sociology final
Same-sex couple households account for _____ percent of Canadian households.
1
The population of the planet doubled in 50 years to reach _______ in 1999?
6 billion
Which of the following is an example of collective behavior?
A group of people interested in hearing an author speak
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was an impetus for __________.
Access to education
Functionalist theory sees education as serving the needs of _________.
All of the above
In what ways does religion serve the role of a social institution?
All of the above
Urbanization includes the sociological study of what?
All of the above
What are the prerequisites for the existence of a city?
All of the above
What are ways that human activity impacts the water supply?
All of the above
What are the most commonly diagnosed mental disorders in the United States?
Anxiety disorders
Research suggests that people generally feel that their current family is _______ than the family they grew up with.
At least as close
Which of the following statements is not true?
Blacks have lower cancer rates than whites.
Which program is an example of socialized medicine?
Canada's system
The Protestant work ethic was viewed in terms of its relationship to:
Capitalism
In what part of the world have Confucianism and Taoism been primarily practiced?
China
Which socialist perspective most emphasizes the ways in which religion helps to maintain social inequalities within a society?
Conflict theory
Which theory of education focuses on the ways in which education maintains the status quo?
Conflict theory
Which of the following is not a manifest function of education?
Courtship
Which theory of education focuses on the ways in which education maintains the status qu
Critcal sociology
The main difference between an ecclesia and a denomination is:
Ecclesia are state-sponsored and considered an official religion
In the Concentric Zone model, Zone B is likely to house what?
Formerly wealthy homes split into cheap apartments
Which perspective most emphasizes the ways in which religion helps to keep the social system running smoothly?
Functional perspective
In general, children in ______ households benefit from divorce
High-conflict
Sociologists tend to define family in terms of
How a given society sanctions the relationships of people who are connected through blood, marriage, or adoption
The median age of first marriage has ______ in the last 50 years
Increased for both men and women
A cultural universal is something that:
Is found in all cultures
Which of the following is a criticism of the family life cycle model?
It is too narrowly focused on a sequence of stages.
What are the two primary methods of waste disposal?
Landfill and incineration
How does gentrification affect cities?
Less affluent residents are pushed into less desirable areas.
Which public health care system offers insurance primarily to people over 65?
Medicare
What are some denominations of the Christian Protestant church?
Methodist and Seventh-day Adventist
Children of divorced parents are _______ to divorce in their own marriage than children of parents who stayed married.
More likely
Which of the following organizations is not an example of a social movement?
National Football League
Which of the following is true of intimate partner violence (IPV)?
Nearly half of instances of IPV involve drugs or alcohol.
Which type of child abuse is most prevalent in Canada?
Neglect
A sect:
Often believes it must split from the larger group to return to important fundamentals
According to the study cited from Statistics Canada, children who live with ______ grow up with more advantages than children who live with ______.
One divorced parent; one unwed parent
A child who associates his line of descent with his father's side only is part of a _____ society.
Patrilineal
Critical sociologists see sorting as a way to ________.
Perpetuate divisions of socioeconomic status
According to the World Health Organization, what was the most frequent cause of death for children under five 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
Which of the following do the functionalist and conflict perspectives share?
Position that religion relates to social control, enforcing social norms
Where does a large percentage of e-waste wind up?
Recycled in peripheral nations
What is not a negative outcome of shoreline dredging?
Reduction of human population
Informal education _________________.
Refers to the learning of cultural norms
What will the individual mandate provision of the 2010 U.S. health care reform do?
Require everyone to have insurance or pay a penalty
What are the major factors affecting education systems throughout the world?
Resources and money
Some controversial groups that may be mislabelled as cults include:
Scientology and the Hare Krishna
Couples who cohabitate before marriage are ______ couples who did not cohabitate before marriage to be married at least 10 years.
Slightly less likely than
Because she plans on achieving success in marketing, Tammie is taking courses on managing social media. This is an example of ________.
Social placement
What term describes the separation of students based on merit?
Sorting
Current divorce rates are _______
Steadily declining
Which of the main theoretical perspectives would approach religion from the micro-level, studying how religion impacts an individual's sense of support and well-being?
Symbolic interactionism
Which theory of education focuses on the labels acquired through the educational process?
Symbolic interactionism
Which theory of education focuses on the labels acquired through the educational process?
Symbolic interactionism
What does cornucopian theory believe?
That human ingenuity will solve any issues that overpopulation creates
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle examines the circumstances of the working poor people in what area?
The Chicago meatpacking industry
What group created the Millennium Development Goals?
The World Health Organization
What does carrying capacity refer to?
The amount of life that can be supported sustainably in a particular environment
The "tragedy of the commons" is a reference to what?
The common grazing lands in Oxford
Which is an example of environmental racism?
The fact that a disproportionate percentage of people of color live in environmentally hazardous areas
What does human ecology theory address?
The relationship between humans and their environments
Which of the following is not part of the rights and responsibilities of a sick person under the functionalist perspective?
The sick person can take as long as she wants to get better.
A functionalist would address which issue?
The way that immigration and emigration trends strengthen global relationships
How are the suburbs of Paris different than those of most U.S. cities? a. They are connected by public transportation.
They are synonymous with housing projects and urban poor.
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 biased. Why?
They reward affluent students with questions that assume knowledge associated with upperclass culture.
Critical sociologists see IQ tests as being biased. Why?
They reward affluent students with questions that assume knowledge associated with upper-class culture
What types of municipal projects often result in environmental racism?
Toxic dumps or other objectionable projects
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
Rewarding students for meeting deadlines and respecting authority figures is an example o
Transmission of moral education
The majority of Canadian children live in ______
Two-parent households
What led to the creation of the exurbs?
Urban sprawl and crowds moving into the city
What three factors did Malthus believe would limit human population?
War, famine, and disease
Sociologists using conflict perspective might study what?
What motivates inequitably treated people to join a movement
Chronic fatigue syndrome is an example of _______________.
a contested illness
According to emergent-norm theory, crowds are:
able to develop their own definition of the situation
The 1972 case Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia set a precedent for __________.
access to education
Core nations that work to propel peripheral nations toward modernization need to be aware of:
all of the above
Functionalist theory sees education as serving the needs of
all of the above
What do Christianity and Islam have in common?
all of the above
The protesters at the Egypt uprising rally were:
an acting crowd
Sidewalk ramps and Braille signs are examples of _______________.
both b and c
The class, race, and gender inequalities in our healthcare system support the _____________ perspective.
conflict
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
Core nations are also known as __________________
high-income nations
Megachurches tend to have:
large arenas where services are held
Social scientists refer to the use of a church to combat social injustice in the political realm as:
liberation theology
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
China is undergoing a shift in industry, increasing labor specialization and the amount of differentiation present in the social structure. This exemplifies:
modernization
Many deaths in high-income nations are linked to __________________
obesity
Public schools must guarantee that ___________.
per-student spending is equitable
Conflict theorists see sorting as a way to ________.
perpetuate divisions of socioeconomic status
A woman being married to two men would be an example of:
polyandry
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
If we divide social movements according to their position among all social movements in a society, we are using the __________ theory to understand social movements.
resource mobilization
Many stories in the sacred text of Judaism are:
shared by Christianity and Islam
While PETA is a social movement organization, taken together, the animal rights social movement organizations PETA, ALF, and Greenpeace are a(n) __________.
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 Britain's health care 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
The high unemployment rate among the disabled may be a result of ____________.
stigmatization
Social movements are:
the collective action of individuals working together in an attempt to establish new norms beliefs, or values
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:
the digital divide
In addition to social movements, social change is also caused by technology, social institutions, population and _______________
the environment
The Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) is an example of ________________
the social construction of health
What is social epidemiology?
the study of the causes and distribution of diseases
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
Rewarding students for meeting deadlines and respecting authority figures is an example of ________.
transmission of moral education