Sociology Midterm Exam Quiz 5

Dean is an upper-middle class American. He lives in an affluent area, holds a bachelor's degree, and has a great job. It is likely that his health status is:

excellent

Until recently, South Korea had laws in place banning marriage between people who belonged to the same clan. This means that they practiced:

exogamy

Today, four companies sell more than 80 percent of the compact discs purchased in the United States, although this fact is not obvious because the four companies have purchased many smaller record labels over the years. What is this called?

concentration of media power

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

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

______________ come on suddenly and are often contagious.

Acute diseases

What is the study of the social aspects of diseases called?

epidemiology

Some women accept the burdens of the "second shift" in order to avoid conflict with their husbands or children. How does this affect them?

It makes them unhappy and emotionally numb.

Why should leisure not be treated as a minor and unimportant topic?

Leisure and recreation absorb a lot of time, energy, and resources.

Why is free time (nonwork time) not necessarily leisure time?

Leisure time implies the ability to make choices.

In the premodern world, the line between work and play was not very clearly defined. Why was this the case?

People had fewer recreational options.

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

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

endogamy

As the process of the _____________ develops, we will be less likely to treat someone who has a mental health issue as having something they should just "deal with" or "get over" individually. Instead, we will be more likely to think of the issue as having to do with a disease.

medicalization

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

miscegenation laws

Which theoretical explanation for suicide emphasizes the lure of a place and factors that draw people with suicidal tendencies to it?

selection

Whereas the top causes of death in the United States are ____________ illness, people in the developing world are continually affected by the threat of ____________ illness.

chronic; acute

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

endogamy

The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is an icon of the "City by the Bay" and a world-renowned tourist destination. It is also the number one suicide magnet in the world. Which theoretical explanation for suicide would best explain the high rates of suicide at the bridge?

selection

What historical change led to a devaluation of women's work in the home?

the Industrial Revolution

Given the ways spectatorship has changed in recent years, which of the following trends is it most closely related to?

the decline of public life