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,__________ involves aspects of social life that have to do with order, stability, and social organization
that allow societies and groups to hold together and endure. - correct ans:Social statics
Herbert Spencer viewed society as a system, having important similarities with - correct ans:a biological
organism
__________ refers to processes of social life that pattern institutional development and have to do with
social change. - correct ans:a. Social dynamics
Studies of people's values, beliefs, attitudes, and perceptions most frequently use - correct ans:a. the
survey method
In a research investigation that focused on nannies, sociologist Julia Wrigley combined _____________
research methods. - correct ans:intensive interviewing and participant observation
A researcher must take abstract concepts and translate them into a form that allows them to be
measured. This is the development of a(n) - correct ans:a. operational definition
____________ uses existing records produced by people or organizations other than the researcher. -
correct ans:Archival research
In viewing theory and research, - correct ans:both theory and research are necessary for the scientific
enterprise
Examining how the aging of the American population affects jobs and promotions for younger people in
an historical context would be an example of using - correct ans:a. social psychology.
b. microsociology.
c. macrosociology. Correct
d. clinical psychological analysis
Feminist research methods include a commitment to
a. include women's lives in social research.
,b. reduce inequality.
c. minimize research exploitation.
d. All of the choices are correct - correct ans:All choices are Correct
__________ research design provides the best opportunity for researchers to obtain data to accept or
reject a hypothesis. - correct ans:The experiment
The scientific study of social interactions and of social organization is called - correct ans:sociology
Which of the following was NOT one of Ann Meier's operational hypotheses? - correct ans:Higher levels
of religiosity will increase the probability of having sex.
Experiments, surveys, observation, and archival research represent - correct ans:research designs
Correlation - correct ans:is not necessarily the same as causation.
The existence of cultural universals is due to - correct ans:people facing the same broad problems of
survival. Correct
________ is(are) NOT one of the major value configurations within the dominant American culture -
correct ans:a. The assignment of high importance to leisure and relaxation
Some analysts blame our surprise at the 9/11 attacks partly on - correct ans:ethnocentrism.
Race, class, and gender are prime examples of - correct ans:master status
The idea that language shapes our perceptions of reality is called the - correct ans:linguistic relativity
hypothesis
The learned patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting, which are transmitted from one generation to the
next, are referred to as - correct ans:culture
, Social rules that specify appropriate and inappropriate behavior in given situations are called - correct
ans:norms
From the sociological perspective, wearing soiled clothing might be viewed as violating a - correct
ans:folkway.
When a trait or feature from one culture is rejected as being strange or immoral by another culture, it is
an example of - correct ans:ethnocentrism
The actual behavior of the person who occupies a status is termed - correct ans:role performance
A society's shared ideas regarding what is desirable, correct, and good are called - correct ans:values
Norms - correct ans:subjective in nature and vary in type from folkways to mores to laws are correct
Those expectations that define appropriate or inappropriate behavior for the occupant of a status are -
correct ans:roles.
A Peace Corps volunteer living in Blantyre, Malawi reported that the post office there had two letter
slots, one labeled "Blantyre" and the other labeled - correct ans:"Elsewhere."
The old order Amish and the youth culture both represent examples of the ___________ within
American society. - correct ans:a. subcultures
Communication - correct ans:allows us to establish a "commonness" with one another that makes
socialization possible
A group of people gathered together to construct a house is an example of an - correct ans:a.
instrumental tie