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Who is most associated with popularizing the idea commonly called 'social Darwinism' in the 19th century?
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Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments in the early 1960s found that approximately what proportion of participants a...
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Civil liberties primarily protect individuals against which kind of actions?
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In Pierre Bourdieu's framework of capital, which form refers specifically to prestige, honor, and public recognition?
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Classical conditioning, famously demonstrated by dogs salivating in response to a bell, was first demonstrated by whi...
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Which Belmont Report principle requires that researchers obtain voluntary, informed consent from participants?
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What does the Hawthorne effect describe in social-science research?
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What is the 'collective action problem' as described in political science and economics?
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The Sapir–Whorf hypothesis (linguistic relativity) primarily claims that:
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Emile Durkheim labeled 'egoistic suicide' as resulting primarily from which social condition?
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What does 'construct validity' assess in social-science measurement?
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Symbolic interactionism in sociology emphasizes that social meaning is created through:
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In sociology, what is meant by the term 'social capital'?
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What is a confounding variable in social-science research?
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In mixed‑methods research, what does 'triangulation' refer to?
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Which sampling technique is especially useful for recruiting hard‑to‑reach or hidden populations?
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In sociology, what does 'stigma' commonly refer to?
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Which type of authority did Max Weber define as based on impersonal rules and legal procedures?
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Which description best fits a secondary group in sociology?
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Actor‑Network Theory (ANT) primarily emphasizes which idea?
