You passed this Milestone
14 questions were answered correctly.
5 questions were answered incorrectly.
1
Which of the following sociologists produced research
demonstrating the challenges of the participant observation
method?
Lois Benjamin
Max Weber
W.E.B. Du Bois
William Foot Whyte
CONCEPT
Research Methods: Examples
2
Shopping and consumer spending are an important part of the U.S. economy.
A sociologist who takes the functional approach would note that shopping
and consumer spending serve important functions in American society.
When considering shopping malls, the functional approach would indicate
that a manifest function of malls is to enable purchases of necessary goods
(e.g., clothing and household items).
Which of the following is an example of a social dysfunction of
shopping malls?
Serving as a place for teens to get together
Purchasing clothing and household items
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, The development of "shopaholics" — people who go into debt due to over-
spending.
Purchasing entertainment
CONCEPT
Structural Functionalism: Manifest and Latent Functions
3
Jackie uses graphs and charts to present data on obesity in the United
States. She creates a chart showing the increasing number of children who
are obese, as well as the mean, median, and mode weights.
The type of data Jackie presents on the chart is
called __________ statistics.
spurious
descriptive
qualitative
inferential
CONCEPT
Statistics
4
One of the reasons why this perspective should be adopted is that societies
around the world are increasingly interconnected.
Which of the following perspectives best fits this description?
Micro-level orientation
Global perspective
Sociological imagination
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14 questions were answered correctly.
5 questions were answered incorrectly.
1
Which of the following sociologists produced research
demonstrating the challenges of the participant observation
method?
Lois Benjamin
Max Weber
W.E.B. Du Bois
William Foot Whyte
CONCEPT
Research Methods: Examples
2
Shopping and consumer spending are an important part of the U.S. economy.
A sociologist who takes the functional approach would note that shopping
and consumer spending serve important functions in American society.
When considering shopping malls, the functional approach would indicate
that a manifest function of malls is to enable purchases of necessary goods
(e.g., clothing and household items).
Which of the following is an example of a social dysfunction of
shopping malls?
Serving as a place for teens to get together
Purchasing clothing and household items
This study source was downloaded by 100000836551366 from CourseHero.com on 02-21-2022 02:03:00 GMT -06:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/65844799/Sophia-Sociology-Milestone-1docx/
, The development of "shopaholics" — people who go into debt due to over-
spending.
Purchasing entertainment
CONCEPT
Structural Functionalism: Manifest and Latent Functions
3
Jackie uses graphs and charts to present data on obesity in the United
States. She creates a chart showing the increasing number of children who
are obese, as well as the mean, median, and mode weights.
The type of data Jackie presents on the chart is
called __________ statistics.
spurious
descriptive
qualitative
inferential
CONCEPT
Statistics
4
One of the reasons why this perspective should be adopted is that societies
around the world are increasingly interconnected.
Which of the following perspectives best fits this description?
Micro-level orientation
Global perspective
Sociological imagination
This study source was downloaded by 100000836551366 from CourseHero.com on 02-21-2022 02:03:00 GMT -06:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/65844799/Sophia-Sociology-Milestone-1docx/
