All Approaches to Social Science Make General Assumptions About "Free

question 17

Multiple Choice

All approaches to social science make general assumptions about "free will" and provide models of human nature. The interpretative view states that:

• A) researchers can explain human behavior by systematically documenting the external forces or laws acting on people.
• B) people actively create their social realities in an ongoing process.
• C) people have partial autonomy and have choices within constraints or structures.
• D) "free will" is a fiction. It is little more than a term to describe areas of human behavior for which we have not yet discovered the causal laws.

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Definitions:

Elite Theory

Elite theory posits that a small minority, consisting of members of the economic elite and policy-planning networks, holds the most power, and that their power is independent of democratic elections.

Pluralist Theories

Frameworks suggesting society is comprised of diverse and competing interest groups with no single group dominating, leading to a balance of power.

Pluralist Theory

A theory in sociology and political science that suggests power is distributed among many groups and interests in a society.

Union Members

Individuals who belong to an organized group of workers formed to protect their collective interests and rights in the workplace.