Brad Bledsoe

question Wilmot Proviso answer Bill that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the War with Mexico question secession answer Voluntary withdrawal from fellowship, especially from political or religious bodies. question Compromise of 1850 answer decisions made to help settle the disagreements between free states and slave states question popular sovereignty answer idea that […]

question the puritans’ view of education was… answer memorization of Scripture and the practice of biblical principles were more important than academic subjects question first colonial schools were established for… answer religious purposes, helped secular aspects of society develop and prosper, and they provided students with the skills necessary to participate in commerce question What […]

question Correspondence Principle answer The tendency of schools to promote the values of expected individuals in each social class and to prepare students for the types of jobs typically held by members of their class question Credentialism answer An increase in the lowest level of education required to enter a field question Hidden Curriculum answer […]

question Criminology answer the scientific approach to studying criminal behavior question Deviant answer actions that depart from social norms, values, and beliefs question T/F: Are all criminal behaviors deviant? answer False question Social Theory answer a systematic set of interrelated statements or principles that explain some aspect of social life question T/F: At their core, […]

question 1. Rigid Uniformity- Bureaucratic schools run by outside specialists (such as state education officials) generally ignore the cultural character of local communities and the personal needs of their children 2. Numerical ratings- School officials define success in terms of numerical attendance rates and dropout rates, and teachers “teach to the tests” hoping to increase […]

question affect answer feelings, or subjective experience question appraisal answer the process by which people evaluate the events, situations, or occurrences that lead to their having emotions. question basic emotions answer a small set of emotions, or family of emotions, that are considered to be universal to all humans, biologically based and genetically coded and […]

question Behavioral Scientist answer A scholar who applies the scientific method to describe, predict, and explain recurring forms of human behavior question Rhetorician answer A scholar who studies the ways in which symbolic forms can be used to identify with people, or to persuade them toward a certain point of view question Objective Approach answer […]

question 1) Moving from a passive site that basically displays information to a site that permits interaction with visitors or users is commonly referred to as _____ web: a) Interactive b) Dynamic c) Static d) Generated e) Automatic answer A question 2) Blogs and conversation threads are commonly referred to as: a) User-generated content (UGC) […]

question who wrote king oedipus answer Sophocles question which of the following is noted for his sympathetic portrayal of female characters answer Euripides question Who wrote old comedy, which made fun of social, political, or cultural conditions? answer Aristophanes question Which of the following added a third actor to the play answer Sophocles question Whose […]

question Minor stresses may be more strongly related to mental health than major stressful events largely because — of the cumulative nature of stress. — minor stresses lead to more intense physiological arousal than major stresses. — we are much more intimately involved with minor stresses. — we feel more out of control with minor […]

question T/F: it really makes a difference whether you start retirement savings at age 25 or at age 45. answer False question T/F: by itself, social security is sufficient to allow a worker and spouse to maintain their pre-retirement standard of living. answer False question T/F: even the best retirement plan needs to be reviewed […]

question The influenceing goup. answer Source question Who is being influenced. answer Target question How important the influencing group are to you. answer Strength question How close the influencing attempt is to you at the time of influence. answer Immediacy question How many people there are in the group. answer Number question It is not […]

question true answer Ascribed status is involuntary and achieved status is voluntary question true answer When Professor Jones is before his class lecturing, he has assumed the front stage, based on the terminology used in dramaturgy. question ascribed statuses answer Jane is a 49-year-old woman of Irish-German descent. What do these characteristics have in common? […]

question According to sociology, it is not the act itself that makes something deviant, but the ___________ to the act. answer reaction question When we think about deviance in general, which of the following is an accurate statement about patterns of deviance? answer Most of us conform most of the time (we do not deviate). […]

question What was a major social problem affecting most Asian immigrants up through the 1940s? answer Shortage of Asian women question What traditional Asian values emphasize? answer Good behavior, control of impulses, no PDA, respect for elders. question After the Chinese Exclusion Act – when were Chinese allowed to enter the U.S.? answer 1952 question […]

question In the late nineteenth century, the most striking feature of the American party system was its answer remarkable stability question In American politics during the late nineteenth century answer Republicans usually held a majority in the Senate question An examination of American voters in the late nineteenth century reveals answer voter turnout for both […]

question social structure answer network of interrelated statuses and roles question status answer socially defined position in a group or society question role answer behavior expected of someone occupying a particular status question ascribed status answer status given that has not been earned question achieved status answer status that is acquired by the individual on […]

question Bonilla Silva answer -Reintroduced structural perspectives of race question Ruth Benedict (Race and Racism) definition of racism answer \”The dogma that one ethnic groups is condemned by nature to congenital inferiority and another group is destined to congenital superiority\” **congenital: born with question Pierre van den Berghe (r&r) definition of racism answer \”any set […]

question Why do we form social relationships? answer We feel the need to belong question Each of us is norm with a drive to seek, form, maintain, and protect strong social relationships answer Baumeister’s theory question ______________ suggests that in order for us to satisfy our drive for relationships, we need ______ that are both […]

question What were the conditions of Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire? answer Germanic invaders overran Europe caused 1) disruption of trade 2) Cities abandoned 3)Population shifted to rural areas to grow food 4) Decline of learning 5) Loss of a common language question What did Charlemagne Accomplish and how did it effect […]

question American Sports Data, Inc., which examines trends in sports, found that _____. A) traditional sports are becoming more popular B) team sports are rooted in “fierce individualism” C) the values underlying extreme sports are very different from those of traditional team sports D) extreme sports were experiencing a growing fan base particularly among young […]

question What is a community? answer a group of people who live close to one another and often work toward common goals question What is a civilization? answer an advanced culture that has highly developed social, economic, and political structures question What is pop culture? answer movies, television shows, radio programs, music, fads, types of […]