Sociology is considered a science because it answers logical questions with evidence obtained from experiments and/or systematic observation.

Testifying in court is an example of social interaction.

If you decide not to wear jeans to a formal dinner because you think your friends would not approve, you are engaging in social structure.

The Industrial Revolution completely and forever changed society and the way people lived.

Attempting to understand something from the point of view of individuals being studied is part of critical thinking.

Karl Marx stated that members of a society share a set of core values and that social strains result when people behave in ways that are in conflict with these core values.

Members of a society may experience mechanical solidarity during times of great social change.

Max Weber stated that increased rationality in society led to greater efficiency.

One of the things American children learn in school is how to be patriotic. This is a latent function of the American education system.

Karl Marx stated that social change occurred only through revolution.

Functionalist theory advocates that conflict actually holds society together.

Qualitative research methods are not scientific. (Pp. 18-19)

To make a statement about the American people, a survey researcher should poll every member of the population.

A sample is any group a researcher is studying.