sociology quizez 1-7

A hypothesis can be defined as

A testable propsition

Jeremy wrote an essay criticziing the college admissions process, arguing that heavy competition and limited educatuonal resources make admission difficult for the average student. Which perspective would Jeremy's argument fall under?

Conflict-Theory

Please define C. Wright Mill's sociological imagination

How indivisuals understand their own and others pasts in relation to history and social structure.

John wants to study whether a larger numbers of laptops available to students at his school lead to higher grades. Choose the independent and dependent variable.

Independent variable: Number of laptops: Dependent variable, Grades

________ believed that societies grew and changed as a result of the struggles of different social classes over the means of production and greatly favored_____

Karl Marx : communism

Eleanor is researching the effect of social media has on worldwide political awareness and revolution. Felix is examining the effect World of Witchcraft has on the romantic relationships of middle-aged men in his metro areas. Eleanor's analysis is _________, while Felix's analysis is___________.

Macro -level: Micro level

A paradigm can be defined as

Philosphical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them

Alona is examining the impact of the 2011 Penn State scandal on student morale and school spirit by distributing number-scaled surveys in her Introduction of Sociology class. Alona is employing a ________ research method

Quantative

________ view society as a structuire with irrelated parts designed to meet the biological and social needs of indivisuals who make up that society.

Structural Functionalists

A class of third graders is told that the assistant principal will be visiting their class to confirm their teacher's report of bad behavior. when the principal visits, the students behave perfectly. this is an example of ____________.

The Hawthorne Efffect

Which of the follwing is not a purpose of the American Sociological Associtaion's code of ethics?

To ensure the financial gain of the researchers

Political science teacher Mr. Jones asks his students to study how social media can influence public opinion by "following" famous activists, academics, and politicians on Twitter. While reading and exchanging each other's Tweets, some classmates became close friends. The first is an example of the project's ______ function, the second is an example of the project's _______ function.

manifest: latent

Sociology is defined as the

systematic study of society and social interaction