Sociology Ch 1-4

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People of one society borrow ideas, materials, or inventions from another society

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selectively.

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In analyzing material culture, it is most important to consider

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the meanings assigned to it by the people who use it.

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One indicator of culture’s influence on satisfying hunger is that

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not that if people were hungry enough they would eat anything.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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Korean-American youths who participate in cultural immersion programs that involve study in Korea often observe that “they never felt so American as when they are slurping noodles in Korea. Even their slurps have American accents.” This example suggests that

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people learn the ways of culture into which they are born and raised

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In the United States singular possessive pronouns (e.g., “my”) are used to refer to things we do not have exclusive control over. This reflects the American preoccupation with

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The individual

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Most people take an ethnocentric view toward foreign cultures; that is, they

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use their home culture as the standard for judging the worth of another culture.

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In Korea, diners reach and stretch across one another and use their chopsticks to take food from serving bowls. These behaviors represent

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the norms

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The U.S. Army publishes a list of “Must Know Items” about South Korea for American soldiers who are stationed there. One item says “Don’t be surprised if you see two Korean women or men walking arm in arm. They are just good friends and there is nothing sexual implied.” The Army is alerting soldiers to

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the feeling rules

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A sociologist seeking to explain why Koreans work harder to conserve energy than Americans work explores the role of

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folkways

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Most Americans have strong ______ against public nudity, especially when adults are in the presence of children.

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mores

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A dependent variable is

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the variable to be explained.

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Which one of the following concepts applies to the façade of legitimacy?

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misleading arguments

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An unexpected outcome of the maquiladora program is the rapid and unregulated population growth along the border. This outcome is an example of a

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latent dysfunction

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The question “Who benefits from a particular pattern or social arrangement?” is of most interest to a(n)

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conflict

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It wasn’t until the peso devaluation of 1998 that the maquiladora industry exploded into a great industry.

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not Symbolic interaction!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Many illegal immigrants risk life and limb to escape an economy in which they are being paid approximately __________ per day to enter one that pays approximately ________ per day.

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$4.50 per day to enter one that pays $60-80 per day

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The correlation between the variables “percentage of population living at poverty level or below” and “percentage of population classified as Hispanic” is +0.60. This means the __________ the percentage of the population living at poverty or above the __________ the percentage of population classified as Hispanic.

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greater, greater

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A functionalist would ask which one of the following questions about maquiladoras ?

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what are the anticipated and unintended consequence of a part?

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In theory, the first step in undertaking a sociological research project is

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choosing a topic for investigation.

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__________ are materials or other evidence that yields information about human activity, including items that people throw away or the number of lights left on in homes at a particular time.

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Traces

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In studying the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, sociologists ask all but which one of the following questions?

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Why can’t we all just get along?

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The __________ increased the flow of Jewish refugees to Palestine during World War II.

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Nazi Holocaust

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When author David Grossman asked a group of Palestinian children in a West Bank refugee camp to tell him their birthplace, each replied with the name

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of a former Arab town.

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__________ is the sociological term for experiences shared and recalled by significant numbers of people.

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Collective memory

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Author David Grossman observed that the Palestinian children in a West Bank refugee camp were taught to say the name of a former Arab town when asked their place of birth. Some children in the camp were also named after former Arab cities and towns. This example shows how _______ is passed on and recast from one generation to the next.

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collective memory

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Mary was born with blue eyes and blond hair. These characteristics describe

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nature

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The cases of Anna and Isabelle (two cases of extreme isolation) were used to illustrate

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the importance of social contact to normal development.

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________ is the process of discarding values and behaviors unsuited to new circumstances and replacing them with new, more appropriate values and norms.

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Resocialization

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The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians has lasted __________ years.

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100

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Groups that are characterized by face-to-face contact and strong emotional ties among members are

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primary group

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Which stage applies to a society in which people explain events going on in the world as the work of personal deities?

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theocratic

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_______consist(s) of all the day-to-day activities from birth to death that make up a person’s life.

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A biography

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An American traveling to Ghana, Africa, on business notices that the “men, including the men I was with, hold hands. One day, one of the men I was with took my hand as we walked. In order not to offend, I took his hand.” The American is responding to a(n)

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resocialization

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The Communist Manifesto includes the famous lines

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“The workers have nothing to lose but their chains; they have a whole world to gain. Workers of all countries, unite.”

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In his writings, Karl Marx expressed profound moral outrage over the plight of the

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proletariat

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In studying the current economic crisis Comte would point to

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not the size and power of the financial sector that was fueled by consumer debt.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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W.E.B. DuBois is associated with which one of the following concepts?

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the “strange meaning of being black.”

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The period in history known as the Age of Imperialism (1880-1914)

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represents the most rapid colonial expansion in history.

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________ suicide occurs when people kill themselves because they have been cast into a lower status.

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Anomic

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If scientists discover how to control the aging mechanisms and human life expectancy increases to 150 years, the category of people best able to give insights about the consequence of this change would be

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those who live both before and after the discovery.