Sociology Final

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how do sociologists define ethnicity

a group with shared history or cultural heritage

mechanized seed spreaders and crop rotation techniques are associate with which revolution

agricultural

why do you see more girls paying sports than boys jumping rope

boys who cross gender lines are more severely mocked

according to Jonathan Kozol's savage inequalities, how do schools reinforce inequalities?

by using property taxes to fund schools

"A group creates a collective mind. The crowd forms a single being." Which theory is described

contagion theory

which of the following is sued to disenfranchise part of the American population today?

denying felons the right to vote

why are there racial differences in life expectancies

disparities in access to health care

second wave feminism was associated with the issue of

equal access to employment and education

attending religious services would be an example:

extrinstic religiosity

what is main reason men make more money than women

gender socialization concentrates women in low paying jobs

almost all small electronics used in the US are made in Asia. This is a ex of:

globalization

how do sociologists define a minority group

group whose members are denied access to power

why would Alfred NOT have asked "Do you identify as gay or straight?

he saw sexuality as a continuism

What can you make of if you only know a persons SES

his/her level of education

A public goods dilemma occurs when:

individuals give to a collective resource

According to the video, "Wealth Inequality in America." which of the following is true

inequality is much more severe than most Americans realize

"Explained: The Racial Wealth Gap.: showed discriminatory laws and policies, examples of:

institutional discrimination

Children of the working class parents managing to get a professional job is an example of

intergenerational mobility

black women is racially profiled & her husband expects her to do all cooking. This is

intersectionality

in 2009 the US govt granted a massive bailout of large banks. The means the US:

is mostly capitalist, with some socialist traits

what is the principal sociological critique of the cultural poverty

it blames victims of poverty & ignores structural issues

Muslims pray the adman 5 times a day, simultaneously, what function of religion is this?

it creates social solidarity

which of the following statements about social changes true

it is always happening

Which of the following is true of the upper class today

it is largely self sustaining

why would a company outsource labor?

its cheaper

one of the basic principles of social stratification

its is maintained through widely shared beliefs

how has union membership changed in recent years?

membership has steeply declined

which is an example of the hidden curriculum reinforcing inequality?

most professors and teachers are white

Why are people more likely to marry individuals with social background similar to their own

people have access to people like themselves

which of the following is an example of a special interest group

police unions

Which of the following is one of the principles of captialism

privatization of the means of production

In Jane Elliots experiment, which of the following is an example of a self fulfilling prophecy

privileged groups outperformed disadvantages groups

people often think pablo is Arab & are surprised he identifies white. What does this tell us

race is socially defined and varies

in the video we watched, what factor influenced the way someone interprets Obama's race:

respondents race

How do sociologists differentiate between sex and gender

sex is biological gender is social

what do functionalists generally believe to be true about gender

social roles are better suited to one gender than the other

Mother Theresa who had a lot of power but was poor is an example of

status inconsistency

the many people who got rich quick during the ".com" boom of 1990s is example of

structural mobility

poverty is useful because it keeps wages low, would be associated with what theory?

strucutral functionalsim

what is the real source of racism according to conflict theory

struggle between groups over power and control

Rosentahl & Jacobson's Pygmation in the classroom showed that:

teacher expecations influence student performace

why might the number of evangelical christians be rapidly increasing?

the emphasize gaining new converts

when women are more likely to live in poverty than men. Its referred to

the feminization of poverty

C. Wright Mills calls few people who occupy the powerful position of major institutions

the power elite

why are politics, education, and religion all in the same chapter

the three tend to overlap in everyday life

Fisherman catch as many fish as possible threatening the fish with extinction, an example of

the tragedy of the commons

though computers are useful, they have caused a rise in neck & back injuries, an example of:

the unintended consequences of social change

According to the Princeton University study, how does public support affect laws being passed

there is a relationship for wealthy americans only

why did Karl Marx believe that workers in a capitalist system are alienated

they have no ownership of the things they produce

How do we decade when to display situational ethnicity

we analyze the pros and cons of doing so


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