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In suicide, sociology Emile Durkheim documented that a high scuidie rate was symptomatic of a large scale social problem. This research was in direct contradiction to the historically held notion that suicide was due to psychological illness.
True
As illustrated in the opening story of chapter 3, it is possible for food to serve as a symbolic represention of culture.
True
Language, beliefs, values, rules of behavior, family patterns and political systems are examples of material culture.
False
Chicago school sociology ___________ is creditied with the founding of Hull House, one of thue most famous settlemens houes in an impoverished area of Chicago.
Jane Adams
___________ is the belief that those species of animals, including human beings, best adaptered to their environment survive and propser, wheras those poorly adapted die out.
Social Darwinism
Which sociology won a nobel prize for their work with the underprivilaged.
Karl Marx
Convenitional experiments require that subjects be divided into 2 groups, control group contains the subjects who are exposed to the independent variable and experimental group vice versa.
False
THe first step in qualitative research involves the researcher:

A. Begining with a general approach rather than a highly detailed plan.
B. Conducting a literature review
C. Gaining access to people or other resources that may provide datea.
Appropriating funding from a government agency
A
In France, the englightenment was dominated by a group of thinkers referred to collectively as the philosophes. For the most part, these men were optimistic about the future believing that human society could be improved through ...
Scientific studies
Mead divided the self into three parts, the ID, ego, and super ego
False
The Sapir-Whorf theory has suggested that language expressed our thoughts and perceptions but has little influence on our perception of reality
True
Examples of _________ include the beatniks of the 1950's the flower childre of the 60's and the drug enthusiasts of the 70's and memers of nonmainstream religious sects or cults.
Countercultures
Sociology Emile Durkheim emphasized that individual acts of suicide provide better explanations for suicide than do suicide rates.
False
Widespread unemployment and massive, nationwide consumer debt are examples of _______________
Public issues
___________ theorists assert that students have different experiences in the school system depending on their social class, their racial background, the neighborhood in which they live, and their sex/gender
Conflict
As presented in the text the most significant agents of socialization are genetic makeup, school, friends, and religiou.
False
The researcher has developed the hypothesis that homicide rates increase as the rate of unemployment increases. THe rate of unemployment would be considered the __________ variable and the homicide rate would be considered the ________ variable
Independent, dependent
Although the women of that day were categorically excluded from much of public life in France, some women strongly influenced hte philosophes and their thinking through their participating in the _______________ - an open house held to stimulate discussion and intellectual debate.
Salon
Term that refers to the cultural heritage or identity of a group and is based on factors such as language or country of origin.
Ethnicity
In ______ sampling the researcher interview a few individuals who possess a certain characteristic, these interviewees are then asked to supply the names of others with the same characteristic. This process continues until the sample is an acceptable size and no new information of any signifiance is being gained.
SNowball