A society
What term best applies to people who share a culture and a territory?
Variables.
In the statement, "Poverty causes crime," the words "poverty" and "crime" are best described as __________.
Group
In Professor Jones' social problems course, the students interact freely with one another, think of themselves as "Dr. J's class," and feel they are significant because of their mutual interest in social reform. Which concept best describes Dr. Jones' class?
invention of the steam engine.
The plow was to the second social revolution as the __________ was to the third social revolution.
Fieldwork
What is another term used to describe the research method called participant observation?
Select a topic, review the literature, collect the data, share the results.
Which of the following represents a correct sequence of steps in the research process?
A substantial number of people will inflict pain on others if ordered to do so by a person in a position of authority.
What did Stanley Milgram's teacher-learner experiment, otherwise known as the "shock experiment" demonstrate?
hypothesis
A statement that describes how variables are expected to be related to one another, often according to predictions from a theory, is known as __________.
reliability
The term "__________" refers to the extent to which different studies come up with similar results.
The same culture and the same territory
What are the two characteristics a people must share to qualify as a society?