Update
_________________________ pioneered research on suicide demonstrating the
importance of social integration. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Emile Durkheim
Identify the three sociologists below who played a part in the development of
sociology's structural-functional paradigm. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Auguste
Comte, Herbert Spencer, Emile Durkheim
Which theoretical approach is of a micro-level orientation? - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----Symbolic interaction
,Which of the following is the definition for the term positivism? - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----A way of understanding based on science
_________________________ refer to relatively stable patterns of social
behavior. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Social structures
Using a ______________________________, is understanding human behavior by
placing it within its broader social context. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----
Sociological perspective
Robert Merton pointed out that social processes often have multiple purposes.
How did he identify them? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Manifest function, latent
function, and social dysfunction
The __________________________ serve as a guide for sociologists in
determining ethical courses of action in various contexts. - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----ASA's General Principles for Research
Which of the following is not a potential benefit of separating study participants
into groups randomly? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----The researcher has no
control over who is in the groups
, Which of the following most closely conveys the point of the Sapir-Whorf thesis? -
---✔✔✔ANSWER----People relate to the world through language, which is
cultural
When there is culture change, a group's __________________ usually changes
first. - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Material culture
Which term do sociologists use to refer to coming across something new? - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----Discovery
Standards by which people who share culture define what is desirable, good, and
beautiful are called - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Values
Chris Langan's story illustrates that - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----in reference to
success, socialization can be more influential that intelligence.
A _______________ consists of people who are in contact with one another,
share ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving as well as interests or goals. - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----Social group
Suppose you don't particularly care about your classes, but you go through the
motions because your family expects you to. Your behavior would be an example
of - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Ritualism