SOC 1502 Study Questions and Exams

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Scapegoat Theory Shows That Haves And Have Nots Inner City Areas

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3. speak different

languages

4. practise a recognized

religion

Seeing patterns means

that a sociologist needs

to be able to:

1. compare the behaviour

of individuals from

different societies

2. compare one society

to another

3. identify similarities in

how social groups

respond to social

pressure

4. compare individuals to

groups

3. identify similarities in how social groups

respond to social pressure

Which of the following

was a topic of study in

early sociology?

1. astrology

2. economics

3. physics

4. history

2. economics

Which founder of

sociology believed

societies changed due

to class struggle?

1. Émile Comte

2. Karl Marx

3. Plato

4. Herbert Spencer

2.Karl Marx

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Which of the following

best describes sociology

as a subject?

1. the study of individual

behaviour

2. the study of cultures

3. the study of society

and social interaction

4. the study of

economics

3. the study of society and social

interaction

Wright Mills once said

that sociologists need to

develop a sociological

__________ to study how

society affects

individuals.

1. culture

2. imagination

3. method

4.tool

2. Imagination

A sociologist defines

society as a group of

people who reside in a

defined area, share a

culture, and who:

1. interact

2. work in the same

industry

1. interact

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The difference between

positivism and

interpretive sociology

relates to:

1. whether individuals like

or dislike their society

2. whether research

methods use statistical

data or person-toperson research

3. whether sociological

studies can predict or

improve society

4. all of the above

3. whether sociological studies can

predict or improve society

Which would a

quantitative sociologists

use to gather data?

1. a large survey

2. a literature search

3. an in-depth interview

4. a review of television

programs

1. a large survey

Weber believed humans

could not be studied

purely objectively

because they were

influenced by:

1. drugs

2. their culture

3. their genetic makeup

4. the researcher

2.their culture

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