Sociology Test 1

A student wrote a term paper based on a systematic examination of letters to the editor in the local paper. This type of study illustrates:

content analysis

The famous American anthropologist Margaret Mead once said that America is the best place to raise a female child. While many Americans would agree with her, people from other countries might accuse her of being:

ethnocentric.

Lucy has volunteered at the local crisis center. While she is performing as a volunteer, she is given permission to gather data on the number of women who report being abused, and the number of women who later participated in counseling. Lucy is using __________ as a method of gathering data.

Participant observation

Durkheim theorized that the rapidly changing conditions of modern life lead to anomie. How did he define anomie?

a condition in which social control becomes ineffective due to loss of shared values