WGU C273 Quiz Bank (New 2024/ 2025
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C. Wright Mills - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----coined the term sociological imagination
sociological imagination - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----the vivid awareness of the relationship between
personal experience and the wider society
Sociology - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----systematic study of social life and human society. The sociological
perspective looks for the "general in the particular
Émile Durkheim - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----one of the first sociologists to specify what exactly is
"social" about our individual actions and decisions
Social Facts (Durkheim) - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----"types of behavior and thinking external to the
individual" which have "a compelling and coercive power"
Auguste Comte - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----Father of sociology, positivism
Harriet Martineau - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----sociologist who study and promoted feminist issues
Karl Marx - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----Conflict is the driving force behind social change
,materialist conception of history
criticized capitalism
father of communism
Herbert Spencer - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----did not necessarily want to improve society; he only
wanted to understand it
social Darwinism - natural selection
Mechanical Solidarity (Durkheim) - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----connections based on the similarity of
beliefs and values
Organic Solidarity (Durkheim) - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----social bonds among people in modern cities
who specialize in different jobs but who rely on each other
functionalism - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----recognition that different aspects of society work together to
form a complex whole
Positivism - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----the application of the scientific method to the social world
Suicide study - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----males, protestants, and unmarried are more likely to commit
suicide, social factors underlie suicide; people with weaker ties; more likely to commit
Harriet Martineau - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----Brought sociology to England and furthered it by
focusing on issues in the domestic sphere
Jane Addams - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----promoted sympathetic knowledge (knowledge that comes
from identifying with others)
Founded Hull House with Ellen G. Starr; a center to help immigrants in Chicago
Karl Marx - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----Conflict theory: groups competing for scarce resources. Society is
made up of two social classes: capitalists and exploited workers
,Max Weber - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----A key figure who studied modernization in society; the
movement from traditional to capitalist societies
Herbert Spencer - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----Darwin's theory of social evolution to society
fittest members produce a more advanced society
W.E.B DuBois - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----'double-consciousness' for Dubois focuses on a feeling of
"twoness" where the experience of one's identity is fragmented into several contradictory facets. In this
case, it is the identities of African Americans being Black and being American
Sociological Imagination and provide an example - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----"the vivid awareness of
the relationship between personal experience and the wider society."
person who is unemployed might feel defeated and discouraged, and blame themselves for various
reasons for not working "hard enough" or "fast enough."
Founder of sociological imagination - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----C. Wright Mills
Social Fact - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----types of behavior and thinking external to the individual, which
have a compelling and coercive power
Things in your society, culture, etc. make decisions for you. The society has made the decision for you
Examples of social facts - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----Having to learn how to use chopsticks when you
visit an Asian country
Living in an area that does not have grocery stores with fresh produce
theoretical perspective - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----set of assumptions about reality that inform the
questions we ask and the kinds of answers we arrive at as a result
A theoretical perspective in which society is viewed as composed of symbols that people use to establish
meaning, develop their views of the world, and communicate with one another
A theoretical framework in which society is viewed as composed of various parts, each with a function
that, when fulfilled, contributes to society's equilibrium; also known as functionalism and structural
functionalism.
A theoretical framework in which society is viewed as composed of groups that are competing for scarce
resources.
Feminist Theory - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----Macro
Seeks to eliminate the inequality between men and women
Divorce rates increased when women gained access to education and jobs - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----
Conflict Approach
Marriage means something different to a 75-year-old than a 25 year old - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----
Symbolic Interactionism
Patriarchal societies devaluate the work of women - ------CORRECT ANSWER -----Conflict Approach
The job of the education system is to pass on knowledge, skills, and values to our younger generations -
------CORRECT ANSWER -----Functional Analysis
Social dysfunction occurs when harmful consequences of actions undermine social stability. - ------
CORRECT ANSWER -----Functional Analysis
Changes in legislation and business policy are needed to fix gender inequality - ------CORRECT ANSWER --
---Feminist Theory
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