SOCI 201 Quiz 1
SOCI 201 Quiz 1 Viewing and Interpreting Social Problems
Covers the Textbook material from Module 1: Week 1.
- In an experiment, who are those people not exposed to a particular experience?
- Monica believes that a fetus has the potential to become a human being. Monica is
- When researchers focus on how the relationships we share with family, friends, and coworkers shape our lives, they are examining a(n)
- What are the aspects of society that can be measured or experienced?
- The ways of doing research are known as __________.
- Jason is conducting a study on gambling. He allows each participant in his study to talk in-depth about their experiences with gambling. Which method is Jason using to gather information?
- The development of alternative strategies occurs during which stage in the natural history of social problems?
- The team of sociologists at Florida State University is gathering information on the number of homeless people in the southern region of the United States. These researchers are
- When Joan Hayes argued that the abortion issue was about the right of pregnant women to choose whether or not to have a baby, this represented which stage of the natural development of social problems?
- Ibrahim, like many people in our society, believes that as people age they become less interested in sexual activity. This idea that is held by a large percentage of the population is an example of
- Marco is looking for a framework for organizing the facts that he has learned about academic success and parental income. Marco is pursuing a
- Priya believes that patriarchy and oppression exist because our institutions socialize men and women into believing oppressive ideology. Priya is a
- Ophelia points out that our society rewards those who perform in the workplace, not in the home. She goes on to say that women’s traditional work in the home is not respected because it often produces intangibles. Ophelia holds the viewpoints of
- Mildred is a 74-year-old woman in good health. When asked whom she expects to take care of her when she can no longer care for herself, Mildred (like most elderly Americans) expects that she will be taken care of by her
- Which theorist believes that conflict is inevitable among people who have close relationships?
- When we take the role of people in general, we are taking on the role of the
- What are the unintended consequences of people’s actions that disrupt a system’s equilibrium?
- Tameka teaches her children that people come to view themselves as they think others perceive them. Tameka is teaching her children about
- The elderly became a political force when they were organized into a collective group. Which of the following individuals organized them as a political force?
- Early in our history, problems of old age were considered to be __________.