Gravity is a widely accepted explanation of the force that causes two particles to pull toward each other. Kuhn refers to this as a(n) _________________.

a. hypothesis
b. paradigm
c. natural experiment
d. ideal type


b. paradigm

Sociology

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a. true b. false

Sociology

An individual's racial background

a. Nominal b. Ordinal c. Interval/ratio

Sociology

Explain Burgess’s theory of the city patterned as five concentric circles. In which, if any, of these zones would you place your household?

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

The looking-glass self is the

A. child's awareness of the attitudes, viewpoints, and expectations of society as a whole. B. phrase used by Charles Horton Cooley to emphasize that the self is the product of our social interactions with others. C. person's typical patterns of attitudes, needs, characteristics, and behavior. D. sum total of a person's conscious perception of his or her identity as distinct from others.

Sociology