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A family teaching a young child their cultural traditions and basic table manners. (2)
What is the interaction between socialisation and culture?
To gather quantitative data on the study habits of Year 11 students at St Greg's.
What is a questionnaire?
Provide characteristics and features.
Describe
A researcher from inner Sydney studies a remote farming community and concludes their way of life is "backwards" compared to urban life.
What is ethnocentrism?
The style of clothing worn by the Amish, which uses solid colours and simple patterns to promote humility and group identity.
What is plain dress?
A group of students from a local high school organising and attending a rally for women's rights, inspired by the '#MeToo' movement. (3)
What is an interaction between gender, power, and society?
To gain a deep, rich, qualitative understanding of the lived experience of a recent refugee.
What is an interview?
Explain
A researcher creates a survey question that is worded: "Don't you agree that the school holidays are too long?
What is a leading question?
The typical age at which formal schooling ends for Amish children, after which they focus on learning practical skills for farm and family life.
What is 14 years old?
The local council having to decide between approving new housing estates in an area or preserving the surrounding endangered bushland. (3)
What is an interaction between society, environment, and authority?
To systematically analyse how often women are portrayed in leadership roles in Australian television news.
What is content analysis?
Inquire into
Examine
A researcher wants to know about the average Australian teenager's screen time, so they only survey students from St Greg's.
What is sampling bias?
This US state is home to the largest Amish population.
What is Pennsylvania?
A Year 11 student feeling pressure to use AI to complete their homework faster, which changes how they manage their schedule and their perception of their own abilities. (3)
What is an interaction between persons, technology, and time?
To understand the unwritten rules and social dynamics of a local skate park by becoming part of the group.
What is participant observation?
Make a judgement of value, quality, outcomes, results or size.
Assess
A researcher studies a small town and publishes their findings using real names without permission.
What is a breach of confidentiality?
A modern practice the Amish avoid, as they believe it can a sign of personal vanity and violate the Biblical prohibition against "graven images".
What is photography?
The way a teenager's sense of self in 2025 is shaped by global social media, different economic pressures, and a greater awareness of diverse identities compared to their grandparents' youth in the 1970s. (4)
What is an interaction between persons, culture, technology, and time?
To investigate the historical development of multicultural policy in Australia since the 1970s.
What is secondary research?
A researcher has a hypothesis that TikTok is a negative influence on teenagers. When analysing data, they only focus on and collect examples of negative comments that support their argument, while ignoring the thousands of positive, community-building interactions that contradict their initial belief.
What is confirmation bias?
The 16th-century Christian movement from which the Amish originated, known for its core belief in adult baptism.
What is Anabaptism?