HDFS 2004W Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Social Science, Federal Government Of The United States, World Medical Association
12 Oct 2018
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HDFS 2004W
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Lecture 1 - Today was not an actual lecture, it was just a review of the Syllabus (I would highly
recommend reading over the syllabus)
●In class he mentioned that on the syllabus there is an error regarding the location of his
office. The correct room number for professor Bellizzi’s office / office hours is Room
333.
●There will be a 15 page paper
●There will be 6 pop quizzes in lecture (the lowest quiz grade will be dropped)
●There will be 3 exams
●There will be 11 in-class activities during discussion (the lowest in-class activity grade
will be dropped)
●Purchase the textbooks. Instead of getting Cozby, Paul C. and Bates, Scott C. (2018).
Methods in Behavioral Research, 12
th
ed
. McGraw Hill. ISBN: 978-1259676987, you
can purchase the 11th edition of this textbook if it is cheaper because both editions are
fairly comparable
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(Official) Lecture 1
Outline
● Looking for reality
● The foundations of social science
● Dialectics of social research
How we know what we know
● Most of what you know is a matter of believing what you’ve been told
● The basis of knowledge is acknowledgement
The five-second rule: is it safe to follow ?
● A study found that Gummi Bears contaminated E. Coli after just 5 seconds on the
floor
Hoax or Truth?
● Subject: Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins
AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY
TO TRY (TRY BEING THE KEY WORD) AND ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHN
HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE
WAY.
***Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins University:*
●www.hoax-slayer.com (use this tpo find out if emails are hoax or not)
How many continents on the earth ?
● Western view
○ Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South
America
● European view
○ 6 continents.. Believe that Europe and Asia are combined
Other Ways of knowing:
• Direct experience and observation
•Tradition - our culture
•Authority - discoveries and understandings produced by others
Are these statements true or false? How do you know?
•Births for teenagers continues to increase in the United States? FALSE
•The typical family structure in the United States is comprised of a married couple
with their children? FALSE
•In comparison to other age groups, the elderly are more likely to be in poverty?
FALSE (young people are)
Looking for Reality
•Scientists have criteria that must be met before they accept the reality of
something they haven’t experienced.
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Document Summary
Lecture 1 - today was not an actual lecture, it was just a review of the syllabus (i would highly recommend reading over the syllabus) In class he mentioned that on the syllabus there is an error regarding the location of his office. The correct room number for professor bellizzi"s office / office hours is room. There will be a 15 page paper. There will be 6 pop quizzes in lecture (the lowest quiz grade will be dropped) There will be 11 in-class activities during discussion (the lowest in-class activity grade will be dropped) Instead of getting cozby, paul c. and bates, scott c. (2018). Isbn: 978-1259676987, you can purchase the 11th edition of this textbook if it is cheaper because both editions are fairly comparable (official) lecture 1. Most of what you know is a matter of believing what you"ve been told. A study found that gummi bears contaminated e. coli after just 5 seconds on the floor.
