HDFS 2200 Inquizitive Study Guide
A theorist might point to which social fact to support the consensus perspective?
The two major political parties in the US have existed for decades, and despite strong partisanship, citizens generally follow the governance of either party.
Which of the following roles related to marriage was NOT a role played by the state-established churches in the early European Societies?
Deciding who could marry into which families
A cohort is a group of people who experience an event together at the same time.
True
Because the word family means different things to different people, the textbook provides a broad definition of families as groups of people who are bound by which of the following types of connections?
biological, legal, emotional
One difficulty of studying families is identifying whether something causes something else. In many cases, two things may occur together (such as the use of nightlights and nearsightedness), but one may not cause the other. The process by which social scientists establish an association between two phenomena is known as
correlation
Imagine you are selected to take part in a study, and the researcher asks you to track and report the times of day in which you study, work, relax, interact with family, and interact with friends. What kind of study method would this be?
time use