Sociology Kahoot

What must there be for a survey to be considered valid?

A high response rate

Which social theorist sought to bring the scientific method to the discipline of sociology?

Auguste Comte

_____ is the economic system that emerged during the Industrial Revolution

Capitalism

Why can sociologists who conduct interviews only gather data from a limited number of people?

Interviews are very time consuming.

What is a weakness of the sociological approach?

It attempts to grasp things that everyday actors understand implicitly.

In the scientific method for sociological research what step should be taken after formulating a research question?

Review the literature relevant to the topic

According to C. Wright Mills, what is one quality of mind that all great sociologists possess?

Sociological imagination

What makes sociology exceptional among the social sciences?

Sociology entails a big intellectual territory making it more comprehensive.

This school of thought believes that society is a stable ecosystem of structures that contribute to the balance of the whole.

Structural functionalism

Which of the following theories views society as a whole unit made up of interrelated parts that work together?

Structural functionalism

A researcher must identify a target population before engaging in sampling. What is the target population?

The larger group of people about whom they wish to generalize.

The scientific method involves

The procedure for acquiring and collecting scientific data.

Ethnography and participant observation are often used interchangeably.

True

What are researchers doing when they use a social networking site like Facebook to obtain data?

Using existing sources

According to the theoretical position developed by Karl Marx, what is the catalyst for social change?

Conflict between social groups

Critical race theory is associated with which of the major theoretical perspectives or schools of thought in sociology?

Conflict theory

If changing one variable seems to lead to a change in another variable, this shows _____ but does not necessarily prove _____.

Correlation; causation

______ is the research method that might involve shifting between participating in a social situation and being an observer.

Ethnography

The sociological imagination conceived by C. wright Mills incorporates the ideas of biography and autobiography.

False

If conducting research, what steps must you take to follow the scientific method?

Form a hypothesis, define variables, choose research method, and collect data

Metaphorically, what part of sociology is most like a zoom lens on a camera?

Microsociology

If someone makes money exclusively by selling their own labor, then they must be a member of what social group?

Proletariat

______ research would involve observing a group in order to determine its norms, values, rules, and meanings.

Qualitative

What was the most important factor in social life according to Karl Marx?

Relationship to the means of production