Politics The Family Education Social Change Wild Card
100
What is a system of government agencies and programs that provides benefits to the population?
The welfare state
100
What is a social bond based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption?
Kinship
100
What is formal instruction under the direction of specially trained teachers?
Schooling
100
What kind of social change occurs by spreading products, people, and ideas from one society to others?
Diffusion
100
What is the theory that argues the language that you speak strongly influences the way you perceive the world around you?
The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
200
What is the end of the political spectrum that typically favors increasing government programs associated with the welfare state?
Liberal
200
What is a theory that views courtship and marriage as forms of negotiation in which people "shop around" for the best deal?
Social Exchange Theory
200
What theory argues that schools support the smooth operation and stability of society?
Structural-Functional Theory
200
What is activity involving a large number of people that is unplanned, often controversial, and can bring about change?
Collective behavior
200
What is the lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture?
Socialization
300
What is the end of the political spectrum that typically favors decreasing government programs associated with the welfare state?
Conservative
300
What is actual or threatened violent crimes committed against individuals by their current or former spouses, cohabiting partners, boyfriends, or girlfriends?
Intimate Partner Violence
300
What guidelines require that schools punish students severely for any behavior that might be considered violent?
Zero tolerance policies
300
What is a temporary gathering of people who share a common focus of attention and who influence one another?
A Crowd
300
What is a social position a person takes on voluntarily that reflects personal ability and effort?
An achieved status
400
What is the phenomenon in which U.S. Citizens are less likely to vote today than they were a century ago?
Voter apathy
400
What are courtship, marriage, child-rearing, and empty nest?
Stages of Family Life
400
What is thought to be caused by rigid uniformity, numerical ratings, rigid expectations, specialization, and a lack of individual responsibility?
Student passivity
400
What is an unconventional social pattern that people embrace briefly but enthusiastically?
A Fad
400
What is a way of thinking that emphasizes deliberate, matter-of-fact calculation of the most efficient way to accomplish a particular task?
Rationalization
500
What is the percentage of Americans who identified as Independent or 3rd party in 2015?
13%
500
What is a form of emotional abuse based on trying to manipulate someone’s sense of reality?
Gaslighting
500
What is the practice of awarding increasingly high grades for average work?
Grade inflation
500
What is a term coined to describe attempts at social change that require very little effort and personal risk?
Slacktivism
500
What is the odd behavior of Olympic athletes that we discussed on the very first day of class?
Biting their gold medals






Intro to Sociology Exam 3

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