1. How well the people selected to complete the General Social Survey actually reflect the larger U.S. population is a question of:

A. Causal validity

B. Sample generalizability

C. Reliability

D. Cross-population generalizability

E. Measurement validity

2. The everyday error that involves unjustifiably concluding that what is true for some cases is true for all cases is called:

A. Selective observation

B. Overgeneralization

C. Inaccurate observation

D. Illogical reasoning

E. Resistance to change

3. Social science is best defined as the:

A. Assumption that social phenomena resemble biological and chemical phenomena

B. Application of psychological techniques on social phenomena

C. Application of scientific methods to the study of human social reality

D. Attempt to achieve certainty in observing social reality

E. Systematic selection of social objects