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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?

    <p>Qualitative and quantitative techniques</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>The institution of medicine, social activity in the development of scientific knowledge</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is social stratification?

    <p>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.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How are society's layers in social stratification visualized?

    <p>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.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What perpetuates the belief that people control their own social standing?

    <p>The emphasis on self-effort perpetuates the belief that people control their own social standing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do sociologists recognize social stratification as?

    <p>Sociologists recognize that social stratification is a society-wide system that makes inequalities apparent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are sociologists interested in when it comes to social stratification?

    <p>While there are always inequalities between individuals, sociologists are interested in larger social patterns.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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