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Tam is able to attend a highly competitive post-secondary institution because his parents have enough income to pay the tuition. Lai is only able to attend night classes at a less competitive post-secondary school because she has to work during the day to pay tuition. Which statement best describes this scenario? a) Tam and Lai are experiencing different social contexts. b) Lai will likely attain a higher social status than Tam. c) Tam and Lai have the same social status. d) Both Tam and Lai...

1. The ___ perspective emphasizes the social contents in which people live. a. Societal b. Sociological c. Natural sciences d. Ethnocentric - correct answers b 2. A group of people who share a culture and a territory is known as a(n) a. Global group b. Extended family group c. Society d. Global village - correct answers c 1. The ___ uses objective, systematic observations to test theories a. Naturalistic method b. Common-sense method c. Scientific method d. Research-free...

sociology - correct answers the scientific study of human society and social behavior society - correct answers a group of people who shape their lives in aggregated and patterned ways that distinguish their group from other groups social sciences - correct answers the disciplines that use the scientific method to examine the social world, in contrast to the natural sciences, which examine the physical world sociological perspective - correct answers a way of looking at the world throug...

sociology - correct answers the systematic study of human society sociological perspective - correct answers sociology's special point of view that sees general patterns of society in the lives of particular people global perspective - correct answers the study of the larger world and our society's place in it high income countries - correct answers the nations with the highest overall standards of living middle income countries - correct answers nations with a standard of living a...

Sociology - correct answers Study of social life, social change, and social causes and consequences of human behavior. C. Wright Mills - correct answers Social Imagination enables us to grasp the connection between history and biography. History- each society is located in a broad stream of events Biography- experiences within the historical settings, which gives us our orientations in life. Emile Durkheim - correct answers Suicide/ Types of Solidarity -first goal- get sociology recog...

How do we define sociology? - correct answers the scientific study of people and society Who coined the term sociology? - correct answers Auguste Comte When did sociology develop as a discipline? - correct answers 1838 Under what contexts/conditions did sociology develop as a discipline? - correct answers during social, political, and intellectual change (French and Industrial Revolutions); time of social upheaval (rapid social change) Who is Comte? Why is he important to sociology? ...

Sociology - correct answers Systematic study of human society Sociological Perspective/Imagination - correct answers Look at broader patterns that impact you, and how society effects you. Religion, family, etc., shape how you are. C. W. Mills - correct answers Proposed Sociological Perspective Suicide - Personal Trouble - correct answers Many consider it to be the result of personal problems Suicide - Public Issue - correct answers Durkheim related suicide to cohesiveness of society ...

Being completely objective while conducting research is probably not possible. Which of the following may influence a sociologist's research results? a. the research design b. the participants c. all of these d. the research question - correct answers c. all of these Extreme ethnocentrism: a. may result in violence, including terrorism, war, and genocide b. has not been studied by sociologists (yet!) c. is found primarily in less developed countries d. is rare - correct answers a...

sociology - correct answers the systematic study of human society sociological perspective - correct answers the ability to see the general (patterns of society) in the particular (people) functions of the sociological persepective - correct answers helps us access the truth of "common sense", helps us see the opportunities and constraints in our lives, empowers us to be active participants in our society, helps us live in a diverse world positivism - correct answers a scientific appr...

Sociology - correct answers Social science that studies human society and social behavior Social interaction - correct answers How ppl relate 2 1 another & influence each other's behavior Sociological imagination - correct answers Ability to see connection btw larger world and personal lives Social Darwinism - correct answers Perspective that says societies evolve toward stability and perfection Theory - correct answers Systematic explanation of the relationship among phenomena M...