University of Alabama, Birmingham

SOC 100

Module 2

1)According to your instructor, is sociological research scientific?

2. Ideally, how should research methods be chosen?

3. Becker believes that sociologists can *and* should be objective and neutral when conducting research.

4. According to the video on causality and the lecturette material, it is difficult to prove causality because:

5. According to Becker, the idea that the people at the "top" have a more complete and accurate understanding of a given situation is called a

6. As Colomy explains, symbolic interactionism is usually considered a micro-level theoretical perspective.

7. In your own words, what is a spurious relationship? (See the Adams and Adams reading for help on this.)

8. Based on your reading of Colomy, which theoretical perspective do you think is most interested in understanding how power is distributed, maintained across subgroups in societies?

9. What do Adler & Adler NOT say about college athletes and role conflict?