Sociology Exam 2 Review

Question 1

To show cause & effect relationships, its necessary to have experimental control of variables

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true

Question 2

It's difficult to establish all cause and effect relationships in a social situation because...

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most patterns of behavior are caused by many factors

Question 3

Qualitative research has special appeal to investigators who favor...

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the symbolic-interaction approach

Question 4

One group hears music, the other doesn't in a study, The group hearing music would be...

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the experimental group

Question 5

Method that saves the time & expense of data gathering, but researcher has no control over bias

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Secondary analysis of existing sources

Question 6

Whenever 2 variables are statistically related, a cuse-and-effect relationship always exists

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false

Question 7

In real life, sociologists always achieve complete personal objectivity in their work...

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false

Question 8

You want to study people in a certain neighborhood...you have lots of time & little money

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You'd do participant observation

Question 9

The sociological perspective coupled to research reveals that...

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much of what passes for "common sense" is partly wrong

Question 10

A researcher never stops to think about the possible importance of gender in a study...

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gender blindness

Question 11

Sociologist who called on colleagues to be "value-free" on conduct of research...

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Max Weber

Question 12

In measuring the age of a number of respondents taking a survey, "age" would be...

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a variable

Question 13

In every situation, the mean is a better statistical measure that the mode or median...

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false

Question 14

Small number of people used to represent a much larger population...

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sample

Question 15

2 variables are said to display correlation if...

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they vary together

Question 16

Method that's likey to be the most difficult to replicate (repeat)....

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participant observation

Question 17

Interpretive sociology focuses less on action & more on meaning people attach to their actions

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true

Question 18

In a questionnaire, "Please state your opinions on extent of economic inequality" is an example

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of an open ended format

Question 19

The ideal of objectivitiy means that a researcher must...

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try to adopt a neutral stance toward the research outcome

Question 20

Method best used to study what can't be directly observed, like attitudes, values, etc...

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The survey

Question 21

With regard to the process of measurement...

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for meausrment to be valid, it must be reliable

Question 22

"Do you think government should spend less on defense & more on health care?"

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Problem is that 2 different questions are asked

Question 23

Scientific sociology...

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favors quantative data

Question 24

Scientific methodology is most closely linked to...

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structural-functional theory

Question 25

Just walking up to people on the street is a convenient & correct way to create a random sample

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false

Question 26

Critical sociology studies society and tries to bring about social change

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true

Question 27

Sociological research can never be harmful to subjects

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false

Question 28

The logic & methodology of science guarantee sociologial research results in objective truth

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false

Question 29

The value that occurs midway in a series of numbers arranged from smallest to largest...

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median

Question 30

A false correlation between 2 variables caused by a 3rd variable is a "spurious" correlation

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true

Question 31

A theory states that increasing a person's higher education results in increased earnings...

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higher education is the independent variable

Question 32

The sociologist recognizes that there are various kinds of "truth"...

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true

Question 33

Critical sociology can best be described as a(n) ________ approach...

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activist

Question 34

A study draws conclusions about all humanity based on research using only females as subjects

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overgeneralization

Question 35

Neutralizing the effect of 1 variable to assess the relationhip between 2 other variables...

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is called the control

Question 36

A statement of a possible relationship between 2 or more variables....

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hypothesis

Question 37

Repeating research done by someone else in order to assess accuracy of that research....

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replication

Question 38

From the list: 1,2,3,4,10....What is the median value?

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3

Question 39

Inductive logical thought involves...

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transforming specific observations into general theory

Question 40

Sociologists use the term "emperical evidence" to refer to...

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information we can verify with our senses

Question 41

Refers to deciding exactly what is to be measured when assigning value to a variable...

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operationalizing

Question 42

In a cause-and-effect relationship...

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the independent variable must come before the dependent one

Question 43

The very act of observing people may affect their behavior

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true

Question 44

A variable that is changed by another variable is called the "independent variable"

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false

Question 45

Any change in a subject's behavior caused by awareness of being studied....

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the Hawthorne effect

Question 46

"Empirical evidence" refers to what people in a society agree is true...

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false

Question 47

In the process of measurement, reliability refers to...

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whether repeating the measurement yields consistent results

Question 48

In a questionnaire, asking respondents to indentify income level from a number of categories...

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a closed-ended question format

Question 49

Method used in Zimbardo's study, "The Stanford County Prison"...

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an experiment

Question 50

The value that occurs most often in a series of numbers...

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mode

Sociology Exam 2 Review

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Sociology Exam 2 Review

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