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Eliana Hanstater, a British girl, comes to SCW in NY for the first time. She is having trouble adapting to the new culture because it is very different from her life in England, such as the big portion sizes, the chemicals in food, and how expensive everything is. The term for what Eliana is experiencing is ___.
Culture Shock
Lia stays up late studying for her sociology final. On the one hand, the more she studies, the better she performs on her test. This is an example of ___.
On the other hand, the more she studies, the less sleep she gets. This is an example of ___.
1. Positive correlation
2. Negative correlation
Leah G formed a study group for her upcoming sociology final. She lead the group and put together the zoom to teach everyone all of the information. Leah G is an example of a ___.
Task Leader
Rivky is walking down Lexington Ave and sees a girl wearing a black skirt. She immediately realizes this girl goes to SCW because in SCW, wearing a black skirt is considered a ___.
Norm
Gittel wants to test how much the smell of food in Brookdale hall attracts mice. She buys food from Eden Wok and leaves it out in the front lounge. The food is the ___ and how many mice are attracted are the ___.
1. Independent variable
2. Dependent variable
Zoey is part of a study group for her sociology final. She notices that the other girls are getting stressed and overwhelmed because they are worried that they won't know the information in time for the final. Zoey decides to take charge in comforting them, and she reassures them that they can get through it, and they can go as slowly as they need. Zoey is an example of a ___.
Socio-Emotional Leader
Bina walks into a store in the old city and sees chamsa keychains. She really wants to buy one because to her, it means being protected from ayin Hara. The chamsa keychain is a ___ to Bina.
Symbol
Ava made Aliyah because back in America, she had stomach pain, and she thought it was from all the Dunkin' she ate. When she left Dunkin' behind for Israel, her stomach pain disappeared, and she thought it was because she stopped eating at Dunkin'. Little did she know, her stomach pain was actually caused by the SCW cafeteria pasta and cheese, and that's why it stopped hurting when she got to Israel. Ava's incorrect observation is known as a ___.
Spurious Correlation
Shayna is a comp-sci major and so are her friends. Her friends are great at hacking, and they found a way to hack into the SCW system and change their grades. Nechama is torn because she wants to do the right thing and stop them, but she is scared because she feels that the whole group would be against her. This is an example of ___.
Groupthink
Tohar Peretz is a Moroccan Jew and is getting married. She invites her friend, Shaindel Goldstein, to her Henna party, a tradition done before Moroccan weddings. Shaindel is not used to anything like this, and she finds it kind of strange because it is not something that she would do before her Ashkenaz wedding. Shaindel feels this way because of ___.
Ethnocentrism
Leah R just got married to Hanan, and she wants to know if there are other married Stern girls to be friends with. She needs to know how many Stern girls are married on average. However, if she only asks the girls at senior dinner, she won't get an accurate answer because so many of those girls are married, and that is not representative of the rest of the school. Leah R's research has a problem in the area of ___.
Sampling
A group chat was started in SCW that had 20 people on it. It was a slightly large crew, yet it was small enough for everyone to feel close with one another and have face-to-face interactions. This group would be called a ___.
However, the chat grew to an astounding number of 87 girls. No one knew each other anymore, and intimacy with each girl became impossible. This group would be called a ___.
1. Primary Group
2. Secondary Group
Bailey sees an angry person throw an orange peel at the Schottenstein dorm window, and the window cracks. Bailey gasps. She is shocked because Jewish values don't align with this kind of behavior. This violates a Jewish ___.
More
Covert Research
Unfortunately, Nechama and many other girls did very poorly on their sociology test. They want Dr. Hauser to give a curve, but they know this will only happen if the rest of the class does poorly, too. So, they are all relying on each other and praying that everyone failed. This is an example of ___.
Interdependence