SOC 100 WEEK 2 QUIZ 2

18 Jun SOC 100 WEEK 2 QUIZ 2

Question 1

_____ reasoning starts from specific data and tries to identify larger patterns from which to derive more general theories.

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Logical

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Inductive

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Ground-level

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Deductive

Question 2

The term used to summarize a set of phenomena is:

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Definition

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Concept

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Operationalization

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Pattern

Question 3

The process of gathering empirical (scientific and specific) data, creating theories, and rigorously testing theories is known as:

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Sociological method

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Scientific method

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Data collection

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Theoretical reasoning

Question 4

A detailed conversation designed to obtain in-depth information about a person and his or her activities is referred to as:

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Interview

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In-depth discussion

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Questionnaire

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Observation

Question 5

_____ reasoning starts from broad theories but proceeds to break them down into more specific and testable hypotheses.

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Deductive

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Hypothesis

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Inductive

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Grand theory

Question 6

Random sampling refers to:

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When a researcher chooses subjects by picking names out of the phone book

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When everyone in the population of interest has an equal chance of being chosen for the study

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When the sample does not represent the population because the subjects have been chosen randomly, rather than logically and systemically

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When the size of the sample is chosen based on what similar studies used

Question 7

The repetition of a previous study using a different sample or population to verify or refute the original findings is referred to as:

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Verification

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Replication

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Validation

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Reliability

Question 8

The idea that concepts and measurement accurately represent what they claim to represent is referred to as:

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Replication

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Validity

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Reliability

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Falsifiability

Question 9

Abstract and general standards in society that define ideal principles such as right and wrong are referred to as:

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Laws

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Public opinions

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Religious beliefs

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Values

Question 10

_____ theorists would argue that elites use culture to gain or maintain power over other groups.

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Marxist

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Conflict

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Symbolic Interactionist

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Functionalist

Question 11

The beliefs, norms, behaviors, and products common to the members of a particular group are referred to as:

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Ethnicity

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Culture

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Society

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Class

Question 12

Particular ideas that people accept as true are referred to as:

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Religion

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Cultural norms

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Values

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Beliefs

Question 13

The abstract creations of human cultures, including ideas about behavior and living, are referred to as:

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Philosophy

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Nonmaterial culture

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Material culture

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Theory

Question 14

The contradiction between the goals of ideal culture and the practices of real culture is referred to as:

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Ideal-real inconsistency

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Cultural inconsistency

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Cultural contradiction

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Ideal-real disconnect

Question 15

Commitment to respecting cultural differences rather than submerging them into a larger, dominant culture is referred to as:

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Multiculturalism

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Cultural relativism

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Ethnocentrism

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Tolerance

Question 16

Common rules of a culture that govern the behavior of people belonging to it are referred to as:

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Laws

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Beliefs

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Norms

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Values