sociology final

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Same-sex couple households account for _____ percent of Canadian households.

1

The population of the planet doubled in 50 years to reach _______ in 1999?

6 billion

Which of the following is an example of collective behavior?

A group of people interested in hearing an author speak

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was an impetus for __________.

Access to education

Functionalist theory sees education as serving the needs of _________.

All of the above

In what ways does religion serve the role of a social institution?

All of the above

Urbanization includes the sociological study of what?

All of the above

What are the prerequisites for the existence of a city?

All of the above

What are ways that human activity impacts the water supply?

All of the above

What are the most commonly diagnosed mental disorders in the United States?

Anxiety disorders

Research suggests that people generally feel that their current family is _______ than the family they grew up with.

At least as close

Which of the following statements is not true?

Blacks have lower cancer rates than whites.

Which program is an example of socialized medicine?

Canada's system

The Protestant work ethic was viewed in terms of its relationship to:

Capitalism

In what part of the world have Confucianism and Taoism been primarily practiced?

China

Which socialist perspective most emphasizes the ways in which religion helps to maintain social inequalities within a society?

Conflict theory

Which theory of education focuses on the ways in which education maintains the status quo?

Conflict theory

Which of the following is not a manifest function of education?

Courtship

Which theory of education focuses on the ways in which education maintains the status qu

Critcal sociology

The main difference between an ecclesia and a denomination is:

Ecclesia are state-sponsored and considered an official religion

In the Concentric Zone model, Zone B is likely to house what?

Formerly wealthy homes split into cheap apartments

Which perspective most emphasizes the ways in which religion helps to keep the social system running smoothly?

Functional perspective

In general, children in ______ households benefit from divorce

High-conflict

Sociologists tend to define family in terms of

How a given society sanctions the relationships of people who are connected through blood, marriage, or adoption

The median age of first marriage has ______ in the last 50 years

Increased for both men and women

A cultural universal is something that:

Is found in all cultures

Which of the following is a criticism of the family life cycle model?

It is too narrowly focused on a sequence of stages.

What are the two primary methods of waste disposal?

Landfill and incineration

How does gentrification affect cities?

Less affluent residents are pushed into less desirable areas.

Which public health care system offers insurance primarily to people over 65?

Medicare

What are some denominations of the Christian Protestant church?

Methodist and Seventh-day Adventist

Children of divorced parents are _______ to divorce in their own marriage than children of parents who stayed married.

More likely

Which of the following organizations is not an example of a social movement?

National Football League

Which of the following is true of intimate partner violence (IPV)?

Nearly half of instances of IPV involve drugs or alcohol.

Which type of child abuse is most prevalent in Canada?

Neglect

A sect:

Often believes it must split from the larger group to return to important fundamentals

According to the study cited from Statistics Canada, children who live with ______ grow up with more advantages than children who live with ______.

One divorced parent; one unwed parent

A child who associates his line of descent with his father's side only is part of a _____ society.

Patrilineal

Critical sociologists see sorting as a way to ________.

Perpetuate divisions of socioeconomic status

According to the World Health Organization, what was the most frequent cause of death for children under five in low income countries?

Pneumonia and diarrheal diseases

When sociologists think about technology as an agent of social change, which of the following is not an example?

Population growth

Which of the following do the functionalist and conflict perspectives share?

Position that religion relates to social control, enforcing social norms

Where does a large percentage of e-waste wind up?

Recycled in peripheral nations

What is not a negative outcome of shoreline dredging?

Reduction of human population

Informal education _________________.

Refers to the learning of cultural norms

What will the individual mandate provision of the 2010 U.S. health care reform do?

Require everyone to have insurance or pay a penalty

What are the major factors affecting education systems throughout the world?

Resources and money

Some controversial groups that may be mislabelled as cults include:

Scientology and the Hare Krishna

Couples who cohabitate before marriage are ______ couples who did not cohabitate before marriage to be married at least 10 years.

Slightly less likely than

Because she plans on achieving success in marketing, Tammie is taking courses on managing social media. This is an example of ________.

Social placement

What term describes the separation of students based on merit?

Sorting

Current divorce rates are _______

Steadily declining

Which of the main theoretical perspectives would approach religion from the micro-level, studying how religion impacts an individual's sense of support and well-being?

Symbolic interactionism

Which theory of education focuses on the labels acquired through the educational process?

Symbolic interactionism

Which theory of education focuses on the labels acquired through the educational process?

Symbolic interactionism

What does cornucopian theory believe?

That human ingenuity will solve any issues that overpopulation creates

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle examines the circumstances of the working poor people in what area?

The Chicago meatpacking industry

What group created the Millennium Development Goals?

The World Health Organization

What does carrying capacity refer to?

The amount of life that can be supported sustainably in a particular environment

The "tragedy of the commons" is a reference to what?

The common grazing lands in Oxford

Which is an example of environmental racism?

The fact that a disproportionate percentage of people of color live in environmentally hazardous areas

What does human ecology theory address?

The relationship between humans and their environments

Which of the following is not part of the rights and responsibilities of a sick person under the functionalist perspective?

The sick person can take as long as she wants to get better.

A functionalist would address which issue?

The way that immigration and emigration trends strengthen global relationships

How are the suburbs of Paris different than those of most U.S. cities? a. They are connected by public transportation.

They are synonymous with housing projects and urban poor.

What do nations that are top-ranked in science and math have in common?

They recruit top teachers.

Conflict theorists see IQ tests as being biased. Why?

They reward affluent students with questions that assume knowledge associated with upperclass culture.

Critical sociologists see IQ tests as being biased. Why?

They reward affluent students with questions that assume knowledge associated with upper-class culture

What types of municipal projects often result in environmental racism?

Toxic dumps or other objectionable projects

What term describes the assignment of students to specific education programs and classes on the basis of test scores, previous grades, or perceived ability?

Tracking

Rewarding students for meeting deadlines and respecting authority figures is an example o

Transmission of moral education

The majority of Canadian children live in ______

Two-parent households

What led to the creation of the exurbs?

Urban sprawl and crowds moving into the city

What three factors did Malthus believe would limit human population?

War, famine, and disease

Sociologists using conflict perspective might study what?

What motivates inequitably treated people to join a movement

Chronic fatigue syndrome is an example of _______________.

a contested illness

According to emergent-norm theory, crowds are:

able to develop their own definition of the situation

The 1972 case Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia set a precedent for __________.

access to education

Core nations that work to propel peripheral nations toward modernization need to be aware of:

all of the above

Functionalist theory sees education as serving the needs of

all of the above

What do Christianity and Islam have in common?

all of the above

The protesters at the Egypt uprising rally were:

an acting crowd

Sidewalk ramps and Braille signs are examples of _______________.

both b and c

The class, race, and gender inequalities in our healthcare system support the _____________ perspective.

conflict

Learning from classmates that most students buy lunch on Fridays is an example of

cultural transmission

The removal of homosexuality from the DSM is an example of ____________.

demedicalization

Core nations are also known as __________________

high-income nations

Megachurches tend to have:

large arenas where services are held

Social scientists refer to the use of a church to combat social injustice in the political realm as:

liberation theology

The process by which aspects of life that were considered bad or deviant are redefined as sickness and needing medical attention to remedy is called:

medicalization

China is undergoing a shift in industry, increasing labor specialization and the amount of differentiation present in the social structure. This exemplifies:

modernization

Many deaths in high-income nations are linked to __________________

obesity

Public schools must guarantee that ___________.

per-student spending is equitable

Conflict theorists see sorting as a way to ________.

perpetuate divisions of socioeconomic status

A woman being married to two men would be an example of:

polyandry

A boy throwing rocks during a demonstration might be an example of ___________.

precipitating factors

If a movement claims that the best way to reverse climate change is to reduce carbon emissions by outlawing privately owned cars, "outlawing cars" is the ________.

prognostic framing

Plessy v. Ferguson set the precedent that _____________.

racial segregation in schools was allowed

If we divide social movements according to their position among all social movements in a society, we are using the __________ theory to understand social movements.

resource mobilization

Many stories in the sacred text of Judaism are:

shared by Christianity and Islam

While PETA is a social movement organization, taken together, the animal rights social movement organizations PETA, ALF, and Greenpeace are a(n) __________.

social movement industry

Because she plans on achieving success in marketing, Tammie is taking courses on managing social media. This is an example of ________.

social placement

Allowing a student to move to the next grade regardless of whether or not they have met the requirements for that grade is called ____________.

social promotion

Great Britain's health care system is an example of ______________

socialized medicine

Who determines which illnesses are stigmatized?

society

Key predictors for student success include ____________.

socioeconomic status and family background

The high unemployment rate among the disabled may be a result of ____________.

stigmatization

Social movements are:

the collective action of individuals working together in an attempt to establish new norms beliefs, or values

Children in peripheral nations have little to no daily access to computers and the internet, while children in core nations are constantly exposed to this technology. This is an example of:

the digital divide

In addition to social movements, social change is also caused by technology, social institutions, population and _______________

the environment

The Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) is an example of ________________

the social construction of health

What is social epidemiology?

the study of the causes and distribution of diseases

When the League of Women Voters successfully achieved its goal of women being allowed to vote, they had to undergo frame __________, a means of completely changing their goals to ensure continuing relevance.

transformation

Rewarding students for meeting deadlines and respecting authority figures is an example of ________.

transmission of moral education


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