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WGU C273 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY EXAM 2024
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 250 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT
ANSWERS) /ALREADY GRADED A+
1. Generalizations are valid only if they rely on evidence that can be observed
directly or verified through our senses, according to:
a. Psychology
b. organic science
c. sociological imagination
d. empiricism
e. ontology - ANSWER: d. empiricism
2. Sociologist in alcohol studies would be most interested in:
a. the chemical effects of proof
b. how distilling innovated products
c. alcohol depicted in shock advertising
d. the legal history of prohibition
e. alcohol consumption related to groups - ANSWER: e. alcohol consumption related
to groups
3. The main goal of sociology is to
a. accurately predict the future
b. make social problems
c. understand the forces that mold individuals and shape their behavior
d. help government agencies to explain the events that affect us
e. prepare the individual for becoming a member of society - ANSWER: c. understand
the forces that mold individuals and shape their behavior
4. When looking at different lifestyles, sociologist are interested in:
a. individual behavior and mental processes
b. helping people solve problems
c. the operations of government
d. how ways of life are related to perceptions of reality
e. developing therapies that can help people control behavior - ANSWER: d. how
ways of life are related to perceptions of reality
5. The main focus or unit of analysis for sociologist is
a. groups
b. strange people
c. individuals
d. unusual occurrences
e. events which other sciences cannot explain - ANSWER: a. groups
,6. From a sociological perspective, what is wrong with four blind men trying to
describe an elephant, or four personal stories being used to describe society?
a. everyone has an equal tale
b. individual experiences may not account for the whole elephant
c. you need to know someone similar to yourself to collect stories
d. sociology is not equal to disability studies
e. recurring patterns may be bias how much we can understand - ANSWER: b.
individual experiences may not account for the whole elephant
7. According to _______ the task of the sociological imagination is to see the
relationship between individual experiences and larger social forces.
a. Harriet Martineau
b. Karl Marx
c. C Wright Mills
d. Emile Durkheim
e. Auguste Comte - ANSWER: c. C Wright Mills
8. The sociological imagination asks us to
a. broaden our perspective beyond individual experiences
b. narrow our perspective by looking only at particular events
c. theorize before we have evidence
d. improve our society
e. suspend judgment until all of the facts have been gathered - ANSWER: a. broaden
our perspective beyond individual experiences
9. In using the sociological imagination to understand how someone selects a mate,
we would look for
a. social values internalized from reading religious texts
b. individuals engaging in competition for partners
c. the social value of universal features of attractiveness
d. how groups defined values related to good matches
e. an economic rational choice of balanced interests - ANSWER: d. how groups
defined values related to good matches
10. Both sociologist and psychologists are interested in prescription drug abuse and
addiction, however, in investigating abuse and addiction, a ________would be most
interested in the organization and patterns of consumption among individuals and
social groups.
a. psychologist
b. sociologist
c. both of these
d. economist - ANSWER: b. sociologist
11. Science is to method as: ________ is to _________
a. economics; political process
b. sociology; creative writing
c. psychology; therapy
, d. organized knowledge; process of discovery
e. history; victory - ANSWER: d. organized knowledge; process of discovery
12. Both sociologist and historians are interested in the past. Using a recent military
war as a case for investigation, a sociologist would be most interested in:
a. particular battles and how they were won or lost
b. individual military and political leaders and the strategies they developed
c. whether American involvement in the war was moral or immoral
d. the impact of the war on political attitudes and events int he united states
e. how various smaller battles affected the outcome of the larger war - ANSWER: d.
the impact of the war on political attitudes and events int he united states
13. What is the main difference between sociology and social work?
a. Sociology uses theory and social work does not
b. Social work overlaps with psychology while sociology does not
c. Social workers help people with problems while sociologist try to understand why
problems exist
d. there really is no difference between sociology and social work
e. because their research may be misused, sociologists have higher ethical standards
- ANSWER: c. Social workers help people with problems while sociologist try to
understand why problems exist
14. Which of the following statements is closes to a sociological approach to
understanding the iPhone?
a. the design of the new Iphone attracted people
b. we can see which groups of people are most likely to own and use an iPhone
c. individual choices were affected by discovering how others selected smart phones
d. the inventor of the iPhone interface was raised by Armenian parents in California
e. a successful technology must meet basic human needs - ANSWER: b. we can see
which groups of people are most likely to own and use an iPhone
15. Who gave sociology its name?
a. Auguste Comte
b. Emile Durkheim
c. Karl Marx
d. Henri Saint Simon
e. Herbert Simpson - ANSWER: a. Auguste Comte
16. Comte was inspired by which of the following?
a. discoveries in the natural sciences
b. encounters with different races during the colonial era
c. the problems of governing global urban societies
d. imbalances in health and well being among city dwellers
e. how societies pass through stages of development over time - ANSWER: a.
discoveries in the natural sciences
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