sociology unit 4
what term describes the assignment of students to specific education programs and classes on the basis of test scores, previous grades, or perceived ability?
tracking
when the league of women voters successfully achieved its goal of women being allowed to vote, they had to undergo frame ____, a means of completely changing their goals to ensure continuing relevance.
transformation
sidewalk ramps and Braille signs are examples of ____
accommodations required by the Americans with disabilities act and norms of accessibility for people with disabilities
the protestors at the Egypt uprising rally were:
an acting crowd
what are the most commonly diagnosed mental disorders in the US?
anxiety disorders
core nations that work to propel peripheral nations toward modernization need to be aware of:
preserving peripheral nation cultural identity, preparing or pitfalls that come with modernization, avoiding hegemonist assumptions about modernization
the process by which aspects of life that were considered bad or deviant are redefined as sickness and needing medical attention to remedy is called
medicalization
which public healthcare system offers insurance primarily to people over 65 years old?
medicare
china is undergoing a shit in industry, increasing labor specialization and the amount of differentiation present in the social structure. this exemplifies:
modernization
which of the following organizations is not an example of a social movement?
national football league
many deaths in high income nations are linked to _____
obesity
public schools must guarantee that ___
per-student spending is equitable
conflict theories see sorting as a way to _____.
perpetuate divisions of socioeconomic status
according to the world health organization what was the frequent cause of death for children under 5 in low income countries?
pneumonia and diarrheal diseases
when sociologists think about technology as an agent of social change, which of the following is not an example?
population growth
a boy throwing rocks during a demonstration might be an example of _____
precipitating factors
if a movement claims that the best way to reverse climate change is to reduce carbon emissions by outlawing privately owned cars, outlawing cars is the _____
prognostic framing
Plessy v Ferguson set the precedent that ____.
racial segregation in schools was allowed
informal education ____.
reers to the learning of cultural norms
what does the individual mandate provision of the 2010 US healthcare reform do?
requires everyone to have insurance or pay a penalty
if we divide social movements according to their positions among all social movements in a society, we are using the ____ theory to understand social movements.
resource mobilization
what are the major factors that affect education systems throughout the world?
resources and money
what is social epidemiology?
the study of the causes and distribution of diseases
what group created the millennium development goals?
the world health organization
what do nations that are top-ranked in science and math have in common?
they recruit top teachers
conflict theorists see IQ tests as being biases. Why?
they reward affluent students with question that assume knowledge associated with upperclass culture
rewarding students for meeting deadlines and respecting authority figures is an example of ___.
transmission of moral education
sociologists using conflict perspective might study what?
what motivates inequitably treated people to join a movement
according to emergent- norm theory, crowds are
able to develop their own definition of the situation
the 1972 case mills v board o education of the district of Columbia set a precedent or a___.
access of education
Which of the following statements is not true?
blacks have lower cancer rates than whites
social movements are
collective action of individuals working together in an attempt to establish new norms, beliefs, or values
the class, race, and gender inequalities in our healthcare system support the ____ perspective
conflict
which theory of education focuses on the ways in which education maintains the status quo?
conflict theory
chronic fatigue syndrome is an example of _____
contested illness
which of the following is not a manifest function of education?
courtship
learning from classmates that most students buy lunch on Fridays is an example of ____.
cultural transmission
the removal of homosexuality from the DSM is an example of _____
demedicalization
children in peripheral nations have little to no daily access to computers and the internet, while children in core nations are constantly exposed to this technology. this is an example of
digital divide
in addition to social movements, social change is also caused by technology, social institutions, population, and
environment
functionalist theory sees education as serving the needs of ____.
families, society, and individual
which of the following is an example of collective behavior?
group of people interested in hearing an author speak
core nations are also known as _____
high income nations
which of the following is not part of the rights and responsibilities of a sick person under the functionalist perspective?
sick person can take as long as she wants to get better
the rating of perceived exertion is an example of ____
social construction of health
while PETA is a social movement organization, taken together, the animal rights social movement organizations PETA, ALF, and Greenpeace are a ______
social movement industry
because she plans on achieving success in marketing, Tammie is taking courses on managing social media. This is an example of ___.
social placement
allowing a student to move to the next grade regardless of whether or not they have met the requirements for that grade is called ______
social promotion
great britians healthcare system is an example of ____
socialized medicine
who determines which illnesses are stigmatized?
society
key predictors for student success include ____
socioeconomic status and family background
what term describes the separation of students based one merit?
sorting
the high unemployment rate among the disabled may be a result of ____
stigmaization
which theory o education focuses on the labels acquired through the educational process?
symbolic interactionism
which program is an example of socialized medicine?
the US' veterans health administration