U5 Self-Quiz

functional

A __________ perspective theorist might find it particularly noteworthy that wealthy corporations improve the quality of life in peripheral nations by providing workers with jobs, pumping money into the local economy, and improving transportation infrastructure.

debt slavery

In a B.C. town, a mining company owns all the stores and most of the houses. It sells goods to the workers at inflated prices, offers house rentals for twice what a mortgage would be, and makes sure to always pay the workers less than they need to cover food and rent. Once the workers are in debt, they have no choice but to continue working for the company, since their skills will not transfer to a new position. This most closely resembles __________.

monopoly

In the mid-90s, the U.S. government grew concerned that Microsoft was a __________, exercising disproportionate control over the available choices and prices of computers.

E-readiness

In this example, Jerome has this skill, while Charlie does not. Jerome is able to use the internet to select reliable sources for his research paper, but Charlie just copies large pieces of web pages and pastes them into his paper.

absolute poverty

Maya is a 12-year-old girl living in Thailand. She is homeless and often does not know where she will sleep or when she will eat. We might say that Maya lives in __________ poverty.

relative poverty

Mike, a college student, rents a studio apartment. He cannot afford a television and lives on cheap groceries like dried beans and ramen noodles. Since he does not have a regular job, he does not own a car. Mike is living in __________.

ethnocentric bias

One flaw in modernization theory is the unwillingness to recognize __________.

chattel slavery

Slavery in the pre-Civil War American South most closely resembled type of slavery.

technology, media, and society

Technology, media, and society are bound and cannot be separated.

knowledge gap

The __________ can be directly attributed to the digital divide, because differential ability to access the internet leads directly to a differential ability to use the knowledge found on the internet.

market socialism

The type of socialism now carried on by Cuba is a form of __________ socialism.

social construction of reality

The use of Facebook to create an online persona by only posting images that match your ideal self exemplifies the __________ that can occur in forms of new media.

China

This government blocks citizens' access to popular new media sites like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.

violent video games

Violent video games lead to an increase in aggressive thought and behaviour.

symbolic interaction perspective

Want to interview women working in factories to understand how they manage the expectations of their supervisors, make ends meet, and support their households on a day-to-day basis

information

What is the most important commodity in a postindustrial society?

technological diffusion

When Japanese scientists develop a new vaccine for swine flu and offer that technology to American pharmaceutical companies, __________ has taken place.

gatekeeping

When all media sources report a simplified version of the environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing, with no effort to convey the hard science and complicated statistical data behind the story, __________ is probably occurring.

first economies

When people began to grow crops and domesticate animals

Singapore

Which country serves as an example of convergence?

mercantilism

Which is an economic policy based on national policies of accumulating silver and gold by controlling markets with colonies and other countries through taxes and customs charges?

Karl Marx

Who was the leading theorist on the development of socialism?

corn

an example of a commodity

the evolutionary model of technological change

A breakthrough in one form of technology leads to a number of variations, and technological developments.

panoptic surveillance

A parent secretly monitoring the babysitter through the use of GPS, site blocker, and nanny cam is a good example of __________.

critical sociology

A sociologist who focuses on the way that multinational corporations headquartered in core nations exploit the local workers in their peripheral nation factories is using a __________ perspective to understand the global economy.

20% of Canadian workforce

About what percentage of the workforce in Canada are legal immigrants?

capital flight

An example: In the past, Canada manufactured clothes. Many clothing corporations have shut down their Canadian factories and relocated to China.

media

Comic books, Wikipedia, MTV, and a commercial for Coca-Cola are all examples of:

Canada's meritocracy

Demonstrated by highly skilled jobs paying better than low-skill jobs.

dependency theory

Dependency theorists explain global inequality and global stratification by focusing on the way that core nations exploit peripheral nations.

subjective poverty

Faith has a full-time job and two children. She has enough money for the basics and can pay her rent each month, but she feels that, with her education and experience, her income should be enough for her family to live much better than they do. Faith is experiencing __________.

core nation

France might be classified as which kind of nation?

modernization theory

If a sociologist says that nations evolve toward more advanced technology and more complex industry as their citizens learn cultural values that celebrate hard work and success, she is using __________ theory to study the global economy.

absolutely poor

If someone does not earn enough money to pay for the essentials of life, he or she is considered:

history of technology

started in the early stages of human societies

dependency theory flaw

the unwillingness to recognize that previously low-income nations such as China have successfully developed their economies and can no longer be classified as dependent on core nations.

planned obsolescence

The fact that your cell phone is using outdated technology within a year or two of purchase is an example of __________.

technophiles vs neo-Luddites

The first group tends to be more pro-technology, while the second group views technology as a symbol of the coldness of modern life.

media socializes users

The functionalist focus of media and technology.

media globalization

The movie "Babel" featured an international cast and was filmed on location in various nations. When it screened in theatres worldwide, it introduced a number of ideas and philosophies about cross-cultural connections. This might be an example of __________.

globalization theorist

If a sociologist points out that corporate interests dominate the global economy, in part by creating global trade agreements and eliminating international tariffs that will inevitably favour the ability of capital to invest in low wage regions, he or she is a __________.

plant patent

If the U.S. Patent Office were to issue a patent for a new type of tomato that tastes like a jellybean, it would be issuing this kind of patent.