A study is set up to determine when a busy college parking lot fills up the front row of parking spots. A researcher sits in the building and watches the cars, noting the times when the parking spots fill up on different days of the week. What type of research is being conducted?
A. fieldwork
B. detached observation
C. participant observation
D. survey research
Answer: B
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Which of these illustrates the concept that age is a social construction?
A) Depending on the norms of their society, 60-year-olds may be doddering and decrepit or in the robust prime of life. B) The life expectancy of different societies varies widely, from about 30 to 85 years. C) Human infants are incapable of providing for themselves, and depend on others to survive. D) The passing of years determines the characteristics of age.
What is the sociological term for the process by which people end up in any given position in the stratification system?
a. Stratification achievement b. Ascription c. Status attainment d. Goal orientation
Which of the following is NOT a gender difference in aging?
a. men feel that they become increasingly dependent on women b. men feel a keen loss of control c. women feel dismayed at their altered physical appearance d. men feel dismayed at their altered physical appearance
Which of the college subcultures identifies with the intellectual concerns of the faculty and values knowledge for its own sake?
A. academic B. fraternity C. nonconformist D. collegiate