SOCY 1000 MCCONNELL EVALUATION ANSWERS
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔if disease were to spread through the network shown below, it would follow the
pattern of what infection model?
(black dots and white dots are all connected, form huge branches) - ✔✔spanning tree
✔✔(t/f) instrumental relationships within secondary groups are usually uniplex ties - ✔✔t
✔✔(t/f) granovetter found that friends the individual sees "often" are most able to help
her find a job - ✔✔f
✔✔stark observes that pagan social networks remained intact during the plagues of 165
and 251 ad - ✔✔f
✔✔stark believes that christianity spread during the 1st and 2nd centuries through
social networks - ✔✔t
✔✔(t/f) disease can most effectively be prevented from spreading when it follows a
spanning tree pattern - ✔✔f
✔✔mcgloin finds that gang networks are dense - ✔✔f
✔✔mcgloin recommends that to combat street gangs the police should tackle entire
cliques of gang members - ✔✔f
✔✔essay: why did granovetter find that people more often got jobs through weak ties? -
✔✔they have access to more sources of information
through weak, uniplex ties
people whose only relationships are multiplex ties embedded within dense social
networks will only know of things, particularly job opportunities, known to other network
members; access to information and resources will be limited to network ties
, ✔✔essay: what are the four characteristics of a community that is a dense social
network? - ✔✔no anonymity, norms of reciprocity, surveillance, trust
✔✔essay: what explanations does stark give for the spread of christianity? - ✔✔pagans
were dying from the plagues (didn't have community @ time)
christians picked up the dying pagans in the street and took care of them, pagans
survived
pagans became christians through their friendships with them after the plague
✔✔the variable which brings about a change in another variable is the what? -
✔✔independent variable
✔✔when a researcher explains that males commit more violent crimes than females
because males have more testosterone, she is identifying a what? - ✔✔causal
mechanism
✔✔when a researcher makes a prediction that one variable will affect another variable,
he or she states this as a what? - ✔✔hypothesis
✔✔the factor which explains why an independent variable affects a dependent variable
is what? - ✔✔causal mechanism
✔✔conclusions are reached with statistics in what research methods? - ✔✔quantitative
methods
✔✔detailed descriptions of the daily activities of a street gang would be made by what
research methods? - ✔✔qualitative methods
✔✔participant observation is an example of what research methods? - ✔✔qualitative
✔✔when a researcher claims that his survey measures the social characteristics it is
intended to measure, he is confident that his data has what? - ✔✔validity
✔✔what is it when people behave differently because a researcher is watching them? -
✔✔white coat effect
✔✔what is it when people do not respond honestly to questions from a researcher
because they are embarrassed and feel guilty? - ✔✔social desirability response
✔✔what will research findings have when we are sure that most people in a larger
population will be doing the same things we saw those in our sample doing? -
✔✔generalizability
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔if disease were to spread through the network shown below, it would follow the
pattern of what infection model?
(black dots and white dots are all connected, form huge branches) - ✔✔spanning tree
✔✔(t/f) instrumental relationships within secondary groups are usually uniplex ties - ✔✔t
✔✔(t/f) granovetter found that friends the individual sees "often" are most able to help
her find a job - ✔✔f
✔✔stark observes that pagan social networks remained intact during the plagues of 165
and 251 ad - ✔✔f
✔✔stark believes that christianity spread during the 1st and 2nd centuries through
social networks - ✔✔t
✔✔(t/f) disease can most effectively be prevented from spreading when it follows a
spanning tree pattern - ✔✔f
✔✔mcgloin finds that gang networks are dense - ✔✔f
✔✔mcgloin recommends that to combat street gangs the police should tackle entire
cliques of gang members - ✔✔f
✔✔essay: why did granovetter find that people more often got jobs through weak ties? -
✔✔they have access to more sources of information
through weak, uniplex ties
people whose only relationships are multiplex ties embedded within dense social
networks will only know of things, particularly job opportunities, known to other network
members; access to information and resources will be limited to network ties
, ✔✔essay: what are the four characteristics of a community that is a dense social
network? - ✔✔no anonymity, norms of reciprocity, surveillance, trust
✔✔essay: what explanations does stark give for the spread of christianity? - ✔✔pagans
were dying from the plagues (didn't have community @ time)
christians picked up the dying pagans in the street and took care of them, pagans
survived
pagans became christians through their friendships with them after the plague
✔✔the variable which brings about a change in another variable is the what? -
✔✔independent variable
✔✔when a researcher explains that males commit more violent crimes than females
because males have more testosterone, she is identifying a what? - ✔✔causal
mechanism
✔✔when a researcher makes a prediction that one variable will affect another variable,
he or she states this as a what? - ✔✔hypothesis
✔✔the factor which explains why an independent variable affects a dependent variable
is what? - ✔✔causal mechanism
✔✔conclusions are reached with statistics in what research methods? - ✔✔quantitative
methods
✔✔detailed descriptions of the daily activities of a street gang would be made by what
research methods? - ✔✔qualitative methods
✔✔participant observation is an example of what research methods? - ✔✔qualitative
✔✔when a researcher claims that his survey measures the social characteristics it is
intended to measure, he is confident that his data has what? - ✔✔validity
✔✔what is it when people behave differently because a researcher is watching them? -
✔✔white coat effect
✔✔what is it when people do not respond honestly to questions from a researcher
because they are embarrassed and feel guilty? - ✔✔social desirability response
✔✔what will research findings have when we are sure that most people in a larger
population will be doing the same things we saw those in our sample doing? -
✔✔generalizability
