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What has contributed to increasingly interpretative approaches in the analysis of society?

Linguistic and cultural turns of the mid-20th century (correct)
Technological advancements in the 21st century
Globalization and urbanization trends
Political revolutions and social movements

What has sociology gradually expanded its focus to include?

Science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and arts
Health, economy, military, punishment, the Internet, and social capital (correct)
Religion, philosophy, literature, and anthropology
Politics, law, psychology, and environmental studies

What has characterized the turn of the 21st century in sociology?

Shift towards traditional qualitative research methods
Rise of new analytically, mathematically, and computationally rigorous techniques (correct)
Decrease in the use of social scientific methods
Emphasis on historical and descriptive approaches

What has expanded in terms of social scientific methods?

Qualitative and quantitative techniques (A) Signup and view all the answers

What are some subjects and institutions sociology has expanded its focus to include?

The institution of medicine, social activity in the development of scientific knowledge (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is social stratification?

Social stratification refers to a society’s categorization of its people into rankings of socioeconomic tiers based on factors like wealth, income, race, education, and power. Signup and view all the answers

How are society's layers in social stratification visualized?

Society’s layers are made of people, and society’s resources are distributed unevenly throughout the layers. The people who have more resources represent the top layer of the social structure of stratification. Signup and view all the answers