sociology unit 4

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

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

sidewalk ramps and Braille signs are examples of ____

accommodations required by the Americans with disabilities act and norms of accessibility for people with disabilities

the protestors at the Egypt uprising rally were:

an acting crowd

what are the most commonly diagnosed mental disorders in the US?

anxiety disorders

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

preserving peripheral nation cultural identity, preparing or pitfalls that come with modernization, avoiding hegemonist assumptions about modernization

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

which public healthcare system offers insurance primarily to people over 65 years old?

medicare

china is undergoing a shit in industry, increasing labor specialization and the amount of differentiation present in the social structure. this exemplifies:

modernization

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

national football league

many deaths in high income nations are linked to _____

obesity

public schools must guarantee that ___

per-student spending is equitable

conflict theories see sorting as a way to _____.

perpetuate divisions of socioeconomic status

according to the world health organization what was the frequent cause of death for children under 5 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

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

informal education ____.

reers to the learning of cultural norms

what does the individual mandate provision of the 2010 US healthcare reform do?

requires everyone to have insurance or pay a penalty

if we divide social movements according to their positions among all social movements in a society, we are using the ____ theory to understand social movements.

resource mobilization

what are the major factors that affect education systems throughout the world?

resources and money

what is social epidemiology?

the study of the causes and distribution of diseases

what group created the millennium development goals?

the world health organization

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 biases. Why?

they reward affluent students with question that assume knowledge associated with upperclass culture

rewarding students for meeting deadlines and respecting authority figures is an example of ___.

transmission of moral education

sociologists using conflict perspective might study what?

what motivates inequitably treated people to join a movement

according to emergent- norm theory, crowds are

able to develop their own definition of the situation

the 1972 case mills v board o education of the district of Columbia set a precedent or a___.

access of education

Which of the following statements is not true?

blacks have lower cancer rates than whites

social movements are

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

the class, race, and gender inequalities in our healthcare system support the ____ perspective

conflict

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

conflict theory

chronic fatigue syndrome is an example of _____

contested illness

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

courtship

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

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

digital divide

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

environment

functionalist theory sees education as serving the needs of ____.

families, society, and individual

which of the following is an example of collective behavior?

group of people interested in hearing an author speak

core nations are also known as _____

high income nations

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

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

the rating of perceived exertion is an example of ____

social construction of health

while PETA is a social movement organization, taken together, the animal rights social movement organizations PETA, ALF, and Greenpeace are a ______

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 britians healthcare 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

what term describes the separation of students based one merit?

sorting

the high unemployment rate among the disabled may be a result of ____

stigmaization

which theory o education focuses on the labels acquired through the educational process?

symbolic interactionism

which program is an example of socialized medicine?

the US' veterans health administration