Do agree or disagree with ethnomethodologists’ argument that sociologists cannot study social life without changing it in the process?
What will be an ideal response?
•?An extremist position would claim that any act of observation changes what is being observed, thus making ethnomethodologists correct according to a strict logic.
•?A moderated position argues we can study people without being unobtrusive to such an extent that findings are compromised.
•?In arguing that everyday life should be the primary sociological topic of study; ethnomethodologists are largely correct within their own framework because we could not unobtrusively study everyday life unless being studied becomes part of our everyday life.
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a. individuals' psyches are the source of human behavior. b. individuals are by nature social beings. c. individuals are socially determined. d. individuals create, sustain, and change the social forms within which they conduct their lives.
American society professes to embrace marital fidelity as a value, yet many individuals are unfaithful to their spouses in practice. This is an example of
A. ideal–real inconsistency B. cultural inconsistency C. cultural contradiction D. ideal–real disconnect
When Sharon Wheeler interviewed British elementary school children for whom sports were important, she found that their sport participation was linked to
A. the influence of the local neighborhood culture. B. a process of gaining access to the equipment needed for training. C. opportunities to take physical education classes. D. the routine and lifestyle of their families.
__________ refers to a testable prediction about an event or phenomenon that assumes a relationship between two or more variables
A) Correlation B) Causation C) Hypothesis D) Bias