Outliers
What was revealed when Wolf had dieticians analyze the eating habits of the Rosetan people?
41% of their caloric intake came from fat
What was the name of the town that was just west of the U.S. city of Roseto
Bangor
Bruhn and Wolf's research findings regarding the Rosetans were readily accepted by the medical community primarily due to their exhaustive and thorough research methods.
False
Rosetan immigrants who settled in other U.S. cities (those that settled in cities outside of the U.S. city of Roseto) shared the same health characteristics.
False
The U.S. Rosetan people cooked primarily with olive oil (a tradition they carries from their earlier European roots.)
False
From what foreign country did the citizens of the U.S. city of Roseto emigrate from?
Italy
What was the original name of the U.S. city Roseto (before it was changed to Roseto?)
New Italy
What was the early unusual observation made by Wolf about the people of Roseto?
The men of Roseto did not suffer from heart disease
art A : What is the central idea of the text "The Roseto Mystery"?
The values of the world we inhabit and the people we surround ourselves with have a profound effect on who we are.
What was the outcome of the research regarding the health of the people of Roseto?
Their health was related to their protective social structure and its ability to insulate them from the typical pressures and problems of the outside world.
Which of the following was not a finding of sociologist, John Bruhn in his study of the people of Roseto?
There was no sign of religious worship in Roseto
The U.S. Rosetan people smoked heavily and struggled with obesity.
True
Why did Gladwell choose to start his book Outliers with this particular study of the people of Roseto?
What Wolf did for the subject of health, Gladwell wanted to do for the subject of success
Who was Stewart Wolf?
a physician that studied the health and lifestyle of the Rosetans
What is an outlier?
a statistical observation that is markedly different in value form the others of the sample.
Before the research of Bruhn and Wolf, no one was used to thinking about health in terms of _______________.
community
What was the leading cause of death among U.S. men under the age of 65 in the 1950's
heart disease
What is the time frame of Gladwell's first example of an outlier?
in the early 1800's
According to Malcolm Gladwell, what is the U.S. city of Roseto an example of?
none of the above
From what European city did most of the early residents of the U.S. city of Roseto emigrate from?
none of the above
"...and the next town over was overwhelmingly German, which meant - given the fractious relationships between the English and Germans and Italians in those years - that Roset stayed strictly for Rosetans. Fractious most likely means:
readily angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome
What was the main business of the U.S. city of Roseto in the early years of its founding?
stone working
Who/what is the paesani of Roseto?
the people living in Roseto
"they picked up on the particularly egalitarian ethos of the community, which discouraged the wealthy from flaunting their success and helped the unsuccessful obscure their failures. Egalitarian most likely means:
they believed in equality of all people
Part B : Which two details from the text best support your answer to Part A?
"the Rosetans had created a powerful, protective social structure capable of isolating them from the pressures of the modern world. The Rosetans were healthy because of where they were from, because of the world they had created for themselves in their tiny little town in the hills. & ..."They had to get them to realize that they wouldn't be able to understand why someone was healthy if all they did was think about an individual's personal choices or actions in isolation. They had to look beyond the individual. They had to understand the culture he or she was part of, and who their friends and families, were, and what town their families came from.
In which state in the United States is the city of Roseto located?
Pennsylvainia