Read each question carefully and then select the best answer.

1		Sociology is an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society.
			A)	True
			B)	False
2		Sociology owes credit to Max Weber for a key conceptual tool called anomie.
			A)	True
			B)	False
3		In Karl Marx's analysis, society was fundamentally divided between classes that clash in pursuit of their own class interests.
			A)	True
			B)	False
4		Sociologist Robert Merton made an important contribution to the discipline of sociology by arguing that the working class needed to overthrow the existing class system.
			A)	True
			B)	False
5		The functionalist perspective emphasizes the way that parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability.
			A)	True
			B)	False
6		The term latent function refers to an element or process of society that may actually disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability.
			A)	True
			B)	False
7		Conflict theorists are interested in how society's institutions may help to maintain the privileges of some groups and keep others in a subservient position.
			A)	True
			B)	False
8		Charles Horton Cooley is widely regarded as the founder of the interactionist perspective.
			A)	True
			B)	False
9		A hypothesis is a speculative statement about the relationship between two or more factors known as variables.
			A)	True
			B)	False
10		The scientific method requires that research results be both valid and reliable. Reliability refers to the extent to which a measure produces consistent results.
			A)	True
			B)	False
11		Observation research is the most common form of quantitative research.
			A)	True
			B)	False
12		When sociologists want to study a possible cause-and-effect relationship, they conduct participant observation research.
			A)	True
			B)	False
13		Researchers conducting experiments assign the subjects to one of two groups. These groups are called the dependent and independent groups.
			A)	True
			B)	False
14		Secondary analysis is the systematic coding and objective recording of data guided by some rationale.
			A)	True
			B)	False
15		A relationship between two variables, whereby a change in one coincides with a change in the other, is referred to as causality.
			A)	True
			B)	False