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SOC 101 Exam Study Guide
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
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
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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
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
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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 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
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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
__________ is the relative location of a person or group within the larger society, based on
wealth, power, prestige, or other valued resources. - Answer✔✔-Class
is the study of social life in its natural setting: observing and interviewing people where they
live, work, and play. - Answer✔✔-Field research
Many of the nations of Africa and Asia, particularly India and the People's Republic of China
where people typically work the land, are examples of __________ countries. - Answer✔✔-low-
income
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SOC 101 Exam Study Guide
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
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
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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
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
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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 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
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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
__________ is the relative location of a person or group within the larger society, based on
wealth, power, prestige, or other valued resources. - Answer✔✔-Class
is the study of social life in its natural setting: observing and interviewing people where they
live, work, and play. - Answer✔✔-Field research
Many of the nations of Africa and Asia, particularly India and the People's Republic of China
where people typically work the land, are examples of __________ countries. - Answer✔✔-low-
income
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