Exam 2: Paradigms,theory,and Social Research

Postmodernism is the view that there is an objective reality that can be studied with positivism.

Axioms are fundamental assertions,assumed to be true that a theory is based upon.

Distressed by his adolescent cousin's acts of delinquency,Bob decides to research why some adolescents become delinquents.He conducts ____________ research.

A researcher must always use a null hypothesis in conducting research.

Theories,in contrast to paradigms,are general frameworks or viewpoints.

The first step in constructing a theory through the inductive method is to:

Comte believed that science would replace which one of the following by basing knowledge on observations rather than on belief or logic alone?

Dominica observed that President Bush defeated John Kerry in the 2004 presidential Election.This is a:

How are theory and research linked? Give examples.

Inductive research is considered the traditional method of conducting research in the social sciences.

Grounded theory

Some researchers use the term ____________ to refer to the study of midsized social categories such as gender,organizations or communities.

Hypotheses state an expected causal relationship between _____ (or more)variables.

Frankie began his theorizing on delinquency in schools by stating that he takes it to be true that kids like to be respected by other kids.He then goes on to develop some testable relationships between delinquency and gender.His assumption that kids like to be respected is known as a(n):

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

The paradigm that says that societies developed because the most advanced groups were able to dictate growth and policy is known as

Briefly explain and give an example of a topic that a researcher might study for each of the following paradigms: conflict,symbolic interactionism,ethnomethodology,structural functionalism,critical race,and feminist.

All our experiences are inescapably subjective.

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,the village in which the company was located,refused to become involved in lawsuits with the chemical company for many years.However,the residents of Niigata,a fishing village forty miles up the river from the factory,filed lawsuits against the chemical company.Which of the following explanations flows from the conflict paradigm in attempting to explain the differences in lawsuits between the two villages?

Theoretical perspectives can impact the ethics of conducting research.