SOCL 1100 Test 1 Review

Sociology is...

• the non- scientific study of an individual behaviour.

• predicting the future.

• the scientific study of human society and social behavior.

• the non- scientific study of human society.

The term sociology was coined by...

• Max Weber.

• Émile Durkheim.

• Peter Berger.

• Auguste Comte.

Socialization is a process that begins at birth and ends at death

• True

• False

It is the end of the school year and Maria just received the perfect attendance award. This award for following the rules is an example of:

• sanction

• folkway

• more

• norm

Judging another culture exclusively by the standards of one’s own culture is called ethnocentrism.

• True

• False

A theory is...

• a set of propositions intended to explain a fact or phenomenon and is based on social research.

• related to mathematics.

• a piece of fact.

• a relationship between two variables.

There are two main approaches to social research...

• assumptive and presumptive.

• quantitative and qualitative.

• imaginative and speculative.

• scientific and non - scientific.

Qualitative research method is the scientific method to gather numerical data.

• True

• False

Sociologists develop a theory that offers

• an opinion about the relationship between two variables.

• prejudice.

• just an opinion.

• a general explanation of a social phenomenon.

Social structure is the organized pattern of social relationships and social institutions that together compose society.

• True

• False