A group of close friends have devised their own set of hand signals to communicate with each other without anyone else understanding. How would sociologists explain this?
A. The group is using material culture to create a new set of symbols.
B. The group has socially constructed their own meanings.
C. The group has developed their own access to resources.
D. The group is providing a sense of belonging to each other.
Answer: B
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1. The homogeneity of an all-student sample can be beneficial to researchers. 2. Response rate is required in all journal articles no matter the discipline. 3. Depending on the purpose of your experiment, even very opinionated, politically biased bloggers can lead you to excellent study participants. 4. Because students are used to test-taking and other measures of intelligence, they may be more likely to report experiment results more accurately than the general public. 5. Students work to appease authority in order to receive good grades and accolades. This makes them ideal subjects for an experiment.
Studies using a qualitative approach have found that becoming involved and staying involved in sports primarily is the result of
A. what parents want their children to do with their lives. B. social forces that exist outside people and determine their decisions. C. the needs of the social system of which a person is a part. D. continuing processes of decision-making in people's lives.
Social mobility refers to ______.
A. the movement of people from one social class to another B. immigration of people from different societies C. the interaction between people of various socioeconomic backgrounds D. migration of people from one region to another
In order to be considered scientific, research must be based on
a. group consensus. b. experiential knowledge. c. social characteristics. d. empirical evidence