Sociology Chapter 1 Test

Principles of conduct concerning what is good, moral, or right is called _________.

• ethics

• sample

• function

• variable

A small number of people drawn from the larger population is called __________.

• Variable

• Symbol

• Function

• Sample

Way of looking at the world that sees connections among the private concerns of individuals and social issues is called _____________.

• Latent Functions

• Scientific Method

• Sociological Imagination

• Conflict Perspective

Point of view in sociology that emphasizes competing interests, power, and inequality is called __________.

• Conflict Perspective

• Interactionist Perspective

• Socuial Darwinism

• Manifest Functions

Related disciplines that study human behavior is called _________?

• Political Science

• Anthropology

• Social Sciences

• Sociology

Prediction about the relationship between two or more variables is called _________.

• Dysfunction

• Hypothesis

• Variable

• Function

Work or purpose of an aspect of society that meets a social need is called _________.

• Function

• Variable

• Hypothesis

• Dysfunction

Measurable trait that is subject to change under different conditions is called _________.

• Ethics

• Symbol

• Sample

• Variable

Activity that threatens the stability of a society is called ________?

• Function

• Dysfunction

• Symbol

• Variable

Something that stands for or represent something else is called a __________?

• Social Facts

• Latent Functions

• Symbol

• Social Responsibility