Soc 101 Test #4

Question 1

If globalization is the process through which the world is increasingly connected and interdependent, what is one way that you can see globalization in your daily life?

Answer 1

Example from class: Look at where your clothes were made! Other examples: Examine items that you use on a daily basis. What kind of food do you eat? Where was it produced and packaged. Trade items are a good way to see globalization and activate your sociological imagination.

Question 2

How has globalization changed in the modern era?

Answer 2

Acceleration has become more rapid.

Question 3

What is social change?

Answer 3

alteration in the basic structure of a social group or society

Question 4

How is social change in the modern era different from social change in the pre-modern era?

Answer 4

Social change in the modern era is more dramatic. Increase in the speed and the amount of change that occurs. Can you think of a few reasons why this might be?

Question 5

How has globalization influenced social change?

Answer 5

expanded the reach of change and accelerated the pace of change.

Question 6

which will lead to increased human control over the environment. How would you characterize Joe in terms of his beliefs or theoretical outlook? Post-Modernist/Modernist/Post-Industrialist/Industrialist

Answer 6

Modernist. (A modernist who likes marching bands)

Question 7

What are factors that consistently influence social change?

Answer 7

Physical Environment, Economics, Political organizations, and Culture

Question 8

What was the response to Modernism?

Answer 8

Post-modernism.

Question 9

If we say that globalism is proceeding in an uneven way what are we are saying about the pattern of the distribution of wealth and inequality in societies on a global level?

Answer 9

Countries and societies that were already rich are benefiting from globalization more than poor countries therefor creating greater inequalities between countries/societies. In all countries the rich are also benefiting more from globalization than the poor therefor creating greater inequality within countries/societies.

Question 10

Poorest 40% of the global population make how much of the total global income?

Answer 10

5% of the global income

Question 11

The wealthiest 10% make what percentage of the global income?

Answer 11

54% of the global income

Question 12

What is the sociological imagination?

Answer 12

Seeing personal troubles in the context of or related to structural issues or societal problems. What are some examples of these? (if it happens to one person most likely not a problem but if it happens to 20% of the population it most likely is a structural issue)

Question 13

If a sociologist already has an entire set of data and sees that there does seem to be a relationship between two variables this very happy sociologist can start to ask _______kinds of questions to help make sense of the data and determine why they got the results they did.

Answer 13

Theoretical questions. Theoretical questions help make sense of facts and answer the “why questions”

Question 14

anomie, shared norms and value, dysfunction, society as an organism are all examples of key words/phrases that lead us to believe that someone is using the____________ theoretical framework

Answer 14

Functionalist!

Question 15

Functionalist think that (society/individual) is more important and that (power/norms and values) preserve social order.

Answer 15

Society and Norms and values

Question 16

The study of social patterns of relations or social interaction and how those patterns influence what people do and how they think. This is a description of what science?

Answer 16

Sociology. Just imagine Prof. Redding saying “pattern of social relations” for the one millionth time this semester :)

Question 17

Patters are recurring forms that can be seen, labeled and described. What are some examples of patterns of relations that we talked about this semester?

Answer 17

class, race, gender, religion, kinship, age, language, neighborhood

Question 18

Conflict theorist think that (individual/society) is more important and that (power/norms and values) maintain order in society.

Answer 18

Society and Power.

Question 19

What makes sociology a science?

Answer 19

systematic observation and analysis of data and this process is guided by and contributes to theoretical knowledge

Question 20

<p>Research Question: Do greater levels of democracy lead to greater or less levels of terrorist attacks? What is the Independent Variable? Dependent?</p>

Answer 20

<p>Independent Variable: democracy</p>

<p>Dependent Variable: number of terrorist attacks</p>

Question 21

What are the four different types of questions that were talked about in the methods section of this class?

Answer 21

Factual (what happen, how many) Comparative (what is the difference between place A and B), Developmental (was there a change over time?), Theoretical (why did it happen)

Question 22

Measures of central tendency

Answer 22

mean (the average) and median (the middle number in a set of numbers)

Question 23

Research Question: Is the amount of partying that a college student does effected by the distance that they live from their parents? What is the Independent variable and Dependent variable?

Answer 23

IV: distance from parents (miles)

Question 24

If someone says that they are calculating the standard deviation from the mean. What kind of measure are they calculating? (measure of central tendency OR measure of dispersion)

Answer 24

Measure of dispersion. The standard deviation measures how much variation there is from the mean. So in a class if the mean grade was 80% and there was a low standard deviation you would know that most people in the class got around an 80%.

Question 25

Correlation (does/does not) equal causation.

Answer 25

Correlation does not equal causation.

Question 26

A student researcher is investigating the study habits of students and notices that those students who consume more coffee from the Grind (specifically the library Grind) have a slightly higher GPA than those students who get most of their coffee from other sources. Can this researcher make the conclusion that there is “something in the coffee” at the Grind that is making students smarter? What are the Independent and Dependent Variables?

Answer 26

IV:study habits-more specifically the amount of coffee and where they purchased it from.

Question 27

What is socialization?

Answer 27

social process where one develops an awareness of norms, values and achieve a distinct social self

Question 28

What is culture?

Answer 28

values, norms and material goods characteristic of a given group

Question 29

Why is language important to cultural and social reproduction?

Answer 29

Without language it is very difficult to pass learning on in order to communicate the shared norms and values.

Question 30

nature:biology as _________: sociology

Answer 30

nurture

Question 31

What is the difference between assimilation and multiculturalism?

Answer 31

Both are involved with a minority group being accepted by a majority group. However, in assimilation the minority group adopts the values and norms of the dominant culture. Multiculturalism lets a minority group exist with their own cultural norms and values with equality in economics and politics. (p.50)