WGU C273 OA INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY EXAM ACTUAL
EXAM 2024-2025 ALL 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED SOLUTIONS UPDATED 2024
Q: How does the workplace act as an agent of socialization? - ANSWER-It is an environment
where one can acquire new perspectives of the world.
Q: Where do most people first encounter gender socialization? - ANSWER-Family
Q: How might Charles Horton Cooley use the concept of the looking-glass self to explain the
influence of media on identity and behavior? - ANSWER-Media affects the way that people
perceive themselves because media reflects society's views of itself.
Q: Which area of social life would be analyzed from the perspective of macro-sociology? -
ANSWER-Social class
Q: How do sociologists describe the role of peers across the different stages of life? - ANSWER-
They serve as agents of socialization.
Q: Which two concepts reflect sociological ways of thinking about the development of self? -
ANSWER-The looking-glass self
The generalized other
Q: What is the position of conflict theorists regarding deviance? - ANSWER-Deviant behavior is
defined by those with power.
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Q: What is one factor psychologists, in contrast to sociologists, favor when explaining deviant
behavior? - ANSWER-Personality disorders
Q: What is a secondary group? - ANSWER-A group that is created through similar interests,
activities, or professions
Q: Which social theorist was the first to analyze bureaucracies as powerful forms of social
organization that are concerned with the "bottom line?" - ANSWER-Max Weber
Q: A student is well prepared for a class assignment, and she feels confident she knows the
correct answers to the questions the teacher will ask during a group discussion. However, the
student is reluctant to raise her hand to answer the questions to avoid making her classmates
look bad.
Which term explains the student's behavior within the social structure of the group? - ANSWER-
Role strain
Q: Which social structure concept did Emile Durkheim refer to as a shared consciousness that
develops from groups performing similar tasks? - ANSWER-Mechanical solidarity
Q: Which type of influence could convince good people to participate in heinous acts, according
to Stanley Milgram's research? - ANSWER-Authority
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Q: How does ranking nations by their level of global industry or their ability to industrialize
describe global stratification? - ANSWER-The greater a country's global industrialization, the
more likely it is to be a first world country.
Q: What is a primary cause of global stratification? - ANSWER-Colonialism
Q: How do educational disparities relate to economic disparities that cause global stratification?
( - ANSWER-Less industrialized countries do not have the economic resources to advance their
educational systems because they owe too much money to the most industrialized nations;
they have to allocate too many resources toward servicing that debt.
Q: Why do conflict theorists argue that social stratification is universal? - ANSWER-The powerful
use society's resources to their benefit and to oppress others.
Q: According to the sociologists who draw upon Max Weber's ideas, which three components
make up social class? - ANSWER-Property, prestige, power
Q: What is an example of a status inconsistency? - ANSWER-A teacher has a low income and
high level of education.
Q: What is the primary determinant of social class, according to Marx? - ANSWER-Whether a
person is an owner or a worker
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Q: What is one way upward mobility of African Americans affect the lifestyles of individuals? -
ANSWER-It may cause a separation from their roots and significant others.
Q: What do sociologists focus on as an explanation for why people are poor? - ANSWER-Social
structure
Q: What is the difference between race and ethnicity? - ANSWER-Race refers to biological
characteristics, and ethnicity refers to cultural characteristics.
Q: Native Americans were exposed to new diseases by white settlers and faced the destruction
of their food supply from white settlers and soldiers. In some places, white people were paid a
bounty if they killed a Native American.
Which effect did this type of colonialism and racial discrimination have on U.S. society? -
ANSWER-The contribution of Native Americans was reduced because their population was
reduced by 95%.
Q: Which outcome for students is produced by the combination of a student's culture and racial
discrimination? - ANSWER-Latinos have the lowest percentage of high school completion.
Q: How does the symbolic interactionist describe prejudice? - ANSWER-Prejudice is created by
labels and is therefore created by selective perception.
Q: What contributes to the gender pay gap in the U.S.? - ANSWER-Women take off longer
periods of work to rear children.
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