Assignment
Question 1. __________ authority distributes power to various positions created in society.
Legal-rational
Traditional
Charismatic
Sociological
Question 2. Howard Becker's term for special interest groups that have a vested interest in the promotion of their personal values, which often result in the creation of new norms, is
the moral majority.
social promoters.
moral entrepreneurs.
symbolic crusaders.
Question 3. Which of the following is not a limitation of observational studies?
Most sociologists do not consider observational studies to be "real science" or take this method seriously.
Observations made by the researcher cannot be judged to be representative of the group as a whole.
People may modify their behavior because they know (or suspect) they are being observed.
The observed parties did not consent to participate in the study.
Question 4. Survey research may suffer from __________, which means that people answer questions in a way they think will make them look good.
the halo effect
the placebo effect
social desirability bias
selection bias
Question 5. What sits at the nine o'clock position on the wheel of science?
Hypothesis
Empirical generalizations
Observations
Theory
Question 6. In an experiment, the __________ group has the independent variable changed.
experimental
outcome
control
sample
Question 7. ___________ tell us we should not laugh at funerals; __________ tell us we should not kill other human beings.
Functionalists; mores
Culture; folkways
Mores; folkways
Folkways; mores
Question 8. __________ is/are the system of relationships that band people together.
Culture
Symbols
Society
Networks
Question 9. _________ is any range of defined positions in a group or society.
A status
An identity
A role
A norm
Question 10. In his famous article about a North American body-obsessed tribe called the Nacirema, anthropologist Horace Miner discussed which of the following occupations?
Personal trainer
Psychologist
Dentist
Stripper.