SOC 101

A ________ predicts a relationship between or among variables. - correct answers Hypothesis A group of people who share a culture and a territory is known as a(n) - correct answers Society A(n) ________ is the collection of data by having people answer a series of questions. - correct answers Survey According to Max Weber, the central force in social change is - correct answers Religion Durkheim's concept of _____ refers to the degree to which people are tied to their social groups....

ascribed status - correct answers a position an individual either inherits at birth or receives involuntarily later in life, Involuntary ex: race/ethnicity, sex, social class of parents, siblings Auguste Comte and positivism - correct answers suggested that we apply the scientific method to the social world, a process known as _________. He wondered what held society together, thought the scientific method was the way to solve this, thus coming up with Sociology background assumption - co...

sociology - correct answers studying human behavior in society, all human behavior occurs in societal context Social location - correct answers its like the matirx race gender class sexual orientation C.Wright Mills - correct answers wrote sociological imgaination, does not play well with others, elements of personality Mills Argued - correct answers we need to have crtical politcal engagement, we need to use sociology or knowledge of to make the world a better place Sociological ima...

Who was Auguste Comte? - correct answers Comte was intrested how the French revolution change Western civilization. He introduced the idea of applying the scientific method to the social world known as positivism. Based on this innovation and comte effort to apply the scientific method to social life, he is credited as being the founder of sociology. What is Comte's 3 stage theory? - correct answers Theological stage: humankind inability to understand the natural world Metaphysical St...

Tam is able to attend a highly competitive post-secondary institution because his parents have enough income to pay the tuition. Lai is only able to attend night classes at a less competitive post-secondary school because she has to work during the day to pay tuition. Which statement best describes this scenario? a) Tam and Lai are experiencing different social contexts. b) Lai will likely attain a higher social status than Tam. c) Tam and Lai have the same social status. d) Both Tam and Lai...

1. The ___ perspective emphasizes the social contents in which people live. a. Societal b. Sociological c. Natural sciences d. Ethnocentric - correct answers b 2. A group of people who share a culture and a territory is known as a(n) a. Global group b. Extended family group c. Society d. Global village - correct answers c 1. The ___ uses objective, systematic observations to test theories a. Naturalistic method b. Common-sense method c. Scientific method d. Research-free...

sociology - correct answers the scientific study of human society and social behavior society - correct answers a group of people who shape their lives in aggregated and patterned ways that distinguish their group from other groups social sciences - correct answers the disciplines that use the scientific method to examine the social world, in contrast to the natural sciences, which examine the physical world sociological perspective - correct answers a way of looking at the world throug...

sociology - correct answers the systematic study of human society sociological perspective - correct answers sociology's special point of view that sees general patterns of society in the lives of particular people global perspective - correct answers the study of the larger world and our society's place in it high income countries - correct answers the nations with the highest overall standards of living middle income countries - correct answers nations with a standard of living a...

Sociology - correct answers Study of social life, social change, and social causes and consequences of human behavior. C. Wright Mills - correct answers Social Imagination enables us to grasp the connection between history and biography. History- each society is located in a broad stream of events Biography- experiences within the historical settings, which gives us our orientations in life. Emile Durkheim - correct answers Suicide/ Types of Solidarity -first goal- get sociology recog...

How do we define sociology? - correct answers the scientific study of people and society Who coined the term sociology? - correct answers Auguste Comte When did sociology develop as a discipline? - correct answers 1838 Under what contexts/conditions did sociology develop as a discipline? - correct answers during social, political, and intellectual change (French and Industrial Revolutions); time of social upheaval (rapid social change) Who is Comte? Why is he important to sociology? ...