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\----is the view that generalizations are valid only if they rely on evidence that can be observed directly or verified through our senses.

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Empiricism
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The main goal of sociology is to:

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Understand the forces that mold individuals and shape their behavior
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According to -----, the talk of the sociological imagination is to see the relationship between individual experiences and larger social forces

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C.Wright Mills
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The Sociological imagination asks us to

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Broaden our perspective beyond individual experience
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Which of the following social sciences is interested in employment, recession, inflation, and price indices?

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Economics
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Both sociologist and historian are interested in past. Using a recent military war as a case for investigation, a sociologist would be interested in:

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The impact of war on political attitude and events in the united states
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why did sociology as a discipline emerge?

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Rapid social change was occurring, There was a need for a systemic analysis of society, People were affected by the impact of discovering how others lived (ABC)

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According to Auguste Comte, social statistics was the study of

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How the institutions in society are interrelated
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According to Auguste Comete, the focus of social dynamics

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How societies develop and change over time
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This sociologist published theory and practice of society in america which was based on traveling through 19th century america and conducting an analysis of day-to-day life, customs, and lifestyles

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Harriet Marineau
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Of the following theorists, who believed that the entire history of human societies could be seen as a history of struggles between those who own and control the means of production and those who do the work?
Karl Marx
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Which of the following sociological perspectives views society as a system of highly interrelated structures or arts that operate together?
Functionalism
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Karl Marx predicted that eventually
workers would organize and take control of the economy
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Sociologically, the positive connection between hours of study and students test scores demonstrates ________ preparing before taking examinations.
A Manifest function of
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where hillsides have been cleared to provide lumber for housing boom, rain often causes mudslides. Sociologist would regard mudslides as
A latent outcome of that method of cutting trees on hillsides where rain is a possibility
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Karl MXarx View of societies is considered the basis for which the following perspectives is sociology
Conflict
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W.E.B Du Bois argued for the acceptance of African American into
All areas of society
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A symbolic interactionist would be most likely to ask which of the following questions?
What messages are communicated to students by the structure in which education takes place?
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Which of the following perspectives is concerned primarily with the meaning that people place on their own and one another's behavior
symbolic interactionism
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The main purpose of a paradigm in to to
Provide a model or conceptual framework for asking questions and guiding research
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Social Darwinism attribute ones lack of success to
the inferiority of the individual
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C.Wright Mills used the term-- to refer to the relationship between individual experiences and focus in the larger society that shape our actions
social imagination
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did robert k martin call “social processes that contribute to the on going operation or maintenance of society”
Social Functions
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who is noted pioneer in the development of the science of sociology
all of the above
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Which sociological perspective is focused on how individuals make sense of or interpret the social world
interactionist
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\n The Functionalist perspective and--- can be thought of as opposite sides of the same coin.
Conflict theory
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In order to understand other people we must stop looking at the world from an indivdual experience
True
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herbert spencer was well known for saying that society resenbles a living organism in its structure and operations
True
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sociology became recognized in the united states in the beginning of the the twenieth century
true
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sociology developed in europe during a time of peace and social tranquility
false
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The industrial revolution had an impact on the development of sociology
true
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sociologist use the scientific method in their research
false