Chapter 1 The Sociological Perspective 1.1 True/False Questions 1) The corners o

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Chapter 1 The Sociological Perspective 1.1 True/False Questions 1) The corners of life that people occupy, such as jobs, income, education, gender, age, and race, are referred to as the social imperative. 2) Because sociology is based on common sense, it is n excellent discipline for students to study who approsch the world in a rational, matter-of-fact way. 3) Sociologists often use "common sense" to understand they way the world "is. 4) Applying the scientific method to the social world is called empiricism 5) Herbert Spencer believed the most capable and intelligent members of a society would survive while the weak and less capable would die, thus improving society, in a master plan he called "the survival of the fittest. 6) Karl Marx thought of himself as a classical sociologist, a label that greatly influenced his theories on class conflict 7) Emile Durkheim identified the degree of social integration as the primary variable to explain different rates of suicide within different European nations. 8) According to Max Weber, the "sign Calvinists looked for as an indication they were saved was their successful investment in capital.

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1. False. Social imperative is the drive to establish groups of people and mingle with others.

2. False. Sociology goes much beyond traditional common sense.

3. False. Sociologists attempt to use scientific methods to understand the world.

4. True. Applying the scientific method to understand the world is called empiricism.

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