Sociology Chapter 15,16,17,18,19
How many pillars are essential to the Islamic faith?
5
A sociologist studying how religious beliefs become so deeply rooted in people that they can hate people of other religions probably is:
A Conflict Theory
What is the Head Start Program?
A federal program that provides academically focused preschool to students of low socioeconomic status.
When Hildegard visited a Church of Christ, she realized just how similar their practices and beliefs are to her regular denomination of choice, the Episcopalian Church. These similarities probably mean that the Church Christ is:
A sect with in the Christian faith.
The concept hidden curriculum can be defined as
A typed of nonacademic knowledge that one learns through informal learning and cultural transmission
What is one of the largest contributors to health problems in low-income countries?
Access to Clean Water
On any given day, there is often a story about prayer in schools in the news. For decades people have disagreeing over the constitutionality of prayer in schools. This controversy is a great example of the tension between:
Church and State
Shane believes that the commodification of health has created a large number of problems within the United States. From which sociological perspective does this come from?
Conflict Theory
Malik grew up in an affluent household which embraced activities such as attending the opera, visiting museums, and traveling to foreign countries at least once a year. When Malik goes to college, he finds he has much to talk about with professors, and fellow students from similar backgrounds. Malik is enjoying the benefits of:
Cultural capital
Which of the following was not among the United Nations eight Millennium Development Goals set in 2000?
Decrease obesity
Which of the following is NOT a result of the commodification of health care?
HIV spreading across the United States at a rapid rate in the 1980's
Obesity is rising at the fastest rate in which of the following countries?
High Income
Medical sociology is the systematic study of:
How humans manage issues of health and illness, disease and disorders, and health care for both the sick and the healthy
Which of the following is NOT a method used within the United States to produce educational equality?
Mandatory Tutoring
Alex's country was once communist, but now allows limited private ownership of companies, and lets market forces determine production and pricing decisions. What kinds of economy is Alex living in?
Market Socialist
Which of the following is an example of legitimation?
Marley s doctor diagnosing him with bronchitis
In recent years, a great compulsion to engage in frequent and risky sexual behaviors was deemed sexual addiction. This is an example of:
Medicalization of deviance
Which court case set the precedent for access to education within the United States for students with disabilities?
Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia
What name do Buddhists give to their four basic rules?
Noble Truths
Which sociologist studied how cultural capital helps an individual navigate their culture?
Pierre Bourdieu
Sanchita worships three different and separate gods. Her religion falls into which category?
Polytheism
The United States healthcare system consists of:
Public and private insurance coverage
What factors contribute to inequality within the educational system in the United States?
Racism and socioeconomic status
Roberto has just moved to a new city. He does not know anyone but he wants to find a mosque where he can practice Islam. Which theory will Roberto use, either consciously or subconsciously, to make a decision?
Rational Choice Theory
Which position describes Karl Marx's view of religion and society?
Religion simply kept the Proletariat in their low social class.
What correlation between religion and society did Max Weber see and study?
Religion was very influential over the economy and the habits of workers.
Which of the following is NOT a manifest function of education?
Social Control
Megachurches have become popular in certain parts of the United States. Where else in the world are megachurches widely popular?
South Korea
Sheryl was diagnosed with bipolarity when she was a teenager. She's hesitant to tell her friends, and tries her best to hide her diagnosis from her coaches, teachers, and employers, since she's seen other people with the illness be discriminated against on account of it. Bipolarity is an example of a(n):
Stigmatized illness
Kara has behavioral problems as a young child. As she goes through school, she is labeled "troubled," and told she will never amount to anything. Kara, though intelligent, decides to "live down" to this expectation. Which sociological perspective would be most interested in studying Kara's experience?
Symbolic Interactionism
You are interested, like Durkheim, in how ordinary objects become sacred. Which theoretical approach will help you most in analyzing the data you collect?
Symbolic Intereactioism
Until 1973 homosexuality was considered a psychological disorder American Psychological Association. Which sociological perspective would be most concerned with why this was considered an illness, and what effect that diagnosis had on society?
Symbolic interactionist
What sociologist pioneered the concept of "The Sick Role"?
Talcott Parsons
The ______ records Jewish interpretations of the _____ which is their sacred text.
Talmud; Torah
When a number of young, gay men in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles began dying of a mysterious disease in the early 1980's, the public began referring to the disease as "the gay cancer," stigmatizing the disease for doctors and patients. This is an example of:
The cultural meaning of illness
Which of the following would a social epidemiologist be likely to study:
The high cancer rates surrounding a large manufacturing plant in New Mexico.
The term formal education is defined by the text as:
The learning of academic facts and concepts
Which of the following best defines the concept of "The Sick Role"?
The pattern of expectations that define appropriate behavior for the sick and for those who take care of them
Epidemiology is:
The study of the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases
Which of the following is NOT a latent function of education?
Transmission of culture
Jackson lives in rural Chile, and is the son of a poor farmer. The nearest school is 50 miles away, and he has no means to get there. What does the educational system in Jackson's country lack?
Universal Access
The term sorting can be defined as
classifying students based on academic merit or potential
