A hypothesis can be defined as:
  • Interactionist
  • Secondary data analysis
  • A testable proposition
  • Frame alignment process
Alona is examining the impact of the 2011 Penn State scandal on student morale and school spirit by distributing number-scaled surveys in her Introduction to Sociology class. Alona is employing a _____ research method.
  • manifest; latent
  • Auguste Comte
  • Quantitative
  • Figuration
Which theorist claimed that people rise to their proper level in society based solely on personal merit?
  • Symbolic interactionist
  • Émile Durkheim
  • A group of friends traveling to New York City for the weekend
  • Resistance
Sociology is defined as the:
  • Systematic study of society and social interaction.
  • A group of friends traveling to New York City for the weekend
  • Resistance
  • Symbolic interactionist
Max Weber, Georg Simmel, and Karl Marx were all advocates of:
  • Resource mobilization theory
  • Constructivism
  • Karl Marx; Communism
  • Conflict theory
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is a non-profit organization located in Washington, D.C. which advocates for equal rights and marriage rights of gay, lesbian, transgender, and bisexual citizens. The HRC is a ____ group:
  • Ethnography
  • Motivational
  • Figuration
  • Reform
What approach is often used to understand what's defined as deviant within a society?
  • Interactionist
  • Constructivism
  • Karl Marx; Communism
  • Resource mobilization theory
Assembling perspective falls under which sociological perspective?
  • Disease
  • Figuration
  • Motivational
  • Interactionist
When news of Proposition 8 broke in California in 2008, hundreds of thousands of protestors came together using Twitter, Facebook, and the media to get their message of protest out. Which stage of Blumer and Tilly's social movement outline represents this?
  • Coalescence stage
  • Secondary data analysis
  • Independent variable
  • The Hawthorne Effect
What is the importance of interpretive framework?
  • To ensure the financial gain of the researchers
  • Gathering data from government studies
  • It leads to in-depth knowledge of a participant's social world.
  • A practice of remaining impartial, without bias or judgment during the course of a study and in publishing results.
Which of the following is an example of nonreactive research?
  • Disease
  • To ensure the financial gain of the researchers
  • It leads to in-depth knowledge of a participant's social world.
  • Gathering data from government studies
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is an animal rights group that has over 2 million members across the country and spends millions of dollars on advertising (print, broadcast and social media) in order to spread social awareness about their cause each year. Which theory attempts to explain PETA's success?
  • Resource mobilization theory
  • Secondary data analysis
  • Constructivism
  • Karl Marx; Communism
Alexis wants to research the 1960's feminist movement. She reads articles from the time period, watches documentaries, reads scholarly journals on the topic, and interviews influential women from the movement. What kind of research method is Alexis using?
  • Secondary data analysis
  • Coalescence stage
  • The Hawthorne Effect
  • Frame alignment process
Which of the following is not a widely contributing factor in social change?
  • Disease
  • Interactionist
  • To ensure the financial gain of the researchers
  • Gathering data from government studies
Crowds who share opportunities to express emotions are a:
  • Interactionist
  • Participant observation
  • A testable proposition
  • expressive crowd
The National Organization for Marriage is a group which travels across the country, condemning homosexuality and advocating against new laws allowing gay marriage. What type of movement are they participating in?
  • Systematic study of society and social interaction.
  • A group of friends traveling to New York City for the weekend
  • Symbolic interactionist
  • Resistance
Thomas wants to better understand the trends in literacy rates in Baltimore city over the past 50 years using Baltimore city data. What type of research should Thomas conduct?
  • Independent variable
  • Secondary data analysis
  • Frame alignment process
  • The Hawthorne Effect
Please define C. Wright Mill's sociological imagination.
  • It leads to in-depth knowledge of a participant's social world.
  • A practice of remaining impartial, without bias or judgment during the course of a study and in publishing results.
  • Gathering data from government studies
  • How individuals understand their own and others' pasts in relation to history and social structure.
Which of the following is an example of a convergence cluster?
  • Resistance
  • Émile Durkheim
  • A group of friends traveling to New York City for the weekend
  • Systematic study of society and social interaction.
After weeks of protest in Zuccotti Park, NYC's "Occupy Wall Street" divided into two camps: one composed of higher income protestors, and one composed of lower-income protesters. A ______ would be most interested in the relationship and nature of day-to- day exchanges between the two groups.
  • Émile Durkheim
  • Symbolic interactionist
  • Systematic study of society and social interaction.
  • Resistance
Quincia is studying how of the lack of comprehensive sex education is affecting a small, rural town in North Dakota. She spends two months in the town, observing and interviewing the townspeople. Quincia is conducting a(n) ¬¬¬¬_____.
  • Quantitative
  • Secondary data analysis
  • Ethnography
  • Figuration
Kendra is researching the effects of vitamin C on test-taking ability. Before the exam, Kendra gives group A orange juice, and group B water. Vitamin C is the ______.
  • Independent variable
  • Coalescence stage
  • Secondary data analysis
  • Frame alignment process
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