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Socl 2001 Final- O'connell

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Sociology is ____.
the scientific study of the social causes and consequences of human behavior
Imagine you are interested in the topic of pregnancy. Which question is NOT a question you'd expect to answer using a sociological perspective?
how does brain functioning affect parent style
Which of these topics would you expect to be studied in sociology?
gender inequality, development of hip-hop, human response to disaster (D- all above)
Who is associated with conflict theory?
Marx
sociological imagination is ____.
about thinking beyond individual, helpful understanding individual behaviors, the awareness of the relationship between personal experience & society (D- all above)
Scientific methods are used ____.
to understand a relationship
A ____ is a more specific, testable version of ____.
hypothesis, proposition
If you find out that there is more crime on days when there are more ice-cream sales, but that there's actually a 3rd variable that helps explain both variables separately, then you describe the initial relationship as ____.
spurious
Research conducted using data collected through observation is considered to be ____.
qualitative research
Reactivity is ____.
reactions to being studied
Dyads & triads require ____ structure & rules than/ as groups w/ 10 or more people.
less
Research has found that women w/ more women in their social network are ____ likely to hear about job opportunities than women with more men in their social networks.
less
A concept that suggests the benefits of smaller groups (& conversely the downside of larger groups) is referred to as ____.
social loafing
Social structure refuses to ____.
the arrangements of the components of society
Organizations and institutions are associated with ____ sociology, whereas the concepts of social status and roles are more associated with ____ sociology.
macro, micro
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