A social theory refers to

a. a prediction or educated guess about how one variable is related to another

b. the ability to distinguish between "private troubles" and "public issues" and see the connections between the two.
c. interconnected ideas explaining an event or situation.
d. a set of procedures for collecting data about a particular topic.


c

Sociology

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__________ is a largely invisible structure that coordinates human activities in broadly predictable ways

a. A role set c. A social structure b. Impression management d. Social behavior

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How does social interaction in crowded public places differ from interactions in other settings?

a. When in crowded spaces, we frequently engage in civil inattention to minimize interactions. b. When in crowded spaces, we are required to take into consideration the feelings of all others in the space, even if only on a subconscious level. c. When in crowded spaces, we should ignore each other if people behave rudely. d. When in crowded spaces, we tend to stare more at strangers than in other settings.

Sociology

The continuous process of the individual creation of structural realities and the constraint and coercion exercised by those structures is called ______.

A. the structural reality theorem B. the social constraint hypothesis C. the individual construction of reality D. the social construction of reality

Sociology

Approximately how many research participants would be required for 80% power for a study using the t test for dependent means (assume a one-tailed hypothesis with an expected medium effect size of .50)?

A) 12 B) 26 C) 33 D) 196

Sociology