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Sociology Unit 1
Sociology Unit 1
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Marxism is a ____________ approach to examining society
Positivist
Humanist
Post-structuralist
Structuralist
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What is a macro approach?
A big theory
Studies of individuals
A massive theory
Studies society as a whole
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These are all research methods in psychology EXCEPT:
naturalistic observation
carbon dating
surveys
case studies
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Which of these is not an ethical issue?
Informed consent
Harm
Deception
Interviewer effect
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What is the population of this survey?
teens and young adults
text messages
teens
young adults
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What did Marxism say about the role of women in capitalist society?
Marxism did not clearly state the role of women
Marxism ignored feminism entirely
Women's role was in the house so they can benefit society
Women were oppressed and need to be liberated
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(T/F) The lack of random sampling is a weakness of qualitative research methods.
True
False
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What is a micro approach?
An approach which considers small group interactions
A small theory
A theory considering large groups
A big theory
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whats the definition of objectivity
a driving force
the state of basing a point of view on facts
force to do something
to cause to go away
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Who prefers to use questionnaires?
Structuralists
Interpretivists
Marxists
Positivists
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Overt Participant Observation can cause this to happen?
Representativeness
Tiredness effect
Generalisability
Hawthorne effect
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What is NOT Interviewer Bias?
Giving a fair interview to a deserving applicant
Interviewing a friend for a job because you like them
Giving someone a bad interview because of their appearance
Skewing questions during the interview
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What is a pilot study?
Something that looked at people who fly planes
A type of survey
A small scale version of the main study
A type of experiment
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Who 'founded' functionalism?
Emilie Durkeim
Justin Beiber
Emile Durkheim
Theresa May
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Surveys, interviews & questionnaires
Primary
Secondary
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What are the two types of research?
Basic and Advanced
Primary and Secondary
Data and Visual
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What is a longitudinal study in research?
Study of a particular person, group, or situation over time.
Repeated observations of the same variables over time.
The systematic study of people and cultures.
A study examining the relationship between variables.
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What are the Applied Social Research Methods (Quantitative)?
Research involving surveys, field, and emulation.
This is a free bonus point.
I don't know.
Survey research, field research, evaluation research.
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Which of these is NOT a major perspective within sociology?
Functionalism
U.S. Census Bureau
Symbolic Interactionism
Conflict Theory
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Reliability refers to...
A key characteristic in the learning environment
A athletes real ability
The middle stage in skill acquisition
The ability of a test to produce consistent results
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Who is the key thinker behind Marxism?
Karl Marx
Durkhiem
Durkheim
Carl Marx
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Advantages of questionnaires:
The analysis can be straightforward.
The data collection can be complicated
They are an ineffective tool for reaching a large audience.
They are expensive.
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Define functionalism
being dependent on another factor or factors:
all aspects of society serve a function so society survives
Serving someone to your full ability
having a special activity, purpose, or task
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What is generalisability?
The ability to relate the results to a wider population
The ability to make general statements about the results
Where the sample accurately reflects the population.
The ability to summarise the results of the research
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Sociology is
The study of human psychological behaviour
The study of human social behaviour
Researching individuals who live in our society
Non-scientific facts about society
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types of questionnaire
Red and blue
probability and non probability
structured and unstructured
quantitaive and qualitative
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Sending a questionnaire to customers through the post
Primary
Secondary
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In the theory of
conflict perspective
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social problems are seen as the results of dominant group
society exists because of conflicts and no other alternatives
social structure is understood in terms of conflict/tension
people who agrees with this perspective take the responsibility to help out
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Representativeness
is when a study can be replicated and has the same results
is when a sample involves/ represents all members of society
when a group studied has a representative
is when a group represents a certain minority in society
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What is a Hypothesis?
A question
An answer
Involves series of ordered steps
a tentative explanation for observations or a phenomenon
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According to feminist theory,
gender is strictly an issue of assigned sex.
gender and sex are synonymous.
gender is not fluid.
gender is a social construct that we accomplish.
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Define Causation.
When one event is do to a second event
When another reason might cause the same outcome
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Sociology does NOT...
determine an individual's mental health
help sociologists predict future trends and changes
examine previous conditions that brought up change
determine whether changes in society are predictable or not
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What is quantitative research?
Research that has to be paid for and is not free
Research data that provides numerical insights
Research that is obtained from surveys
Data on opinions and behaviours
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Identify the two primary research methods
interviews and questionnaires
magazine articles and Government statistics
research reports and disassembly
newspaper articles and focus groups
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What is a sampling frame?
a sample data set.
all the individuals in the population
a list of individuals we take a sample from
a list of individuals who are surveyed
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What is an advantage of questionnaires?
Cheap
Low response rate
Social desirability
Valid
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Which of these are sources of secondary data?
Television
All of these
Internet
Journals
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Validity is which of these?
crashing golf carts into nieghborhood ponds
ding dong door ditching your own house
extent to an assessment measures what it claims to measure
measures the distance around coins
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What is a Covert Observation?
Takes place without participant knowledge
Participants know they are being observed
Observing from a distance so researcher isn't involved
Researcher becomes part of the group being observed
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What are some aspects that could be studied in Sociology?
Cancer Research
The behavior of children at Daycare
The Weather
Animal behavior
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Phases of qualitative research does not include
make conclusions
deciding how to collect the data
deciding on research methods
asking a research question
