A. a universal truth
B. the scientist’s conclusions
C. a tentative statement of a topic that is subject to testing
D. disagreement with a generally accepted theory
Related Mcqs:
- Once a social scientist has formulated the hypothesis what is the next step of the scientific method ?
A. Generalization
B. Developing a research design
C. Data analysis
D. Replication - Every hypothesis must ?
A. predict a relationship between two factors
B. be general
C. be based on scientific theory
D. predict a causal relationship - The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis ?
A. may well be unintelligible as translated in some languages
B. is the product of a distinct world view?
C. emphasizes the difficulty of understanding another culture as its participants understand it
D. all of the above - The emergence of the sate as a result of a “social contract” is the hypothesis found in the work of________________?
A. Talcott Parsons
B. Thomas Hobbes
C. Karl Marx
D. Jean-Jacques Rousseau - The classical neoclassical monetarist Keynesian refers to the discipline of_____________?
A. economics
B. anthropology
C. sociology
D. psychology - Burning your neighbor’s house down is considered a serious offense It is a violation of_____________?
A. folkways
B. mores
C. table manners
D. taboos - The microelements of societies are made up of_____________?
A. processes of social interaction
B. diseases that harm societies
C. problems of cement roads
D. none of the above - ideologies tend to arise during periods of_____________?
A. prosperity
B. crisis
C. natural disasters
D. conversations among intellectuals - When farms are destroyed in favor of factories and suburbs it is an example of_____________?
A. urbanization
B. secularization
C. popularization
D. none of these - In modern society death has acquired to some extent a sense of_____________?
A. meaninglessness
B. ordinariness
C. unnaturalness
D. appropriateness
