Methodology in sociocultural

Which of the following is an example of method triangulation?

• A researcher carries out a series of interviews about attitudes toward foreigners and then observes the same participants in a situation where they have to interact with a stranger.

• The responses of two or more researchers are compared to make sure that they are both measuring a variable in the same way.

• When a study is replicated three or more times to establish that it has reliability.

• An experiment uses two or more samples.

What method did O'Reilly use to study British expatriates living on the Costa del Sol?

• An overt naturalistic participant observation.

• A lab experiment.

• A covert naturalistic non-participant observation.

• An overt naturalistic non-participant observation.

Which of the following is not a limitation of carrying out a naturalistic observation?

• The participants are being deceived.

• It is difficult to replicate and establish reliability.

• Participants may leave the study.

• It is not possible to control for confounding variables.

What did Festinger conclude from his study of the Doomsday cult?

• People are willing to forgive their leaders, as long as they feel that they did their best and made honest mistakes.

• Cult members rationalized their failure in order to protect their self-esteem.

• People who are more religious are more likely to join cults.

• The cult members had no clear idea of why they were joining the cult.

Which of the following is not an ethical concern of the Festinger study of the Doomsday cult?

• Deception.

• Researcher bias.

• Not keeping the data anonymous.

• Undue stress or harm.

Which of the following is not an advantage of collecting qualitative data?

• The data is very rich, giving a lot of information to the researcher.

• It is a more holistic approach to studying an individual.

• Qualitative data is often naturalistic, studying an individual in their normal social context.

• Qualitative data is easier to analyse than quantitative data.