SOC 1113 OU Exam with 100% correct answers 2024

What is sociology? correct answers the study of society and social interaction Wright Mills once said that sociologists need to develop a sociological _________ to study how society affects individuals correct answers imagination A sociologist defines society as a group of people who reside in a defined area, share a culture, and who: correct answers interact Seeing patterns means that a sociologist needs to be able to: correct answers identify similarities in how social groups respond to social pressure What was a topic of study in early sociology? correct answers economics Which founder of sociology believed societies changed due to class struggle? correct answers Karl Marx The difference between positivism and antipositivism relates to: correct answers whether sociological studies can predict or improve society What would a quantitative sociologists use to gather data? correct answers a large survey Weber believed humans could not be studied purely objectively because they were influenced by: correct answers their culture What theory is most likely to look at the social world on a micro level? correct answers Symbolic interactionism Who believed that the history of society was one of class struggle? correct answers Karl Marx Who coined the phrase symbolic interactionism? correct answers Herbert Blumer A symbolic interactionist may compare social interactions to: correct answers theatrical roles What research technique would most likely be used by a symbolic interactionist? correct answers Participant observation Kenneth and Mamie Clark used sociological research to show that segregation was: correct answers harmful