JCJC Sociology Midterm Stacy Ruth Exam
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Talcott Parsons was influential in - answerShifting sociology from reform to theory
The subjects in an experiment who are exposed to the independent variable make up the -
answerExperimental group
In the research model, spe...
The independent variable causes a change in the - answer✔dependent variable
Robert Merton used the term _____ for the harmful consequences of people's actions. -
answer✔Dysfunction
In secondary analysis, researchers analyze data collected by - answer✔Others
In a _________, everyone in the target population had the same chance of being included in the study -
answer✔Random sample
Police reports, photographs, and videos are examples of __________ used by researchers -
answer✔Documents
A world within the larger world of the dominant culture is a - answer✔Subculture
Some of the values and norms of a _____ place it at odds with the dominant culture. -
answer✔Counterculture
Which statement about the origin of values is true? - answer✔Values are unrelated to the conditions of
society
"In God We Trust" appears on American money. This reflects the the core value of - answer✔Religiosity
Paul loved to party at Mardi Gras, even if he was not involved in making a float or anything else. The
atmosphere on the street was just so different, so easy. He had a great time. At such a(n) _____, the
rules were loosened. - answer✔Moral holiday
The human potential movement reflects the emerging _________ value. - answer✔Self-fulfillment
In cultural leveling - answer✔cultures become more and more similar to one another
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis states that - answer✔language has ways of looking at the world embedded
within it
_______ would be part of material culture - answer✔Hairstyles
________ refer(s) to values, norms, of other cultural traits found everywhere - answer✔Cultural
universals
The core value of education has - answer✔changed over the years, until today a college education is
considered an appropriate goal for most Americans.
If you kill another person, you have violated a society's - answer✔Mores
A term for rules of behavior is - answer✔Norms
How is our nine-month school year a living example of a culture lag? - answer✔The length of the school
year was determined by the farming culture of the late 1800's
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