Week 1 Quiz

Sociology is the scientific study of...

• biosocial development

• individual behavior

• social behavior & human groups

• psychological function of society

Auguste Comte is associated with the development of...

• conflict theory.

• positivism, which is a scientific approach to knowledge based on facts as approached to mere speculation.

• interpretism.

• critical.

A theoretical approach (aka sociological paradigm) is a...

• a basic image of society that guides thinking and research.

• way to scientifically study society.

• what Weber thought off to describe society.

• measurable variable.

Which one of the following is not a sociological paradigm?

• Structural- Functionalism

• Symbolic-Interactionism

• Positive-Constructivism

• Social-Conflict Theory

What do micro perspectives focus on?

• the big picture

• large scale patterns that characterize society as a whole

• gross little swamp creatures you can see under a microscope

• small scale social interactions

A spurious correlation is an

• a causal relationship between two variables

• apparent but false relationship between two variables

• a shockingly strong association between two variables

The main idea of Structural-Functionalism is that...

• Society progresses because of class conflict

• Everything in society has a function

• Society is the result of everyday interactions

• Society is a conflict between men and women

Which one of the following social changes did not propel society?

• Urban Growth

• Industrial Revolution

• Rise of Violence

• Political Change

The validity of a study is an assessment of...

• how accurate the measurement is.

• how repeatable the measurement is.

The reliability of a study is an assessment of...

• how accurate the measurement is.

• how repeatable a measurement is.