Sophia Intro to Sociology Unit 1 Milestone 1

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Sophia Intro to Sociology Unit 1 Milestone 1 1 Which of the following statements is true of Jane Addams and her work? • CONCEPT Gender Conflict Theory 2 Jim is compiling a bibliography fo... r his research paper on urban homelessness in San Francisco. Jim's bibliography will contain all of his __________, which are the sources of his information. • CONCEPT Evaluating Sources 3 Jamie has collected data on her research interests and has formed a hypothesis. She wants to test whether her hypothesis has merit, so she meets with several interview respondents to discuss her ideas. Which research method is Jamie using? • CONCEPT Research Methods 4 What is the difference between a social structure and a social function? CONCEPT Structural Functional Theory 5 Which of the following relationships occurs when we assume that a change in one variable causes a change in another, but a change in a third, underlying variable is actually responsible for the change? CONCEPT Statistics 6 Which of the following is a micro-level research question? • CONCEPT Symbolic Interaction Theory 7 Shopping and consumer spending are an important part of the U.S. economy. A sociologist who takes the functional approach would note that shopping and consumer spending serve important functions in American society. When considering shopping malls, the functional approach would indicate that a manifest function of malls is to enable purchases of necessary goods (e.g., clothing and household items). Which of the following is an example of a social dysfunction of shopping malls? • CONCEPT Structural Functionalism: Manifest and Latent Functions 8 Which of the following ideas is associated with sociologist Max Weber? • CONCEPT Qualitative Research 9 Which of the following approaches emphasizes issues that arise due to differences between races? • CONCEPT Social Conflict Theory 10 Which of the following is a variable? CONCEPT Measurement 11 Which of the following sociologists used open-ended questions to research participants' experiences of racism in modern American society? CONCEPT Research Methods: Examples 12 Which of the following is an appealing research strategy because the sample grows by word-of-mouth, from known subjects to others who might participate in the study? CONCEPT Conducting Sociological Research 13 Your friend, Fred, asserts that to ensure peace in the United States, we must establish peace in other nations. This is an example of which of the following? CONCEPT Sociology and Sociological and Global Perspectives Defined 14 A __________ orientation is adopted to study large-scale social patterns. CONCEPT Sociological Theory 15 Rita asks four women on the street in Chicago if they are Cubs fans. Three of the four say yes. Based on this, Rita concludes that 75% of all Chicagoans are Cubs fans. This is an example of __________. CONCEPT Gender and Research 16 Which of the following was one of researcher Philip Zimbardo's key findings in the Stanford Prison Experiment? CONCEPT Informed Consent and the Stanford Prison Experiment 17 Which of the following theoretical approaches analyzes how racial conflicts affect society? CONCEPT Race Conflict Theory 18 __________ emphasizes empirical research, which focuses on the use of the scientific method, measurement, and statistics. • CONCEPT Auguste Comte and Positivism 19 Which of the following are the components that form the sociological imagination? • [Show More]

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