Fact or Bluff? (Invitation to Sociology)

A common assumption about sociology is that it is connected with occupations that deal with people.

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If someone has a malevolent (malicious) and misanthropic (unfriendly) outlook in life, they could not become a sociologist.

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Sociological understanding is recommended to limited professions involving social work.

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A good sociologist, like a good spy, report not what they find but what their superior wants to hear.

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Sociologists, as social reformers, could be employed by governments to become a brainwasher or to wipe out another race.

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Statistical data in sociological research could be used to generalize social conditions and changes.

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Because we are all well acquainted with the social institutions that surround us, our perception of them is usually accurate.

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Sociologists often invent new words to describe social concepts and occurrences.

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The "ideal" sociologist is someone concerned with understanding the society in a "disciplined" way.

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In sociological studies, one must move past the familiar day-to-day activities and explore the unfamiliar to discover something new in society.

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