Quiz 1

A  ask only open-ended questions

B  conduct a focus group

C  make respondents write out answers during interviews instead of answering verbally

D  cut off interviews at two hours regardless if all questions were answered

A  ethnography

B  comparative-historical research

C  surveys

D  interviews

A  Independent variable: Grades; Dependent variable: Number of laptops

B  Independent variable: Grades; Dependent variable: John

C  Independent variable: John; Dependent variable: Grades

D  Independent variable: Number of laptops; Dependent variable: Grades

A  clearly define his variables

B  look for correlations between two or more different phenomena

C  review the literature in order to become familiar with earlier research that relates to his topic

D  form a hypothesis

A  the group of people least often studied in the past

B  the larger group of people about whom he or she wishes to generalize

C  the group of people from whom he or she will gather data

D  the group of people whose behavior he or she wishes to change

A  Interviews are relatively quick and economical and can provide a vast amount of data.

B  Interviews allow respondents to speak in their own words; they can reveal their thoughts, feelings, and beliefs—internal states that would not necessarily be accessible by any other means.

C  Interviews may contribute to unfair stereotypes.

D  Respondents are not always forthcoming or truthful. Sometimes they are difficult to talk to, and at other times they may try too hard to be helpful.

A  It failed to protect the biographical anonymity of his subjects.

B  It harmed the reputation of the city of St. Louis.

C  It put Humphreys at risk for arrest or retaliation.

D  It used terminology that was confusing to the interview subjects.

A  includes observations and informal interviews.

B  is easy to transmit to the public.

C  affords easy access to the norms, values, and meanings held by members of a group.

D  allows the researcher to review the literature.

A  The sociological approach that assumes that individual decisions and interactions are independent of larger social institutions

B  A particular way of understanding the criminal mind, such as that of a serial killer

C  The ability to understand the connections between biography and history, or the interplay of the self and the world

D  A property of society that ensures that people remain ignorant of the connections between their lives and social change

A  Sociological imagination

B  Attention to detail

C  Stoicism

D  Biographical imagination

A  Auguste Comte

B  Karl Marx

C  Max Weber

D  Émile Durkheim

A  by using the preconceptions, assumptions, and beliefs that come from living in a society.

B  by studying the various parts of a society, and the ways they interact and influence each other.

C  through the use of special scientific tools that provide unmediated access to the very heart of society.

D  by studying society as if it were a concrete object, in the same way a geologist studies rocks.

A  It helps us economically when we do business in different countries.

B  It shows us that cultures are not as different as we sometimes think they are.

C  It lets us understand how immigrants perceive America when they move here.

D  It reminds us that everyday interactions are connected to larger social structures.

A  conventional wisdom, background knowledge, and personal experience.

B  the opinions of their parents and other family members.

C  expert knowledge based on surveys and interviews.

D  scientific journals and other publications that summarize the conclusions of professional researchers.

A  Social patterns that have undesirable consequences for the operation of society

B  Philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them.

C  The social ties that bind a group of people together such as kinship, shared location, and religion

D  The consequences of a social process that are sought or anticipated

A  A series of interviews asking subjects about their sleep habits and dreams.

B  How individuals understand their own and others’ pasts in relation to history and social structure.

C  The theory that man evolved slowly over time.

D  The process of analyzing human behavior based solely on statistics.

A  The sociological perspective is innately understood by nearly everyone, but we rarely acknowledge it.

B  It will help generate more jobs for sociologists.

C  It will encourage growth in the field of microsociology.

D  Many people remain unaware of the intricate connections between the patterns of their own lives and the larger course of history.