Which of the Following Statements Concerning Social Psychology and Sociology

question 6

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements concerning social psychology and sociology is false?

• A) Sociologists tend to study societal level variables, whereas social psychologists focus on more specific and immediate variables.
• B) Social psychology studies human behavior at the level of the individual, whereas sociology studies human behavior at the group level.
• C) Social psychologists and sociologists often study the same issues and publish in the same journals.
• D) Sociologists are more likely than social psychologists to rely on experimentation to study human behavior.

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