Sociology Final Exam Study Guide Question

What do sociologists call the tendency to marry someone of a similar background?

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

Propinquity refers to

geographic proximity

You are an American with a lower socioeconomic status. You are a racial minority, live in public housing, and you work at a physically labor-intensive job. You are supporting a family of four on your wages. It is likely that you

have a number of ailments like arthritis and asthma

How does the U.S. Census Bureau define "family"?

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

C. Wright Mills used the term "sociological imagination" to refer to important interconnections between personal troubles and public issues. What would he have said about deprivation amplification?

Both public issues and personal troubles contribute to poor health, so work must be done at both levels to more properly address disease rates.

________ gather and analyze data on particular illnesses: how, where, and to whom they are spread; and how to stop their spread.

Epidemiologists

What is an individual saying when he or she describes someone who is related to him or her biologically as "not really kin"?

The relative has not exercised his or her rights or fulfilled his or her obligations as a family member.

Why are remarriage rates lower today than they were in the 1960s?

There has been an increase in cohabitation among unmarried couples.

Why do the authors of your textbook reject definitions of family that depend on particular types of people (like parents) and specific types of ties (like marriage)?

They want the definition to be broad enough to encompass a variety of living arrangements.

What is it called when the incidence of a particular infectious disease is drastically larger than first estimated?

a pandemic

1. Ori went to eat at his favorite restaurant and got food poisoning. His illness was treated right away. This type of illness would be classified as

acute

Sid feels horrible. He goes to his doctor, who tells Sid he has a bad cold and should feel better soon. How would Sid's illness be classified?

acute

What sort of laws prohibited the mixing of racial groups through marriage, cohabitation, or sexual contact?

anti-miscegenation

Unmarried adults who are romantically involved and live together under the same roof are participating in

cohabitation

The ________ approach to addiction posits that people of lower socioeconomic status are more likely to be scrutinized as problem drinkers or drug addicts.

conflict theory

Which theoretical perspective would lead you to consider the broader social effects of the division of labor between men and women in the household?

conflict theory

The concept of acknowledging and incorporating a patient's cultural background as part of the treatment process is called

cultural competence

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

medicalization

Kendra is a lower-class American. She lives in public housing, did not finish high school, experiences lapses in employment, and has a hard time making financial ends meet. Kendra is twice as likely as people who are not living in poverty to

suffer from depression

A man recently learned that he has a mental illness. Since his diagnosis, he has begun to act according to the illness and in ways that he thinks others expect someone with a mental illness to act. Which theory of health and illness best explains his situation?

symbolic interactionism

Talcott Parsons researched ________ from a structural functionalist perspective.

the sick role

According to the text, ________ is one of several reasons people live their lives unmarried.

the single lifestyle

According to the text, what are the major factors involved in forming relationships and selecting mates?

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

In what would a symbolic interactionist studying the family be MOST interested?

the way gift giving within an extended family makes some bonds more important than others

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

It produces and socializes children.

Why is it important to address that approximately 75 percent of patients die in settings like hospitals instead of at home?

It shows how death has been medicalized.

Is medicine in the United States a social institution?

Yes, because organizations like the American Medical Association set policy and shape definitions of health and illness throughout the nation.

Given the history of the family, what sort of changes do you think would be most likely to make the extended family more relevant again?

changes in the economy that make people less likely to move away from their hometowns to get a job

Researchers found that poorer Louisville residents suffered greater rates of illness and died earlier than wealthier ones. Of what is this an example?

deprivation amplification

In the United States today, very few people marry outside of their own socioeconomic classes, suggesting that there is a high degree of

edogamy

Mark lives in a densely populated American city and he 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 can we infer about Mark?

he lives in a food desert

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

palliative

Epidemiologists are currently studying the role of climate change in the spread of diseases globally. They have found that increases in temperature can also increase the numbers of

vector organisms

1. Who is more likely to return home after a full day of paid labor and put in a "second shift" at home taking care of domestic work?

women