SOCIOLOGY 1000 EXAM #1 MIZZOU (BREKHUS)
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS...
1. How does sociology differ from conventional wisdom?
(use examples) Answer - Sociology-
requires evidence and statistics. Whereas common sense simply requires
beliefs and faith that are recognized as part of a culture's. it also uses
systematic patterns
CW-
uses single anecdotes
uses common sense or faith
ex: "children are our most precious commodity"-- people say that we love
children, yet soc proves that wrong because 1 in 4 children live in poverty an
U.S. politics are favored towards senior citizens.
2A. Sociology vs psychology Answer - Soc-
focuses on a group
Ex: Suicide- focuses on groups that commit the most suicides.
Psych-
focuses on the individual (the brain)
Ex: Suicide- MENTALLY an issue-- views on psychological health.
, 2B. Durkheim Unhappiness theory (explain) Answer - Egoistic suicide-
"excessive individualism" --lack of integration
Ex: men 65+ have high rates possibly due to the fact that they are out of a job
and may have lost their spouse and are LONLEY
Anomic Suicide- "Excessive freedom" --lack of regulations
ex: winning the lottery
altruistic- too much integration
3. Give an example each of anomic, altruistic, and egoistic suicide. Answer - -
Anomic: drinking in college
-Altruistic: mass suicide
-Egoistic: not having any friends
4B. What are the characteristics of a good statistic? Answer - - more than a
quess
- clear, reasonable definite measures
- not mangled or mutated numbers (original source)
- random, representable sample
- consideres a control for other causes for a correlation
4A. What are some sources of bad statistics? Answer - -bad guesses
-deceptive definitions and misleading measures
-mangled, mutant, or transformed numbers -convenience samples -faulty
causation
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS...
1. How does sociology differ from conventional wisdom?
(use examples) Answer - Sociology-
requires evidence and statistics. Whereas common sense simply requires
beliefs and faith that are recognized as part of a culture's. it also uses
systematic patterns
CW-
uses single anecdotes
uses common sense or faith
ex: "children are our most precious commodity"-- people say that we love
children, yet soc proves that wrong because 1 in 4 children live in poverty an
U.S. politics are favored towards senior citizens.
2A. Sociology vs psychology Answer - Soc-
focuses on a group
Ex: Suicide- focuses on groups that commit the most suicides.
Psych-
focuses on the individual (the brain)
Ex: Suicide- MENTALLY an issue-- views on psychological health.
, 2B. Durkheim Unhappiness theory (explain) Answer - Egoistic suicide-
"excessive individualism" --lack of integration
Ex: men 65+ have high rates possibly due to the fact that they are out of a job
and may have lost their spouse and are LONLEY
Anomic Suicide- "Excessive freedom" --lack of regulations
ex: winning the lottery
altruistic- too much integration
3. Give an example each of anomic, altruistic, and egoistic suicide. Answer - -
Anomic: drinking in college
-Altruistic: mass suicide
-Egoistic: not having any friends
4B. What are the characteristics of a good statistic? Answer - - more than a
quess
- clear, reasonable definite measures
- not mangled or mutated numbers (original source)
- random, representable sample
- consideres a control for other causes for a correlation
4A. What are some sources of bad statistics? Answer - -bad guesses
-deceptive definitions and misleading measures
-mangled, mutant, or transformed numbers -convenience samples -faulty
causation
