Exam 1

Question 1

____________ is an undesirable issue that people believe should be corrected.

Answer 1

social problem

Question 2

_______________ and conflict are classified as macro perspective.

Answer 2

Structural functionalism

Question 3

Durkeim, parsons, Merton are associated with ____________.

Answer 3

Structural functionalism

Question 4

Marx, critical race, feminist are associated with ___________.

Answer 4

conflict

Question 5

Blumer and Goffman is associated with _____________.

Answer 5

symbolic interactionism

Question 6

__________ are purposes and activities to meet different needs that contribute to a society stability.

Answer 6

functions

Question 7

______________ have negative impacts that disrupt society’s stability.

Answer 7

Dysfunctions

Question 8

______________ are consequences that are unintended and hidden.

Answer 8

latent function

Question 9

_____________ are intended and commonly recognized.

Answer 9

manifest function

Question 10

______________ are social problems that results from sickness in society.

Answer 10

Social pathology

Question 11

_____________ are rapid social change disrupts norms in society.

Answer 11

Social disorganization

Question 12

_______________is when norms became weak, unclear, or are in conflict with each.

Answer 12

Anomie

Question 13

______________ is concerned with conflict that arises when groups have opposing values and interests.

Answer 13

Non Marx conflict theorys

Question 14

_____________ is a social system in which individuals get ahead and earn rewards based on their individual efforts and abilities.

Answer 14

Meritocracy

Question 15

____________ is missing key possession

Answer 15

Absolute poverty

Question 16

____________ is in comparison to someone else.

Answer 16

Relative poverty

Question 17

_____________ is the measurement of serious depreciation in 3 dimensions.

Answer 17

Multidimensional poverty index

Question 18

________________ is the sociologist George Ritzer uses this term to describe how fast the food industry apples to work.

Answer 18

Mcdonaldization

Question 19

What are the elements of structure?

Answer 19

institutions, social groups, statues, roles

Question 20

What are the elements of culture?

Answer 20

beliefs, values, symbols, norms, folkways, laws, mores, sanctions

Question 21

_______________ is the term C. Wright Mills (1959) developed, refers to the ability to see the connections between our personal lives and the social-historical world in which we live.

Answer 21

Sociological imagination

Question 22

_____________ is Unemployed workers as well as: 1) those working part-time but who wish to work full-time,

2) those who want to work but have been discouraged from searching by their lack of success, and
3) others who are neither working nor seeking work but who want and are available to work and have looked for employment in the last year.

Answer 22

Underemployment

Question 23

_____________ has been linked to depression, low-self esteem, and increased mortality rates

Answer 23

Unemployment

Question 24

• increased debt
• diminished retirement and savings accounts (which are depleted to meet living expenses)
• home foreclosure
• relocation from secure housing and communities to unfamiliar places to find a job

Answer 24

unemployment

Question 25

_____________ is when people are trafficked into the United States and forced into slavery, most commonly in domestic work, farm labor, and the sex industry.

Answer 25

forced labor

Question 26

Household size, pretax income, age, and 3 times the cost of food make up what?

Answer 26

U.S poverty line

Question 27

_________________ is the owners of the means of production

Answer 27

bourgeoisie

Question 28

_________________ is the workers who earn wages.

Answer 28

proletariat

Question 29

The _______________ use their power to control the institutions of society to their advantage

Answer 29

bourgeoisie

Question 30

____________ is tasks that are completed efficiently.

Answer 30

Efficiency

Question 31

_______________ is size, cost, and time are more important than quality

Answer 31

Calculability

Question 32

_______________ are products are standardized

Answer 32

Predictability

Question 33

_____________ is when automation

replaces human labor.

Answer 33

Control through technology

Question 34

_______________ happened in 1954,when the U.S. supreme court ruled in Brown vs Board of Education that segregated education was unconstitutional because it was inherently unequal.

Answer 34

School desegregation

Question 35

____________ provides an integrated program of healthcare, parental involvement, education, and social services for qualifying children.

Answer 35

headstart

Question 36

_______________ is a program for infants and toddlers from low income families.

Answer 36

early head start

Question 37

________________ perform significantly better in cognitive, language, social emotional development than their peers who do not participate.

Answer 37

Participating children

Question 38

How are schools funded?

Answer 38

decentralized

Question 39

____________ is a occupation prestige in income, education attainment, and occupation.

Answer 39

SES ( Socioeconomic status)

Question 40

______________ programs are programs where by college graduates with degrees in fields other than education can become certified if they have life experience in industry, the military, or other revalent jobs.

Answer 40

Alternative certification