(A) Because participant observation has to be overt and so causes reactivity effects
(B) Because methods such as interviews and focus groups constitute artificial social settings
(C) Because quantitative methods such as structured observation tend to take place in more naturalistic environments
(D) Because it is concerned with the social world rather than the natural world
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Status means:
(A) abstract concept of unity.
(B) the give and take between two persons.
(C) the development of relationship.
(D) a position, where a person stands in the group structure.
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Variables means:
(A) a set of scientific generalisation.
(B) a network of social positions.
(C) any dimension of a social relationship that can take on differing values.
(D) selected means of achieving goals.
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Values means:
(A) specific behaviour of people.
(B) conception of what a person, group or society considers desirable from, sets of preferences.
(C) acquisition of social skills.
(D) orderly change in socialisation process.
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Social mobility means:
(A) specific conduct of behaviour of people.
(B) formal attitude of people.
(C) the movement of people between positions that are on different social levels.
(D) modification of relationship.
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Rumour means:
(A) correct statements.
(B) prescribed behaviour of people.
(C) statements, assertions and speculations circulate among people in response to unstructured situation.
(D) specific behaviour and attitude.
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Role performance indicates:
(A) irregular behaviour.
(B) overt action that occurs in a situation governed by normative regulation.
(C) awareness of common characteristics.
(D) interconnected activities.
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Participant observation means:
(A) unity of a human group.
(B) integration and interaction.
(C) an observer seeks insight by taking part himself in whatever he is studying.
(D) a set of action.
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Invention means:
(A) process of utilising knowledge.
(B) some unknown facts.
(C) a new utilisation of existing knowledge.
(D) ways of classifying things.