What is Sociology Questions

Question 1

Which of the following best describes sociology as a subject?

Answer 1

The study of economics
The study of individual behavior
The study of cultures
X The study of society and social interaction X
- This response encompasses both focal areas of sociology.

Question 2

A sociologist defines society as a group of people who reside in a defined area, share a culture, and who ________.

Answer 2

work in the same industry
X interact X
practice a recognized religion
speak different languages

-Interaction at some level combined with a defined area and a shared culture are the components of a society.

Question 3

Seeing an increase in same-sex couples, single fathers, single mothers, and extended families and connecting these changing family structures to wider societal shifts is an example of using ________.

Answer 3

sociology
society
reification
X the sociological imagination X

-C. Wright Mills coined this term to refer to making connections between individuals and society.