Macrosociology and Microsociology Approach the Study of Society from Different

question 96

Multiple Choice

Macrosociology and microsociology approach the study of society from different perspectives.How does sociology,as a discipline,deal with these two very different approaches?

• A) Most sociologists are macrosociologists; microsociologists are only a small minority.
• B) Most sociologists think of these two perspectives as being on a continuum with each other, adopting whichever perspective seems most useful for a particular problem.
• C) Although the field is fairly evenly split between these two perspectives, almost all sociologists feel strongly that their perspective is the correct one.
• D) Microsociology used to dominate the field, but more recently macrosociology has become the dominant perspective.

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