exam 1

Question 1

personal trouble

Answer 1

private and pertaining to an individual

Question 2

social issue

Answer 2

public and relate more to the wider society as a whole

Question 3

what is the sociological imagination?

Answer 3

the relationship between personal troubles and public issues

Question 4

How is “what we eat and how much we eat” related to social issues?

Answer 4

choices are influenced by the people around us. There is a norm of eating at public events like birthdays, weddings, funerals, holidays and socializing

Question 5

what are examples of social structures that contribute to obesity?

Answer 5

food deserts (little access to healthy foods/expensive healthy foods); government, economy and religion

Question 6

what are the 4 sensibilities of sociological imagination?

Answer 6

historical, cultural, structural and critical

Question 7

historical sensibility

Answer 7

analyzing the past to determine how society got to be the way it is

Question 8

cultural sensibility

Answer 8

-reveals the range and diversity in human societies so it is difficult to say what is natural or normal
-encourages cultural relativism instead of ethnocentrism (appreciate diversity)

Question 9

structural sensibility

Answer 9

-society is organized by rules, conventions and institutions like government, economics and education

Question 10

critical sensibility

Answer 10

not being negative, but engaging in critique by asking 2 questions:
1. how do we know?
2. How could it be otherwise?

Question 11

culture

Answer 11

way of life of groups of people; their behavior, beliefs, values, symbols, customs and preferences

Question 12

ethnocentrism

Answer 12

assuming that your culture is superior and the standard against which to measure others

Question 13

completion compulsion

Answer 13

we feel like we have to eat the whole portion, even when we’re full

Question 14

social stratification

Answer 14

people are ranked and ordered in a society. people are privileged or disadvantaged by social class, education level, race, ethnicity, gender, (dis)ability, etc

Question 15

social determinants of health

Answer 15

conditions in the environment where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning and quality-of-life outcomes and risks

Question 16

agricultural subsidies

Answer 16

money from the federal government to farmers and agribusinesses

Question 17

built environment

Answer 17

the human-made space in which people live, work and recreate on a day-to-day basis

Question 18

food desert

Answer 18

impoverished areas with limited access to healthy affordable foods