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Sociology - correct answer. is the study of groups and group interactions, societies and social interactions, from small and personal groups
to very large groups. A group of people who live in a defined geographic area, ...
SOC 200 NOVA Exam 1 Questions And
Answers 100% Verified.
Sociology - correct answer. is the study of groups and group interactions, societies
and social interactions, from small and personal groups
to very large groups. A group of people who live in a defined geographic area, who
interact with one another, and who
share a common culture is what sociologists call a society
Who was Auguste Comte and what were his contributions? - correct answer.
Founder of Sociology, focused on social order and change.
Auguste Comte's 'positivism' - correct answer. Comte suggested that all societies
have three basic stages: theological, metaphysical, and scientific. Finally, Comte
believed in positivism, the perspective that societies are based on scientific laws and
principles, and therefore the best way to study society is to use the scientific method.
C. Wright Mills' sociological imagination - correct answer. Sociologists often study
culture using the sociological imagination, which
pioneer sociologist C. Wright Mills described as an awareness of the relationship
between a person's behavior and
experience and the wider culture that shaped the person's choices and perceptions. It's
a way of seeing our own and other
people's behavior in relationship to history and social structure (1959).
Conflict theory - correct answer. Conflict theory looks at society as a competition for
limited resources. This perspective is a macro-level approach most
, identified with the writings of German philosopher and sociologist Karl Marx (1818-
1883), who saw society as being
made up of individuals in different social classes who must compete for social, material,
and political resources such as
food and housing, employment, education, and leisure time.
social institutions - correct answer. or patterns of beliefs and behaviors focused on
meeting social needs, such as government, education, family,
healthcare, religion, and the economy.
Quantitative research methods - correct answer. . For some topics, the researcher
might ask yes-or-no or multiple-choice questions, allowing
subjects to choose possible responses to each question. This kind of quantitative
data—research collected in numerical
form that can be counted—are easy to tabulate. Just count up the number of "yes" and
"no" responses or correct answers,
and chart them into percentages
Qualitative research methods - correct answer. This type of information is qualitative
data—results that are subjective and
often based on what is seen in a natural setting. Qualitative information is harder to
organize and tabulate. The researcher
will end up with a wide range of responses, some of which may be surprising. The
benefit of written opinions, though, is
the wealth of material that they provide.
Karl Marx - correct answer. Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a German philosopher and
economist. In 1848 he and Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)
coauthored the Communist Manifesto. This book is one of the most influential political
manuscripts in history. It also
presents Marx's theory of society, which differed from what Comte proposed.
Karl Marx and communism - correct answer. Marx predicted that inequalities of
capitalism would become so extreme that workers would eventually revolt. This would
lead to the collapse of capitalism, which would be replaced by communism.
Communism is an economic system under
which there is no private or corporate ownership: everything is owned communally and
distributed as needed. Marx
believed that communism was a more equitable system than capitalism.
Macro-level sociology - correct answer. while those using macro-level analysis look
at trends among and between large groups and societies.
In contrast, a macro-level analysis
might research the ways that language use has changed over time or in social media
outlets
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