TAKE-HOME QUIZ 1: DUE MONDAY OCTOBER 8

PART 1:

Wrte about a page (i.e., double-spaced, 12-point Times Roman) in which you summarize the legacies (or impact) of the “scientific method” in research on Black Studies (history, material culture, religion, music, visual arts such as quilt making and sculpture, social structure and family, political participation, gender and gerontology, etc.) especially concepts and research practices relating to OBJECTIVITY, DETACHMENT, HYPOTHESIS-TESTING, QUANTIFICATION, PURE SCIENCE, ETC. In addition to drawing on class discussions and handouts, you must browse/read and include, in your summary, your observations from the following THREE published sources:

i. the African-American journal, African American Research Perspectives at http://www.rcgd.isr.umich.edu/prba/perspectives/index.htm and the specific essay.“The Culturally-Sensitive Diagnostic Interview Research Project: A Study On The Psychiatric Misdiagnosis Of African American Patients” by Arthur L. Whaley

ii. from JSTOR DATABASE: “Moving up, but How Far? African American Women and Economic Restructuring in Los Angeles, 1970-1990” by Angela D. James. Sociological Perspectives, Vol. 43, No. 3. (Autumn, 2000), pp. 399-420.

iii. from JSTOR DATABASE: “Moving up with Kin and Community: Upward Social Mobility for Black and White Women” by Elizabeth Higginbotham; Lynn Weber. Gender and Society, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Sep., 1992), pp. 416-440.

PART 2:

1. Two scholars often identified with the “Chicago School of Sociology”
A.____________________ B.________________________

2. List TWO founders of Sociology (French, German) A______________B.__________________

3. List at least ONE influential African American female sociologist/ feminist scholars, including at least one major work for each

4. List three or more traits of the “scientific method” (or positivism)
A.______________________ B._______________ C._____________________?

5. A collection of essays published to honor a scholar, etc.
A. Fascicle B. Compendium C. Tome D. Festschrift

6. Re-write the following source in a proper or standard, acceptable citation format:
An essay by Mark Lomax titled, “Humor and Hats in and out of the Class.” Found in the collective volume titled, Coming to Class Everyday on Time. EDITORS: Clay Johnson, Lavert Brown, Christina Bush, Francisco Clervoix, Don Miles. PUBLISHER: AAAS Class of 6007. PLACE: Columbus DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2003
PAGES/LOCATION OF THE ESSAY IN THE BOOK: pages 112-178.

7. Give and example of an “irregularity” in social science research (Babbie, p. 13)

8. Social Scientific research usually seeks to explain individual behavior: TRUE FALSE

(Babbie, p. 15)

9. Give two examples of a “VARIABLE” a.________________ b.___________(Babbie, 17)

10. Give two examples of an ‘ATTRIBUTE” a._________________ b.___________

11. In one sentence distinguish INDUCTIVE METHOD from DEDUCTIVE method

12. In one sentence, each, define:

i. METHODOLATRY

ii. METHODOLOGY

iii. METHOD

iv. REIFICATION

v. POSITIVISM (OLEARY, pp. 4-8; 10),

vi. EMPIRICISM

vii. EPISTEME

viii. EPISTEMOLOGY