Chapter 1-Backwards

Question 1

The study of larger world and our society’s place in it

Answer 1

Global Perspective

Question 2

The nations with the highest overall standards of living

Answer 2

High-income countries

Question 3

Nations with a standard of living above average for the world as a whole

Answer 3

Middle Income Countries

Question 4

Nations with a low standard of living in which people are poor

Answer 4

Low- Income Countries

Question 5

A scientific approach to knowledge based on “positive” facts as opposed to mere speculation

Answer 5

Positivism

Question 6

A statement of how and why specific facts are related

Answer 6

Theory

Question 7

A basic image of society that guides thinking and research

Answer 7

Theoretical Approach

Question 8

Any relatively stable pattern of social behavior

Answer 8

Social Structure

Question 9

The study of society based on scientific observation of social behavior.

Answer 9

Positivist Sociology

Question 10

A logical system that bases knowledge on direct systematic observation

Answer 10

Science

Question 11

Information we can verify with our senses.

Answer 11

Empirial Evidence

Question 12

A mental construct that represents some aspect of the world in a simplified form

Answer 12

Concept

Question 13

A concept whose value change from case to case.

Answer 13

Variable

Question 14

A procedure for determining the value of a variable in a specific case.

Answer 14

Measurement

Question 15

Consistent in Measurement

Answer 15

Reliability

Question 16

Actually measuring exactly what you need to intend to measure

Answer 16

Validity

Question 17

A relationship in which two or more variables change together

Answer 17

Correlation

Question 18

The variable that causes the change

Answer 18

Independent Variable

Question 19

The variable that changes

Answer 19

Dependent Variable

Question 20

An apparent but false relationship between two or more variables that is caused by some other variable

Answer 20

Spurious Correlation

Question 21

The personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being male or female

Answer 21

Gender

Question 22

Approaching an issue from a male perspective

Answer 22

Androcentricity

Question 23

A systematic plan for doing research

Answer 23

Research Method

Question 24

A statement of a possible relationship between two or more variables

Answer 24

Hypothesis

Question 25

The systematic study of human study

Answer 25

Sociology