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Question #1
Research Methods is a set of techniques used by social scientists to:
A.
gather, refine and analyze data
B.
report results
C.
measure and observe social life
D.
select cases
E.
All of the above
Question #2
What are the alternatives to social science research
A.
Ideological beliefs and values
B.
experts and authorities
C.
Personal experience and common sense
D.
Popular media messages
E.
All of the above
Question #3
It is also known as "seeing is believing." It is considered as a powerful type of knowledge
A.
Personal Experience
B.
Popular Media Messages
C.
Ideological beliefs and values
D.
Experts and authorities
E.
None of the above
Question #4
One of its limitations is that everyday reasoning and perceptions are imperfect and subject to error.
A.
Experts and authorities
B.
Research Methodology
C.
Personal Experience and common sense
D.
Popular Media Messages
Question #5
I’m gambling in a Los Vegas casino and have lost the last 5 hands of blackjack. It is just common sense that I’ve got to win the next hand.
A.
Popular Media Messages
B.
Personal Experience and common sense
C.
experts and authorities
D.
None of the Above
Question #6
This occurs when you find something in a few situations and assume that it applies almost all situations
A.
False Consensus
B.
Overgeneralization
C.
Premature Closure
D.
Selective Observation
Question #7
I have met 5 people in Califoria, and they are all smart. Therefore, all people in California are smart. This is an example of
A.
Premature Closure
B.
Overgeneralization
C.
Selective Observation
D.
The Halo Effect
Question #8
We often seek out evidence that confirms what we already know and ignore evidence that is to the contrary
A.
Selective Observation
B.
False Consensus
C.
Overgeneralization
D.
Premature Closure
Question #9
My grandmother smoked six packs of cigarettes a day and lived to be 85 years old; she didn’t get cancer so why should I worry about cancer?
A.
Selective Observation
B.
Overgeneralization
C.
The Halo Effect
D.
Premature Closure
Question #10
It reinforces the first two errors of overgeneralization and selective observation. It happens when we come to a decision prematurely when we think that we have all of the information that we need
A.
Selective Observation
B.
Premature Closure
C.
The Halo Effect
D.
Overgeneralization
Question #11
This is when we overgeneralize from what we believe to be highly positive or prestigious
A.
Premative Closure
B.
Selective Observation
C.
The Halo Effect
D.
Overgeneralization
Question #12
It suggests that we tend to see the views of most other people as being similar to our own views. Most of us feel that our own views are “normal” or “ordinary.
A.
False Consensus
B.
Selective Observation
C.
Premative Closure
D.
Overgeneralization
Question #13
When actors and athletes endorse products on televisions like car insurance, detergents, or cars
A.
Personal experience and common sense
B.
Popular Media Messages
C.
Ideological beliefs and values
D.
Experts and Authorities
Question #14
When the mass media gives excessive attention to the occurrence of crime in a particular community
A.
experts and authorities
B.
Personal experience and common sense
C.
Ideological beliefs and values
D.
Popular Media Messages
Question #15
It refers to both a system for producing knowledge and the knowledge that results from that system
A.
The Halo Effect
B.
Empirical
C.
False Consensus
D.
Science
Question #16
It is called the hard sciences because they deal with the physical and material world
A.
social theory
B.
research methodology
C.
natural sciences
D.
social sciences
Question #17
It is called the soft sciences because the subject matter is highly fluid, difficult to observe and measure
A.
natural sciences
B.
social sciences
C.
research methodology
D.
social theory
Question #18
A system of interconnected ideas that condenses and organizes knowledge about the social world and explains how it works.
A.
Selective Observation
B.
Social Theory
C.
Research Methodology
Question #19
Numerical (quantitative) and non-numerical (qualitative) information and evidence that have been carefully gathered through established rules and procedures
A.
Research Methodology
B.
Social Sciences
C.
Data
D.
Natural Sciences
Question #20
Description of what we can observe and experience directly through human senses (touch, sight, hearing, smell, taste), or indirectly using techniques that extend the senses.
A.
Personal Experience
B.
A priori
C.
social theory
D.
Empirical
Question #21
Scientists are limited to using their senses in observing and measuring the natural and social world.
A.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
Question #22
A body of ideas and information with the outward appearance of science, however it is “fake science” and does not use the systematic rigor or standards of the scientific method.
A.
Pseudoscience
B.
Premature Closure
C.
social theory
D.
Research Methodology
Question #23
Followers of pseudoscience may use jargon to to convince others and can be hostile to criticism
A.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
Question #24
A term used by public relations firms hired by advocacy groups to criticize real scientific research. The public relations firms do this in an attempt to discredit scientific findings that contradict a position taken by the group.
A.
Scientific Method
B.
Junk Science
C.
social sciences
D.
Natural Sciences
Question #25
The capacity to understand scientific knowledge; apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories; use scientific processes to solve problems and make decisions.
A.
Innumeracy
B.
Junk Science
C.
Scientific Method
D.
Scientific Literacy
Question #26
The lack of quantitative literacy; not having an ability to reason with numbers and other mathematical concepts
A.
Scientific Literacy
B.
Ideological beliefs and values
C.
Innumeracy
D.
Scholarly Journal Article
Question #27
A collection of people who share a system of attitudes, beliefs, and rules that sustains the production and advancement of scientific knowledge.
A.
Scientific Method
B.
Scientific Literacy
C.
Pseudoscience
D.
Scientific Community
Question #28
Membership in the scientific community involves getting an advanced degree M.S. or Ph.D. in a given discipline
A.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
Question #29
All of these are the norms of the scientific community except one
A.
Honesty
B.
Communalism
C.
Universalism
D.
Disinterestedness
E.
Patriortism
Question #30
When the research is judged only on the basis of scientific method regardless of who conducts research (old/young, male/female, U.S./Abroad, Harvard University/Unknown University)
A.
Universalism
B.
Disinterestedness
C.
Communalism
D.
Honesty
E.
Organized Skepticism
Question #31
Scientists should not accept new ideas or evidence in a carefree, uncritical manner. They should challenge and question all evidence and subject each study to intense scrutiny
A.
Honesly
B.
Disinterestedness
C.
Organized Skepticism
D.
Universalism
E.
Communalism
Question #32
The purpose of the criticisms from scientists is to attack the character of the individual and his background
A.
FALSE
B.
TRUE
Question #33
When scientists are neutral, impartial, receptive and open to unexpected observations and new ideas.
A.
Universalism
B.
Communalism
C.
Disinterestedness
D.
Honesty
E.
Organized Skepticism
Question #34
It is not a good idea for Social scientists to look for evidence that goes against their positions to prevent bias.
A.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
Question #35
When scientific knowledge us shared with others
A.
Communalism
B.
Organized Skepticism
C.
Disinterestedness
D.
Universalism
E.
Disinterestedness
Question #36
refers to the ideas, rules, techniques, and approaches used by the scientific community
A.
Research Methodology
B.
Scientific Community
C.
Social Theory
D.
Scientific Method
Question #37
It is impatient with pursuing great accuracy or rigor, wants to definitive, immediate answers to current issues, is apprehensive about freely sharing knowledge.
A.
Disinterestedness
B.
Non-Scientific Thinking
C.
Communalism
D.
Universalism
Question #38
An article in a specialized publication that has members of the scientific community as its primary audience; it is a means to disseminate new ideas and findings within the scientific community.
A.
Popular Media Messages
B.
Scientific Literacy
C.
Newspaper Article
D.
Scholarly Journal Article
Question #39
A process of judging the merits of a research paper in which the peer researchers do not know the identity of the research and the researcher does not know the identity of the reviewers (referees).
A.
Peer Review
B.
Communalism
C.
Peer Media Messages
D.
Scientific Literacy
Question #40
The Scientific Method transforms ideas, hunches, and questions (sometimes called hypotheses) into scientific knowledge
A.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
Question #41
In quantitative approach, the researcher is more detached while in a qualitative appraoch the researcher is involved
A.
FALSE
B.
TRUE
Question #42
In quantitative approach, the focus is on measuring observable facts while in qualitative approach the focus is on the construction of social reality
A.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
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