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