Deck 2: How We Study Families

Question 1

Ultimately, research heads toward truth and it is our responsibility to make sure that we try to achieve that goal.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Spurious relationships are most exemplified by couples who think they are in love but it is only an illusion.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Constructs are an idea or formulation deem relevant to our research.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Agreement reality is the kind of ideas we get when we are immersed in a group of people we love or respect and we want to be like them.

Question 5

Overgeneralizing is a problem when a researcher takes the opinions of a few people and uses it to assume that most people or a larger group of people think the same way.

Question 6

Match the following terms with their definitions or an example of the idea. Answers may be used more than once.
-Without this, science losses its unique & special characteristic .

A) sampling bias
B) construct
C) spurious relationship
D) variable
E) gathering of people to generate insights & determine how group members make decisions
F) objectivity
G) empirical attitude and approach
H) theory
I) scientific strategies
J) none of the above

Question 7

Match the following terms with their definitions or an example of the idea. Answers may be used more than once.
-A group we are interested in making statements or generalizations about. none of the above

A) sampling bias
B) construct
C) spurious relationship
D) variable
E) gathering of people to generate insights & determine how group members make decisions
F) objectivity
G) empirical attitude and approach
H) theory
I) scientific strategies
J) none of the above

Question 8

Match the following terms with their definitions or an example of the idea. Answers may be used more than once.
-Focus group research.

A) sampling bias
B) construct
C) spurious relationship
D) variable
E) gathering of people to generate insights & determine how group members make decisions
F) objectivity
G) empirical attitude and approach
H) theory
I) scientific strategies
J) none of the above

Question 9

Match the following terms with their definitions or an example of the idea. Answers may be used more than once.
-Guided by evidence obtained in a systematic and controlled scientific research.

A) sampling bias
B) construct
C) spurious relationship
D) variable
E) gathering of people to generate insights & determine how group members make decisions
F) objectivity
G) empirical attitude and approach
H) theory
I) scientific strategies
J) none of the above

Question 10

Match the following terms with their definitions or an example of the idea. Answers may be used more than once.
-This is a process rather than perceiving without distortion or prejudice.

A) sampling bias
B) construct
C) spurious relationship
D) variable
E) gathering of people to generate insights & determine how group members make decisions
F) objectivity
G) empirical attitude and approach
H) theory
I) scientific strategies
J) none of the above

Question 11

Match the following terms with their definitions or an example of the idea. Answers may be used more than once.
-When two events are seemingly related, but both are the result of some third event.

A) sampling bias
B) construct
C) spurious relationship
D) variable
E) gathering of people to generate insights & determine how group members make decisions
F) objectivity
G) empirical attitude and approach
H) theory
I) scientific strategies
J) none of the above

Question 12

Match the following terms with their definitions or an example of the idea. Answers may be used more than once.
-An idea or formulation relevant to a particular theory or research question.

A) sampling bias
B) construct
C) spurious relationship
D) variable
E) gathering of people to generate insights & determine how group members make decisions
F) objectivity
G) empirical attitude and approach
H) theory
I) scientific strategies
J) none of the above

Question 13

Match the following terms with their definitions or an example of the idea. Answers may be used more than once.
-Something that varies and that can be measured.

A) sampling bias
B) construct
C) spurious relationship
D) variable
E) gathering of people to generate insights & determine how group members make decisions
F) objectivity
G) empirical attitude and approach
H) theory
I) scientific strategies
J) none of the above

Question 14

Match the following terms with their definitions or an example of the idea. Answers may be used more than once.
-Agreement among "expert" judges on what is observed.

A) sampling bias
B) construct
C) spurious relationship
D) variable
E) gathering of people to generate insights & determine how group members make decisions
F) objectivity
G) empirical attitude and approach
H) theory
I) scientific strategies
J) none of the above

Question 15

Which one of the following is NOT one of the ways we come to "know" the world?

A) Ordinary observation
B) Poetry, novels, and media
C) Communing with nature
D) Statements by authority figures

Question 16

A basic purpose of science is to

A) achieve theory.
B) identify facts.
C) replace prejudicial statements by authority figures.

Question 17

Empiricism attempts to tell the story of family life through:

A) understanding the empirical nature of governmental and familial systems
B) seeking information by gathering interviews from those who have been in governmental positions of authority
C) gathering numbers and statistics from families
D) gathering stories of families by reading diaries and letters

Question 18

In the text example about the Aka of Central Africa, it was found that the reason fathers held their children more than did the fathers in Ngandu tribe was:

A) they did really have a good reason
B) The Aka were protecting their children from snakes and insects
C) The Aka were more nutritionally deprived and the children needing fed more often
D) The Aka loved their children more

Question 19

Participant observation research is rich and interesting but which are the following are the key drawbacks?

A) It is difficult complete
B) It is costly
C) It is very time consuming
D) All of the above

Question 20

Saturation (in the context of research) means that:

A) the new interviews do not reveal any new information.
B) the interviewer has reached the end of her/his time and money.
C) the interview process has become stale and of course.
D) families are tired being interviewed.

Question 21

Spurious relationship is one in which:

A) two seemingly connected factors are found to be significantly influential
B) b. two seemingly unconnected factors are found to be connected
C) two factors that are connected to one's research agenda are correlated
D) two factors we thought were connected are found to be connected to a third idea.

Question 22

Quantitative research focuses on:

A) quantifying the attitudes, ideas, knowledge, and feelings of a larger group people
B) finding where the 'rule of outliers' fall within each large sample
C) discovering the themes of personal stories
D) finding out why outliers are so different than the regular population.