studies

Question 1

what are studies for observations?

Answer 1

COVERT PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION:
1. James patrick glasgow gang
- was in the glasgow gang for 4 months
- joined in twelve times of their activities

2. Humphrey’s tear room trade
   - the men he observed were unaware they were being watched
   - he acted as a watch queen to observe the men’s interactions
3. venkatesh “gang leader for a day”
   - actively engaged in the daily life of the gang with knowledge and permission of the gang members

Question 2

what are studies for experiments?

Answer 2

LAB EXPERIMENTS:
1. Bandura bobo doll
- study to show that media violence can cause children to act more aggressively when given the chance to do so

FIELD EXPERIMENTS:
1. rosenham “pseudo patient” experiment
- went to 12 californian mental hospitals to study the stigma attached to mental health
- individuals faked symptoms of schizophrenia
- went back second time and hospital werent able to identify who was faking it

2. Rosenthal and jacobson
   - fake iq test and chose a random 20% to tell teachers they were smarter
   - came back a year later, the spurters were the highest achievers
   - done study 242X

COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENTS:
1. durkheim’s study of suicide
- thought experiment in the mind of the researcher
- said that suicide was most likely amongst single people, childless couples etc

2. Anna becker “television and eating disorders in fiji”
   - wanted to see if the introduction of western tv would lead to an increase in unhealthy eating behaviours
   - in 1998 (after the introduction of western tv), 74% of girls reported that they felt too big or too fat

Question 3

what are some studies for questionnaires?

Answer 3

1. schofield
   - researched sexual behaviours of teenagers
   - young girl was asked in questionnaire, “are you a virgin?” and she replied “no, not yet”
2. hite (study of love, passion and emotional violence)
   - sent out 100,000 but only 4.5% returned

Question 4

what are some interview studies?

Answer 4

UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEWS:
1. oakley
- 178 women
- spent 9 hour with each woman to talk about parenting and childbirth
- ended up going to their births

2. bott
   - 20 couples on who shares roles (conjugal roles) within the family
   - found couples who shared social networks (friends) more likely shared roles
3. crime survey for england and wales
   - 75,000 in a year
   - done to uncover dark figure of crime

Question 5

what are some official stats studies?

Answer 5

1. CSEW
   - helps sociologists compare reported crime to convicted crime
2. office for national statistics
   - explore trends in family structures education etc
3. the macpherson report
   - investigated institutional racism amongst police
   - based on official stats from stephen lawrence case

Question 6

what are some case studies for blogs/diaries?

Answer 6

DIARIES:
1. carol smart
- used children’s diaries and drawings to find their experiences of childhood

2. Thomas et al “the polish peasant in europe and america”
   - used letters and personal diaries from immigrants to find out how their identities changed once they moved to america