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SOC 101 Exam Study Guide Solutions
A researcher wishes to compare income, educational level, and race in regard to people's attitudes
toward capital punishment. research would probably be the best research method for this researcher. -
ANSWER✔✔-Survey
A(n) is any concept with measurable traits or characteristics that can change or vary from one person,
time, situation, or society to another. It is the observable and/or measurable counterpart of a concept. -
ANSWER✔✔-variable
According to Auguste Comte, societies contain __________, which are forces for social order and
stability. - ANSWER✔✔-social statics
According to Auguste Comte, societies contain __________, which are forces for conflict and change. -
ANSWER✔✔-social dynamics
According to British social theorist __________, societies developed through a process of "struggle" (for
existence) and "fitness" (for survival), which he referred to as the "survival of the fittest." - ANSWER✔✔-
Herbert Spencer
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According to feminists, we live in a(n) __________, a system in which men dominate women and in
which things that are considered to be "male" or "masculine" are more highly valued than those
considered to be "female" or "feminine." - ANSWER✔✔-patriarchy
According to sociologist Emile Durkheim, suicide occurs among people who are isolated from any social
group. - ANSWER✔✔-egoistic
According to the __________ perspective, groups in society are engaged in a continuous power struggle
for control of scarce resources. - ANSWER✔✔-conflict
According to __________ Theory of General Evolution, society, like a biological organism, has various
interdependent parts (such as the family, the economy, and the government) that work to ensure the
stability and survival of the entire society. - ANSWER✔✔-Herbert Spencer's
Age, sex, race, and ethnicity are often used as variables. - ANSWER✔✔-independent
Although the women of that day were categorically excluded from much of public life in France, some
women strongly influenced the philosophes and their thinking through their participation in the
_________—an open house held to stimulate discussion and intellectual debate. - ANSWER✔✔-salon
A is a set of logically interrelated statements that attempts to describe, explain, and
(occasionally) predict social events. - ANSWER✔✔-theory
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Because the researcher had access to twenty years of data on the same participants in an education
program, the researcher was able to perform a(n) _____________study. - ANSWER✔✔-longitudinal
C. Wright Mills used the term "__________" in referring to a small clique composed of the top corporate,
political, and military officials. - ANSWER✔✔-power elite
Emphasis on the individual's possession of critical reasoning and experience is associated with the
origins of sociological thinking and with __________ - ANSWER✔✔-the Age of Enlightenment
Eric wants to test his hypothesis that unemployed men are more likely to commit spousal abuse than
men who are employed. He is most likely to use a to test his hypothesis. - ANSWER✔✔-quantitative
approach
French philosopher __________ is credited with having coined the term sociology to describe a new
science that would engage in the study of society. - ANSWER✔✔-Auguste Comte
From Marx's viewpoint, the __________ is composed of those who must sell their labor because they
have no other means to earn a livelihood. - ANSWER✔✔-proletariat
In a hypothesis, the researcher considers the to be the cause. - ANSWER✔✔-independent variable
In describing the law of the three stages, Auguste Comte believed that knowledge began in the
_________, where explanations were based on religion and the supernatural, and kinship was the were
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based on religion and the supernatural, and kinship was the most prominent unit of society. -
ANSWER✔✔-theological stage
In describing the law of the three stages, Auguste Comte believed that knowledge moved to the
__________, where explanations were based on abstract philosophical speculations, and the state
becomes the prominent social unit. - ANSWER✔✔-metaphysical stage
In describing the law of the three stages, Auguste Comte believed that knowledge would reach the
__________, where explanations were based on systematic observation, experimentation, comparison,
and historical analysis; and industry became the prominent structural unit in society. - ANSWER✔✔-
scientific stage
In Suicide, sociologist Emile Durkheim documented that a high suicide rate was symptomatic of a large-
scale social problem. This research was in direct contradiction to the historically held notion that suicide
was: - ANSWER✔✔-a psychological illness
__________ is the process by which an increasing proportion of a population lives in cities rather than in
rural areas. - ANSWER✔✔-Urbanization
__________ is the process by which societies are transformed from dependence on agriculture and
handmade products to an emphasis on manufacturing and related industries. - ANSWER✔✔-
Industrialization
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SOC 101 Exam Study Guide Solutions
A researcher wishes to compare income, educational level, and race in regard to people's attitudes
toward capital punishment. research would probably be the best research method for this researcher. -
ANSWER✔✔-Survey
A(n) is any concept with measurable traits or characteristics that can change or vary from one person,
time, situation, or society to another. It is the observable and/or measurable counterpart of a concept. -
ANSWER✔✔-variable
According to Auguste Comte, societies contain __________, which are forces for social order and
stability. - ANSWER✔✔-social statics
According to Auguste Comte, societies contain __________, which are forces for conflict and change. -
ANSWER✔✔-social dynamics
According to British social theorist __________, societies developed through a process of "struggle" (for
existence) and "fitness" (for survival), which he referred to as the "survival of the fittest." - ANSWER✔✔-
Herbert Spencer
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According to feminists, we live in a(n) __________, a system in which men dominate women and in
which things that are considered to be "male" or "masculine" are more highly valued than those
considered to be "female" or "feminine." - ANSWER✔✔-patriarchy
According to sociologist Emile Durkheim, suicide occurs among people who are isolated from any social
group. - ANSWER✔✔-egoistic
According to the __________ perspective, groups in society are engaged in a continuous power struggle
for control of scarce resources. - ANSWER✔✔-conflict
According to __________ Theory of General Evolution, society, like a biological organism, has various
interdependent parts (such as the family, the economy, and the government) that work to ensure the
stability and survival of the entire society. - ANSWER✔✔-Herbert Spencer's
Age, sex, race, and ethnicity are often used as variables. - ANSWER✔✔-independent
Although the women of that day were categorically excluded from much of public life in France, some
women strongly influenced the philosophes and their thinking through their participation in the
_________—an open house held to stimulate discussion and intellectual debate. - ANSWER✔✔-salon
A is a set of logically interrelated statements that attempts to describe, explain, and
(occasionally) predict social events. - ANSWER✔✔-theory
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Because the researcher had access to twenty years of data on the same participants in an education
program, the researcher was able to perform a(n) _____________study. - ANSWER✔✔-longitudinal
C. Wright Mills used the term "__________" in referring to a small clique composed of the top corporate,
political, and military officials. - ANSWER✔✔-power elite
Emphasis on the individual's possession of critical reasoning and experience is associated with the
origins of sociological thinking and with __________ - ANSWER✔✔-the Age of Enlightenment
Eric wants to test his hypothesis that unemployed men are more likely to commit spousal abuse than
men who are employed. He is most likely to use a to test his hypothesis. - ANSWER✔✔-quantitative
approach
French philosopher __________ is credited with having coined the term sociology to describe a new
science that would engage in the study of society. - ANSWER✔✔-Auguste Comte
From Marx's viewpoint, the __________ is composed of those who must sell their labor because they
have no other means to earn a livelihood. - ANSWER✔✔-proletariat
In a hypothesis, the researcher considers the to be the cause. - ANSWER✔✔-independent variable
In describing the law of the three stages, Auguste Comte believed that knowledge began in the
_________, where explanations were based on religion and the supernatural, and kinship was the were
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based on religion and the supernatural, and kinship was the most prominent unit of society. -
ANSWER✔✔-theological stage
In describing the law of the three stages, Auguste Comte believed that knowledge moved to the
__________, where explanations were based on abstract philosophical speculations, and the state
becomes the prominent social unit. - ANSWER✔✔-metaphysical stage
In describing the law of the three stages, Auguste Comte believed that knowledge would reach the
__________, where explanations were based on systematic observation, experimentation, comparison,
and historical analysis; and industry became the prominent structural unit in society. - ANSWER✔✔-
scientific stage
In Suicide, sociologist Emile Durkheim documented that a high suicide rate was symptomatic of a large-
scale social problem. This research was in direct contradiction to the historically held notion that suicide
was: - ANSWER✔✔-a psychological illness
__________ is the process by which an increasing proportion of a population lives in cities rather than in
rural areas. - ANSWER✔✔-Urbanization
__________ is the process by which societies are transformed from dependence on agriculture and
handmade products to an emphasis on manufacturing and related industries. - ANSWER✔✔-
Industrialization
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