Sociology Final

What sorts of places are associated with an increase in social atomization?

cities

What is it called when a government seeks to control every aspect of life?

totalitarianism

______________ come on suddenly and are often contagious.

Acute diseases

How is an edge city different from a suburb?

An edge city has its own centers of employment and commerce.

How has the Information Revolution changed the nature of work and the economy?

It has shifted the economy toward the production of knowledge and services.

What do demographers call urban areas with at least 50,000 inhabitants?

Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA)

Why might a third-wave feminist be annoyed with members of the second wave for talking about how women needed access to jobs and careers, like those available to men, that would give their lives meaning?

Second-wave feminists hid the differences between women, so the concerns of women of color, lesbians, and lower-class women tended to be marginalized.

What historical change led to a devaluation of women's work in the home?

The Industrial Revolution

What technological development is most associated with the Information Revolution?

The microchip

Today, many men and women still insist that men shouldn't cry. At the same time, others insist that it's vital that men learn to share their feelings and express their emotions, which would include crying. What does this disagreement indicate?

There is a crisis of masculinity.

What is the study of the social aspects of diseases called?

epidemiology

What sort of rural areas are most likely to experience a "rural rebound"?

areas that are near urban areas

What is it called when a government bars an individual, either temporarily or permanently, from voting?

disenfranchisement

The roles, traits, and behaviors that are associated with a particular gender are called:

gender identity.

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

As the process of the _____________ develops, we will be less likely to treat someone who has a mental health issue as having something they should just "deal with" or "get over" individually. Instead, we will be more likely to think of the issue as having to do with a disease.

medicalization

Which of the following is one of the primary principles of capitalism?

privatization of the means of production

Which theoretical explanation for suicide emphasizes the lure of a place and factors that draw people with suicidal tendencies to it?

selection

When did African Americans gain the legal right to exercise their right to vote?

with the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act

What do schools, churches, and governments all have in common?

They are all social institutions.

Whereas the top causes of death in the United States are ____________ illness, people in the developing world are continually affected by the threat of ____________ illness.

chronic; acute

In the United States today, very few people marry outside of their own socioeconomic class, suggesting that there is a high degree of:

endogamy

What do sociologists call the tendency to marry someone of a similar background?

endogamy

People who see gender as immutable and deriving solely from biology are called:

essentialists.

Until recently, South Korea had laws in place banning marriage between people who belonged to the same clan. This means that they practiced:

exogamy

What sort of laws prohibited the mixing of racial groups through marriage, cohabitation, or sexual contact?

miscegenation laws

If you believe that poor people join groups dedicated to keeping toxic waste dumps out of low-income communities because they want to enjoy the same standard of living and quality of life as the rest of society, then you believe in:

relative deprivation theory

The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is an icon of the "City by the Bay" and a world-renowned tourist destination. It is also the number one suicide magnet in the world. Which theoretical explanation for suicide would best explain the high rates of suicide at the bridge?

selection

Systems and structures that persist over time and help organize group life are called:

social institutions

Which of the following is an example of a study of demography?

the U.S. Census Bureau sending out surveys