C)social solidarity can be maintained by a division of labor.
D)societies are characterized by unity and cohesion.
E)sociology is the scientific study of social statics. Correct
Answer D)societies are characterized by unity and
cohesion.
Auguste Comte saw sociology as the scientific study of
two aspects of society, namely
A)ideology and intuition.
B)self-assessment and self-realization.
C)conventional wisdom and facts.
D)history and biography.
E)social statics and social dynamics. Correct Answer
E)social statics and social dynamics.
,According to Marx, in _____ systems, workers feel _____
because they don't own or control either the means of
production or the product.
A)socialist; alienated
B)communist; relieved
C)industrial capitalist; relieved
D)socialist; relieved
E)industrial capitalist; alienated Correct Answer
E)industrial capitalist; alienated
Karl Marx, like Auguste Comte and Émile Durkheim, tried
to explain
the societal changes that were taking place during
A)the Great War.
B)the discovery of the New World.
C)the French Revolution.
D)the Enlightenment.
E)the Industrial Revolution. Correct Answer E)the
Industrial Revolution.
Durkheim relied on extensive data collection to draw
conclusions about the relationship between
A)social integration and suicide.
B)social stability and capitalism.
C)education and upward mobility.
D)socioeconomic status and segregation.
E)social disruption and crime. Correct Answer A)social
integration and suicide.
,Durkheim maintained that, to be scientific, sociology had
to study
A)externalities.
B)theoretical correlates.
C)societal determinants.
D)social facts.
E)intervening variables. Correct Answer D)social facts.
Martineau described American women as being socialized
to be
A)feminists.
B)aggressive and ambitious.
C)subservient and dependent.
D)equal partners in marriage.
E)career-oriented. Correct Answer C)subservient and
dependent.
Auguste Comte maintained that the study of society must
be
A)spiritual.
B)intuitive.
C)personal.
D)empirical.
E)ideological. Correct Answer D)empirical.
, For Marx, _____ is a class system in which conflict
between the classes is common and society is anything
but cohesive.
A)altruism
B)communism
C)fascism
D)socialism
E)capitalism Correct Answer E)capitalism
One of the common criticisms of the functionalist theory is
that it
A)often focuses too much on discrimination and inequality.
B)is too focused on social change and often ignores social
cohesion.
C)is too focused on micro-level factors.
D)is so focused on order and stability that it often ignores
social change.
E)often ignores the contribution of gender in
understanding social change. Correct Answer D)is so
focused on order and stability that it often ignores social
change.
A(n) _____ is a set of statements that explains why a
phenomenon occurs.
A)construct
B)variable
C)assertion
D)analysis
