Sociology 101 Straighterline final exam
Define government - CORRECT ANSWER: Political process that have to do with
authoritative formulating of rules and policies.
What are agents of socialization? - CORRECT ANSWER: Family, peers, school and
mass media
What are family structures? - CORRECT ANSWER: A way in which we define the
family determines the kinds of family we consider to be normal or deviant.
What are social structures? - CORRECT ANSWER: roles, statuses, groups and
institutions.
What are the types social movements - CORRECT ANSWER: Ideology, revolutionary,
reform, resistance and expressive movements
What defines a minority group - CORRECT ANSWER: racial and ethnic of groups are
often minority groups. minority groups lack power
What does education do - CORRECT ANSWER: Transmission of particular attitudes,
knowledge and skills to the members of a society through formal and systematic training.
What does it mean to be culture in flux? - CORRECT ANSWER: Culture groups adapt
in dynamic and unpredictable ways
What happens to a functionalist system? - CORRECT ANSWER: If it fails to maintain it will perish.
What is a 'role' - CORRECT ANSWER: A status carried with a set of culturally defined right and duties
What is a 'status' - CORRECT ANSWER: A position within a group or society
What is a capitalist economy? - CORRECT ANSWER: Government oversees and sets
parameters for the economy
What is a conflict perspective? - CORRECT ANSWER: Conflict theorists focus their attention on society as a whole, studying its institutions and structural arrangements.
What is a counterculture? - CORRECT ANSWER: Rejects many of the behavioral
standards and guideposts that hold in the dominant culture.
What is a political party? - CORRECT ANSWER: organization designed to gain control of the government by putting its people in public office
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