SOC 101 Exam Review
Formalization of recreation
Little league baseball and other organized community sports are examples of
Nuclear family
A heterosexual couple living in the same household and raising children is defined as
Food desert
A neighborhood where there is no grocery store but there are more liquor stores, convenience and drug stores, and fast food outlets than most other locations
Monopoly
A situation in which there is only one individual or organization, without competitors, providing a particular good or service
Hidden curriculum
Lessons that students learn indirectly through the method in which the curriculum is presented and the way the school is organized
Epidemic
When the incidence of a particular infectious disease is drastically larger than first estimated
Propinquity
The tendency to date those within close geographic proximity
Endogamy
The tendency to marry someone of a similar background
Tracking
When students are tested and the test results are used to place them in a certain category of classes
Intentional communities
Groups that form communal living arrangements like communes, monasteries, ashrams and housing cooperatives
Acute
Ori went to eat at his favorite restaurant and unfortunately got food poisoning. His illness was treated right away. This type of illness would be classified as
Social institutions
Systems and structures that persist over time and help organize group life
Open ended question
The kind of question that produces a wide variety of responses by allowing the respondent to answer in whatever way seems appropriate to them
Authority
The legitimate use of power
Fourth estate
The media are considered the _______, like the fourth branch of government and thus serve as another of the checks and balances on power
Sociology
The systematic and scientific study of human society and social behavior
Reactivity
The tendency of research subjects to change their behavior in response to being studied
The magic bullet theory
This theory contends, "media consumers are passive, uncritical recipients of content"
Structural functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism
What are the 3 major theoretical perspectives that we have explored in class this semester
Disenfranchisement
When a government bars an individual, either temporarily or permanently, from voting
Pandemic
When an epidemic spreads across national borders, across continents, or around the world
Vector organisms
_____ carry and spread germs in geographic locations around the world
Recreation
__________ is a type of leisure activity
