The importance of ______, or large, permanent, and spatially concentrated human settlements, has progressively increased.

A. towns
B. countries
C. cities
D. counties


Answer: C

Sociology

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A researcher on family systems focuses his research on how social inequality is built into the structure of marriage and the family. What theoretical perspective is the researcher using?

(a) functionalism (b) conflict (c) social institution (d) interactionism

Sociology

Which of the following is the study of norms, commonsense knowledge, and procedures in which ordinary people in society make sense of their social interactions, environment, and circumstance?

A. ethnomethodology B. ethnography C. phenomenology D. sociology

Sociology

Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Simmel believes society and the individuals that compose it exist as interdependent duality. 2. Sociologists following Simmel’s perspective focus on the content of interactions. 3. Simmel’s tragedy of culture is reminiscent of Marx’s commodity fetishism. 4. According to Simmel, the source of value is labor power.

Sociology

Status group refers to

A. people who share the same prestige or lifestyle, independent of their class position. B. a feudal class. C. people who share a similar level of wealth and income. D. members of a class who have a subjective awareness regarding their common vested interests and need for collective political action to bring about social change.

Sociology