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| describe some aspect of society and advance our understanding of it |
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| directly address some problem or need in society |
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| the effort to bring the findings of both basic and applied sociological research to a broader nonacademic audience |
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| evidence that can be observed and/or documented using the human senses (quantitative or qualitative data) |
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| a data collection technique (most common in sociol) |
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| the target group of the study |
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| part of the population that represents the whole (the studied sample) |
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| every element of the population has an equal chance of being chosen |
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| describe large-scale patters based on sample findings |
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| intensive interview (qualitative research) |
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| data gathering technique that uses open-ended questions during somewhat lengthy face-to-face sessions |
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| focus groups (qualitative research) |
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| interviews of a group over a specific topic |
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| field research (qualitative research) |
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| the researcher observes some aspect of social life in its natural setting |
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| participant observation (qualitative research) |
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| the researcher both observes and actively takes part in the setting or community being studied |
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| secondary data analysis (qualitative research) |
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| uses data previously collected by other researchers |
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| content analysis (qualitative research) |
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| a variety of techniques that enable researchers to systematically summarize and analyze the content of various forms of communication- written, spoken, pictorial |
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| the researcher manipulates an IV under controlled conditions to determine if change in an IV produces change in DV, thereby establishing a cause and effect relationship |
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| used lines and a group of actors to show how one will conform to an obviously wrong answer in order to fit in |
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| confederates (the asch experiments) |
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| an experiment participant who is aware of the experiment |
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| group think (the asch experiments) |
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| group pressure to conform despite individual misgivings (or when a group reaches an illogical conclusion together for the same reasons) |
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| in-group (the asch experiments) |
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| those considered to belong to a group |
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| out-group (the asch experiments) |
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| group composed of those who are excluded from the in-group and it's collective knowledge |
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| as group cohesiveness increases... |
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| so does conformity (the asch experiments) |
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| social status affects the likelihood of... |
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| conformity (the asch experiments) |
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| appearance of unanimity... |
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| affects the likelihood of conformity (the asch experiments) |
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-nazi soldiers on trial: civilized
-claimed to be following orders
-conformity |
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1961 at Yale
-obedience to authority (will a subject "teacher" willingly hurt another subject "student" when authority tells him to?)
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| The Standford Prison Experiments |
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Zimbardo, Stanford 1971
-subject prisoners vs. subject guards
-guards took on roles, prisoners took on roles
-shut down due to startling results |
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