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RSC2601 – EXAM PACKMICHAELA WILLIAMS
thobekaluthando94@gmail.com 38
THIS DOCUMENT WAS MADE BY MICHAELA WILLIAMS. IT CONTAINS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FROM PREVIOUS EXAMS RANGING FROM 2017 TO
2020.ANSWERS WERE RESEARCHED USING THE PRESCRIBED BOOK AND MEMOS.
THIS DOCUMENT WILL HELP YOU IN YOUR EXAMS, ASSIGNMENTS AND STUDIES
AND WILL ENSURE THAT YOU PASS THIS MODULE WITH EASE. IT IS NOT TO BE
SHARED OR DISTRUBUTED !
,©MICHAELA WILLIAMS RSC2601 EXAM PACK © - thobekaluthando94@gmail.com CELL – 079 597 6803
QUESTION 1
Ego involvement as a possible error in scientific inquiry is guarded against by
researchers …
(a) doing a thorough literature rreview.
(b) involving a sufficiently large sample of observations.
(c) rigorously testing hypotheses.
REPEATED IN THE FOLLOWING PAPERS:
(d) sharing research results with fellow scientists.
OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2020 NUMBER 1
(1) (a) October – November 2018 number 2
MAY – JUNE 2016 NUMBER 1
(2) (a) (b) MAY – JUNE 2014 NUMBER 1
(3) (a) (b) (c) MAY – JUNE 2013 NUMBER 4
(4) (c) (d) – PAGE 10
QUESTION 2
Which one of the following statements is INCORRECT regarding norms of scientific
research?
(1) Research results must be made available so that the scientific community can review
and criticize them.
(2) The purpose of organized scepticism is to ensure that scientific knowledge can be
subjected to close examination.
(3) In evaluating research reports reviewers should rely both on the stature of the
researcher and the scientific merit of the research. – PAGE 12
(4) Scientists are slow to reject a theory even when new evidence invalidates it, but
eventually they are willing to adopt a better theory.
(5) The norms of scientific inquiry are only likely to be upheld if the institutional context in
which research takes place is conducive
to it. REPEATED IN THE FOLLOWING PAPERS:
OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2020 NUMBER 2
MAY – JUNE 2020 NUMBER 1
MAY – JUNE 2018 NUMBER 3
OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2016 NUMBER 1
OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2014 NUMBER 4
MAY – JUNE 2014 NUMBER 3
,©MICHAELA WILLIAMS RSC2601 EXAM PACK © - thobekaluthando94@gmail.com CELL – 079 597 6803
QUESTION 3
Identify the epistemological statement.
(1) Social reality and natural reality can be studied in the same way. – PAGE 19-20
(2) Social reality is inherently meaningful. REPEATED IN THE FOLLOWING PAPERS:
(3) Human beings are reflexive.
OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2020 NUMBER 2
(4) Patriarchy is common in traditional MAY – JUNE 2020 NUMBER 1
societies. MAY – JUNE 2018 NUMBER 3
(5) Hidden structures mask the true nature of OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2016 NUMBER 1
OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2014 NUMBER 4
social reality.
MAY – JUNE 2014 NUMBER 3
QUESTION 4
Which two of the following statements best describe methodology?
Methodology …
(a) is what social scientists discovering about the nature of reality.
(b) studies the characteristics of knowledge.
(c) is the logic on which research is based?
(d) provides social scientists with the necessary know-how for research.
(1) (a) (b) REPEATED IN THE FOLLOWING PAPERS:
(2) (b) (c)
OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2020 NUMBER 4
(3) (c) (d) -PAGE 21
MAY – JUNE 2019 NUMBER 3
(4) (a) (c) OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2015 NUMBER 2
(5) (b) (d) MAY – JUNE 2012 NUMBER 5
OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2012 NUMBER 5
QUESTION 5
The approach to research that criticises notions of certainty and rationality as a
foundation of knowledge is known as …
(1) feminist research. REPEATED IN THE FOLLOWING PAPERS:
(2) positivist social science. OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2020 NUMBER 5
(3) critical social science. MAY – JUNE 2015 NUMBER 5
(4) interpretive social science.
(5) postmodernism. – PAGE 37
, ©MICHAELA WILLIAMS RSC2601 EXAM PACK © - thobekaluthando94@gmail.com CELL – 079 597 6803
QUESTION 6
Value freedom implies … REPEATED IN THE FOLLOWING PAPERS:
OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2020 NUMBER 6
(1) that one is free to construct one’s own MAY – JUNE 2017 NUMBER 6
scientific values when conducting
research.
(2) complete subjectivity whilst conducting research.
(3) that scientific inquiry should not be influenced by values that scientists hold dear.
– PAGE 23
(4) that scientific inquiry will inevitably be influenced by the scientist’s values.
QUESTION 7
Identify the statement(s) that has/have the potential to be a social law.
(a) If we exert less force on an object, it will move slower.
(b) The suicide rate decreases as the level of social integration increases.
(c) Men are sexist.
(d) Intelligence is an inherited
attribute. REPEATED IN THE FOLLOWING PAPERS:
(1) (a) (b) –PAGE 76 OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2020 NUMBER 7
(2) (c) (d) October November 2014 number 9
(3) (a) (b) (d) October November 2013 number 11
(4) (c) May June 2012 number 12
(5) (b) May June 2011 number 12
QUESTION 8
Indicate the correct sequence of events during the initial stage of a research project.
(a) Conducting a literature review REPEATED IN THE FOLLOWING PAPERS:
(b) Decide on a topic to research
OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2020 NUMBER 8
(c) Operationalising concepts
May June 2017 number 10
(d) Specifying a research question May June 2016 number 9
(e) Framing a hypothesis May June 2015 number 12
(1) (a)→ (b)→ (c)→ (d)→ (e)
(2) (b)→ (a)→ (d)→ (e)→ (c) - PAGE 58
(3) (e)→ (b)→ (a)→ (d)→ (c)
(4) (b)→ (d)→ (e)→ (c)→ (a)
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