SOC 200 Final

Sometime child welfare agencies are called to investigate a child who never seems to have clean clothing and is very skinny. The suspicion would be that the child is a victim of

neglect

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

The Information Revolution is transforming Western society from

modern to postmodern

Abdullah II of Jordan succeeded his father, Hussein bin Talal, as ruler of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in 1999. This makes his government a

monarchy

How is custody of minor children usually handled in divorce cases?

mothers receive custody in a disproportionate number of cases

Which of the following statements about social change is true?

it is always happening

According to symbolic interactionists Jay Gubrium and Jim Holstein, what form does the family take in contemporary society?

"the family" does not exist; rather, family is a fluid, adaptable set of concepts and practices

According to Max Weber, Protestant values contributed to the rise of

Capitalism

John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon debated during the 1960 presidential campaign. Voters who watched the debate on television were more likely to see Kennedy as the winner than those who listened to it on the radio. Why?

Nixon refused to take advice on hair, makeup, and clothing that would have made him look better on camera

Today, who do average Americans have in mind when they think of their families?

a brother or sister

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

a sharp increase

Individual companies have an economic interest in fossil fuels, although they might cause a great deal of harm in the long run. What is it called when the pursuit of individual gain leads to loss for a larger group?

a tragedy of the commons

The Industrial Revolution changed the common meaning of family because

it shifted the meaning from extended family to nuclear family

Singer and celebrity Beyonce endorsed Barack Obama during the 2012 presidential election. What could Beyonce be considered, to the extent that people pay attention to her and care about what she says?

an opinion leader

The Nineteeth Amendment to the Constitution, Nazism, birth control, and Protestantism all

are the products of social movements

What is the term for the legitimate right to wield power?

authority

What term applies to a child who leaves home at eighteen but later returns for at least a short period of time?

boomerang kid

Which of the following is true regarding social movements reaching the "bureaucratization" stage?

it happened when American colonists transitioned from being revolutionaries to the official government leaders

Public schools that are run by private entities are called

charter schools

what was the main focus of Piaget's work?

children's intelligence changes as they grow

steps of the research process

choose a research topic, conduct a literature review, measure variables and gather data, analyze data, draw conclusions

What kind of power is exhibited by a police officer who pulls over a suspect after a high-speed pursuit?

coercive

The dissemination of beliefs and practices from one cultural group to another is called

cultural diffusion

The political theorist Benjamin Barber argues that exported American movies are not just mindless entertainment because they "sell" what might be considered "American values and ideals" to the world. What term or concept could describe these exports?

cultural imperialism

______________ 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

What does a sociological perspective tell us about education in the United States?

educational success often has as much to do with social stratification as it does with individual ability

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

endogamy

JDate, a dating website for Jewish people, is sometimes used by non-Jews who are interested in dating Jews. These non-Jews are practicing

exogamy

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

expressive

What term did Karl Marx use to describe the fact that most of the population accepts inequality even when it does not benefit them personally?

false consciousness

what stratification system existed during Karl Marx's day?

feudalism

What are people called who take advantage of a public good without contributing to it?

free riders

The large-scale social change making celebrity politicians more popular is the increasing

importance of television

Social mobility that occurs over the course of an individual's lifetime is called ____________ mobility

intragenerational

The adhan is the Islamic call to prayer that is recited five times each day. This means that, in theory, five times each day every Muslim is doing the exact same thing at the exact same time. What function or dysfunction of religion does the adhan help bring about?

it brings people together

Which of the following strategies does Arlie Hochschild claim some women use to help balance working a paid job and being responsible for the home?

no longer caring that there are dirty clothes all over the floor

A gay man who joins a dating website tells his friends that he is frustrated when other men on the website describe themselves as "straight-acting, straight appearing". He believes that these men are treating gay identity as a stigmatized identity by

passing

What sort of actions do abusive partners take to keep their partners in the relationship?

periodically enter a cycle of loving contrition

_______________ are organizations designed to raise money to support the interests of a select group or organization

political action committees

What term characterizes postindustrial societies by including a focus on the production and management of information, and skepticism of science and technology?

postmodernity

Robert is walking down the street late at night when a man in a ski mask suddenly sticks a gun in his face and takes his wallet. Sociologists would say that Robert's mugger had ______________ but not _________________.

power, authority

Activists supporting the LGBTQ rights social movement in the United States secured a repeal of the "Don't ask, don't tell" law in 2010 and a Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriages in 2015. What type of social movement does this example represent?

progressive

Mary commutes to college in Atlantic from a nearby neighborhood. She ends up marrying Joe, who lives two doors down from her and attends the same school. What is this an example of?

propinquity

The increasing number of Americans who move out of the state to attend college will decrease the importance of ______________, assuming that students start new romantic relationships in school

propinquity

When African Americans joined protest movements because it was harder for them to vote than it was for White Americans, they were acting out of ________________

relative deprivation

Activists are engaging in _______________ when they begin to amass the things they need to sustain their movement, including volunteers, money, and office space

resource mobilization

What is the transformation of a culture over time called?

social change

_______________ is/are behaviors that are rational for any given individual, but lead to disaster for an entire group

social dilemma

What are organizations formed with the purpose of raising and spending money in order to influence elected officials called?

special interest groups

Talcott Parsons held the view that the family is responsible for the reproduction of society as it produces and socializes children who will in turn become future workers and produce and socialize more new members of society. What type of theoretical viewpoint is this?

structuralist/functionalist

What does Arlie Hochschild call mothers who accept the dual workloads of paid labor at work and unpaid labor at home without any help?

supermoms

What theoretical perspective argues that technology plays a defining role in shaping society?

technological determinism

what is essentialism?

the belief that the lived experiences of women and men differ as a result of biological differences

what is false consciousness?

the fact that most of the population accepts inequality even when it does not benefit them personally

The curriculum at schools like Trinity College at Cambridge (The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity) leaned heavily on theology during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in England. Today, the vast majority of university students will never take any theology classes. Why did this change?

the knowledge, values, and expectations required to succeed in contemporary society are different from these required then

According to C. Wright Mills, a small and unified group of people occupy the highest positions of the major economic, political, and military institutions and exercise tremendous influence in American social life. What does he call this group?

the power elite

According to Armand Mauss, what happens in the "incipent" stage of a social movement?

the public just begins to take notice of an issue and define it as a problem

What is an individual saying when they describe someone who is related to them biologically as "not really kin"?

the relative has not exercised their rights or fulfilled their obligations as a family member

What is it called when individuals must care for both their own children and their elderly parents?

the sandwich generation effect

Arlie Hochschild's study of two-income families found that women were much more likely than men to do the majority of the unpaid labor inside the home, even after a full day's work outside the home. What term do sociologists use to describe this extra labor?

the second shift

Why are child and elder abuse likely to go unreported?

the victims are relatively powerless

What would a music critic call "musical miscegenation" if they used the term "miscegenation" metaphorically?

the way white country music and black blues music come together to make rock and roll

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

they are all social institutions

According to conflict theory, the nuclear family facilities exploitation

through a sexual division of labor within the home

The U.S. Census Bureau defines "family" as

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

What is a term for someone who labels themselves "spiritual but not religious"?

unchurched

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

"Homogamy" is a term sociologists use to explain the tendency to choose romantic partners based on similarities in background and group membership. Why is this common?

we tend to have more access to people like ourselves

Which of the following is an example of fictive kin?

your dad's best friend whom you refer to as "Uncle Pete" even though he's not really your uncle