The closest social science to Sociology is ..........
Anthropology
Auguste Comte is called .........
The Father of Sociology
The 3rd step in Sociological research is ...........
Hypothesis
Surveys can be interviews or ..........
questionnaires
In statistical analysis the most repeated number is called ...........
mode
Comte was heavily influenced by the
______________ Movement
Enlightenment
The fall of the Roman Empire can be linked to the weakening of __________, as internal divisions grew stronger than unity
Assabiyyah
According to Mills, A student struggling with tuition fees is an example of a personal trouble, but the rising cost of education is a __________
public issue
Calculate the mean for the following numbers 10,20,30,40
25
The
______________ is the number that divides the data into two equal parts.
median
The concept of 'Asabiyyah initially referred to social bonds in Bedouin tribes, but it evolved to refer to ......
Solidarity
When using observational studies, researchers who become part of the group being studied are engaging in
______________.
participant observation
In a(n)
______________, the data is gathered under controlled conditions,
Experiment
The concept that a theory must be supported with facts, which Comte emphasized, is known as ......
Verifiability
The type of variable that causes changes in another variable is the
______________ variable.
independent
A
______________ exists when a change in one variable is regularly associated with a change in another variable.
Correlation
Auguste Comte, the "Father of Sociology," first named the discipline
______________ before coining the term "sociology".
Social Physics
Unlike ______________, which is based on individual, non-systematic opinions, sociology uses systematic study to understand the world.
common sense
According to Ibn Khaldun, civilizations rise when groups are united but collapse when __________ overpowers collective interests.
self interest
When a researcher studies whether social media use increases loneliness, the dependent variable is __________
loneliness
A recent university graduate, feeling like a personal failure for being unable to secure a job, sees her situation as a ______________. However, C. Wright Mills' encourages her to step back and recognize that if 40% of her graduating class is also unemployed, the problem is actually a ______________ rooted in a weak national economy.
personal problem (private)
Social issue (public)
Observing how students behave in a cafeteria without interfering is an example of __________ observation
detached
A sociologist observes the particular action of a group of teenagers who all choose to buy the same brand of expensive athletic shoes. By connecting this specific, individual purchase choice to the broader cultural patterns followed by this social class, the sociologist is practicing the concept of ______________
seeing the general in the particular
According to ASA, protecting participants’ identities in a research study ensures __________ as one of the main ethics that researchers shall consider
Confidentiality
Based on the concept .......... , a sociologist questions the notion that romantic love is the only "natural" basis for marriage, asking instead why so many cultures institutionalize this practice with formal contracts and laws that determine property rights.
seeing the strange in the familiar