Civilize Them With A Stick

1) Study Guide Questions for Test 1To Prep are for Test 1, I recommend that you write down your responses to the following questions. You do not have to figure this assignment in for credit. If you are unclear about the answers after reading the chapters, contact me. If youd like me to look over your answers before your test, email them to me. This assignment is knowing to help you prepare for the test. You will only be tested on material that relates to the study guide questions Chapter 1 Study Guide Questions1. specify and chance on sociology. 2. expose the sociological imagination and apply the sociological imagination to genius aspect of your own life. 3. Define and distinguish the macro and micro levels of social life. 4. Describe and distinguish the functionalist, conflict, and symbolic interactionist theoretical perspectives. Explain how each perspective would attempt to understand a college degree. Obedience Video Study Guide Questions1. Describe Milgrams experiment, hi s research findings, and your own reaction to the video. 2. Discuss ways in which the findings of the Milgram experiment relate to things that occur in the real world. 3. In what way did proximity to the composition affect obedience? In what way did proximity to the authority figure influence obedience? How did groups influence obedience? (hint variations are shown at the end of the video) 4. What are the in hooked variable(s) and dependent variable(s) in the study (Chapter 2 of the textbook defines these terms). 5. What was the operational definition of obedience (Chapter 2 defines this term) Chapter 2 Study Guide Questions1. Define objectiveness and explain why it is important2. Describe the 6 steps of the scientific method and be prepared to assess whether or not the scientific method has been followed in an exam question that provides your with a research study to assess.3. Define operational definition. Be prepared to disclose and assess the validity of an operational defini tion in an exam question that provides you withinformation about a research study.4. Define and distinguish independent, dependent, and control variables. Be prepared to identify and distinguish independent and dependent variables in an exam question that provides you with information about a research study.5. Explain the difference surrounded by correlation and a causal relationship between variables.6. Define and distinguish validity and reliability.7. Define sample and explain the sizeableness of a random sample. Be prepared to identify sampling issues and discuss the importance of a random sample in an exam question that provides you with information about a research study.8. Briefly describe and be prepared to identify the following research methods survey, experiment, field research and secondary data analysis.9. Distinguish mean, median and mode. Explain why the median income in the U.S. is a better rate of the middle value than the mean (hint consider the impact of income s such as that of OprahWinfrey, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates on an average).Chapter 3 Study Guide Questions1. Define farming. 2. Define and distinguish material and non-material culture. 3. Define and distinguish norms and values. 4. Describe the types of norms (mores and folkways). Provide one example of the different types of norms that relate to your own life. 5. Define sanctions. Provide one example of sanctions that have influenced your own behavior 6. Define and distinguish ethnocentrism and cultural relativism. Explain how the article, Civilize Them With a Stick Relates to ethnocentrism. 7. Define and distinguish subculture and counterculture. 8. Define culture shock.