This shows why some sociologists may not use questionnaires as with a low response rate they can lack generalizability. It is argued that a higher response rate can be obtained if follow up questionnaires are sent out, if they are collected by hand or even if they sent out by email. However these methods tend to be either more time consuming or more costly. As well as this a great danger with low response rates is the fact that those that are returned are usually from people that aren’t fully employed or an isolated group of society and therefore means it lacks representativeness. Another reason why sociologists may not want to use questionnaires is their inflexibility.
Introducing an ally who resisted the majority caused conformity levels to drop sharply (5%). The presence of an ally makes an individual feel more confident and better able to stand up to the majority. Asch also discovered that people are better able to resist pressure to conform if the decision has a moral dimension. For Asch’s participants, the costs of conforming were not particularly great given the insignificance of the task. However if the behaviour is judged as immoral such as joining others in cheating there is less evidence of conformity as the costs are perceived as greater.
in 1978 and proposed that profit was less important than fairness in the relationship. According to Hatfield (2011) “According to Equity theory, people feel most comfortable when they are getting exactly what they deserve from their relationships—no more and certainly no less” Exchange Theory is more concerned with under-benefit as a disadvantage but Equity Theory places a greater emphasis on both under-benefit and over-benefit. Under-benefits are likely to provoke a sense of anger and resentment and over-benefits are likely to provoke a sense of guilt. The Equity model suggests that a person would be driven to restore the equity within an unbalanced relationship by either reducing their input or increasing their outputs and it is the inability to reach balance that can lead to the breaking of the relationship. Investment theory focusses on the extent to which commitment is determined by investment in a relationship rather than solely satisfaction or reward.
Compare the mean baseline and posttest depression scores of the control group. Do these scores strengthen or weaken the validity of the research results? Provide a rationale for your answer. Ans: The main baseline and posttest depression scores are in control groups are same (10.40 and 10.40) the score is weakened because the fastest score should be higher than the baseline. 5.
CanGo's current ratio is 5.39 which are extremely too high; if the organization does not include the marketable securities in our current ratio it could drop down to 2.27 on CanGo's current assets. The current ratio is divided by Current Assets / Current Liabilities. If the Current ratio would-be under one for the desirable value this may indicate that the company may have difficulties in meeting short term obligations. Meanwhile if the current ratio value higher than one can be suggestive of poor or inefficient use of funds and CanGo needs to pay close attention to its allocation of
Individual differences were important in this variation as those who were more confident were less likely to conform. A limitation of Asch’s study is whether it is valid or not. Asking students to judge the length of lines is an insignificant task. On a more important task, conformity is likely to drop Asch’s findings may only tell us about conformity in special circumstances and the study also lacks mundane realism. Having said this, the study was still well controlled and systematic.
This is not because he thinks that she is disloyal but, seeing that she is very young, the adults who are opposed to them would have little difficulty finding out all they want to know from her. 10. The people who live in the Fringes do so under very poor conditions. This we learn when David and the girls are caught and taken there. David's uncle is the leader there.
My 92 percentile score in this avoidance category means I scored higher than 92% of a group of 9,207 people that previously took this life styles inventory self evaluation. My backup style is the oppositional thinking style. Human Synergistic International states that a person with the oppositional thinking style is someone that opposes new ideas, look for mistakes, is resistant to change and can be critical of others. My 69 percentile score in this oppositional category means I scored higher than 69% of a group of 9,207 people that previously took this life styles inventory self evaluation. My limiting style I feel is the “Humanistic-Encouraging” way of thinking.
There are many cases that indicate that the Court often takes the easy way out by listening to public opinion rather than truly upholding the Constitution (Bartee, 2006). This is why the Poe v. Ullman case, 367 U.S. 497 (1961), was quickly made invalid just a few short years after it was decided. When the Court makes a decision that does violate privacy rights, groups of American citizens get together to protest and find ways to influence the Court to overturn those decisions (Bartee, 2006). Therefore, in some instances the Court does overstep its boundaries as it did when it made birth control pills illegal. However, it backed down a few years later by changing the decision based largely on public opinion.
Prior to the mock jury trial we conducted in class, I really wasn’t interested in juries or the selection process. I found the jury selection process extremely interesting, because in some cases the attorney can predict the verdict based on the jurors that are selected. Gender, ethnicity, age and educational background have an effect on the juror’s behavior but it varies from case to case. The jurors’ ability to understand and comprehend the instructions and evidence being presented in trial had a direct effect on the verdict outcome. A confused jury is not a jury one would ideally wont.