Final Exam

Question 1

Objectivity

Answer 1

Information is not influenced by personal opinions of anyone.

Question 2

Foundational theories

Answer 2

• Functionalism: all groups fusillade a purr pose to have society functioning the way it should be.
• conflict theory: 2 groups in society: one has resources and the other group wants those resources. Both will always have conflict
• symbolic interaction: each component in society is related by labeling them and only then we understand

Question 3

Critical community studies

Answer 3

• qualitative data
• provided an unflinching look at the harshness of American community life.
• driven by conflict theories

Question 4

Klinenberg study :Heat Wave

Answer 4

Klinenberg’s social autopsy of the Chicago Heat Wave focuses on the distribution of deaths and on the social and organizational processes that allowed the deaths to happen. Most of the people who died were poor elderly white and African american. Klinenberg analyzes that the media and public relations agencies of the city minimized the disaster and chose not to reveal the failure of social services.

Question 5

Hancock ethnography

Answer 5

Got involved in the Steppin’ scene and African American social dance in Chicago to analyze race, culture, and identity. The Lindy Hop was done by whites while the Steppin’ was for blacks. Went to the Steppin’ clubs and at first were looked at weirdly for being the only white people. But as they started going regularly many people acknowledged them into their community. They responded to them as dancers and not to the color of their skin.

Question 6

Verstehen

Answer 6

Understand

Question 7

Culture

Answer 7

Beliefs, customs, of a specific group

Question 8

Ethnography

Answer 8

When you become part of a group in order to truly walk in their shoes and view the world from their point of view

Question 9

The canonical research report

Answer 9

The canons=rules 
This is the standard outline of a research report:
1. The research problem
2. Methods
3. Findings
4. Conclusion

Question 10

Scientific method

Answer 10

1. Ask question
2. Review literature
3. Form hypothesis
4. Choose method
5. Collect data
6. Analyze data
7. Share findings

Question 11

Positivist research

Answer 11

• absolute truth can never be found
• research is process of making claims and then testing of abandoning theories
• can observe human behavior and measure facts and laws of theories and behavior
• quanta ticket data associated to positivist while qualitative is to interactive research

Question 12

Dependent variable

Answer 12

Variable who can get changed due to the independent variable

Question 13

Sociology

Answer 13

the study of social interaction and social organization

Question 14

experiments

Answer 14

research in which one intervenes or does something to one group of people, but not to another, then the two groups are compared.

Question 15

content analysis

Answer 15

research that examines patterns of symbolic meaning within written text, audio, visual, or other communication medium.

Question 16

field research

Answer 16

research in which a researcher directly observes people interacting in natural setting

Question 17

grounded theory

Answer 17

a way of developing explanations about the social world that starts with empirical observations of the world and builds abstract patterns from them

Question 18

research design

Answer 18

a plan for systematically gathering and analyzing information to answer a research question

Question 19

interactionism or interpretive

Answer 19

the theoretical perspective that focuses on how people understand the everyday social settings in which they interact with others.

Question 20

conflict theory

Answer 20

theoretical perspective which views social issues and problems in terms of dominant groups exerting power over others to ensure that dominant groups’ interests are served

Question 21

functionalism

Answer 21

theoretical perspective that explains social patterns as existing because they serve a purpose in society

Question 22

dependent variable

Answer 22

variable being affected by the independent variable.

Question 23

Afghanistan: Cut from a different cloth

Answer 23

Some women enjoy wearing burqas while others do not. the researcher was looking to see if women enjoyed wearing the burqas or not. concluded that many women do not like the burqas and they do not have much freedom

Question 24

cultural artifcat

Answer 24

by having a cultural artificat/object we can learn about a culture’s ideas, feelings, practices, and behaviors

Question 25

advertising and streotypes

Answer 25

in many advertisments there are many sterotypes that are portrayed. mostly racial and ethnic minorities are portrayed to create "moral panic"

Question 26

body's response to seeing something appealing

Answer 26

When we see someone attractive, our body’s natural response is to release hormones. Our mind will then subconsciously link those positive feelings with whatever product is on the screen. That’s why companies will find any reason to show some skin, even if their product has nothing to do with it.

Question 27

Tv commercials

Answer 27

more and more companies are making their commercials look amateurish and less scripted. This creates a more personal sales pitch. Most commercials are now unscripted

Question 28

Color theory

Answer 28

. Certain colors make us feel a certain way. Red stimulates our appetite, for example. Whatever emotion a brand wants you to feel, they’ll choose the perfect color to amplify it.

Question 29

Grocery stores and item placement

Answer 29

Milk is all the way in the back of stores. That’s because dairy products have some of the highest turnover in grocery and convenience stores. By putting them far away, vendors force you to walk through more of the store, increasing your chances of making an impulse purchase.

Question 30

media tactics effect on women

Answer 30

advertisers can make us feel inadequate, we will find a way to fill the void. This is notorious in the world of beauty products, where the only difference between you and the photoshopped models is a few choice purchases.

Question 31

critical thinking

Answer 31

- Not being content with the first solution to a problem, but thinking more deeply about it. - Knowing, understanding, analyzing, synthesizing, applying and evaluating the idea or problem - Looking for what is implied in a question rather than what is stated - Applying the rules of logic to problem solving - Not letting reason be clouded by emotion

Question 32

logical thought

Answer 32

is the process in which one uses reasoning consistently to come to a conclusion.

Question 33

Inductive Reasoning

Answer 33

SPECIFIC REASONING;ex my history class requires alot of reading---> BROAD PRINCIPLES: ex all college courses have a lot of reading

Question 34

Deductive Reasoning

Answer 34

BROAD GENERALIZATIONS;ex all college courses are hard----->SPECIFIC CONCLUSIONS; ex my art history course will be hard

Question 35

Indigenous cultures

Answer 35

Indigenous cultures are not | extinguished by natural laws but by political processes that are susceptible to human controls.

Question 36

Indigenous culture and language

Answer 36

Linguistic diversity is being threatened around the world, and this threat is acutely felt by indigenous peoples.