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Which of the following is likely to occur as a result of the computer revolution in the United States ?
A. a restriction in the amount of information available to the general public
B. a plateauing of the amount of automation the workplace
C. a centralized accumulation of power in the hands of those who have access to computers
D. an increased involvement in society by people with disabilities
Which of these statements best represents C. Wright-Mills,s idea of the sociological imagination ?
A. understanding the differences between the classical theorists
B. bringing together private troubles and public issues
C. seeing the social world as one made up of Social facts
D. avoiding explanations based on individual psychology
According to Strain theory, ____ are those individuals who have traditional success goals but substitute deviant means by which to achieve them ?
A. ritualists
B. ret realists
C. rebels
D. innovators
E. conformists
Which sociological perspective argues that to whatever extent religion actually does influence social behavior it reinforces existing patterns of dominance and inequality ?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. each of the above
Structural-Functionalists describe society as_____________?
A. a complex network of interaction at a micro-level
B. a source of conflict inequality and alienation
C. an unstable structure of social relations
D. a normative framework of roles and institutions
Max Weber,s pioneering work The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is an example of______________?
A. Macro-level analysis
B. micro-level analysis
C. resurgent fundamentalism
D. the interactionist approach to religion
The difference between horticulture and agriculture is________________?
A. Agriculture employs machinery but horticulture not
B. Horticulture employs machinery and other tools
C. Horticulture only depends on humans for cultivation
D. a and c both
In an experiment two groups are identical except for the change that researchers introduce into one group That group is called______________?
A. the contaminated group
B. the control groups
C. the experimental group
D. the neutral standard
Collecting information regarding crime control from several countries would be a good example of a(n)_________________?
A. ethnography
B. field research
C. an international approach
D. content analysis
E. comparative approach
Sociology________________?
A. has been to study social interaction for over 500 years.
B. Is the scientific study of social interaction and organization?
C. has little bearing on public policy
D. is most useful when applied to abstract -as opposed to practical matters
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