Sociology

The Environmental Protection Agency claims that the United States has one of the safest supplies of drinking water in the world, but

10 percent of U.S. water systems do not meet EPA standards.

A major achievement of social movements geared toward increasing employment equality for minorities and women has been the widespread adoption of equal employment officers in many large organizations. When they achieved this stage, the social movements could be said to have

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Why do people join social movements according to relative deprivation theory?

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Flint, Michigan, which is dealing with contaminated water, is a majority African American city. Flint, Michigan, has been pointed to as an example of

Enviormental racism

True or False? Social change happens only at times of great upheaval like the French Revolution or the Civil War.

False

What has happened if a blighted urban neighborhood were to suddenly develop an assortment of upscale restaurants, coffee shops, hip boutiques, and art galleries?

It is becoming gentrified.

Few people today know that the Milky Way is a spiral arm of our galaxy, which contains such a dense cluster of stars that in the past, it appeared as individuals points of light but as a splash across the night sky. Why is it no longer visible this way?

Light Pollutions

The shift of large segments of the population away from the urban core and toward the edges of cities is called

Suburbanization

Why are the poor and members of ethnic and racial minorities more likely to suffer health problems that result from exposure to pollution?

They are disproportionately exposed to pollution.

True or False? All successful social movements are eventually incorporated into institutions.

True

True or False? Fast-fashion has been created out of consumers' desire to have the "same look" as soon as it becomes popular.

True

True or False? Gerrymandering involves the redrawing of voting district borders by the officials in power to benefit a political party.

True

True or False? In this ethnography Evicted, Mathew Desmond found that a consequence of not being able to find affordable housing is that getting a job, going to school, and staying healthy become very difficult.

True

What do large numbers of people form when they come together?

a crowd

Experts have posited that Syria's change from a stable to an unstable country is partially due to an extensive drought. This means that the recent social change in Syria is, in part, due to

a major physical event.

Environmental racism occurs when

an environmental policy or practice negatively affects individuals, groups, or communities as a result of their race.

To what are environmental sociologists referring when they use the term "environment"?

both the natural and the human-made environment

What theory of collective behavior would suggest that when crowds come together a "mob mentality" takes over and rational thought disappears?

contagion theory

Today, many young people face an unprecedented problem: what to do when their parents try to friend them on Facebook or another social networking site. Technology has given us unprecedented ways to document our lives online, but some are not quite sure how to share this documentation with older generations. What is this problem called?

cultural lag

The study of the size, composition, distribution, and change in a human population is called

demography

Factories that produce noxious levels of pollution and toxic waste dumps are often located near areas where minorities and the poor reside. Which of the following terms could be used to describe this situation?

environmental racism

What is the name of the subdiscipline that studies the social causes and consequences of environmental problems?

environmental sociology

The process by which social structures and institutions become global rather than national is called

globalization.

To what extent do the poorest members of American society participate in social movements?

less than any other class

What do sociologists call it when a large number of people either collectively or individually engage in similar behaviors?

mass behavior

"Buy Nothing Day" might best be described as a ________ social movement.

regressive

The World Church of the Creator, founded by Matt Hale, wants to stop both religious and racial integration of America. This makes his movement a

regressive social movement.

What are you asserting if you theorize that poor people join groups dedicated to keeping toxic waste dumps out of low-income communities because they want to enjoy the same standard of living and quality of life as the rest of society?

relative deprivation theory

For many years there have been efforts to organize teaching assistants on college campuses and form a union. Often, these efforts fail because of practical reasons such as there being limited volunteers, leaders graduate and leave, and the organizers have limited money for supplies. What theory would be interested in these reasons?

resource mobilization

The transformation of culture over time is called

social change.

One of the major problems with slowing greenhouse gas emissions lies in the developing world where many countries are just now starting to burn fossil fuels at the same rate as the industrialized world. Aside from the pollution produced, this is also a problem because there is not enough oil left for the world to burn it at its current rate. To solve this problem, many believe that we need

sustainable development.

The majority of households in the United States now have personal computers. The federal government has encouraged this trend for many reasons, including increased productivity, better education, and a better-informed public. At the same time, there has been an increase in acute injuries related to computers or computer tools. This is an example of

the unintended consequences of social change.

Under what circumstances are bystanders LESS likely to attempt to help a stranger who appears to be in danger?

when there are lots of bystanders

What group was MOST likely to move away from the urban core to the suburbs?

whites

Regressive or reactionary social movements are always

working to make sure things stay the same or even to turn them back to an earlier point in history.