SOCIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM SCRIPT UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Feminism.
Answer: the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights
of women equal to those of men.
◉ postmodernism.
Answer: The belief that society is no longer governed by history or
progress. Postmodern society is highly pluralistic and diverse, with
no "grand narrative" guiding its development.
◉ microsociology.
Answer: The study of human behavior in contexts of face-to-face
interaction
◉ Macrosociology.
Answer: The study of large-scale groups, organizations, or social
systems
◉ empirical investigation.
Answer: factual inquiries carried out in any area of sociological
study
,◉ factual questions.
Answer: questions that raise issues concerning matters of fact
(rather than theoretical or moral issues)
◉ comparative questions.
Answer: Questions concerned with drawing comparisons between
different human societies for the purposes of sociological theory or
research.
◉ developmental questions.
Answer: Questions that sociologists pose when looking at the origins
and path of development of social institutions from the past to the
present.
◉ theoretical questions.
Answer: Questions posed by sociologists when seeking to explain a
particular range of observed events. The asking of theoretical
questions is crucial to allowing us to generalize about the nature of
social life.
◉ ethnography.
Answer: the study of an entire social setting through extended
systematic observation
, ◉ participant observation.
Answer: a research method in which investigators systematically
observe people while joining them in their routine activities
◉ pilot study.
Answer: A trial run in survey research.
◉ sampling.
Answer: studying a part in order to gain information about the
whole
◉ representative sample.
Answer: sample carefully chosen so that the characteristics of the
participants correspond closely to the characteristics of the larger
population
◉ random sampling.
Answer: A method of poll selection that gives each person in a group
the same chance of being selected
◉ oral history.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Feminism.
Answer: the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights
of women equal to those of men.
◉ postmodernism.
Answer: The belief that society is no longer governed by history or
progress. Postmodern society is highly pluralistic and diverse, with
no "grand narrative" guiding its development.
◉ microsociology.
Answer: The study of human behavior in contexts of face-to-face
interaction
◉ Macrosociology.
Answer: The study of large-scale groups, organizations, or social
systems
◉ empirical investigation.
Answer: factual inquiries carried out in any area of sociological
study
,◉ factual questions.
Answer: questions that raise issues concerning matters of fact
(rather than theoretical or moral issues)
◉ comparative questions.
Answer: Questions concerned with drawing comparisons between
different human societies for the purposes of sociological theory or
research.
◉ developmental questions.
Answer: Questions that sociologists pose when looking at the origins
and path of development of social institutions from the past to the
present.
◉ theoretical questions.
Answer: Questions posed by sociologists when seeking to explain a
particular range of observed events. The asking of theoretical
questions is crucial to allowing us to generalize about the nature of
social life.
◉ ethnography.
Answer: the study of an entire social setting through extended
systematic observation
, ◉ participant observation.
Answer: a research method in which investigators systematically
observe people while joining them in their routine activities
◉ pilot study.
Answer: A trial run in survey research.
◉ sampling.
Answer: studying a part in order to gain information about the
whole
◉ representative sample.
Answer: sample carefully chosen so that the characteristics of the
participants correspond closely to the characteristics of the larger
population
◉ random sampling.
Answer: A method of poll selection that gives each person in a group
the same chance of being selected
◉ oral history.
