SYG1000 FSU EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+
Difference between Sociology and Psychology Ans✓✓✓Psychology:
focuses on the mind; Asks how our minds shape our experience of being
human.
Sociology: focuses on things external to the individual person; Asks how
societal factors shape our experience of being human
Sociology Ans✓✓✓Study of societies & social worlds individuals
inhabit within them.
Sociological imagination Ans✓✓✓Capacity to think systematically
about how things we experience as personal problems are really social
issues widely shared by others living in a similar time and location as us
Difference between Troubles and Issues Ans✓✓✓Troubles: what we
experience as a private matter
Issues: have to do with how society is structured
Bias in research Ans✓✓✓refers to the way the personal values and
attitudes of scientists may influence their observations or conclusions
,Objectivity in research Ans✓✓✓refers to the efforts researchers make to
minimize bias
Quantitative Research Ans✓✓✓focuses on numbers
Qualitative Research Ans✓✓✓focuses on analyzing interview
transcripts, live interactions in the real world, and text (books,
documents, newspapers, etc.)
3 types of qualitative research Ans✓✓✓1. Ethnography
2. Interviewing
3. Comparative-Historical Research
Ethnography Ans✓✓✓collecting data through direct systematic
observation, gaining a deep understanding of a particular group or
environment
Interviewing Ans✓✓✓Researchr asks respondent in-depth questions,
analyzes themes from interviews
Comparative-Historical Research Ans✓✓✓Using historical documents
to draw comparisons of events that happened in the past
Survey Research Ans✓✓✓respondents are asked to answer questions on
a written questionnaire
, Variable Ans✓✓✓unit used to measure concepts
Concept Ans✓✓✓Abstract concepts include: attitudes, behaviors,
demographic characteristics
Sample Ans✓✓✓A small portion of the population used to collect data
from
Representative sample Ans✓✓✓sample that "looks like" the population
from which it was selected in all respects relevant to the study
Simple Random Sampling Ans✓✓✓every person is selected purely on
the basis of chance, through a random process: e.g. digit dialing; random
number generator
4 steps of Operationalization Ans✓✓✓1. Determine Concept
ex. Binge Drinking
2. Determine Variable
ex. Frequency of heavy drinking
3. Determine Measure/ Empirical Indicator
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+
Difference between Sociology and Psychology Ans✓✓✓Psychology:
focuses on the mind; Asks how our minds shape our experience of being
human.
Sociology: focuses on things external to the individual person; Asks how
societal factors shape our experience of being human
Sociology Ans✓✓✓Study of societies & social worlds individuals
inhabit within them.
Sociological imagination Ans✓✓✓Capacity to think systematically
about how things we experience as personal problems are really social
issues widely shared by others living in a similar time and location as us
Difference between Troubles and Issues Ans✓✓✓Troubles: what we
experience as a private matter
Issues: have to do with how society is structured
Bias in research Ans✓✓✓refers to the way the personal values and
attitudes of scientists may influence their observations or conclusions
,Objectivity in research Ans✓✓✓refers to the efforts researchers make to
minimize bias
Quantitative Research Ans✓✓✓focuses on numbers
Qualitative Research Ans✓✓✓focuses on analyzing interview
transcripts, live interactions in the real world, and text (books,
documents, newspapers, etc.)
3 types of qualitative research Ans✓✓✓1. Ethnography
2. Interviewing
3. Comparative-Historical Research
Ethnography Ans✓✓✓collecting data through direct systematic
observation, gaining a deep understanding of a particular group or
environment
Interviewing Ans✓✓✓Researchr asks respondent in-depth questions,
analyzes themes from interviews
Comparative-Historical Research Ans✓✓✓Using historical documents
to draw comparisons of events that happened in the past
Survey Research Ans✓✓✓respondents are asked to answer questions on
a written questionnaire
, Variable Ans✓✓✓unit used to measure concepts
Concept Ans✓✓✓Abstract concepts include: attitudes, behaviors,
demographic characteristics
Sample Ans✓✓✓A small portion of the population used to collect data
from
Representative sample Ans✓✓✓sample that "looks like" the population
from which it was selected in all respects relevant to the study
Simple Random Sampling Ans✓✓✓every person is selected purely on
the basis of chance, through a random process: e.g. digit dialing; random
number generator
4 steps of Operationalization Ans✓✓✓1. Determine Concept
ex. Binge Drinking
2. Determine Variable
ex. Frequency of heavy drinking
3. Determine Measure/ Empirical Indicator
