Sociology is considered a science because sociologists
A. teach at respected universities.
B. engage in organized and systematic study of phenomena to enhance understanding.
C. receive government funding for research projects.
D. construct middle-range theories to explain social behavior.
B. engage in organized and systematic study of phenomena to enhance understanding.
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In the 2012 presidential election, 80 percent of people earning $100,000 or more voted. Among those earning less than $40,000, what percentage of people voted?
a. 99 percent b. 84 percent c. 69 percent d. 54 percent
During the Industrial Revolution:
a) attitudes towards working mothers were very positive. b) women's roles became increasingly intertwined with race and class. c) women were prohibited from working outside the home. d) important legislation was passed to protect workers under age 16. e) most married women worked outside the home for pay.
Smoking reached its peak of popularity
a. just after the cultural revolutions of the 1960s. b. immediately following WWII. c. in the 1980s thanks to many Hollywood stars. d. during the boom years of the 1920s.
Between 1983 and 1991, the Immigration and Naturalization Service found that the area sending the most legal immigrants to the United States was
A. Asia. B. Central America. C. Mexico. D. South America