__________ involves aspects of social life that have to do with order, stability, and social
organization that allow societies and groups to hold together and endure.
a. Social dynamics
b. Organic solidarity
c. Social statics
d. Mechanical solidarity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c. Social statics
Herbert Spencer viewed society as a system, having important similarities witha.
a biological organism.
b. a finely tuned automobile.
c. a modern factory.
d. a jigsaw puzzle. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a biological organism.
__________ refers to processes of social life that pattern institutional development and have to
do with social change.
a. Social dynamics
b. Social statics
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c. Organic solidarity
d. Mechanical solidarity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a. Social dynamics
Studies of people's values, beliefs, attitudes, and perceptions most frequently use
a. the survey method.
b. experimental methods.
c. participant observer techniques.
d. archival research. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a. the survey method.
In a research investigation that focused on nannies, sociologist Julia Wrigley combined
_____________ research methods.
a. survey and interview
b. experiment and archival
c. intensive interviewing and participant observation
d. participant observation and survey - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c. intensive interviewing and
participant observation
A researcher must take abstract concepts and translate them into a form that allows them to be
measured. This is the development of a(n)
a. operational definition.
b. theoretical model.
c. conceptual abstraction.
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d. experiment. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a. operational definition.
____________ uses existing records produced by people or organizations other than the
researcher.
a. Experimental design research
b. Participant observation research
c. Archival research
d. Unobtrusive observation. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c. Archival research
In viewing theory and research,
a. theory must be emphasized over research.
b. hard research is the primary emphasis of science; theory tends to be an afterthought.
c. theory is mainly an "educated guessing game."
d. both theory and research are necessary for the scientific enterprise. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔d. both theory and research are necessary for the scientific enterprise.
Feminist research methods include a commitment to
a. include women's lives in social research.
b. reduce inequality.
c. minimize research exploitation.
d. All of the choices are correct. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d. All of the choices are correct.
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Examining how the aging of the American population affects jobs and promotions for younger
people in an historical context would be an example of using
a. social psychology.
b. microsociology.
c. macrosociology.
d. clinical psychological analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c. macrosociology.
__________ research design provides the best opportunity for researchers to obtain data to
accept or reject a hypothesis.
a. The survey
b. Archival
c. The experiment
d. Participant observation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c. The experiment
The scientific study of social interactions and of social organization is called
a. psychology.
b. sociology.
c. sociometry.
d. socialism. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b. sociology.
Which of the following was NOT one of Ann Meier's operational hypotheses?
a. More permissive attitudes toward having sex will increase the probability of having sex.
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