SOCIOLOGY EXAM 1 CHAPTERS 1 6
FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS VERIFIED
COMPLETE ANSWERS 100 PERCENT
CORRECT
◉ experimental methods
Answer: methods that seek to alter the social landscape in a very
specific way for a given sample of individuals and then track what
results that change yields; often involve comparisions to a control
group that did not experience such an intervention
◉ social regulation
Answer: the number of rules guiding your daily life and, more
specifically, what you can reasonably expect from the world on a
day-to-day basis
◉ golden rules in research
Answer: 1; do not harm~ physical, emotional, and psychological
2; informed consent~ have a right to know they are participating
in the study and what it will consist of
3; voluntary participation~ ppl have the right to decide if they
want to participate in the study
◉ research ethics
, Answer: The application of moral rules and professional codes of
conduct to the collection, analysis, reporting, and publication of
information about research subjects, in particular active
acceptance of subjects' right to privacy, confidentiality, and
informed consent. Until recently sociologists (and social scientists
generally) often displayed arrogance in their treatment of
research subjects, justifying their actions by the search for truth.
◉ variable
Answer: not consistent or having a fixed pattern; liable to change.
◉ social conflict theory
Answer: _______ sees social life as a competition and focuses on the
distribution of resources, power, and inequality.
(Karl Marx)
◉ Economic determinism
Answer: ______ is a theory that economic relationships (such as
being an owner or capitalist, or being a worker or proletarian) are
the foundation on which all other social and political
arrangements are built.
◉ natural experiment
Answer: is an empirical study in which individuals (or clusters of
individuals) exposed to the experimental and control conditions
are determined by nature or by other factors outside the control
FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS VERIFIED
COMPLETE ANSWERS 100 PERCENT
CORRECT
◉ experimental methods
Answer: methods that seek to alter the social landscape in a very
specific way for a given sample of individuals and then track what
results that change yields; often involve comparisions to a control
group that did not experience such an intervention
◉ social regulation
Answer: the number of rules guiding your daily life and, more
specifically, what you can reasonably expect from the world on a
day-to-day basis
◉ golden rules in research
Answer: 1; do not harm~ physical, emotional, and psychological
2; informed consent~ have a right to know they are participating
in the study and what it will consist of
3; voluntary participation~ ppl have the right to decide if they
want to participate in the study
◉ research ethics
, Answer: The application of moral rules and professional codes of
conduct to the collection, analysis, reporting, and publication of
information about research subjects, in particular active
acceptance of subjects' right to privacy, confidentiality, and
informed consent. Until recently sociologists (and social scientists
generally) often displayed arrogance in their treatment of
research subjects, justifying their actions by the search for truth.
◉ variable
Answer: not consistent or having a fixed pattern; liable to change.
◉ social conflict theory
Answer: _______ sees social life as a competition and focuses on the
distribution of resources, power, and inequality.
(Karl Marx)
◉ Economic determinism
Answer: ______ is a theory that economic relationships (such as
being an owner or capitalist, or being a worker or proletarian) are
the foundation on which all other social and political
arrangements are built.
◉ natural experiment
Answer: is an empirical study in which individuals (or clusters of
individuals) exposed to the experimental and control conditions
are determined by nature or by other factors outside the control
