How Is Sociology Different from Commonsense Understandings of the Social

question 48

Multiple Choice

How is sociology different from commonsense understandings of the social world?

• A) Sociology is intentional and common sense is not
• B) Sociology is systematic and rigorous; common sense is not
• C) Sociology requires sampling large portions of the population
• D) Sociology focuses only on questions of scientific relevance

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Definitions:

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