What is the term for an objective and judicious approach to empirical evidence?

The relatively permanent components of society, such as family and government, are called:

Which sociologist warned that the cost of increased rationality in society included bureaucracies' inability to replace the warmth of an extended family?

According to Marx, assembly line workers see their job as repetitive and boring, and they feel a lack of control over their work. This is known as:

Durkheim was concerned that the Industrial Revolution would cause which social condition?

In small farming villages the division of labor is simple and the residents share similar values. This is an example of:

Kevin is a plummer who lives in a complex industrial society. When his car breaks down he seeks the help of a mechanic. According to Durkheim, what connects Kevin to other members of his society?

Which perspective views society as an organism in which each part functions to maintain the cohesion of the whole?

Originally, the purpose of summer break for school children was to allow them to help on the family farm. Which term is best described by this situation?

Though most American children no longer live on farms, schools continue to be closed in summer. One result of this is that millions of American families plan their yearly vacations in the summer. This is an example of:

In studying social order, which perspective would examine the power relationships between those who make laws and those who are punished by the laws?

Which perspective views social change as a regular feature of social life that often occurs due to struggles between the powerful and powerless?

Surveys and controlled experiments are tools used by which research method?

Which describes a sample that contains the same proportions of a given characteristic as that of the population?

Dr. Brown designs an experiment to test the effect of taking a women's studies class on attitudes toward women. He divides the participants into two groups: one that takes the class and one that does not. The group that does not take the class is called the:

In which of the following sampling techniques does everyone in the population have an equal chance of selection?

The Literary Digest poll predicted that in the 1936 election the Republican presidential candidate would beat the Democratic candidate. What caused this error?

Which of the following was NOT part of the set of guidelines created by the American Sociological Association to protect people involved in research?

The ability to control the behavior of others, even against their will, is called:

Which sociologist created two subdivisions for sociology: applied sociology and pure sociology?