Soc Q1 Review 2022-23

Match the following terms with the correct definition.

• Social sciences

• The disciplines that use the scientific method to explore the social world

• Theories

• Observation that happens in an everyday location

• Naturalistic observation

• Research method based on questionnaires that are administered to a sample of respondents selected from a target population

• Surveys

• A relationship between two variables

• Correlation

• Ideas that explain the social world and make predictions about the future

Match the following terms with the correct definitions.

• Sociological perspective

• Relies on a single case and can make detailed observations over a period of time

• Causation

• The systematic or scientific study of human society and social behavior

• Case study

• A relationship where one variable will cause another variable to change

• Sociological imagination

• A quality of the mind that allows us to understand the relationship between our individual circumstances and larger social forces

• Sociology

• A way of looking at the world through a sociological lens

Social inequality is the

• unequal distribution of wealth, power, or prestige among members of a society.

• equal balance of power and wealth among all society members.

• the arrangement or classification of something into different groups.

• the differences seen in a particular society in the case of religion, culture, economic status, etc.

Which is NOT a social science?

• Sociology

• Chemistry

• Psychology

• Anthropology

Microsociology focuses on large-scale social interactions that affect the individual.

• True

• False

Pre-collected data is used primarily in

• participant observation.

• case studies.

• secondary analysis.

• surveys.

It is optional for the Code of Ethics to be followed by sociologists.

• True

• False

What does the American Sociological Association do?

• Organizes participants for experiments.

• Pays laboratories to allow sociological research to be done.

• Selects which sociological experiments will be conducted every year.

• Determines ethical standards for sociological research in the US.

Spurious correlation is when a relationship between two variables is actually caused by a(n) ___ variable

• independent

• dependent

• non-existent

• third

The measure of the relationship between two variables is called causation.

• True

• False