Sociologist William Graham Sumner wrote that give us discipline and support of routine and habit if ...

Sociologist William Graham Sumner wrote that  give us discipline and support of routine and habit if we were forced constantly to make decisions about these details, the burden would be unbearable..
 
  a. folkways
  b. values
  c. mores
  d. beliefs

Question 2

In research, a sample is defined as:
 
  a. all the people who share a particular characteristic of research interest.
  b. two or more people who share the same values.
  c. the portion of the total population chosen for study.
  d. the one case or person that best represents a particular social category.
  e. a small group of volunteers for the study.

Question 3

Signs that read No Smoking, Honk Horn to Open, and Emergency Exit Only specify
 
  a. values.
  b. norms.
  c. beliefs.
  d. mores.

Question 4

The main advantage of experiments in social research is that:
 
  a. people tend to act more naturally in laboratory settings.
  b. researchers have control over the variables of the study.
  c. interactions of large groups can easily be studied.
  d. it is the least expensive form of research design.
  e. subjects respond most honestly.

Question 5

are ideas that people accept as true about how the world operates and about the place of the individual in it.
 
  a. Beliefs
  b. Values
  c. Norms
  d. Symbols

Question 6

Which of the following research designs is least used by sociologists?
 
  a. survey research
  b. participant observation
  c. controlled experiment
  d. structured interview
  e. secondary analysis