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Pregunta 1
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What approach is often used to understand what's defined as deviant within a society?
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Criticism
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Symbolic interactionism
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Constructivism
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Antipositivism
Pregunta 2
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Sociology is defined as the:
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Qualitative analysis of human phenomenon
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Systematic study of society and social interaction
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Quantitative analysis of social transgressions
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Theoretical examination of life's origins
Pregunta 3
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Which of the following men coined the term positivism, and is widely considered the father of sociology?
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Auguste Comte
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Karl Marx
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Max Weber
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Émile Durkheim
Pregunta 4
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Please define C. Wright Mill's sociological imagination.
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The theory that man evolved slowly over time.
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The process of analyzing human behavior based solely on statistics.
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A series of interviews asking subjects about their sleep habits and dreams.
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How individuals understand their own and others' past in relation to history and social structure.
Pregunta 5
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A hypothesis can be defined as:
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A way to explain different aspects of social interactions
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A testable proposition
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An attempt to explain large-scale relationships
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Philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and experiments performed in support of them
Pregunta 6
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A paradigm can be defines as:
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Philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them.
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The social ties that bind a group of people together such as kinship, shared location, and religion
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The consequences of social process that are sought or anticipated
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Social patterns that have undesirable consequences for the operation of society
Pregunta 7
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Jeremy wrote an essay criticizing the college admissions process, arguing that heavy competition and limited educational resources make admission difficult for the average student. Which perspective would Jeremy's argument fall under?
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Structural Functionalism
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Conflict Theory
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Symbolic Interactionism
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Behaviorism
Pregunta 8
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Which theorist claimed that people arise to their proper level in society based solely on personal merit?
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Karl Marx
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Max Weber
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Herbert Spencer
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Émile Durkheim
Pregunta 9
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_________ view society as a structure with interrelated parts designed to meet the biological and social needs of individuals who make up that society.
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Symbolic Interactionists
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Conflict Theorists
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Structural Functionalists
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Social Individualists
Pregunta 10
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After weeks of protest in Zuccoti Park, MYC's "Occupy Wall Street" divided into two camps: one composed of higher income protestors, and one composed of lower-income protestors. A ______ would be most interested in the relationship and nature of day-to-day exchanges between the two groups.
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Conflict theorist
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Structural Functionalist
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Symbolic Interactionist
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Feminist Conflict Theorist
Pregunta 11
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Alexis wants to research the 1960's feminist movement. She reads articles from the time period, watches documentaries, reads scholarly journals on the topic, and interviews influential women form the movement. What kind of research method is Alexis using?
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Ethnography
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Surveys
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Experiments
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Secondary data analysis
Pregunta 12
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Reliability is defined by the test as:
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How ell the study measures what it was designed to measure
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How long the study is expected to remain relevant and influential
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How close the study's results come to the experimenter's hypothesis
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A measure of a study's consistency that considers how likely results are to be replicated if a study is reproduced.
Pregunta 13
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Quincia is studying how of the lack of comprehensive sex education is affecting a small, rural town in North Dakota. She spends two months in the town, observing and interviewing the townspeople. Quincia is conducting a(n) ______.
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Ethnography
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Case Study
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Experiment
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Secondary data analysis
Pregunta 14
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Tyson is researching whether actors on prime-time television and hit movies negatively impact teenagers' body images. He is going undercover at a local high school to observe and participate with the students to better understand the world they live in. Tyson is conducting which research method?
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Surveys
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Field Research
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Experiments
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Secondary data analysis
Pregunta 15
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Miquel is doing a research paper on New York City's Stone Wall riots of 1969. He visits the scene of the riots, interviews people who were there, reads the police reports of the event, and watches video footage. Miquel is conducting a(n) ______.
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Case study
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Overview
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Experiment
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Data analysis
Pregunta 16
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Which of the following is not a purpose of the American Sociological Association's code of ethics?
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TO guarantee the safety of their participants
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To maintain value neutrality
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To ensure the financial gain of the researchers
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To foster professionally responsible scholarship in sociology
Pregunta 17
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Which of the following is an example of an unethical sociological research practice?
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Conducting a literature review prior to conducting an experiment
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Drawing conclusions from a study which the hypothesis did not predict
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Observing study participants without the consent
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Using a control group and an experimental group during observation
Pregunta 18
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What is the importance of interpretive framework?
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It leads to in-deapth knowledge of a participant's social world.
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It eliminates the need for a literature review.
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It relies on statistics to determine causal relationships.
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It prevents researchers from making unethical decisions.
Pregunta 19
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Kevin conducted a study on whether the length of the line at a local Starbucks attested how well the customers enjoyed their coffee after receiving it. Malcolm conducted the study at his local Starbucks, and found the same results. Kevin's study has a high level of _______.
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Literacy
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Validity
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Interpretation
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Reliability
Pregunta 20
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In order to better understand the sorority pledging process at her university for her sociology thesis, Carmen pledges with a popular sorority. This is an example of _____.
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Literature review
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Participant observation
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Secondary data analysis
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Dependent variables
Pregunta 21
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Society and culture _______.
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Could not exist without each other
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Are unrelated
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Are the same thing
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Could not exist together
Pregunta 22
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Elise travels across Thailand with her friends and, to her surprise, finds the country quiet unlike the United States. "I hate the food," she tells her family at home. "I hate the language. i hate the weird customs and awful music. America is clearly the best place to be." This is an example of __________.
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Paradigms
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Xenocentrism
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Moral relativism
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Ethnocentrism
Pregunta 23
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A cultural universal is:
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An object or a belonging of a group.
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A pattern or trait common to all societies.
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The ideas, attitudes and beliefs of a particular society.
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A written document outlining appropriate behavior.
Pregunta 24
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Many Americans pay for haircuts, trips to the dentist, or transportation on the metro and bus systems. These actions support the notion of capitalism, an example of __________.
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Non-material culture
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Material culture
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A cultural universal
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The counterculture
Pregunta 25
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Just and Mitch visit an Amish village on a class trip. "let's see if we can round up some old radios and appliances and drop them off for them later this week. I think they'll appreciate it. They just don't understand what they're missing." Mitch rolls his eyes. Kurt's perspective is an example of _________.
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Behavioral normativity
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Cultural imperialism
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Material culture
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Ideal culture
Pregunta 26
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Which of the following is an example of cultural relativism?
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Ingrid becoming upset over the course language used in the Australian Outback
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Andy marrying a woman who does not practice his religion, though his parents disprove
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Helena putting aside her vegetarianism to eat meals with the local tribe she is studying
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Joseph protesting the Running fo the Bulls while visiting Pamplona.
Pregunta 27
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The term values can be defined as:
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The tenets or convictions that people hold to be true
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A culture's standard for discerning what's good and just in society
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Scripture found within the Bible
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Federal laws and regulations
Pregunta 28
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Janet is visiting her childhood friend in the Hamptons. Janet wears ripped jeans and Chuck Taylors to an infamous "White" party. The majority of party-goers refuse to socialize with her. Janet is experiencing a form of ______.
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Formal sanction
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Xenocentricism
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Social control
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Ethnocentricity
Pregunta 29
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What is one difference between a more and a folkway?
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Mores encourage a social rebellion; folkways do not.
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Mores are legally acceptable to violate folkways are not.
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Mores are constructed based on norms; folkways are not.
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Mores may carry serious consequences if violated; folkways do not.
Pregunta 30
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Which of the following is an example of a counterculture?
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The yuppie craze of the 1980's
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The Kardashian obsession of the 2010's
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The hippie movement of the 1960's
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The disco invasion of the 1970's
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