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Sociology

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Sociology is: the study of individual behavior. the study of personal issues and illnesses. the nonscientific study of small group interactions the scientific study of society and social behavior. the scientific study of society and social behavior.
If you are a researcher interested in the relationship between cultural values and national suicide rates, your analysis will likely focus on social processes occurring at which level? Micro level Macro Level Macro Level
Dramaturgy, a term describing the strategic presentation of ourselves to others, is related to which school of thought? structural functionalism conflict theory symbolic interactionism queer theory structural functionalism ---?---
The sociological imagination gives us a way to look at the world beyond our own personal experience. True False True
What are paradigms? specific research methods broad theoretical perspectives dominant sociological applications all of the above none of the above ---?---
Macrosociological theory is the study of grand social behavior, such as social order, social change, and social inequality. True False True
research that works with nonnumerical data such as texts, field notes, interview transcripts, photographs, and tape recordings; this type of research more often tries to understand how people make sense of their world qualitative research
a thorough search through previously published studies relevant to a particular topic literature review
a procedure for acquiring knowledge that emphasizes collecting concrete data through observation and experimentation scientific method
a naturalistic method based on studying people in their own environment in order to understand the meanings they attribute to their activities; also the written work that results from the study ethnography
a methodology associated with ethnography whereby the researcher both observes and becomes a member in a social setting participant observation
a process for interviewing a number of participants together that also allows for interaction among group members focus group
A sample is... the members of the target population who will actually be studied
A deductive approach is an approach whereby the researcher formulates a hypothesis first and then gathers data to test that hypothesis,inductive approach is an approach whereby the researcher gathers data first, then formulates a theory to fit the data. True
A particular type of probability sample in which every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected is a... simple random sample
the factor that is predicted to cause change independent variable
the factor that is changed (or not) by the independent variable dependent variable
the members of a test group who receive the experimental treatment experimental group
the members of a test group who are allowed to continue without intervention so that they can be compared with the experimental group control group
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