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1Definitions of Sociology From "The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology"
- AThe study of society
- BThe study of groups
- CThe study of social behaviors
- DThe study of culture
- AThe study of society
2[blank_start]Sociology[blank_end] is the study of social life and behavior especially in relation to social systems, how they work, how they change, the consequences they produce, and their complex relation to peoples lives
- ACohension
- BSociologist Perspective
- CSociology
- DSociological Imagination
3[blank_start]Sociologist perspective[blank_end] helps us to identifying patterns in human interaction, how and why these patterns exist, the consequences of them and how to produce of change these patterns.
- ASociologist perspective
4[blank_start]Sociological Imagination[blank_end] is the ability to see the social patterns that influence individual and group life.
- ASociological Imagination
5Applied Sociology is the use of the discipline of sociology with specific intent of yielding practical applications for human behavior and organization, while clinical sociology is dedicated to altering social relationships and restructuring social institutions.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
6Who believed in a theoretical science of society and a systematic investigation of behavior were needed to improve society?
- AKarl Max
- BMax Weber
- CHerbert Spencer
- DAugust Comte
7[blank_start]Social Cohension[blank_end] is the degree to which members of a society feel united by shared values and other social bonds
- ASocial Cohension
8Mechanical Solidarity is the interdependence brought about by an increasingly specialized division of labor (how people divide their task), while Organic Solidarity is what people experience as a result of performing the same or similar task.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
9Gemeinschaft is a society in which life is intimate and Gesellschaft is a society dominated by impersonal realtionships
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
10[blank_start]Effective Theory[blank_end] may have both explanatory and predictive powers- it can help us see the relationships among seemingly, isolated phenomena as well as, understand how one type of change in an environment leads to other changes.
- AEffective Theory
11Functionalists and Conflict Theorists are micro-level, while symbolic interactionists are macro-level
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
12[blank_start]The Functionalist Perspective[blank_end] emphasizes the way that the parts of society are structures to maintain its stability.
- AThe Functionalist Perspective
- BSociologist Perspective
- CInteractionism
- DNone of the above
13[blank_start]Dysfunction[blank_end] refers to an element or process of a society that may actually disrupt the social system or reduce its stability.
- ADysfunction
14Manifest Functions are unconscious or unintended functions that may reflect hidden purposes of an institution, While Latent Functions are open, stated, conscious functions they involve the intended.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
15[blank_start]Conflict Perspective[blank_end] assumes that social behaviors is best understood in terms of conflict between competing groups.
- AConflict Perspective
16[blank_start]Conflict Theorists[blank_end] are interested in how society's institutions may help to maintain the privileges of some groups and keep others in a subservient position.
- AConflict Theorists
17[blank_start]The interactionist perspective[blank_end] generalizes about everyday forms of social interactions in order to understand society as a whole.
- AThe interactionist perspective
18Who is regarded as the founder of the interactionist perspective?
- AMax Weber
- BGeorge Herbert Mead
- CAuguste Comte
- DEmile Durkheim
19[blank_start]Interactionism[blank_end] is a sociological framework in which human beings are seen to be living in a world of meaningful objects.
- AInteractionism
20An important figure in the study of societal change
- AKarl Max
- BHerbert Spencer
- CAuguste Comte
- DNone of the above
21Who is most commonly known for socialism and communism (they are also central to sociology for their ideas about social class and class struggle)?
- AKarl Max
- BAuguste Comte
- CHerbet Spencer
- DEmile Durkheim
22Who is best known for their studies on suicide rates among different groups and plays an important role in getting sociology recognized as a separate academic discipline?
- AMax Weber
- BAuguste Comte
- CEmile Durkhiem
- DHerbert Spencer
23Who was the most influential of all sociologist, raising issues that remain controversial even today and believed that religion was the central force in social change?
- AAuguste Comte
- BMax Weber
- CHerbert Spencer
- DNone of the above
24Who advocated that sociological research should be value-free, or that personal values or bias should not influence social research?
- AHerbert Spencer
- BEmile Durkhiem
- CAuguste Comte
- DNone of the above
25Quantitative Methods seeks information about the social world that is already in or can be converted to numeric form, while Qualitative Methods attempts to collect information about the social world that cannot be converted to numeric form.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
26Deductive Research starts with empirical observation and then works to form a theory, Inductive Research starts with a theory, forms a hypothesis, makes empirical observation and then analyzes data to confirm the theory.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
27[blank_start]operational definition[blank_end] is an explanation of an abstract concept that is specific enough to allow a researcher to access the concept.
- Aoperational definition
28[blank_start]Hypothesis[blank_end] is a speculative statement about the relationship between two or more factors known as variable.
- AHypothesis
29Dependent variable is what depends on the other variable while independent variables cause or influence the other variable
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
30[blank_start]Random Sample[blank_end] is when every member of an entire population is being studied has the same chance of being selected.
- ARandom Sample
31[blank_start]Generalizeability[blank_end] is the extent to which we can claim that our findings informs about a group larger than the one that we studied.
- AGeneralizeability
32[blank_start]Scientific Ideal[blank_end] is mapping out cause and effect relationships in which we know that change in one variable causes change in another.
- AScientific Ideal
33[blank_start]Correlation[blank_end] exist when a change in one variable coincides with change in the other.
- ACorrelation
34A spurious correlation happens when two variables change together but neither causes the other.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
35To be sure of a real cause and effect relationship, we must show?
- AThere us no evidence that the correlation is spurious because of some third variable
- BThere are exactly two constant varables
- CThe independent variable precedes the dependent variable in time
- Dtwo variables are correlated
36Reliability is the extent to which a measure produces consistent results, while validity is the degree to which a measure or scale truly reflects the phenomenon under study.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
37[blank_start]Secondary Analysis[blank_end] refers to a variety of research techniques that make use of previously collected and publicly assible information and data.
- ASecondary Analysis
38[blank_start]Content Analysis[blank_end] is a systematic coding and objective recording of data, guided by some rationale.
- AContent Analysis
39What is the Hawthorne effect?
- Athe unintended influence of observers
- Bwhen people are very truthful when they are being observed
- CWhen people lie more when they are being observed
- DWhen someone don't like being interviewed
40[blank_start]Reflexitivity[blank_end] refers to how the researcher being present may influence the responses of the participant.
- AReflexitivity
41[blank_start]Culture[blank_end] is the complex system of meaning and behavior that defines the way of life for a given group or society.
- ACulture
42[blank_start]Society[blank_end] refers to people who interact in a defined territory and share a culture.
- ASociety
43[blank_start]Symbols[blank_end] are defined as anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by people who share culture.
- ASymbols
44[blank_start]Gestures[blank_end] refer to using ones body to communicate with others and are simply shorthand means of communication.
- AGestures
45[blank_start]Language[blank_end] is a system of symbols that allows people to communicate with one another.
- ALanguage
46[blank_start]Cultural transmission[blank_end] is the process by which one generation passes the culture to the next.
- ACultural transmission
47[blank_start]The Sapir-Wharf hypothesis[blank_end] states that our thinking and perception are not only expressed by language, but actually shaped by language.
- AThe Sapir-Wharf hypothesis
48[blank_start]Values[blank_end] are culturally defined standards by which people judge desirability, goodness, and beauty, and which serve as broad guidelines for social living.
- AValues
49[blank_start]Norms[blank_end] are rules and expectations that develop out of a groups values by which a society guides the behavior of its members.
- ANorms
50Types of Norms?
- AFolkway
- Blaw
- Cmores
- Dprinciples
51Sanctions is what happens when people do everything in there power to go against norms
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
52Taboos are norms so strongly ingrained that even the thought of them are greeted with revulsion, while ethnomethodology is a technique for studying human interaction by deliberately disrupting social norms and observing how individuals respond.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
53Material Cultures are?
- Athings like jewelry, art, buildings, clothing , and etc
- Bare ways of thinking
- Care social patterns
- DNone of the above
54[blank_start]Nonmaterial Culture[blank_end] is a group ways of thinking (beliefs, value) and common patterns of behavior (gesture, language)
- ANonmaterial Culture
55Ideal Culture is when actual social patterns only approximate cultural expectations, while real culture is defined by social patterns which are mandated by cultural values and norms
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
56[blank_start]High Culture[blank_end] refers to cultural patterns that distinguish a society's elite
- AHigh Culture
57[blank_start]Popular Culture[blank_end] designates cultural patterns that are widespread among a societys population.
- APopular Culture
58[blank_start]Cultural Integration[blank_end] is the close relationship among various elements of a cultural system.
- ACultural Integration
59[blank_start]Cultural lag[blank_end] refers to the fact that cultural elements change at different rates which may disrupt a cultural system.
- ACultural lag
60what are cultural changes that are set in motion by what factors?
- Ainvention
- Bdicovery
- Creliability
- Ddiffusion
61[blank_start]Cultural Relativism[blank_end] consists of trying to appreciate other groups ways of life in the contexts in which they exist, without judging them as superior or inferior to our own.
- ACultural Relativism
62[blank_start]Multiculturalism[blank_end] is an educational program recognizing the cultural diversity of the U.S. and promoting equality of all cultural traditions.
- AMulticulturalism
63[blank_start]Ethnocentrism[blank_end] is using our own culture (assuming to to be good, right, superior) to judge other cultures.
- AEthnocentrism
64[blank_start]Eurocentrism[blank_end] is the dominance of European (especially English) cultural patterns.
- AEurocentrism
65[blank_start]Subcultures[blank_end] are groups whose values and related behaviors are so distant that they set their members off from the dominant culture.
- ASubcultures
66[blank_start]countercultures[blank_end] are groups whose values set their members in opposition to the dominant cultures,
- Acountercultures
67[blank_start]Cultural shock[blank_end] refers to personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life.
- ACultural shock
68keys to promoting global culture?
- AGlobal economy
- Bglobal communication
- Cglobal problems
- Dglobal migration
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