SOC TEST 1 QUIZ WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.
_____ is when the state of a society (or a particular social institution) is abnormal, creating
social instability.
Question 1Answera. - > dysfunction
_____ is the statistical study of populations and is a common method of data collection in
the social sciences. - > demography
When society is thrown into disorder, just like an organism, it must _____ to survive, or
dissolve.
Question 3Answera. - > adapt
A _____ consists of all those people with certain characteristics that a sociological
researcher might want to study. - > population
French sociologist Emile Durkheim developed the idea of a _____, which consists of
powerful feelings (e.g., enthusiasm, pity, joy, indignation, etc.); it does not originate in any
one particular consciousness, but rather emerges from social gatherings.
Question 5Answera. - > social current
In the United States in recent decades, the difference between the average wealth of white
families compared to non-white families has been _____. - > growing
Emile Durkheim argued that social facts are both _____ (i.e., they are external to us as
individuals) and _____ (i.e., they exert power over us as individuals). - > objective /
coercive
When Emile Durkheim wanted to understand the phenomenon of suicide in European
society, he turned to studying _____. - > statistics
_____ is the process of breaking a complex topic into smaller parts in order to gain a better
understanding of it. - > analysis
_____ is when the state of a society (or a particular social institution) is abnormal, creating
social instability.
Question 1Answera. - > dysfunction
_____ is the statistical study of populations and is a common method of data collection in
the social sciences. - > demography
When society is thrown into disorder, just like an organism, it must _____ to survive, or
dissolve.
Question 3Answera. - > adapt
A _____ consists of all those people with certain characteristics that a sociological
researcher might want to study. - > population
French sociologist Emile Durkheim developed the idea of a _____, which consists of
powerful feelings (e.g., enthusiasm, pity, joy, indignation, etc.); it does not originate in any
one particular consciousness, but rather emerges from social gatherings.
Question 5Answera. - > social current
In the United States in recent decades, the difference between the average wealth of white
families compared to non-white families has been _____. - > growing
Emile Durkheim argued that social facts are both _____ (i.e., they are external to us as
individuals) and _____ (i.e., they exert power over us as individuals). - > objective /
coercive
When Emile Durkheim wanted to understand the phenomenon of suicide in European
society, he turned to studying _____. - > statistics
_____ is the process of breaking a complex topic into smaller parts in order to gain a better
understanding of it. - > analysis
