Exam 2: Paradigms, Theory, and Social Research

A(n)_____ is a testable statement about a relationship between two variables.

Steve had a hunch that female students were more punctual than males in the classes that he taught. So, he began to keep track for a week in each class of how many male and female students came in after the class was scheduled to begin. His results supported his hypothesis. Steve is using

Theory is directly relevant to "why" questions.

The best example of a researcher who developed widely accepted theories based upon inductive reasoning is:

Which of the following would be studied using a microtheory, rather than a macrotheory?

Feminist paradigms focus only on how inequities hurt women.

Walking with an open umbrella on a beautiful day or going home on semester break and calling your mom or dad Mr. or Mrs. (with their surname)are techniques used by _____ to understand social norms or rules.

The idea that knowledge is based on observation made through one of the five senses rather than on belief alone is termed:

The Minamata disease, a disease which produced severe nervous disorders and birth defects, was traced to the fact that the Chisso chemical company dumped mercury into a bay where Japanese villagers fished. The villagers of Minamata, where the company was located, refused to sue the chemical company. However, the residents of Niigata, a fishing village forty miles up the river from the factory, sued the chemical company. Which of the following explanations flows from the conflict paradigm?

Chen is beginning a research study in which he has an idea of what he's looking to find, but is letting his own observations shape the specifics of his theory. What approach is he taking to conduct his research?

All quality social science research is tightly intertwined with social theory.

Which of the following topics would a macrotheory be more likely to explain than a microtheory?

Which of the following illustrates the use of the inductive method?

While doing research on crime, Professor Middler notes that crime creates jobs in law enforcement and related careers. He also notices that crime reinforces community norms when criminals are caught and punished. Professor Middler has probably adopted the _______ approach to the study of crime.

In a study of women the following notation was used: Y = f(X)where Y represented fertility plans and X represented occupational plans. This states:

Which of the following is NOT TRUE of paradigms?

Many cultures view the United States as a society committed to capitalism, an economic arrangement that they believe inevitably creates inequality. These views and feelings represent:

Which of the following outlines the steps in the traditional science model?

You must always have a fully developed theory before beginning observations.

A sociologist with a symbolic interactionist orientation would be MOST likely to do research on which of the following questions?