Sociology is defined more by its subject matter than by its perspective.
a. true
b. false
Answer: b. false
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In the United States, "a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or Central or South American culture or origin" is known as
a. a conquistador. c. Hispanic or Latino. b. a Pacific Islander. d. non-white.
The main point of the Milgram study was to:
A. Study the course of untreated syphilis. B. Study the effect of punishment on language learning. C. Understand the causes of sadistic behavior among police and corrections officers. D. Observe the extent to which subjects would acquiesce to orders to hurt another human being. E. Interview pilots who had bombed civilian targets during the war in Viet Nam.
Public sociologists generally believe that the knowledge that they produce can contribute to people making more informed decisions when acting in society.
True or False
When the Chinese revolution occurred, and in the decades following it, China was:
a. on the cusp of industrialization, which it did very quickly after the revolution b. a very poor, largely agricultural country, similar to other Third World countries c. militarily dominated by Japan which had invaded China prior to World War II d. largely governed by warlords who independently controlled large parts of the country