Socio final

more than half of American women gave birth at home in the early 1900s, while around 99 percent of all births take place in hospitals today. this is an example of

medicalization

the issue associated with race and ethnicity that Chris Rock's "driving white black" selfies represent is ....

racial profiling

______ is a set of beliefs about the superiority of one racial or ethnic group compared to another

racism

an example of a primary sex characteristic is

reproductive organs

Justin caught the flu and was urged by his employer to take a few days off to recover. however, on the third day of missing work. Justins employer sees him at lunch with some friends. his employer approaches him and Justin suggests he is still very sick and will need a few more days to recover. Justin tells his employer he has not seen a doctor or taken any medicine. Justin is not fulfilling his duties as part of the

sick role

what are systems and structures within society that shape the activities of groups and individuals called?

social institutions

regarding racial categories, modern science has determined that

there is greater diversity between racial populations than within them

in what way has the internet changed how people use leisure time?

there is increasing contact between people in different areas of the world, but sometimes individuals from the same family

who is more likely to return home after a full day of paid labor and put in a "second shift" taking care of the home

women

beyond just money, the economy is about

the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services

______ is the MOST extreme form of authoritarianism

totalitarianism

the "Jim Crow" laws, which mandated separate facilities for whites and blacks, were an example of

institutional discrimination

_______is/are tasks designed to achieve a tangible goal like washing the dishes or taking out the trash

instrumental tasks

which of the following is true regarding gendered occupations?

men outnumber women in occupations with more prestige and higher salaries.

many health inequities that people of lower socioeconomic status experience are worsened in ____ groups

minority

Seagrams is a company that is best known for its gin, but it also owns Universal Records. this is an example of what trend in the media industry?

conglomeration

the principle of the press as a voice of the people has been complicated since the US constitution was crafted because of

conglomeration and media concentration

which of the following is an advantage of school vouchers often cited by the vouchers supporters?

vouchers give parents more choices in their children's education

Ori got food poisoning at his favorite restaurant and was treated right away. this type of illness would be classified as

acute

workers in large department stores usually are paid on commission, which means they are in direct competition with their fellow employees. according to Karl Marx, these workers may experience

alienation

obesity is now often treated with surgery. weight loss was previously not often considered a medical problem that could be addressed through surgery. this is evidence of

medicalization and the social construction of health and illness

sociologists define a minority group as a group

with members who are denied access to power and resources.

many people felt dissatisfied working on assembly lines because

workers never had the satisfaction of seeing the finished product

which of the following is an example of fictive kin?

your dads best friend whom you refer to as "uncle Pete" even though he is not really your uncle.

what is called when a minority group is absorbed into the dominant group?

assimilation

the system of government that excludes participation and representation of ordinary citizens is called

authoritarian

______ is what sociologists call marriage to someone within one's social group

endogamy

who does the family influence as an agent of socialization?

everyone

______ is what sociologists call marriage to someone from a different social group

exogamy

what kind of task is calling a family member to wish them a happy birthday ?

expressive

attending religious derives would be an example of

extrinsic religiosity

_______ is the belief in the social, political, and economic quality of the sexes.

feminism

the wireless carrier Verizon bought the internet provider Yahoo. what term best describes the combination of these two companies?

merger

a heterosexual couple raising their children in the same household is defined as a(n) ______ family

nuclear

historically, _____ had the time and resources necessary to pursue recreational activities

only the wealthy

the terms "recreation" and "leisure" are both defined by how they differ from

paid work

_____ is the type of care we are practicing when we focus on making a person comfortable at the end of life

palliative

_____ is an epidemic that spans across national borders, across continents, or around the world.

pandemic

what would a sociologist call the belief that members of one racial group are genetically predisposed to be more intelligent than members of another racial group?

prejudice

the sociological perspective of _______ is concerned with how gender is constructed and maintains in our everyday lives

symbolic interactionism

What is religiosity?

the extent of a persons consistent and regular practice of their religious beliefs

the telecommunications act of 1996 reduced rules on cross ownership and allowed corporations to buy thousands of media outlets. the telecommunications act of 1996 is an example of

****

according to C. Wright Mills, a small and unified group of people occupy the highest positions of the major economic, political, and military institutions

the power elite

which of the following seems to make people, in general, more likely to define a group as a family?

the presence of children

How is prejudice different from discrimination?

Prejudice is an attitude; discrimination is an action.

what is the meaning of propinquity

It is the tendency to partner with people who live close by.

intrinsic religiosity can be defined as

a person's inner religious life.

one of the primary principles of captialism is

a privatization the means of production

demographers noticed _____ in the numbers of unwed individuals living with their romantic partners between 1960 and 2014

a sharp increase

What do all religions have in common?

a system of beliefs and rituals that establish a relationship between the scared and the profane

an association of workers who organize to improve their economic status and working conditions is called

a union

gender role socialization begins

before birth

an example of a secondary sex characteristic is

body hair

the average American spends more than half of their total leisure hours

consuming media

public schools that are run by private entities are called

charter schools

the pacific Gas and electric company poisoned the water in Hinkley, Cali. the poisoned water system had sickened many Hinkley, Cali residents with ailments like liver damage and cancer. how would the illnesses of the Hinkley residents be classified ?

chronic diseases

according to the text, what is the MOST extreme form of socialism called?

communism

in his film SICKO, Michael Moore brings attention to the difference between the health insurance of the wealthy and that of the poor. what sociological theory treats health insurance as a resource to explain this difference?

conflict theory

what is it called when members of a minority group adapt the culture practices of the dominant group?

cultural assimilation

what is the concept of acknowledging and incorporating a patients cultural background as part of the treatment process called?

cultural competence

_____ is the physical and legal responsibility for the everyday life and routines of children.

custody

______ is the central means by which modern society transmits knowledge, values, and expectations to its members.

education

_____ occurs when our individual, genetic, and physiological illness and disease risks are worsened by social factors like the neighborhood where we live, inequality, and corporate and governmental policies and practices?

deprivation amplification

______ is an action or behavior that results in the unequal treatment of an individual because of their membership in a racial or ethnic group

discrimination

a person's self- conception of being male or female based on their association with masculine or feminine gender roles can be defined as

gender identity

a 3 yr old boy scrapes his knee while playing in his backyard and immediately begins to cry. in response father walks over to him and says, "don't be a sissy, boys don't cry." this is an example of ?

gender role socialization

the deliberate and systematic extermination of a racial, ethnic, or national group is called

genocide

you are an American with a lower socioeconomic status. you are also a racial minority living in public housing and working a physically demanding job to financially support a family of four. it is likely that you

have a member of ailments like arthritis and asthma

Mark lives in a densely populated American city and buys groceries from the nearby corner store. the corner store mostly sells food that is canned or frozen and doesn't have a lot of variety. what does that conclude about mark?

he lives in a food desert

which term is used to describe a person whose chromosomes or sex characteristics are neither exclusively male nor exclusively female?

intersex

Laura is a married mother of three who works a full-time job. she drops her kids off at school every day at 7:30 Am., arrives at the office at 8 AM, works until 4 PM, and then drives to pick up her kids from after school care at 4:30 PM. she gets home around the same time as her husband, who works a full-time job from 9 AM until 5 PM. expects that she will have dinner ready for the family by 6 PM from 7 to 9 PM. Laura usually does housework and reads to the children. what sociological concept does Laura situation exemplify?

second shift

for most sociologists, what is the difference between sex and gender?

sex is biological, gender is social

________ have made it possible for politicians to bypass traditional media outlets

social media

the _____ was a macro-level social change that resulted in new innovations in farming such as mechanized see spreaders and new techniques of crop rotation

agricultural revolution

what is the belief that the lived experiences of women and men differ as the result of biological differences?

essentialism

_________ laws prohibited the mixing of racial groups through marriage, cohabitation, or sexual contact

anti-miscegenation

race is defined by sociologists

as a social category based on real or perceived biological differences.

the rise of the suburbs affected the way people used their leisure time because it

encouraged them to spend their leisure time in their own homes.

______ gather and analyze data on particular illnesses. they are interested in how, where, and to whom the illnesses are spread as well as how to stop their spread

epidemiologist

what is the economic system based on collective ownership of the means of production and collective distribution of goods and services called?

socialism

JDate is a website that helps Jewish people form relationships, especially those who are not practicing Jews or who live in area where there are not many other Jews. Jewish people who use this website care about

homogamy

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

how health and illness are shaped by social factors

technological changes are transforming the nature of recreation because recreation

is moving inside the home and away from public spaces

in the US, we value slim, athletic builds and consider people with these body types to be healthier than people with more fleshy builds. but in Dakar, Sengal, people tend to value body types that in the US would be considered clinically overweight. senegalese women in particular associate these body types with both health and wealth: slimmer, women actually want to gain weight in order to attain the "desirable"""healthy","well-fed" build. what does this example suggest contributes to our ideal of a healthy body?

social factors and culture

the phenomenon of women being more likely than men to live in poverty is called

the feminization of poverty

the assumption that media consumers automatically accept whatever meaning is in the "texts" they consume is called

the magic bullet theory

the most consistent factor involved in forming relationships and selecting mates is

the tendency to chose mates who are similar in class, race, ethnicity, and age

what are displays of ethnic identity that only occur on special occasions?

symbolic ethnicity

what is the term for someone who labels themselves "spiritual but not religious"?

unchurched

in what way fo functionalists view the family as responsible for the reproduction of society ?

it produces and socializes children?

white privelege is the idea that one group in society enjoys certain unearned privileges and that group members are

largely unaware of the unequal benefits they posses.

leisure is treated as a major and important topic in sociology because

leisure and recreation absorb a lot of time, energy's and resources

the difference between leisure and recreation is that

leisure is a kind of time; recreation is a kind of activity

what is the definition for the "hidden curriculum" concept?

lessons that students learn indirectly through the method in which the curriculum is presented and the way the school is organized

Technology has facilitated the shift from spontaneous to organized recreation because it has

made it easier to organize people

a flash mob is a sudden assembly of strangers in a public place for the purpose of performing some unique action (clapping for no reason, singing a song together, dancing, etc.) and then rapidly diapering. they appear to be spontaneous to outsiders, but, in reality, the flash mobs are organized through emails, social networking sites, and text messages. this is good example of how technology can

make it easier to organize people

kea tries to take good care of herself by regularly exercising, getting and appropriate amount of rest, and eating a healthy diet. her approach to health is MOST closely aligned with

preventative medicine

the change that caused people to migrate to cities from rural areas at high rates was the

switch to a manufacturing economy.

which of the following is an objection to school vouchers often by the vouchers' critics?

they believe vouchers will drain funds from vulnerable public schools and cause them to deteriorate further.

the US census bureau defines "family" as.....

two or more individuals related by blood, marriage, or adoption who share a household.