The variable that is hypothesized to cause or influence another variable is referred to by social scientists as a(n)
A. independent variable.
B. dependent variable.
C. spurious variable.
D. operational variable
A. independent variable.
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a. Theodor Adorno's research on prejudiced people. b. Bogardus's research on social distance. c. W. I. Thomas's vicious cycle theory. d. All of these responses are correct.
According to most of the cross-cultural literature on mate selection, __________ can be differentiated according to a traditional/nontraditional or industrialized/nonindustrialized dichotomy
(a) dating (b) sexual relations (c) courtship (d) methods of mate selection
A ______ can be defined as a large group effort to solve a social problem by influencing changes in policy or social systems.
A. social movement B. social institution C. social structure D. social constructionism
The subfield of sociology that specializes in research on the health-care system and its impact on the public is called __________
a. the sociology of illness b. health-care sociology c. medical sociology d. gerontology