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1
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__________offers a perspective—a view of the world—that stresses the social experiences of people
as the underlying cause of their behavior.

A. Sociology
B. Applied Sociology
C.Basic (or pure) Sociology

A

A. Sociology

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________ _________the use of sociology to solve problems—from the micro level of family relationships to the macro level of crime and pollution.

A. Sociology
B. Applied Sociology
C.Basic (or pure) Sociology

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B. Applied Sociology

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Sociologists use six research Methods or research Designs. They are:

A. Selecting a topic, defining the problem,
reviewing the literature, formulating a hypothesis, choosing a research method, collecting
B. Symbolic interaction-ism, functional analysis, micro-level analysis, nonverbal interaction, closed-ended questions and open-ended questions:
C. Survey’s, Participant Observations, Secondary Analysis, Documents, Experiments and Unobtrusive Measures

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C. Survey’s, Participant Observations, Secondary Analysis, Documents, Experiments and Unobtrusive Measures

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*________ is a statement about how facts are related to one another.
Sociologists use three primary theoretical frameworks:
1. _______ Interactionism
2. Functional ________
3. ______ Theory

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Theory - Symbolic - Analysis - Conflict

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A theoretical framework in which society is viewed as being composed of groups
competing for scarce resources:

A. Conflict Theory
B. Symbolic Interactionism
C. Functional Analysis

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A. Conflict Theory

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*Theoretical framework in which society is viewed as composed of various parts, each with a function that, when fulfilled, contributes to society’s equilibrium;

A. Conflict Theory
B. Symbolic Interactionism
C. Functional Analysis

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C. Functional Analysis

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Sociological research whose purpose is to make discoveries about life in human groups, not to make changes in those groups.

A. Sociology
B. Applied Sociology
C. Basic (or pure) Sociology

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C. Basic (or pure) Sociology

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Marx’s Term for the struggle between capitalists and workers:

A. positivism
B. class conflict
C. social location
D. social integration

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B. class conflict

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*A theoretical perspective in which society is viewed as composed of symbols that people use to establish meaning, develop their views of the world, and communicate with one another:

A. Conflict Theory
B. Symbolic Interactionism
C. Functional Analysis

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B. Symbolic Interactionism

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The application of the scientific method to the social world:

A. positivism
B. class conflict
C. social location
D. social integration

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A. positivism

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The group memberships that people have because of their location in history and society:

A. positivism
B. class conflict
C. social location
D. social integration

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C. social location

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The degree to which people feel a part of social groups:

A. positivism
B. class conflict
C. social location
D. social integration

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D. social integration

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The scientific study of society and human behavior:

A. Research Design or Method
B. Fieldwork
C. Sociology
D. Society
E. Social Interaction
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C. Sociology

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What people do when they are in one another’s presence:

A. Research Design or Method
B. Participant Observation/Fieldwork
C. Sociology
D. Society
E. Social Interaction
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E. Social Interaction

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Research in which the researcher participates in a research setting while observing what is happening in that setting:

A. Research Design or Method
B. Participant Observation/Fieldwork
C. Sociology
D. Society
E. Social Interaction
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B. Participant Observation/Fieldwork

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One of six procedures sociologists use to collect data: surveys,participant observation, secondary analysis, documents, experiments, and unobtrusive measures:

A. Research Design or Method
B. Participant Observation/Fieldwork
C. Sociology
D. Society
E. Social Interaction
A

A. Research Design or Method

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*People who share a culture and a territory:

A. Research Design or Method
B. Participant Observation/Fieldwork
C. Sociology
D. Society
E. Social Interaction
A

D. Society

18
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Questions followed by a list of possible answers to be selected by the respondent:

A.Closed Ended Questions
B. Open Ended Questions
C. Non-verbal Interaction
D. Respondents

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A.Closed Ended Questions

19
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Questions that respondents are able to answer in their own words:

A.Closed Ended Questions
B. Open Ended Questions
C. Non-verbal Interaction
D. Respondents

A

B. Open Ended Questions

20
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People who respond to a survey, either in interviews or by self-administered questionnaires:

A.Closed Ended Questions
B. Open Ended Questions
C. Non-verbal Interaction
D. Respondents

A

D. Respondents

21
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Communication without words through gestures, space, silence, and so on:

A.Closed Ended Questions
B. Open Ended Questions
C. Non-verbal Interaction
D. Respondents

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C. Non-verbal Interaction

22
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Repeating a study in order to test its findings:

A. Values
B Value Free
C Replication
D Reliability

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C Replication

23
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The view that a sociologist’s personal values or biases should not influence social research:

A. Values
B Value Free
C Replication
D Reliability

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B Value Free

24
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the extent to which data produces consistent results:

A. Values
B Value Free
C Replication
D Reliability

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D Reliability

25
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The standards by which people define what is desirable or undesirable, good or bad, beautiful or ugly:

A. Values
B Value Free
C Replication
D Reliability

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A. Values

26
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A factor that is changed by an independent variable:

A. Unobtrusive Measures
B. Variables
C. Dependent Variables
D. Independent Variables

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C. Dependent Variables

27
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Ways of observing people who do not know they are being studied:

A. Unobtrusive Measures
B. Variables
C. Dependent Variables
D. Independent Variables

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A. Unobtrusive Measures

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A factor that causes a change in another variable, called the dependent variable:

A. Unobtrusive Measures
B. Variables
C. Dependent Variables
D. Independent Variables

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D. Independent Variables

29
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*Factors thought to be significant for behavior, which vary from one case to another:

A. Unobtrusive Measures
B. Variables
C. Dependent Variables
D. Independent Variables

A

B. Variables

30
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*An intended outcome or consequence that helps keep society in equilibrium is referred to as:

A. dysfunctional
B. manifest
C. symbolic
D. latent

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B. manifest

31
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  • Ethics in sociological research:

A. forbids the falsification of results.

B. condemns plagiarism.

C. requires that sociologists protect the anonymity of people who provide information.

D. all of the above

A

D. all of the above

32
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Using objective, systematic observations to test theories is the _______ method.

A

scientific

33
Q

Auguste ______ is credited as the _______ of Sociology.

A

Comte - founder

34
Q

_______ Spencer applied ______ Darwinism and coined the term “ ________ of the fittest”.

A

Herbert - social - survival

35
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Karl _____ believed that the roots of human misery lay in Class Conflict between the ________ or capitalists and the _______ or exploited worker.

A

Marx - bourgeoisie - proletarist

36
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Emile ________ identified social _________, the degree to which people are _____ to their social _____.

A

Durkheim - integration - tied - group

37
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____ Weber’s ______ Ethic argued that religion was the key factor in the rise of ________.

A

Max - Protestant - capitalism

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