Social Structure and Demographics

Question 1

Functionalism?

Answer 1

focuses on the functions and relationships of each component of society

Question 2

Conflict theory?

Answer 2

focuses on how power differentials are created and how they maintain order

Question 3

Symbolic interactionism?

Answer 3

the study of how individuals interact through a shared understanding of words, gestures, and other symbols

Question 4

Social constructionism?

Answer 4

explores how individuals and groups make decisions to agree upon a given social reality

Question 5

Material culture?

Answer 5

physical items one associates with a given group (art, clothing, food, buildings)

Question 6

Symbolic culture?

Answer 6

the ideas associated with a cultural group

Question 7

Demographics?

Answer 7

the statistical arm of sociology

Question 8

Migration?

Answer 8

refers to the movement of people into (immigration) or out of (emigration) a geographical location

Question 9

Demographic transition?

Answer 9

a model used to represent drops in birth and death rates as a result of industrialization

Question 10

Dependent variable? Independent?

Answer 10

the variable that is being tested, affected

What does exercise do to BMI?
-BMI being dependent on exercise which is independent