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The sounds coming from a bird leads a speaker of English to think that the bird is singing, while it leads a speaker of Korean to think that the bird is weeping.. This difference supports the
 
  a. linguistic relativity hypothesis.
  b. existence of counter cultures.
  c. idea of institutional completeness.
  d. reentry shock concept.

Question 2

You would like to do a study of household size among the population of the state of Illinois. Which type of study method would be appropriate?
 
  a. unstructured interviews
  b. cross-sectional study
  c. longitudinal study
  d. scientific experiment
  e. participant observation

Question 3

No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality.. This sentence applies to
 
  a. cultural diffusion.
  b. the linguistic relativity hypothesis.
  c. culture shock.
  d. ethnocentrism.

Question 4

Max Weber argued that sociologists need to:
 
  a. become more personally involved in their research.
  b. rely on their morals to decide which scientific findings should be accepted as true.
  c. clearly state their personal values before beginning their research study.
  d. refrain from including their personal values into the research process.
  e. take on research for those social causes for which they are certain to help society's powerless persons who have no other spokesperson.

Question 5

North Korean president Kim Il-Sung was raised a Christian and even played the church organ. After taking power, Kim completely wiped out Christianity from his country. This example supports the view that
 
  a. people are cultural replicas of one another.
  b. there are cultural formulas for passing on cultural experiences.
  c. people are passive agents who absorb one version of culture.
  d. people have the power to reject, manipulate, and create culture.

Question 6

You just read a study which reports that marijuana use leads to heroin addiction. After a careful examination of the literature, you are unable to find any other researcher who has been able to duplicate these results. You may conclude that this study lacks:
 
  a. reliability.
  b. representation.
  c. cohesiveness.
  d. validity.
  e. legality.