SOC SEM 1 Final — Multiple Choice (2 pts each)

Multiple Choice (2 pts each). What is a key difference between psychology and sociology?

• Psychology is concerned with on-the-ground interaction among people, whereas sociology is only about hard numbers and data.

• Psychology is focused on historical societies, whereas sociology is focused on present-day societies.

• Psychology specializes in internal states of mind while sociology looks at the individual in relationship to external social forces.

• Psychology focuses on social forces whereas sociology focuses on the individual.

Multiple Choice (2 pts each). Sociology can be defined as the systematic and scientific study of human society and social behavior from ________ to ________.

• large-scale institutions; individual interactions

• practical knowledge; scientific knowledge

• individual interactions; small groups

• economics; political science

Multiple Choice (2 pts each). A set of assumptions, theories, and perspectives that make up a way of understanding social reality is a(n)

• paradigm

• pragmatism

• analysis

• profane

Multiple Choice (2 pts each). Which of the following theories focuses on how our behaviors are dependent on the ways we interpret, make sense of, and define ourselves, others, and social situations?

• conflict theory

• symbolic interactionism

• pragmatism

• structural functionalism

Multiple Choice (2 pts each). What sociological theory discusses how a stable system of structures contribute to the equilibrium of society as a whole?

• symbolic interactionism

• dramaturgy

• structural functionalism

• conflict theory

Multiple Choice (2 pts each). Survey research tends to produce quantitative data. One key advantage of this kind of data is that it

• is easy to transmit to the public.

• includes observations and informal interviews.

• allows the researcher to review the literature.

• provides easy access to the norms, values, and meanings held by members of a group.

Multiple Choice (2 pts each). If conducting research, what steps must you take to follow the scientific method? Identify them in the correct order in which you should do them.

• form a hypothesis, define variables, choose research method, collect data

• form a hypothesis, choose research design, define variables, analyze data

• define variables, form a hypothesis, choose research design, review the literature

• analyze data, form a hypothesis, choose research design, define variables

Multiple Choice (2 pts each). Why can sociologists who conduct interviews only gather data from a limited number of people?

• It is impossible to find enough people through a random sample.

• Researchers are only allowed to talk to people who are eighteen and older.

• It is extremely difficult to guarantee confidentiality to individuals in large groups.

• Interviews are very time-consuming.

Multiple Choice (2 pts each). What is an advantage of using interviews as a research method?

• They allow the researcher to maintain strict control of the data-collection process.

• They reveal attitudes and beliefs inaccessible by any other means.

• They can affirm preconceptions and stereotypes.

• They allow researchers to analyze data statistically and draw correlations.

Multiple Choice (2 pts each). If a researcher allows their own values and opinions to affect their analysis, they are guilty of

• theoretical incoherence

• bias

• sampling bias

• failing to obtain informed consent