SOC 212W
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SPRING 2010
Final exam review sheet
Nicole Hala
5.10.2010
The final exam will consist of two parts: multiple choice (30 questions, 3 pts each, 90 pts total) and one short essay
(10 pts). Multiple choice questions will focus on the key terms from Neumann (approx. 18 questions) and the other
(non-Neumann) material listed below (approx. 12 questions). There will also be one extra credit question (a written, short response).
Chapter 3, “Becoming an Ethical Researcher,” pp. 60-85.
SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT
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RESEARCH FRAUD
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PLAGIARISM
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PRINCIPLE OF VOLUNTARY CONSENT
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INFORMED
CONSENT / ANONYMITY / CONFIDENTIALITY / SPECIAL POPULATIONS / INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD / CODE OF
ETHICS / WHISTLE BLOWING
Chapter 7, “The Experiment,” pp. 178-186 and pp. 194-201.
RANDOM ASSIGNMENT / PRETEST / POSTTEST / INDEPENDENT GROUP DESIGN / REPEATED MEASURES DESIGN /
EXPERIMENTAL GROUP / CONTROL GROUP / CONFEDERATES / EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN / CLASSICAL E XPERI MENTAL
DESIGN / MAIN EFFECTS / INTERACTION EFFECTS / INTERNAL VALIDITY / EXTERNAL VALIDITY / DOUBLE BLIND
EXPERIMENTS / PLACEBO / REACTIVITY / FIELD EXPERIMENT / NATURAL EXPERIMENTS / DEBRIEF
Chapter 6, “The Survey: Asking People Questions,” pp. 142-175.
CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH / SPURIOUSNESS / CONTROL VARIABLE / QUESTIONNAIRE / INTERVIEW SCHEDULE /
DOUBLE BARRELED QUESTION / LEADING QUESTION / OPEN ENDED QUESTION FORMAT / CLOSED ENDED
QUESTION FORMAT / STANDARD FORMAT QUESTION / QUASI FILTER QUESTION / FULL FILTER QUESTION / SOCIAL
DESIRABILITY BIAS / CONTINGENCY QUESTION / ORDER EFFECTS / PROBE / COMPUTER ASSISTED TELEPHONE
INTERVIEWING (CATI)
Chapter 11, “Looking at the Past and Across Cultures,” pp. 292-308.
PRIMARY SOURCES / PRESENTISM / ETHNOCENTRISM / EXTERNAL CRITICISM / INTERNAL CRITICISM /
RECOLLECTIONS / ORAL HISTORY / SECONDARY SOURCES
Chapter 9 “Research with Nonreactive Measures,” pp. 204-217.
N ONREACTIVE RESEARCH / UNOBTRUSIVE MEASURES / CONTENT ANALYSIS / TEXT / CODING SYSTEM / MANIFEST
CODING / LATENT CODING / INTERCODER RELIABILITY / SOCIAL INDICATOR
Chapter 10 “Observing People in Natural Settings,” pp. 262-289
ETHNOGRAPHY / NATURALISM / FIELD SITE / GATEKEEPER / NORMALIZE / GOING NATIVE / APPEARANCE OF
INTEREST / ATTITUDE OF STRANGENESS / INFORMANT / FOCUS GROUPS
* Audio (in-class): “Study: Ex-Cons Face Race Barriers in Job Search,” Tell Me More, NPR
- What sort of research design was used to study discrimination in hiring?
- What were the main findings of the study?
* Stanley Milgram, “Behavioral Study of Obedience” (4 pp.)
OBEDIENCE / CONFEDERATE
* “Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy,”Ehrenreich, B. and Hochschild.
FEMINIZATION OF MIGRATION / GLOBALIZATION OF WOMEN ' S WORK / CARE DEFECIT
* “An Introduction to Suicide: A Study in Sociology” (Edles & Appelrouth, 2010, pp. 119-122)
SOCIAL NORMS
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MORAL REGULATION
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SOCIAL INTEGRATION
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ANOMIE
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EGOISM
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ANOMIC SUICIDE
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EGOISTIC
SUICIDE
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ALTRUISTIC SUICIDE
* Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets, Venkatesh, S.
- See questions on course blog, and slides