SOCIOLOGY 1000 MIZZOU - EXAM 1
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sociology - ANSWER the evidence based study of human group behavior
difference b/w sociology and psychology - ANSWER sociology looks at group; psych
looks at individual person
how does Durkheim's study of suicide show us how sociology is different than
psychology? - ANSWER Durkheim studied which societal groups are more likely to
commit suicide
she studied the group reasoning rather than the individual reasoning
sociology=group psychology=individual
what is anomic suicide and give an example - ANSWER lack of limitation or regulation
ex: lack of parental regulation/has unreachable goals- no one tells them it is not
possible
what is altruistic suicide and give an example - ANSWER follows the group- too much
integration- so involved in group that one's well being is not priority
ex: kool-aid cult, terrorists
what is egotistic suicide and give an example - ANSWER lack of integration- not
involved in society- lonely
ex: single men who live alone
what are some sources of bad statistics - ANSWER 1. bad guesses, 2. deceptive
definitions and misleading measures, 3. mutant, mangles, or transformed numbers, 4.
convenience samples, 5. faulty causation
what are characteristics of good statistics - ANSWER 1. more than a guess, 2. clear,
reasonable definitions, 3. not mutant, 4. random/representative samples, 5. consider or
control the faulty causation
what is a mutant statistic - ANSWER as people receive info, they may accidentally
change a word that will completely change the stat
-like the game "telephone"- changes from person to person
why were 14 of the 75 richest people ever born in the same decade in the same country
- ANSWER railroads bringing more business, wall street just starting up -born in right
place right time
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sociology - ANSWER the evidence based study of human group behavior
difference b/w sociology and psychology - ANSWER sociology looks at group; psych
looks at individual person
how does Durkheim's study of suicide show us how sociology is different than
psychology? - ANSWER Durkheim studied which societal groups are more likely to
commit suicide
she studied the group reasoning rather than the individual reasoning
sociology=group psychology=individual
what is anomic suicide and give an example - ANSWER lack of limitation or regulation
ex: lack of parental regulation/has unreachable goals- no one tells them it is not
possible
what is altruistic suicide and give an example - ANSWER follows the group- too much
integration- so involved in group that one's well being is not priority
ex: kool-aid cult, terrorists
what is egotistic suicide and give an example - ANSWER lack of integration- not
involved in society- lonely
ex: single men who live alone
what are some sources of bad statistics - ANSWER 1. bad guesses, 2. deceptive
definitions and misleading measures, 3. mutant, mangles, or transformed numbers, 4.
convenience samples, 5. faulty causation
what are characteristics of good statistics - ANSWER 1. more than a guess, 2. clear,
reasonable definitions, 3. not mutant, 4. random/representative samples, 5. consider or
control the faulty causation
what is a mutant statistic - ANSWER as people receive info, they may accidentally
change a word that will completely change the stat
-like the game "telephone"- changes from person to person
why were 14 of the 75 richest people ever born in the same decade in the same country
- ANSWER railroads bringing more business, wall street just starting up -born in right
place right time
