Exam 2: Research Methods in Sociological Social Psychology

Psychologist Kimberly Young, whose research on Internet addiction was discussed at the beginning of Chapter 2, argues that over half of all college students suffer poor grades due to excessive Internet use. This may or may not be true. Young's research findings are based on nonrepresentative samples and may thus lack:

The main ethical issue in survey research pertains to:

A theory is a:

A social psychologist decides to measure popularity by adding up survey respondents' answers to the following four questions. How many friends would you say that you have? ________ How many texts on your cell phone do you receive from friends during an average day? _______ How many emails from friends do you receive during an average day? ______ How many phone calls do you receive from friends during an average day? ______ This type of measure is called:

Which of the following studies best illustrates the construction of grounded theory?

How is knowledge about people's social experiences generated? Describe the research cycle within sociological social psychology, emphasizing how the interplay between quantitative and qualitative research contributes to the creation of knowledge about human social behavior.

The committees that review and subsequently approve research proposals that don't violate subjects' rights are called:

One advantage of covert nonparticipant observation is that researchers:

Suppose that you wanted to study the home lives of high school students from upper-class backgrounds. In particular, you are interested in finding out how these students' relationships with family members shape their college aspirations. What method of data collection would you use in your study?

While quantitative methods are used to test hypotheses, qualitative methods are used to: