Question 1

Social structure and personality researchers are interested in establishing causal relationships, but they rarely use experiments as a method of data collection. Why is this?

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A)  People won't volunteer to be in an experiment when they know it focuses on gender, race/ethnicity, or social class.
B)  SSP researchers can't manipulate the independent variables they're interested in.
C)  SSP researchers aren't interested in the effects of one variable on another.
D)  SSP researchers are especially concerned about the consequences of deceiving their subjects.
E)  The samples used in SSP research are too large to analyze experimentally.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

Why does research in the social structure and personality face of sociological social psychology typically involve the analysis of survey data? Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of this type of research.

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Research in the social structure and per...

Question 3

In the Tuskegee syphilis study, the U.S. Public Health Service studied the progress of syphilis in African Americans. This study is considered highly unethical by today's standards because the study participants:

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A)  were evaluated by pseudonurses and other untrained medical professionals
B)  were given penicillin, the treatment for syphilis, even if they were allergic to the drug
C)  were paid enough to make them unwilling to withdraw from the study even when the medical procedures they were subjected to were painful
D)  weren't paid for their time, despite the fact that testing took place over years
E)  weren't told they had syphilis and were denied the treatment that would have cured themF) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 4

When are sociological social psychologists likely to use covert nonparticipant observation as a method of data collection? Compare this research method to covert participant observation, emphasizing its relative strengths and weaknesses.

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Question 5

A flag is a symbol of

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A)  the nation for which it stands
B)  dividing the world into discrete geopolitical units known as nations
C)  distinguishing one nation from all others
D)  all of the above
E)  none of the aboveF) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

In Hurst's study of working-class college students, Renegades:

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A)  distanced themselves from their family members and childhood friends
B)  planned to give back to their home communities after they graduated from college
C)  showed a sophisticated understanding of the class structure within the United States
D)  were highly valued members of the community because of their entrepreneurial spirits
E)  were, on average, happier than LoyalistsF) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 7

External validity is a(n)  ____________ issue.

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A)  analytical
B)  causality
C)  measurement
D)  statistical
E)  samplingF) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 8

What is a response rate? Why is it important for researchers to have a high response rate when they're conducting survey research?

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A response rate in the context of survey...

Question 9

Which face of sociological social psychology includes research on income and happiness?

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A)  group conflict
B)  group processes and structures
C)  social structure and personality
D)  symbolic interactionism
E)  psychologicalF) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 10

Discuss the link between face of sociological social psychology and methodology. In doing so, identify the method or methods of data collection used most frequently within each face of sociological social psychology and why this method/these methods is/are favored over others.

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The link between the face of sociologica...

Question 11

If a researcher wanted to study the effect of class size on course evaluations, his or her dependent variable would be:

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A)  the professor's gender
B)  class size
C)  determined by random assignment
D)  the content of the course evaluations
E)  all of the aboveF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 12

A spurious variable:

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A)  causes both an independent and dependent variable and makes them appear causally related when they're not
B)  explains why an independent variable causes a dependent variable
C)  must be measured in multiple ways
D)  reverses the direction of the relationship between and independent and dependent variable
E)  can undermine the validity of the results of an experimentF) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

The main ethical issue in experimental research pertains to:

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A)  confidentiality
B)  how much subjects are paid when the researcher has received funding for the study
C)  how other researchers use the study results
D)  where the study results are reported
E)  the use of deceptionF) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 14

Methodological empathy involves:

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A)  approaching the research process as an average person (vs. a social psychologist)  would
B)  recording research subjects' assessments of the researcher and the study design
C)  the progressive shift in focus from theory to data to perception to behavior
D)  understanding the outcomes of the research process and how study findings are likely to be used
E)  viewing the world through the eyes of the individuals being studiedF) None of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 15

The research cycle in sociological social psychology:

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A)  emphasizes quantitative over qualitative research
B)  focuses on applications over outcomes
C)  involves both deductive and inductive reasoning
D)  is the process through which research findings are applied to particular topics
E)  pertains to research in SSP and SI but not to research in GPSF) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 16

What is the fundamental attribution error (of individualism)? Why is this a problem for sociology?

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The fundamental attribution error, also ...

Question 17

Grounded theory is:

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A)  a byproduct of the quantitative research process
B)  a set of suppositions about the way the world works rooted in common sense
C)  associated with the group processes and structure face of sociological social psychology
D)  developed out of data using inductive reasoning
E)  often used to explain patterned behaviors that are difficult to document outside of the laboratoryF) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 18

External validity refers to:

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A)  the degree to which a survey question measures what it is attempting to measure
B)  the degree to which experimental results are due to the effect of the independent
C)  variable
D)  the extent to which a study's findings are generalizable to other individuals in other settings
E)  the level of consistency between measures of a given social phenomenonF)  the level of consistency in findings across research studiesG) E) and F)
H) A) and E)

Question 19

In covert participant observation:

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A)  in-depth interviewing is replaced with conversation analysis
B)  study participants are unaware that they are being studied
C)  subjects usually come to the lab or some other enclosed study setting
D)  the researcher lets people know that he or she is there to study them
E)  the setting of the study is negotiated by the researcher and a core group of participantsF) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 20

List and describe the two kinds of quantitative research discussed in Chapter 2. When are these methods of data collection likely to be used?

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Exam 2: Research Methods in Sociological Social Psychology

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External validity refers to:

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When are sociological social psychologists likely to use covert nonparticipant observation as a method of data collection? Compare this research method to covert participant observation, emphasizing its relative strengths and weaknesses.

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If a researcher wanted to study the effect of class size on course evaluations, his or her dependent variable would be:

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