Applied Sociology Flashcards
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A CSP practitioner is retained to study why a neighborhood health clinic has low utilization among Latino residents. Which theoretical lens would best frame an investigation of cultural and structural barriers?
Answer: A critical race and cultural competence framework examining power, trust, and access
Understanding low healthcare utilization in a minority community requires examining historical distrust, language barriers, structural access issues, and institutional racism through a critical framework.
When presenting research findings to a non-academic policy audience, a sociological practitioner should prioritize:
Answer: Translating sociological concepts into clear language linked to actionable policy implications
Effective knowledge translation requires making sociological findings accessible and explicitly connecting them to decisions that policymakers can act upon.
A sociological practitioner observes that a social service agency uses identical eligibility criteria nationwide, yet enrollment rates differ sharply by race. This is best described as:
Answer: Disparate impact, where a facially neutral policy produces racially unequal outcomes
Disparate impact occurs when a formally neutral policy or practice disproportionately disadvantages a protected group, regardless of discriminatory intent.
In ethnographic fieldwork, 'going native' is considered a methodological risk because it:
Answer: Can compromise analytical distance, leading the researcher to lose a critical outside perspective
When researchers become too embedded in the culture they study, they risk losing the analytical detachment needed to recognize patterns and generate transferable knowledge.
A practitioner assessing social cohesion in a neighborhood after a natural disaster would most usefully measure:
Answer: Density of social ties, trust levels, norms of reciprocity, and participation in collective action
Social cohesion encompasses bonding and bridging social capital — the networks, trust, and reciprocity norms that enable collective responses to shared challenges.
Which of the following best illustrates the concept of 'role conflict' in an organizational setting?
Answer: A social worker whose professional obligation to report abuse conflicts with a client's request for confidentiality
Role conflict occurs when the expectations attached to two or more social roles that an individual occupies are incompatible, requiring contradictory behaviors simultaneously.
A CSP practitioner uses secondary data analysis for a study on food insecurity. The primary limitation of this approach compared to primary data collection is:
Answer: The researcher cannot control the original data collection design, variables measured, or sampling strategy
Secondary data were collected for another purpose, so the researcher has no control over measurement decisions, which may not align with the current study's conceptual needs.