Chapter 1 Review Questions Flashcards
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- Which of the following best describes sociology as a subject?
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2
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- C. Wright Mills once said that sociologists need to develop a sociological __________ to study how society affects
individuals.
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3
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- A sociologist defines society as a group of people who reside in a defined area, share a culture, and who:
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4
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- Seeing patterns means that a sociologist needs to be able to:
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5
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- Which of the following was a topic of study in early sociology?
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6
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- Which founder of sociology believed societies changed due to class struggle?
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7
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- The difference between positivism and antipositivism relates to:
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8
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- Which would a quantitative sociologists use to gather data?
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9
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- Weber believed humans could not be studied purely objectively because they were influenced by:
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10
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- Which of these theories is most likely to look at the social world on a micro level?
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11
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- Who believed that the history of society was one of class struggle?
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12
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- Who coined the phrase symbolic interactionism?
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13
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- A symbolic interactionist may compare social interactions to:
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14
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- Which research technique would most likely be used by a symbolic interactionist?
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15
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- Kenneth and Mamie Clark used sociological research to show that segregation was:
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