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HW 1 AND 2 AND 3 AND 4 FOR SOC 101 FEY...

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HW.1 The first step in the research model is to formulate a hypothesis. False Despite her acclaimed research on social life, until recently Harriet Martineau was best known for translating Comte's works on sociology into English. True Emile Durkheim identified the degree of social integration as the primary variable to explain different rates of suicide within different European nations. True A correlation simply means that two or more variables are present together. True Booker T. Washington was the first African American to earn a doctorate degree from Harvard University. False According to the principles of symbolic interactionism, symbols not only allow relationships to exist, they also allow society to exist. True If two variables have a perfect correlation, they will be represented by a correlation coefficient of zero. False In order to establish rapport with a sample while researching sensitive and personal issues, the researcher should begin by asking emotional and personal questions so he or she can relate to the respondents. False A multiple-choice exam is an example of a test structure composed of closed-ended questions. True The individuals that are intended to represent the population to be studied are referred to as the sample. True

HW.2 A person receiving a positive sanction would be expected to maintain the behavior that he or she exhibited when receiving the sanction. True Sociologists agree that human behavior has been bred into us through evolutionary principles. False When on "moral holiday," norms are expected to be broken. True Groups are more prone to changing their material culture before they change their nonmaterial culture. True Culture wars not only identify differences in values and norms, but they may also result in violence and strife among members of the same society. True A person who professes a belief in freedom and equality but also demonstrates behavior that is sexist and racist is involved in a value contradiction. True The author's description of the arrival of the Hmong in America illustrates that culture shock is experienced by people all over the world and not just Americans. True When the Mormons first established their settlement in Utah, they would have been classified a counterculture because at the time they believed in the practice of polygyny. True By definition, subcultures are a threat to the mainstream culture. False There is nothing "natural" about material or nonmaterial culture. True

HW.3 The advent of Lara Croft and other women of action has clearly divided children with an interest in action films into two camps - one supporting male characters and the other the supporting emerging female characters. False Sociologists usually embrace Freudian theory on personality development because of its universal acceptance among the social sciences. False Mead emphasized that in order to learn to take the role of the "other" a child must pass through three stages - imitation, play, and team game. True The latent function of formal education is to teach knowledge and skills, such as writing, reading, and arithmetic False Sociologists have clearly demonstrated that most emotions are universal and are "products of our genes." False Freud assumed that what was male was "normal" and that females were "inferior, castrated males." True Mead's theory of personal development is based on the image that we present to those around us, the reactions of these people, and way that we interpret these reactions. False Parents are the first significant others to teach children about the fundamental symbolic division of the world. True Identical twins share exactly the same genetic heredity. True Without language there can be no culture, no shared way of life True

HW.4 Status inconsistency is always detrimental to society and creates interpersonal conflicts that must be resolved. False Cyberslacking is easily justified by employees due to the amount of work they often do at home. True The Internet is providing new opportunities through Facebook and other social networks to test Milgram's 6 degrees of separation theory. Some studies have already confirmed his conclusions. True Mechanical solidarity and Gemeinschaft both describe the most intimate societies that are personal and have close kinship connections True A division of labor, written rules, and impersonality are some of the key features common to bureaucracies. True As our military faces the threat of attacks from unidentifiable individuals in civilian areas throughout the world, understanding body language can be utilized as a tool to help them detect threats. True Because in-groups are an essential part of society, they have virtually no negative consequences. False Reference groups are reserved for members of professional networks and are utilized almost exclusively by people with career aspirations. False Primary groups are fundamental in forming the social nature and ideals of the individual. True As demonstrated by Darley and Latané's classic laboratory experiment, social experiments on the diffusion of responsibility have been just as reliable as observations made by your author in the real world. False...