Sociology Quiz 1

The "framework for building theory that sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change" is which of the following?

A social-conflict approach

The social-conflict approach draws attention to:

Patterns of social inequality

A research method that asks subjects to respond to a series of items in a questionnaire or an interview

Survey

The ideal of objectivity means that a researcher:

must strive to be personally neutral about the outcome of the research

Positivism

A way of understanding the world based on science?

True/False: If two variables are correlated, then one is the cause of the other

False

True/False: Sociologists should make use of only one theoretical approach.

False

True/False: The race-conflict approach helps sociologists see how little racial inequality remains in U.S. society

False

The USA falls under what income nation

High income nations

Question that summarizes the focus of the symbolic-interaction approach?

How do people experience society?

Which of the following phrases best describes the focus of the structural-functional approach?

The consequences of social patterns for the operation of society

Definition of Sociology

The systematic study of human society

What might a sociologist say about why an individual chooses a particular person to marry?

This shows that the social world guides human behavior.

True/False: The sociological perspective helps us assess the truth of the "common sense" beliefs most people take for granted.

True

True/False: The sociologist who stated that the point is not just to understand the world but to change it was Karl Marx

True

True/False: To identify cause-and-effect relationships, it is usually necessary to exercise experimental control of variables

True

True/False: Validity refers to actually measuring exactly what one intends to measure

True

From a sociological perspective, patterns of childbearing around the world suggest that the number of children born to a woman reflects:

Whether she lives in a rich or poor society

The theoretical approach in sociology that views society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability is the:

structural-functional approach

Which theoretical approach highlights the fact that it is not so much what people do that matters as much as the meaning they attach to their behavior?

symbolic-interaction approach