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Describe how positivism is used in the social sciences.
 
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What events in the late nineteenth century contributed to the emergence of the discipline of sociology?
 
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What is the sociological imagination?
 
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What is the difference between microsociology and macrosociology?
 
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What is the relationship between individuals and society?
 
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Symbolic interactionists studying income inequality would argue that it has always existed, and that it is only recently that we have considered policies to eliminate it.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism complement each other by highlighting different aspects of society.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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Answer to q. 1

Positivism is the use of scientific observation and experimentation in the study of social behavior. It is one foundation of the scientific method.

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The cataclysmic changes brought on by the Industrial and French Revolutions had widespread impacts on European societies. The early European sociologists sought to understand the causes and implications of these changes.

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The sociological imagination is a concept, introduced by C. Wright Mills, that refers to a person's ability to place their own experience within the context of the larger society.

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Microsociology is concerned with the study of people as they interact in daily life. Macrosociology, on the other hand, focuses solely on groups without regard to the interaction of the people involved. As a result, microsociology studies relationships among people within groups, while macrosociology does not.

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While people are affected by social structures, individuals are active, thinking beings who also have an impact on the social structure. The influence between members of society and the social structure is a two-way street.

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