What conclusion did the National Bureau of Economic Research reach about gays and lesbians as subjects of sociological research?
A. Most research treats its gay and lesbian subjects with contempt.
B. Most research ignores the possibility that its subjects might be gay or lesbian.
C. Most research underreports the number of gays and lesbians in a population.
D. Most research begins from a position that sexuality is fluid and that gays and lesbians are in a state of transition.
C. Most research underreports the number of gays and lesbians in a population.
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Older adults consistently __________ of why negative events occur more often than younger adults.
A. change their appraisal B. hold to their initial judgments or conclusions C. forget the reasons D. use global attributions
List and briefly explain two of the norms of science
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A) An example of an unbiased estimate is the variance of a sample; a typical biased estimate is the researcher’s initial expectation prior to sampling. B) There is only one biased estimate (i.e., the researcher’s expected findings); there are several unbiased estimates. C) A biased estimate is preferred to an unbiased estimate when the population is not normally distributed. D) A sample’s variance is a biased estimate of the population’s variance, but a slight change in the variance formula gives an unbiased estimate.
With respect to social class differences in communication:
A. members of the working class are less likely to use SAE than are members of the middle class. B. the middle class uses more words of simple coordination such as “like” or “but” and uses fewer pronouns. C. people with different levels of education communicate differently, but few differences have been noted by income or occupational prestige. D. the middle class tends to use more AAE than does the working class.