Study Questions

Question 0

Why does a group’s suicide rate remain fairly constant year after year

Answer 0

Bc social factors underlie suicide

Question 1

Who is most likely to commit suicide

Answer 1

Men
Protestant than Catholics and Jews
Unmarried
People who have weaker social ties

Question 2

Out of what kind of idea did capitalism rise out of?

Answer 2

A religious one

Question 3

What is the origin of capitalism?

Answer 3

The Protestant ethics with its disciplined moral to regular, conscientious work and deferred gratification

Question 4

What are 3 types of theories

Answer 4

1. Functionalism
2. Conflict theory
3. Interactionism
   A. Social exchange theory
   B. Symbolic Interactionism
   C. Dramaturgy
   D. Ethnomethodology

Question 5

Who is Robert K. Merton

Answer 5

He said the 3 types of functions were:

1. Manifest
2. Latent
3. Dysfunction

Question 6

What is conflict perspective?

Answer 6

• based on Marx’s idea.
• conflict doesn’t always include blood shed
• an extension of Marx’s idea
• includes competition

Question 7

Examples of Conflict Perspective

Answer 7

Struggling for scarce resources (food, jobs)

Question 8

What are the six research methods,

Answer 8

1. Surveys
2. Observation
3. Case studies
4. Secondary analysis
5. Experiments
6. Unobtrusive measures

Question 9

What are two types of observations?

Answer 9

1. Detached (study as an outsider) writes

2. Participant writes later

Question 10

What is a case study

Answer 10

Study the things with research

Question 11

What is secondary analysis?

Answer 11

Using info that is already available ex) books, museum

Question 12

What are unobtrusive studies

Answer 12

Validation: people are not always truthful

Question 13

What are the 8 steps to conduct a study?

Answer 13

1. Select a topic
2. Define the problem
3. Review literature
4. Formulate a hypothesis
5. Choose research method
6. Collect data
7. Analyze data (conduct procedures)
8. Report findings

Question 14

Characteristics of culture:

Answer 14

• cultural variation (cultural universals)
• a religion
• everyone thinks their culture is better
• language

Question 15

Who put together a linguistic-relativity hypothesis

Answer 15

Edward Spair & Benjamin Whorf

Question 16

What did the linguistic- relative hypothesis assume

Answer 16

that speakers of a specific language must necessarily enterprite the world through the unique catalogue their language provides

Question 17

What are 2 ways people become part of society

Answer 17

Biological: nature
Social: nurture

Question 18

Who beloved self arose as a result persons communication with other people

Answer 18

Charles Cooley

Question 19

Who came up with the looking glass self mirror in society -it comprises people who are close to us

Answer 19

Charles Cooley