Sociologists use the term ______ to describe the order established in social groups at any level.
a. social interaction
b. infrastructure
c. social design
d. social organization
Question 2John has diabetes. The cost of treating it is _________ .
a. more expensive than preventing it
b. less expensive than preventing it
c. unrelated to preventing it
d. more profitable than preventing it
Question 3Which of these would interest a sociologist who prefers macroanalysis of social interaction?
a. The pattern and content of cliques in a high school
b. How laws governing family leave have affected families in the U.S.
c. How members of a gang feel about the crimes they commit
d. The daily lives of people in a homeless shelter
Question 4The field of ____________ studies these social dimensions of health and illness, the social organization of health care institutions, and the inequality of access to quality health care.
a. therapeutic sociology
b. medical sociology
c. homoeopathic sociology
d. healing sociology
Question 5Which of these is an example of something a sociologist would consider from the microlevel analysis of social interaction?
a. Day to day life in a sorority house
b. Poverty in the U.S.
c. The causes of homelessness
d. Rates of urban crime
Question 6The research that The Bell Curve by Herrnstein and Murray was based on is considered flawed by many because
a. the studies included only fraternal twins, not identical twins.
b. twins raised in similar social environments were more similar than those raised in very different social environments.
c. the twins that were studied were too diverse in terms of sex and racial or ethnic background.
d. only White, middle-class twins were studied.
Question 7Sociologists who study the large patterns of social interactions that are vast, complex, and highly differentiated are using _____.
a. microanalysis
b. macroanalysis
c. content analysis
d. organic analysis
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