What type of research seeks to create knowledge that can be used to make society a better place?
A. interpretive social science
B. critical social science
C. positivist social science
D. All of these answers are correct.
Answer: B
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___________ A situation in which people are estranged from their social world and feel life is meaningless
What will be an ideal response?
In order for significant numbers of elderly to withdraw from the labor force, four conditions must exist in society, according to the text. Which is NOT one of these four factors?
a) A society must produce an economic surplus that is large enough to support its nonemployed members. b) There must be a mechanism in place to divert some of the surplus to the nonemployed members. c) Nonemployed members should be viewed positively by the rest of the society. d) Life expectancy must reach at least 65 so that there are sufficient numbers of old people. e) The activities and leisure of the nonemployed must be seen as legitimate.
In Douglas's view, the specific meanings of suicide to individuals help to
a) obstruct the suicidal process. b) facilitate the suicidal process. c) change the suicide-prone's mind. d) create enormous guilt feelings in the suicide-prone person.
If we can establish that variable X comes before variable Q in time, then we can say
a. variable X is a cause of variable Q. b. variable X is not a cause of variable Q. c. variable Q is a cause of variable X. d. variable Q is not a cause of variable X. e. variable Q may cause variable X.