Define demand characteristics and explain how they can influence the results of a study. Give at least one specific example.
What will be an ideal response?
Demand characteristics are traits of the setting or the researcher that may
influence the study participant’s responses. For example, the room may be too hot,
which may make the respondent uncomfortable, or the researcher may be sexually
attractive, which may distract the respondent.
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Some recent research on the effects of divorce for children finds that __________ may fare worse than __________ when raised in a single-parent home.
A) boys; girls B) older children; younger children C) middle-class children; working-class children D) children who attend public schools; children who are homeschooled
Sociologists who study the meanings individuals attach to smiling in various contexts work at which level of analysis?
A. micro B. meso C. macro D. mini
__________ A group that is deliberately constructed, with well-defined roles and positions that differ in prestige and power, and has rules and sanctions for violation of those rules
What will be an ideal response?
Jones appealed primarily to
a. wealthy whites. b. college students. c. men rather than women. d. the poor and hopeless.