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1. From a sociolo sociological gical perspec perspective, tive, what what we think, think, how how we feel, feel, and what what we say say and do are shaped by our social interactions. True False →
True / False Question 2. Since sociolog sociological ical research research is scienti scientific fic in nature, nature, it it is seldom seldom applied applied to the practical practical matters of everyday life. True False →
True / False Question 3. The collection collection of census and and national national statisti statistical cal data, data, used to determin determinee federal federal and state policies on health, education, and housing, was developed primarily by private telemarketing businesses. True False →
True / False Question 4. Climate Climate change and and other issues issues of environ environmental mental degradat degradation ion are affected affected by social social factors including economic and political power struggles, poverty, population growth, and human value systems. True False →
True / False Question 5. Social organization organization and social social policy policy have no no impact impact on the outcome outcome of a natural natural disaster. True False →
True / False Question 6. Most Africa African n Americans Americans are are not poor; poor; more more than 70 percent of African African America Americans ns live above the poverty line. True False →
True / False Question 7. Elliot Elliot Liebow's Liebow's classic classic study study of low-incom low-incomee urban black black men offers offers an excellent excellent example of how sociological research is limited to g enerating only superficial understandings of social problems like poverty.
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True / False Question 8. Elliot Elliot Liebow's Liebow's study study of streetcor streetcorner ner men demonstr demonstrated ated how sociolo sociological gical research research can help us to see beyond the stereotyped images of African American men. True False →
True / False Question 9. The sociologic sociological al imaginatio imagination n was a concept concept developed developed by C. Wright Wright Mills Mills that that helps us to understand how the creativity of the average American can help us to overcome social obstacles. True False →
True / False Question 10. The sociological imagination was a concept developed by C. Wright Mills that allows us to realize the connection between our personal problems and the public issues and societal arrangements of our time. True False →
True / False Question 11. Microsociology involves the detailed study of what people say, do, and think moment by moment in their everyday lives. True False →
True / False Question 12. Macrosociology focuses on the up-close and personal events of human beings in their private worlds. True False →
True / False Question 13. C. Wright Mills Mills is credited as the founder of sociology. True False →
True / False Question 14. English sociologist Harriet Martineau was an ardent defender of women's rights who supported the idea of making the study of society a scientific enterprise. True False →
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15. Herbert Spencer was an English sociologist sociologist who argued that society was like a living organism made up of many interrelated parts. True False →
True / False Question 16. John D. Rockefeller emphasized the role of class conflict in the formation of history. history. True False →
True / False Question 17. Marx's perspective that that development depends on the the clash of opposing social forces and the subsequent creation of new, more advanced structures is called dialectical materialism. True False →
True / False Question 18. Emile Durkheim was a French psychologist who promoted the idea that suicide was brought on by the mental illness of the individuals committing the act. True False →
True / False Question 19. Sociologist Max Weber used Verstehen to identify the significance significance of understanding the subjective meanings people attach to their behavior. True False →
True / False Question 20. Ideal type is a concept that captures what is good about a social pattern. pattern. True False →
True / False Question 21. One of the most important important contributions of sociologist Max Weber was his insistence insistence on maintaining a "value-free" approach to sociology. True False →
True / False Question 22. While early American sociology was basically optimistic and rooted in a belief in progress, the work of W. E. B. Du Bois helped to promote the need for radical changes in society, particularly the need to eliminate racial inequality. True False →
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True / False Question 23. The founders of Hull House in Chicago, Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr, are credited with assisting the urban poor in that city and developing case studies and demographic mapping as research procedures. True False →
True / False Question 24. During the first 30 years of the twentieth century, century, Chicago sociologists trained an estimated half of the sociologists in the world. True False →
True / False Question 25. The three major frameworks in contemporary sociology are critical theory, feminism, feminism, and socialism. True False →
True / False Question 26. Important developments in feminist theory grew out of awareness that the social experience of gender is not universal. True False →
True / False Question 27. Postmoderism is a sociological framework based on an inherent trust in science and objectivity as potential solutions to social problems. True False →
True / False Question 28. Manifest functions are those consequences that that are neither intended nor recognized. True False →
True / False Question 29. Power is the ability to to control the behavior of others, others, even when it is against their will. True False →
True / False Question 30. Symbolic interactionists say we experience the world as an objective reality, not a social reality.
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True / False Question 31. Sociologists at the beginning of their careers have to choose one of the three primary sociological perspectives and then organize all the ir thoughts about and analyses of human behavior based on that single perspective. True False →
True / False Question 32. An independent independent variable variable is a variable that is affected. affected. True False →
True / False Question 33. Researchers conducting experiments experiments frequently introduce a change into the control group. True False →
True / False Question 34. A stratified random sample provides less precision than a pure random random sample. True False →
True / False Question 35. The first step in the scientific method is determining a research design. True False →
True / False Question 36. The scientific study study of social interactions and of social organization is called psychology. →
sociology. sociometry. socialism.
Multiple Choice Question 37. The ways we think, think, feel, feel, and act are are shaped by our interaction with others. →
entirely determined by our genes. programmed by our parents. unchangeable once we reach adulthood.
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Multiple Choice Question 38. Sociologists Sociologists are concerned concerned about natural natural disasters because because sociology is the science of natural disasters. natural disasters are caused by acts of God and thus cannot be controlled by humans. natural disasters have no impact on humans but do have enormous impact on the environment. social organization and social policy can increase or decrease the effect of natural disasters. →
Multiple Choice Question 39. The "sociological "sociological perspective perspective"" points out that we have absolutely no control over our individual behavior. there is scientific agreement that the subconscious is the principal source of behavioral motivation. as we look beyond outer appearances at what lies beneath, we encounter new levels of social reality. written rules and regulations are the unquestionable roots of behavior. →
Multiple Choice Question 40. Elliot Elliot Liebow's study of streetcorner streetcorner men in Washington, D.C., found that the conventional stereotypes of such people were accurate. their lifestyles were surprisingly middle class. these men believed that success was inevitable. many of our stereotyped images of people are wrong or inaccurate. →
Multiple Choice Question 41. A majority majority of Liebow's "streetcorn "streetcorner er men" were drug addicts and AIDS carriers. unemployed. employed. white derelicts. →
Multiple Choice Question 42. The "sociological imagination" allows us to explore the relationship between personal problems and social and historical events. the global climate. genetic heritage. the psyche. →
Multiple Choice Question 43. C. Wright Wright Mills Mills noted noted that that
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one's personal troubles and public issues are intertwined. we cannot simply look to the "personal character" of individuals to explain such changes in their lives as employment circumstances. the social forces of life play a large role in determining our life experience. All the above are correct.
Multiple Choice Question 44. When sociologists investigate the "big picture" picture" of social groups and societies, they they are said to be engaging in microsociology. macrosociology. ethnomethodology. nonscientific research. →
Multiple Choice Question 45. Microsociolog Microsociologyy is the study of the family in America. large-scale, long-term social processes. up-close and personal studies of people in real-life settings. cultures and societies. →
Multiple Choice Question 46. _________________ is commonly credited with being the founder of sociology. Max Weber Émile Durkheim Harriet Martineau Auguste Comte →
Multiple Choice Question 47. __________ involves aspects of social life that have to do with order, stability, stability, and social organization that allow societies and groups to hold together and endure. Social dynamics Organic solidarity Social statics Mechanical solidarity →
Multiple Choice Question 48. __________ refers to processes of social life that pattern institutional institutional development and have to do with social change. Social dynamics Social statics →
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Organic solidarity Mechanical solidarity Multiple Choice Question 49. The origins origins of sociology sociology are linked linked to the French Revolution. the Industrial Revolution. Neither of the above is correct. Both A and B are correct. →
Multiple Choice Question 50. Auguste Comte Comte and Harriet Martineau Martineau both presented presented sociology sociology as a component of the liberal arts. science. religion. philosophy of humanism. →
Multiple Choice Question 51. Herbert Spencer viewed society as a system, having important similarities similarities with a biological organism. a finely tuned automobile. a modern factory. a jigsaw puzzle. →
Multiple Choice Question 52. Herbert Spencer applied the concept of survival of the fittest fittest to the social world, an approach termed social hedonism. organism. Darwinism. Freudianism. →
Multiple Choice Question 53. Karl Marx focused on _____________ _______________ as a primary primary cause of the evolution of history. physical environments class conflict genetic behavioral codes the psychology of the individual →
Multiple Choice Question 54. Karl Marx soug sought ht to
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prove the value of science in the study of o f human behavior. prove the value of maintaining the status quo in societies. establish new institutions in the service of humanity. show the value of capitalism in developing a more humanitarian society.
Multiple Choice Question 55. Harriet Martineau Martineau was an author concerned with the role of values in American life. a defender of women's rights. a supporter of the study of society as a separate scientific field. All of the above are correct. →
Multiple Choice Question 56. Examining Examining the impact of change in population population size on the growth growth of urban areas would be an example of using social psychology. microsociology. macrosociology. All of the above are correct. →
Multiple Choice Question 57. Which of the following following is viewed by many to be an economic determinist? Karl Marx. Herbert Spencer. William Graham Sumner. William J. Wilson. →
Multiple Choice Question 58. Émile Durkheim Durkheim is often remembered remembered for his scientific scientific study of consumerism. suicide. dialectical materialism. political attitudes. →
Multiple Choice Question 59. Émile Durkheim Durkheim focused focused his sociological sociological work work on why social classes always seem to be in conflict with one another. the way societies seem to be made up of tiny relationship units. how societies hold together and endure. the particular problems of women and minorities. →
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60. Durkhei Durkheim m found that that individuals enmeshed in a web of social bonds are less inclined to suicide than individuals who are weakly integrated into group life. individuals dependent on a web of social bonds are more inclined to suicide than individuals who have a stronger, more self-sufficient sense of self. individuals from cultures emphasizing individual worth are less inclined to suicide than individuals from cultures emphasizing group worth. individuals from cultures with greater economic opportunities are less inclined to suicide than individuals from cultures with fewer economic opportunities. →
Multiple Choice Question 61. A simple, small tribal society would illustrate Durkheim's concept of ______, whereas a modern, complex society would be an example of his concept of ________. rural; urban organic solidarity; mechanical solidarity mechanical solidarity; organic solidarity utopian; rational →
Multiple Choice Question 62. Durkheim's Durkheim's study of of suicide found found that Protestants, people who were unmarried, and soldiers had lower suicide rates than did Catholics, people who were married, and civilians. Protestants, people who were unmarried, and soldiers had higher suicide rates than did Catholics, people who were married, and civilians. there was no statistically significant difference in the suicide rates of the above mentioned groups. There were statistically significant differences in the suicide rates of various groups, but he was unable to draw any conclusions from them. →
Multiple Choice Question 63. For Durkheim, Durkheim, social facts are are individual properties in reality. the tangible, brick-and-mortar institutions of society, like prisons. aspects of social life that cannot be explained in terms of either biological or mental characteristics of people. similar to the Freudian concepts of the Id and Ego. →
Multiple Choice Question 64. Max Weber emphasiz emphasized ed the importance importance of a culturally biased sociology. personally defined sociology.
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value-free sociology. subjective sociology.
Multiple Choice Question 65. Max Weber's term Verstehen describes an approach for understanding objective reality. →
subjective meanings people attach to their actions. people's behavior rather than their values. the social structure outside the individual.
Multiple Choice Question 66. Max Weber's Weber's term Verstehen Verstehen suggests suggests that sociologists must put themselves in the shoes of others to know how they think and feel. →
sociologists, to be objective, must avoid putting themselves in the shoes of others. sociologists must engage in criticism of self in order to understand others. ideal types must be refuted to make sociology a real science. Multiple Choice Question 67. The concept that represents the main features of a phenomenon such as bureaucracy is called Verstehen. Gemeinschaft. →
an ideal type. objectivity.
Multiple Choice Question 68. In regard regard to value-free value-free sociology, sociology, Max Weber Weber argued for experimental research. rejected the scientific model as a basis for sociology. felt that sociologists must see the world as they believe it should be, not as it is. →
argued for objectivity and control of personal biases.
Multiple Choice Question 69. Weber originated the concept of _________, a common but important idea idea that we use to understand social life. economic determinism class conflict suicide →
the Protestant ethic
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Multiple Choice Question 70. American sociologists assumed a critical critical role in the development of sociology during the Middle Ages. Industrial Revolution. American Revolution. →
twentieth century.
Multiple Choice Question 71. Which of the followi following ng is NOT true of W. E. B. Du Bois? Bois? He was a leading African American sociologist. He was a founder of the NAACP. He helped promote the importance of investigative field work in sociology. →
He is best known for his study of streetcorner men in Washington, D.C.
Multiple Choice Question 72. Early American American sociolog sociology y developed a rather pessimistic approach to the study of human behavior. believed that American society was in a lot of trouble. →
used a generally optimistic, forward-looking approach that was rooted in a belief in progress. rejected everything that sociologists in Europe had developed.
Multiple Choice Question 73. ____________ was the first first university to create a department of sociology in the United States. The University of Chicago →
Harvard University The University of Virginia Yale University Multiple Choice Question 74. In the early twentieth century, the women's world of sociology was centered at the University of Chicago. →
Hull House, a Chicago settlement house. Smith College, where only women students were accepted. Vassar College, where all students live on campus and much research could be conducted.
Multiple Choice Question 75. The women of Hull Hull House are credited with inventing the research procedures of
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experiments and surveys. participant and nonparticipant observation. archival and comparative research methods. →
community case studies and demographic mapping.
Multiple Choice Question 76. Founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr, Starr, the Hull House was NOT involved in promotion of women's suffrage, stricter child-labor child-labor laws, and protection of working women. promotion of civic, recreational, and education programs. invention of the research techniques of community case study and demographic mapping. →
housing Chicago's prison population during times of prison overcrowding.
Multiple Choice Question 77. The "new breed" of sociologis sociologists ts of the 1960s and 1970s often often emphasized scientific objectivity in their work. were major supporters of traditional sociology. →
rejected the scientific neutrality view because it was insensitive to social problems and human suffering. despised the theoretical work of C. Wright Mills because they felt it was too reactionary.
Multiple Choice Question 78. Three theoretical frameworks that developed in contemporary sociology include critical theory, feminism, and postmodernism. →
feminism, functionalism, and neolocalism. critical theory, feminism, and posthumanism. postmodernism, theoreticalism, and neoculturalism. Multiple Choice Question 79. Which of the following is NOT correct about critical theory? It grew out of dissatisfaction with Marxism. It criticized sociology because it viewed individuals as passive and helpless entities locked in social structures. →
It grew out of functionalist theory. It grew out of conflict theory.
Multiple Choice Question 80. Femin Feminis ism m
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is viewed as an intellectual movement in the humanities and social sciences. examines women's roles and experiences in society. attempts to avoid theories developed through the experiences and situation of women. →
A and B are correct.
Multiple Choice Question 81. Postmo Postmoder dernis nism m is an intellectual view with a deep distrust of science and the research principle of objectivity. →
is no different from the views of critical theory. assumes the modern period of history is an ongoing, o ngoing, never-ending process. supports the idea that we are entering an age dominated by a goods producing economy. Multiple Choice Question 82. "A set of assumptions, concepts, and statements about the the relationship of various social phenomena" best defines which of o f the following terms? hypothesis experiment →
theoretical perspective social structure
Multiple Choice Question 83. Which of the following is NOT a major theoretical perspective of sociology? functionalism conflict theory interactionism →
behaviorism
Multiple Choice Question 84. The _______ perspective of sociology views society as a system. functionalist →
conflict interactionist behaviorist Multiple Choice Question 85. The _______ perspective focuses on the "micro" or small-scale aspects of social social life. functionalist conflict
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interactionist behaviorist
Multiple Choice Question 86. The _______ perspective focuses on the concepts of wealth, status, and power. functionalist →
conflict interactionist behaviorist
Multiple Choice Question 87. In answer to the question question of how society is possible possible,, functionalists say that consensus regarding core values and norms is the key. conflict theorists say that society is held together in the face of conflicting interests. interactionists say that society isn't possible; small groups are the only reality holding people together. →
A and B are correct.
Multiple Choice Question 88. A core assumption assumption of symbolic interactioni interactionism sm is that people respond to elements in their environment on the basis of the meanings attached to such elements. →
Meaning attached to environmental elements is predetermined. Shared cultural meanings rarely change. All the above are correct. Multiple Choice Question 89. Symbolic interactionists say that we experience the world as a(n) __________ reality. objective experimental →
constructed solid
Multiple Choice Question 90. __________ is a general framework or perspective perspective that provides an explanation for a specific social phenomenon. A research method →
A theory Science Observation
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Multiple Choice Question 91. Sociologists, like other scientists, scientists, assume that ________________ relationships dominate the universe. cause-and-effect →
primary and secondary genetic physical and psychological Multiple Choice Question 92. Which of the following statements is most accurate for the social sciences? Theory always must be emphasized over research. Hard research is the primary emphasis of science, while theory tends to be an afterthought. Theory is mainly an "educated guessing game." →
Both theory and research are necessary for the scientific enterprise.
Multiple Choice Question 93. 93. Theo Theory ry helps to provide explanations for specific social pheno mena. stands in opposition to research. often inspires research that can support or disprove it. →
A and C are correct.
Multiple Choice Question 94. Scienc Sciencee makes the assumption that every event is caused by other events. assumes that under identical conditions, the same cause will always produce the same effect. is a process, and it is a form of o f social behavior. →
All the above are correct.
Multiple Choice Question 95. Something that influences or is influenced influenced by something else else is referred referred to by scientists as a(n) theory. →
variable. survey. hypothesis.
Multiple Choice Question 96. A variable variable that causes an an effect is called called a(n)
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dependent variable. control variable. spurious variable. Multiple Choice Question 97. When testi testing ng hypotheses, hypotheses, scientists try to use their biases to the best advantage. scientists try to determine the connection that exists between d ependent and independent variables.
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scientists are uninterested in variables. scientists are focused on establishing spurious correlations. Multiple Choice Question 98. A correlatio correlation n exists exists when a dependent variable causes change in an independent variable. a lack of control is evident in an experimental research design. a change in one variable is associated with a change in another variable.
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None of the above is correct. Multiple Choice Question 99. Correl Correlati ation on is synonymous with cause and effect. exists if one variable changes and the other remains constant. →
is not necessarily the same as causation. is the equivalent of spuriousness.
Multiple Choice Question 100.Spurious correlations occur when the apparent relationship between two variables is actually produced by a third variable. →
are an ideal toward which researchers strive. are nonexistent in true scientific research. have no bearing on the researcher's search for truth. Multiple Choice Question 101.A predictive statement or question regarding a possible relationship between variables is called a(n) theory. →
hypothesis. sample. experimental design.
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Multiple Choice Question 102.In general, the first step in the scientific method is to select a researchable problem. →
review the literature. formulate a hypothesis. collect data. Multiple Choice Question 103.In surveying the research literature, Ann M. Meier discovered that which of the following is/are important influences on adolescent sexual behavior? being more religious being uneducated →
having more permissive attitudes about sexual activity the availability of contraceptives.
Multiple Choice Question 104.When sociologists discover a correlation between variables, they have established causation. →
not established causation. proven all hypotheses. demonstrated generalization.
Multiple Choice Question 105.When researchers take abstract concepts and translate them into a form that allows them to be measured, they develop a(n) operational definition. →
theoretical model. conceptual abstraction. experiment. Multiple Choice Question 106.Which of the following was NOT one of Ann Meier's operational hypotheses? More permissive attitudes toward having sex will increase the probability of having sex. Having sex will result in adolescents having more p ermissive attitudes about having sex. →
Higher levels of religiosity will increase the probability of having sex. Having sex will decrease the likelihood of being religious.
Multiple Choice Question 107.Experiments, surveys, observation, and archival research represent
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theories. hypotheses. samples. →
research methods.
Multiple Choice Question 108.The research design that provides the best opportunity for researchers to obtain data to accept or reject a hy hypothesis pothesis is the survey. archival. →
the experiment. participant observation.
Multiple Choice Question 109.The research design that best meets the scientific need to control all relevant variables in a study is the survey. archival. →
the experiment. participant observation.
Multiple Choice Question 110.Studies of people's values, beliefs, attitudes, and perceptions most frequently use the survey method. →
experimental methods. participant observer techniques. archival research. Multiple Choice Question 111.A representative sample is an impossible research goal to achieve. →
is a sample that accurately reflects the composition of the people being studied. means the researcher hand-picks the research subjects. is the technique most apt to result in sampling bias.
Multiple Choice Question 112.Observation is NOT a useful scientific technique when it serves a clear research objective. →
reflects the biases and opinions of the observer. is carefully recorded. is done in a systematic manner.
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Multiple Choice Question 113.____________ uses existing records produced by people or organizations other than the researcher. Experimental design research Participant observation research →
Archival research Unobtrusive observation
Multiple Choice Question 114.____________ research methods include a commitment to include women's lives in social research, reduce inequality, and minimize research exploitation. Postmodernist →
Feminist Postmasculinist Archival and historical
Multiple Choice Question 115.Ann Meier's project is best described as a(n) experiment. survey. →
secondary data analysis. observational study.
Multiple Choice Question 116.The American Sociological Association code of ethics does NOT suggest that sociologists should not expose research subjects to risk. →
should not use human subjects in research. should not misuse their professional p rofessional positions. should not deceive students into serving as research subjects.
Multiple Choice Question 117.Ann Meier's investigations support the hypothesis that students who are more religious are more likely to e ngage in sexual activity. →
students who have more positive attitudes about sex are more likely to engage in sexual activity. students who had had their first sexual experiences b ecame less religious. students who had had their first sexual experiences b ecame more religious.
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Multiple Choice Question 118.____________ is not an ethical consideration in sociology. Choosing a biased sample →
Abusing power as a researcher Misleading subjects as to the research purpose Exposing subjects to personal harm Multiple Choice Question 119.The research dilemma confronting sociologists does NOT include how to avoid the distortion of their findings. how to avoid the manipulation of data. the obligation to consider people as ends and not means. →
a lack of researchable questions.
Multiple Choice Question 120.In detail, explain the meaning of the "sociological perspective."
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Essay Question 121.Explain the differences between microsociology and macrosociology.
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Essay Question 122.Contrast the perspectives on society that Karl Marx an d Emile Durkheim used in their work.
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Essay Question 123.Compare and contrast the critical c ritical theory, feminist, and postmodern frameworks of contemporary sociology.
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Essay Question 124.Compare and contrast conflict theory, functionalism, and symbolic interactionism.
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Essay Question 125.List and explain the seven steps in the scientific method.
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Essay Question 126.What is the sociological imagination?
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Essay Question 127.Name four figures from the history of sociology and describe their contributions to the field.
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How do sociologists collect data? Use the b ox on social media, the study of Washington, D.C., streetcorner men, or the report on age at first sex to discuss sociological research.
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Essay Question 129.What is Tally's Corner? What role does it play in sociological research? What insights did it provide, and how?
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