SOCIOLOGY (NMAT) QUESTION AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED TO PASS
Sociology - correct answer ✔Is the scientific study of human society and its
origins, development, organizations, and institutions.
Structural functionalist - correct answer ✔a framework for building theory that
sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote
solidarity and stability. Optimistic.
conflict theorists - correct answer ✔believe men have historically had access
to most of society's material resources and privileges. Therefore, it is in their
interest to try to maintain their dominant position. Pessimistic.
Acculturation/ Enculturation - correct answer ✔Is a process in which
members of one cultural group adopt the beliefs and behaviors of another
group
Culture - correct answer ✔Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group
of people that are socially transmitted from generation to generation
Beliefs - correct answer ✔Conceptions that people accept as true,
concerning how the world operates and where the individual fits in relationship
to others.
Values - correct answer ✔Ideals or standards about what is desirable in
behavior and acceptable in life
Norms - correct answer ✔rules and expectations by which a society guides
the behavior of its members
, Folkways - correct answer ✔norms for routine or casual interaction
Mores - correct answer ✔Based on morality that are tied to a societies' core
values.
Taboos - correct answer ✔strong negative norm that their violation is
considered to be extremely offensive and even expulsion from the group or
society
sanction - correct answer ✔a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule
Subculture - correct answer ✔A group that lives differently from, but not
opposed to , dominant culture.
stereotype - correct answer ✔a generalized (sometimes accurate but often
overgeneralized) belief about a group of people
social change - correct answer ✔is the alteration, modification, or
transformation of public policy, culture, or social institutions over time
social stratification - correct answer ✔a system by which a society ranks
categories of people in a hierarchy
Socialization - correct answer ✔the lifelong social experience by which
people develop their human potential and learn culture
open class system - correct answer ✔a system in which social class is based
on merit and individual effort; movement is allowed between classes
ANSWERS VERIFIED TO PASS
Sociology - correct answer ✔Is the scientific study of human society and its
origins, development, organizations, and institutions.
Structural functionalist - correct answer ✔a framework for building theory that
sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote
solidarity and stability. Optimistic.
conflict theorists - correct answer ✔believe men have historically had access
to most of society's material resources and privileges. Therefore, it is in their
interest to try to maintain their dominant position. Pessimistic.
Acculturation/ Enculturation - correct answer ✔Is a process in which
members of one cultural group adopt the beliefs and behaviors of another
group
Culture - correct answer ✔Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group
of people that are socially transmitted from generation to generation
Beliefs - correct answer ✔Conceptions that people accept as true,
concerning how the world operates and where the individual fits in relationship
to others.
Values - correct answer ✔Ideals or standards about what is desirable in
behavior and acceptable in life
Norms - correct answer ✔rules and expectations by which a society guides
the behavior of its members
, Folkways - correct answer ✔norms for routine or casual interaction
Mores - correct answer ✔Based on morality that are tied to a societies' core
values.
Taboos - correct answer ✔strong negative norm that their violation is
considered to be extremely offensive and even expulsion from the group or
society
sanction - correct answer ✔a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule
Subculture - correct answer ✔A group that lives differently from, but not
opposed to , dominant culture.
stereotype - correct answer ✔a generalized (sometimes accurate but often
overgeneralized) belief about a group of people
social change - correct answer ✔is the alteration, modification, or
transformation of public policy, culture, or social institutions over time
social stratification - correct answer ✔a system by which a society ranks
categories of people in a hierarchy
Socialization - correct answer ✔the lifelong social experience by which
people develop their human potential and learn culture
open class system - correct answer ✔a system in which social class is based
on merit and individual effort; movement is allowed between classes
