Sociology Unit Test 5 (Chapter 16, 18-19)

Which of the following sociological perspectives argues that the educational system reinforces and perpetuates social inequalities arising from differences in class, gender, race and ethnicity?

Conflict theory

Medical sociology is the systematic study of:

How humans manage issues of health and illness, disease and disorders, and health care for both the sick and the healthy

Drake lives in Great Britain, where the British government owns and operates the country's health care system. This is an example of ____:

Socialized medicine

Who determines which illnesses are stigmatized?

Society

Sheryl was diagnosed with bipolarity when she was a teenager. She's hesitant to tell her friends, and tries her best to hide her diagnosis from her coaches, teachers, and employers, since she's seen other people with the illness be discriminated against on account of it. Bipolarity is an example of a(n):

Stigmatized illness

Until 1973 homosexuality was considered a psychological disorder American Psychological Association. Which sociological perspective would be most concerned with why this was considered an illness, and what effect that diagnosis had on society?

Symbolic interactionist

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

The United States of America is widely viewed as having a _______________ economy, despite government ownership of the postal service, schools, hospitals, highways and railroads.

capitalist

American sociologist C. Wright Mills, who developed the concept of "The Sociological Imagination" also wrote a book exposing what he believed to be a small group of powerful people who control American Society: The Power Elite. Which one of the three foundational perspectives is utilized in Mill's work?

conflict

The increasing trend toward jobs/trades/professions requiring certificates or degrees that show a person has a certain level of skills or has met certain job qualifications has been referred to as _________________.

credentialism

Madison grew up in upper middle class to upper class area where she attended a private preparatory high school. Both her parents have advanced college degrees from top universities. She had additional tutoring for more difficult subjects, and for college entrance exam's, at an expensive tutoring center. Madison was recently offered admission at all five of the universities to which she applied for admission. Madison had the advantage of ___________ __________ in navigating the college admission's process

cultural capital

Many college students today are achieving high GPA's while lacking the foundational skills in writing and critical thinking that have reflected those grades in the past. This example illustrates the problem of _______________ in higher education today.

grade inflation

In 1893, Emile Durkheim (utilizing a functionalist perspective) described how societies developed social cohesion as a result of their economies. Durkheim's perspective would view the modern U.S. economy as developing cohesion through ______________ solidarity.

organic

Which term was used by Max Weber to refer to the ability to exercise one's will over others?

power

Recent research on work and the economy determined that workers were most likely to be happy when they believed they controlled some part of their work, when they felt they were part of the decision-making processes associated with their work, when they have freedom from surveillance, and when they felt integral to the outcome of their work. Sunyal, Sunyal, and Yasin (2011) This research on job satisfaction uses the foundational ______________ perspective.

symbolic interactionist