Soc: Final

The second-wave feminist movement was associated with the issue of:

women's equal access to employment and education.

The study of the size, composition, distribution, and change in a human population is called:

Demography

What is one common reason why victims of domestic abuse stay in abusive relationships?

They don't have the resources to get away

True or False: Prejudice is rooted in generalizations or stereotypes.

True

True or False: The family is created and sustained through interactional work

True

Feminist theory has contributed to our understanding of gender by supporting the claim that:

Women continue to have unequal positions in society, as reflected in the ways their contributions have been written out of history books

How do people with an anthropocentric relationship with the environment perceive nature?

as something to be conquered

What are religions called that worship one divine figure?

monotheistic

The methods and tactics of managing a political entity are called:

polotics

What problem will result from even slightly higher global temperatures?

rising sea levels

Which theoretical explanation for suicide emphasizes there must be something about a place that makes people suicidal?

selection

The Environmental Protection Agency claims that the United States has one of the safest supplies of drinking water in the world, but:

10 percent of U.S. water systems do not meet EPA standards.

What is a group of medical treatments and products called that includes practices like acupuncture, homeopathy, hypnosis, and meditation, as well as traditional healers like shamans and movement therapies like Pilates?

Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)

True or False: Gender is biologically natural

False

True or False: In all societies across the globe, men and women have always performed different tasks to help the family function, and these roles have always been considered unequal.

False

True or False: Rape culture is unique to college campuses

False

True or False: There are no positive consequences to constructing categories of race and ethnicity.

False

The "Jim Crow" laws in the American South, which mandated separate facilities for whites and blacks, were an example of:

Institutional discrimination

From a structural functionalist perspective, religion fulfills what role in society?

It provides its adherents with a set of values, norms, and rules by which to live.

How did the Industrial Revolution change the common meaning of family?

It shifted the meaning from extended family to nuclear family.

When whites are less than half the population of any given state, it is called a ________ state.

Majority-minority

When describing transgender people, some newspapers, magazines, and other media tend to use gender- inappropriate names or pronouns, as well as other language that trans persons find insensitive or offensive. This is an example of:

Mircroagression

Sometimes child welfare agencies are called to investigate a child who never seems to have clean clothing and is very skinny. The suspicion would be that the child is a victim of:

Neglect

The belief that Asians are genetically predisposed to be more intelligent than Europeans is an example of:

Racism

Displays of ethnic identity that only occur on special occasions are called:

Symbolic Ethnicity

What kind of task is calling a family member to wish him a happy birthday?

an expressive task

How would a sociologist define "family"?

an interdependent social group bound by legal, biological, or emotional ties

Asperger's syndrome, one disorder in the autism spectrum family, first appeared in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in 1994 and was later removed in the fifth edition in 2013, to be folded back into autism spectrum disorder. This is an example of:

changing professional norms.

Public schools that are run by private entities are called:

charter schools

People of lower socioeconomic status are more likely to be scrutinized as problem drinkers or drug addicts. Which theory takes this approach to understanding addiction?

conflict

If someone starts taking public transportation and riding a bicycle, this person is reducing his or her:

ecological footprint

People who use violent or criminal methods to disrupt or destroy businesses or organizations that they believe are harming the environment are called:

ecoterrorists.

JDate, a dating website for Jewish people, is sometimes used by non-Jews who are very interested in dating Jews. These non-Jews are practicing:

exogamy

true or false: Cultural appropriation benefits the minority group by taking that group's symbols and turning them into a commodity for profit

false

true or false: Queer theory emphasizes the idea of a single gay, lesbian, bisexual, heterosexual, or transgender identity

false

The city of Mumbai, India, has fourteen million people, making it the second-largest city in the world, and Mumbai handles the majority of India's maritime commerce. These facts help to explain why Mumbai would be called a(n):

global city

What do sociologists ask you to consider regarding health and illness?

how health and illness are shaped by social factors

Jordan has been suffering from sinus pain for several months, and his physician prescribes over-the-counter decongestants and acupuncture. This is an example of ________ medicine.

integrative

The exploitation of a minority group within the dominant group's political borders is called:

internal colonialism

Epidemiologists predict that rates of certain diseases or viruses may dramatically increase when vector organisms and animals enter new ecosystems due to global climate change. Which of the following have epidemiologists linked to climate change?

malaria

Many health inequities that people of lower socioeconomic status experience are further exacerbated in ________ groups.

minority

The attempt to reconcile global economic development with protections for the environment is called:

sustainable development

Which political party made social justice, community-based economics, feminism, and diversity central to its platform?

the Green Party

In 1971 Daniel Ellsberg, working for the Department of Defense, found a large collection of classified documents that showed that many members of the U.S. government did not believe the Vietnam War was winnable, despite public assertions to the contrary. Ellsberg turned to the Fourth Estate, giving the documents to:

the New York Times.

Which of the following helped lead to rapid population growth in Europe in the eighteenth century, around the time of Thomas Malthus?

the Patato

In her ethnography of high school boys titled Dude, You're a Fag, sociologist C. J. Pascoe found that boys often use homophobic slurs toward each other in an effort to define masculinity for themselves and other boys. This is an example of:

the influence that peers can have as agents of socialization

Modern economies require constant growth, and with that growth comes an ever-increasing need for resources, called:

the treadmill of production.

If a music critic used the term "miscegenation" metaphorically, what would he or she call "musical miscegenation"?

the way white country music and black blues music come together to make rock and roll

true or false: A person who is not prejudiced may still participate in discrimination

true

true or false: Not all citizens are equally represented by a democratic government

true

true or false: The family is created and sustained through interactional work

true