Study Questions Flashcards
Why does a group’s suicide rate remain fairly constant year after year
Bc social factors underlie suicide
Who is most likely to commit suicide
Men
Protestant than Catholics and Jews
Unmarried
People who have weaker social ties
Out of what kind of idea did capitalism rise out of?
A religious one
What is the origin of capitalism?
The Protestant ethics with its disciplined moral to regular, conscientious work and deferred gratification
What are 3 types of theories
- Functionalism
- Conflict theory
- Interactionism
A. Social exchange theory
B. Symbolic Interactionism
C. Dramaturgy
D. Ethnomethodology
Who is Robert K. Merton
He said the 3 types of functions were:
- Manifest
- Latent
- Dysfunction
What is conflict perspective?
- based on Marx’s idea.
- conflict doesn’t always include blood shed
- an extension of Marx’s idea
- includes competition
Examples of Conflict Perspective
Struggling for scarce resources (food, jobs)
What are the six research methods,
- Surveys
- Observation
- Case studies
- Secondary analysis
- Experiments
- Unobtrusive measures
What are two types of observations?
- Detached (study as an outsider) writes
2. Participant writes later
What is a case study
Study the things with research
What is secondary analysis?
Using info that is already available ex) books, museum
What are unobtrusive studies
Validation: people are not always truthful
What are the 8 steps to conduct a study?
- Select a topic
- Define the problem
- Review literature
- Formulate a hypothesis
- Choose research method
- Collect data
- Analyze data (conduct procedures)
- Report findings
Characteristics of culture:
- cultural variation (cultural universals)
- a religion
- everyone thinks their culture is better
- language
