Sociology - Unit 1 , 2 and 3
Which of the following actions relates to maintaining confidentiality in a research study?
Ensuring that information that could cause a study's participant to be identified is not published
Which of the following is the principle behind pursuing a value-free research question?
Research should be objective and not biased by the researcher's values.
Which of the following is the aim of quantitative research methods in sociology?
Gathering data from experiments or studies
Which of the following is true of variables in a sociological study?
The independent variable causes a change in the dependent variable.
Which of the following is true according to Émile Durkheim's view of society?
Society is made up of independent parts that function together to maintain stability.
Which of the following skills will enable you to strengthen your ability to relate to others in the best way possible?
The relationship building skill
Which of the following occurs in participant observation?
The researcher joins in with the activities of the group of people being studied.
Which of the following skills best helps you gain a deeper understanding of yourself so that you can work collaboratively with others?
The self and social awareness skill
According to Robert Merton, which of the following is true of the latent functions of a social process?
They are the indirect effects of a social process.
Which of the following is true of the bourgeoisie in the Marxist view of society?
They own and control the means of production.
Which of the following is the last step in the scientific method?
Use the results obtained to make new predictions and suggest new ways to research the issue further.
From the perspective of conflict theory, what is society built around?
A competition for limited resources
Which of the following is true of paradigms in sociological theory?
A single event can be viewed through different paradigms.
Adrian is a structural functionalist, and Drew is a conflict theorist. How is Adrian's view of society likely to differ from Drew's view of society?
Adrian focuses on how each part of society works to maintain stability, whereas Drew focuses on the inequalities that cause social differences.
Which of the following is a quantitative research method that aims to observe the relationship between an independent variable and a dependent variable?
An experiment
Aster and Jodi are both studying religion within a society. Aster uses the perspective of structural functionalism, whereas Jodi uses symbolic interactionism. Which of the following statements best describes Aster's and Jodi's examination of religion?
Aster examines the role religion plays in promoting social solidarity and stability, whereas Jodi examines the role it plays in shaping a person's life and experiences.
Which of the following was the main idea behind Rousseau's theory about societies?
Authority or power cannot be assigned without consent.
In the scientific method, which of the following is the next step after determining the exact research plan that is to be used to conduct the study?
Collect raw data.
Which of the following steps should a sociologist perform before selecting variables to study?
Deciding on the research questions
Which of the following would sociologists do when undertaking a meta-analysis?
Evaluate all previous studies on a specific subject together
Which of the following is the focus of qualitative research methods in sociology?
Gathering information in a narrative format
What does field research involve?
Gathering primary data from people in their natural environment
What was Emile Durkheim's contribution to the field of sociology?
He suggested that people suffer when they lose their sense of social connection.
Samantha is a sociologist who uses the structural functionalist perspective. She is analyzing the family structure in a particular society. Which of the following is she most likely to focus on?
How the organization of the family contributes to the stable functioning of the society as a whole
Which of the following is a criticism of the structural-functional approach?
It cannot effectively explain how society changes over time.
Which of the following is a drawback of the survey method in sociological research?
It captures what people think and believe but not how they behave in real life.
Which of the following is a criticism of symbolic interactionism?
It does not consider the structural constraints people have while interacting with one another.
Which of the following statements best describes a literature review?
It involves the in-depth analysis of published scholarly or peer-reviewed articles for a specific research topic.
Which of the following is true of a hypothesis?
It is the researcher's guess about the answer to a research question.
Which of the following depicts the micro-level view of society?
Looking at a particular event or circumstances and noting how people interact
Which of the following is a criticism of conflict theory?
It tends to focus on conflict to the exclusion of recognizing stability.
Which of the following is the first step in the scientific method?
Observe and pick an issue to research further.
Which of the following practices should a researcher follow while writing a literature review?
Organize the selected sources either chronologically or by methodology
Which idea was George Herbert Mead's contribution to the field of sociology?
Our sense of "self" comes from our interactions with others.
Which of the following is a key tenet of symbolic interactionism?
People assign different meanings to different things and respond accordingly.
Which of the following quantitative research methods uses a relatively small group of people for testing and is most helpful in obtaining data that are representative of the whole population?
Random sampling
According to conflict theory, how does the structure of society develop?
The disagreements and differences between groups in society allow people to drive change in society.
Which of the following does the theory of symbolic interactionism focus on?
The meaning people gain in society through social communication
Which of the following skills helps you resolve issues by making decisions only after considering diverse and ethical perspectives?
The problem solving skill
Which of the following is the purpose of an operational definition of a concept?
To provide a basis for measuring the concept in a particular study
Wright Mills' concept of the sociological imagination enables sociologists to __________.
determine how personal problems relate to social issues
If you utilize the sociological imagination as proposed by C. Wright Mills, you would connect your personal problems with __________.
historical trends
According to the concept of sociological imagination, the term "issues" relates to __________.
social and cultural factors that are beyond a person's control