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"Science" always includes
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Theory and research
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Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding Homans' law of inequality?
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It predicts that emotional attachments will be stronger among people of similar rank
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Consider this statement: "members with close ties to those of another rank tend to be 'outsiders' among those of their own rank." According to the author of your text, this statement
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Is consistent with Homan's law of inequality
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An examination of the date in the Compte convinced Andre Guerry that
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The stability and variation of things such as suicide, crime, and out-of-wedlock births were due in large part to social forces
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According to the author of your text, the "sociological imagination" implies that
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We understand that individuals' choices are often limited and influenced by social realities that are beyond their immediate control
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Sociologists who focus on studying small groups and patterns of face-to-face interaction between humans are called
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Micro sociologists
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A collection of people lacking social relations is an
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Aggregate
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The density and emotional intensity of attachments within a group is called
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Social solidarity
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A social network can be based upon
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Kinship, sexual involvement, and commercial exchanges
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To ensure that they are getting accurate information, sociologists frequently conduct
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Validation research
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Which of the following questions related to the famous sinking of the Titanic would a sociologist be most interested in professionally?
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Why did just about everyone on the ship accept the idea that the women and children should get into the lifeboats and the men should stay behind?
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Which of the following is a major reason why the social sciences developed more slowly than the physical sciences?
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The data needed to do social science was not as readily available as that required by the physical sciences.
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The fact that people are "self aware" means that
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They sometimes change their actions when they are conscious of being observed.
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The final stage in the social scientific research process is
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Assessment
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The author of your text asserts that, when it comes to the questions of free will and individual choices, sociologists generally assume that
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Human behavior is predictable because humans attempt to make choices which they perceive to be reasonable and if human behavior was not predictable it would be random (c and d)
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