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Paradigms

100

The ____________ paradigm starts with the premise that social phenomena tend to play some supportive role in maintaining the society as a whole.

functionalist

200

The __________ paradigm emphasizes the ways in which people fight one another for dominance

conflict

300

The __________ paradigm tends to look at the meanings people attribute to their world and tends to analyze microsocial relationships

symbolic interactionist

400

What paradigm would I probably start from if I were trying to understand or explain "humblebragging"?

symbolic interactionist

500

Which paradigm would I be drawing from if I was trying to explain the relationship between genes and success in school?

Social Darwinism

#numberlover

100

_____________ refers to the process of figuring out how to measure concepts with numbers.

operationalization

200

We want to measure how many students are getting bullied at school. As we think about it, we realize that there can be psychological aspects to bullying, as well as physical. In scientific terms, these 2 aspects of bullying are known as __________.

dimensions

300

In 2010, I did a survey of people who were born right at the turn of the century to see how much they love numbers. In 2020, I did another similar survey of people who were born at the turn of the century, and compared these results to the results from my first survey. This is a kind of ________ study.

cohort

400

68% of the time, the mean that you find from a survey will fall within one ________ of the actual population parameter

standard error

500

95% percent of the time, the statistic you get from a survey will fall within ___________ of the true parameter

two standard errors! (If the standard error is very small--like if the sample size is large--most of the time the result you get will be very close to the real parameter)

miscellaneous

100

If I explain someone's behavior by saying "it's in her genes," I'm engaging in a kind of _________.

reductionism (determinism)

200

If you want to EXPLAIN why something happens, you are concerned with creating a _________.

Theory (theory = explain)

300

I had a feeling that most of the people living in Santa Barbara were homophobic. To test my hypothesis, I went into the community and started interviewing people. This is an example of ______________ research.

deductive

400

I was interested to figure out what causes some students to succeed while others drop out of school, so I started talking to university students about a wide range of topics to see if I could figure out what was going on. This is an example of ___________ research.

inductive

500

What are the strengths and weaknesses involved with quota sampling based on gender?

Your sample will be representative of the population you are studying, but only in terms of gender; it will probably be biased in terms of other characteristics.