Practice (KHAN) Flashcards
What is a mediating variable? Provide 1 example.
a variable that attempts to assess the mechanisms underlying in the relationship between an independent and dependent variable
example: social group (independent variable) → food selection (mediating variable) → obesity (dependent variables)
primary vs secondary groups
Define homophily.
the tendency for people to choose relationships with people who have similar attributes to themselves
(homo = “the same”, phile = “to love”)
cognitive dissonance
What is a causal mechanism (in sociology)?
the processes or pathways through which an outcome is brought into being (why or how it happened)
What is intersectionality?
the acknowledgment that everyone has their own unique experiences of discrimination and oppression
What is class consciousness?
an awareness of ones social and/or economic class relative to others
What is social stratification?
the allocation of individuals and groups according to various social hierarchies of differing power, status, or prestige
What is social exclusion?
a situation where not everyone has equal access the the opportunities and services that allow them to lead a decent life
the process in which individuals are blocked from various rights, opportunities, and resources that are normally available to a different groups
What is epidemiology?
the study and analysis of the distribution, patterns, and determinants of health and diseases conditions in specified populations
Define stigma.
the disapproval of, or discrimination against, an individual or group based on perceivable social characteristics that distinguish them from other members of society
What is symbolic interactionism?
The prefrontal lobe is associated which type of memory?
shot term / working memory
retest reliability
content validity
