Chapter 1 Practice Quiz

. Which term does C. Wright Mills use to refer to the social problems that arise in society?

. Which term refers to the culture of society's elite?

. Which term refers to a system of behaviour, beliefs, knowledge, practices, values, and materials?

. From a sociological perspective, which of the following is true about religion in society?

. In which research method does a researcher ask each participant the same set of questions and records their responses?

. Durkheim argued that when regulation in a society is excessively low, individuals commit which type of suicide?

. Which of the following groups is NOT considered a part of a subculture?

. Research methods often employed by sociologists include which of the following?

. Which term refers to the largest-scale human group that shares a common geographic territory and common institutions?

. Research questions focus on the relationship between which two main types of variables?

. Auguste Comte invented the word "sociology."

. Many sociologists use survey to study documents such as newspapers, historical letters, or other types of texts.

. Society is based on interactions that can occur at numerous levels including neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces.

. Qualitative research focuses on things that can be counted whereas quantitative research focuses on the social processes of a small number of cases.

. Humans have the ability to make their own choices, but their choices are limited by larger social forces such as family, the economy, gender norms, and the education system.

. C. Wright Mills argued that we can't understand our own lives and biographies by understanding the larger history of our society.

. Harold Garfinkel's breaching experiments refer to breaking a social rule to reveal the unrecognized way by which all individuals cooperate to maintain the smooth functioning of social interactions and order.

. Sociology and other social sciences include two major types of research: qualitative and quantitative.

. Some scholars and activists believe we must move away from the term "visible minority" and use another term, such as "racialized people."

. "Homophily" is the term suggesting that most people couple with and marry people who are similar to them.

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