30 Questions
What did Marx believe would happen to religion after a significant societal change?
It would disappear
What is the main idea behind Weber's perspective on capitalism?
Working hard and saving money are key to capitalism
How does Nancy Ammerman's perspective differ from the idea of religion disappearing?
She questions the idea of religion disappearing
What is the concept of 'Collective Effervescence' related to?
Feeling excited in group activities
What do Orthodox Jewish women represent in terms of religious responses to secularization?
Pushing back against non-religious ideas
How does Marx view religion in terms of its role in society?
As a control tool used by the powerful
What is the main purpose of a standardized interview?
To collect standardized information efficiently
What is the significance of sensitizing concepts in research?
To guide understanding and analysis
Why is planning interviews considered important for research?
To achieve good results
What is the primary focus of the interview process according to the text?
Ensuring participants are central to the research
What does open coding involve in grounded theory?
Sorting data into groups
How do sensitizing concepts contribute to data analysis?
By keeping an open mind and guiding understanding
What is Moral Panic defined as?
A term used to describe people overreacting to something relatively minor
What is the main focus of Sanctions in the context provided?
Punishing individuals for rule-breaking
What concept is associated with Disciplinary Social Control?
The idea of a Panopticon prison
Functionalist Approaches view society as:
A machine that requires smooth operation
Critical Approaches focus on:
Understanding why people from different social classes commit crimes
Feminist Approaches examine:
The influence of gender on criminal behavior
What is the main focus of McCabe's research?
Exploring the impact of friendship groups on college students.
What characterizes 'Tight-Knitters' friendship groups?
Everyone knows each other well, resembling a close-knit family.
What distinguishes 'Compartmentalizers' friendship groups from 'Tight-Knitters'?
Members have smaller circles of friends that do not intermingle.
What defines 'Samplers' friendship groups?
Includes friends who may not be supportive or engaged in academics.
In the context of the text, what does 'Coding' refer to?
Sorting data to discover connections.
Why are 'Samplers' potentially able to perform well academically despite unhelpful friends?
They avoid bad influences and focus on their studies.
Which approach is primarily focused on finding patterns and big ideas?
Sociology
What are the potential risks of sharing identities with interviewees in research?
Loss of objectivity and risk of bias
Which method uses participants' exact words as codes?
In vivo coding
What is a common concern regarding the impact of values, beliefs, and identities in quantitative research?
It is less direct but still important
What is the main difference between codes and themes in research?
Codes are labels for data segments, while themes are the big ideas from data
Which approach to coding involves using predetermined categories?
Structured coding
Study Notes
Research Methods
- Using concepts helps analyze data
- Interview process involves different designs, focusing on participants, and planning for good results
- Data analysis requires time, can't be rushed, and involves coding and sorting data into groups
Interview Design
- Tailored interviews are designed for each project, avoiding mistakes and ensuring accuracy in transcripts
- Standardized interviews follow a set structure, collecting standardized information efficiently, often used in quantitative research
Key Concepts
- Collective consciousness: shared beliefs of a group
- Collective effervescence: feeling excited in group activities
- Marx's view of religion: religion comes from feeling disconnected and keeps some people powerful
Weber's Protestant Ethic and Capitalism
- Main idea: working hard and saving money helped make capitalism
- Key points: working hard, saving, and being disciplined make you a good person
Religious Responses to Secularization
- Main idea: religions either change or push back against non-religious ideas
- Key points: changing to fit with non-religious life, pushing back against non-religious ideas
Nancy Ammerman's Perspective
- Main idea: questions ideas about religion disappearing
- Key points: asks different questions, talks about how religion changes
Overall
- Main idea: religion does different things for society and people
- Key points: mixes with spirituality, thinks about new spiritual things, changes with modern life and people being more independent
Moral Panic
- Definition: everyone freaking out over something that's not really that big of a deal
- Example: people getting scared that violent video games will make kids violent in real life
Sanctions
- Definition: stuff that happens when you break the rules
- Positive vs. Negative: getting a reward for doing what you're supposed to vs. getting punished for not doing it
- Informal vs. Formal: friends giving you the cold shoulder vs. the police giving you a ticket
Disciplinary Social Control
- Definition: ways society keeps things in order
- Surveillance: keeping an eye on people to stop them from doing bad stuff
- Panopticon: a prison where guards can watch everyone all the time
- Normalization: making everyone act the same way by giving rewards or punishments
- Examination: testing to see if people are following the rules
Functionalist Approaches
- Definition: looking at society like a machine that needs to run smoothly
- Social Disorganization Theory: crime happens more in places where people don't know each other well
- Strain Theory: people break the rules when they can't get what they want the right way
Critical Approaches
- Definition: thinking about who has power and who doesn't when people break the rules
- Crimes of Accommodation: poor people stealing to get by
- "Street Crime" vs. White Collar Crime: crimes by poor people vs. rich people
Feminist Approaches
- Definition: seeing how gender affects why people break rules
- Building on Previous Research: McCabe's research adds to what we already know by looking at how the shape of friendship groups affects students in college
- Differences in Friendship Network Types: Tight-Knitters, Compartmentalizers, and Samplers
Research Process
- Coding and Memos: sorting data to find connections, writing down thoughts and ideas
- Differences Between Sociological Research and Journalism: looking for patterns and big ideas vs. telling stories and reporting news
- Benefits and Drawbacks of Sharing Identities with Interviewees: builds trust and deeper insights, but risks bias and loss of objectivity
- Concerns About Identity Impact in Quantitative Research: less direct but still important
- Considering Impact of Values, Beliefs, and Identities: thinking about biases from the beginning, reflecting, and staying fair and honest
- Codes vs. Themes: labels for data segments vs. big ideas from data
- Open Coding vs. Structured Coding: flexible way of sorting data vs. using predetermined categories
- In Vivo Coding: using participants' exact words as codes
- Tools for Coding: examples include NVivo, Dedoose, Excel, or Word
Test your knowledge on topics such as collective consciousness, collective effervescence, and Marx's view of religion including its main ideas, key points, and role as a control tool and coping mechanism.
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