Chapter Eleven

Question 1

Concepts

Answer 1

A general or abstract idea; a category that serves to organize observations and ideas about some aspect of the social world.

Question 2

Intervew Schedule

Answer 2

A collection of questions designed to be asked by an interviwer; always used in a structured interview.

Question 3

Vignette Technique

Answer 3

A method in which people are presented with “vignettes” (hypothetical scenarios) and then asked how they would respond if they faced the circumstances depicted in the scenarios.

Question 4

Moderator/Facilitator

Answer 4

The person who guides the questioning of a focus group, also called a facilitator.

Question 5

Symbolic Interactionism

Answer 5

A theoretical perspective in which social interaction is understood to be based on the meanings that actors attach to their actions and the contexts in which they occur.

Question 6

Theorectical Saturation

Answer 6

In grounded theory, the point where emerging concepts have been fully explored and no new insights are are being generated.