Exam 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method

Suppose a study of sex and marital happiness in Canada is conducted and only males are interviewed. Drawing conclusions about both men and women based on this research would illustrate:

Canada is a middle-class society in which people are more or less equal.

________ is a logical system that bases knowledge on direct, systematic observation.

An exaggerated description that one applies to all people in some category is referred to as:

What discipline may be described as the systematic study of human society?

Higher education causes greater earnings over a lifetime. In this example, "higher education"is:

A ________ is an educated guess about how variables are linked.

Here is a series of numbers: 1, 2, 2, 3, 7. What is the mode?

A sociologist would say, "In the game of life we deal the hand and play the cards."

What is the term for the systematic plan for conducting research?

According to Comte, society was seen as an expression of God's will in the ________ stage of social development.

Hallgrimsdottir, Phillips, and Benoit's study of media narratives illustrates:

Experiments, surveys, and participant observation generate quantitative, but not qualitative, data.

As a discipline, sociology first took root in:

According to Comte's approach, the work of Galileo and Newton reflects the ________ stage of societal development.

Du Bois's work to raise the standing of Afro-North American people closely follows the approach to social problems that would be taken by:

Informed consent must be obtained from participants after the research begins.

Differences in the social behaviour of women and men reflect "human nature."

Which of the following statements is accurate according to the text's discussion of research with minorities?

The statement that "our social world guides our actions and life choices in much the same way that the seasons influence our clothing"describes: